Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
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Artist: RaekwonBrand: RAEKWON
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import
CD Release Date: 1995-08-01
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Striving for Perfection
- Knuckleheadz
- Knowledge God
- Criminology
- Incarcerated Scarfaces
- Rainy Dayz
- Guillotine (Swordz)
- Can It Be All So Simple [Remix]
- Shark Niggas (Biters)
- Ice Water
- Glaciers of Ice
- Verbal Intercourse
- Wisdom Body
- Spot Rusherz
- Ice Cream
- Wu-Gambinos - Method Man, Raekwon
- Heaven & Hell
- North Star (Jewels) [*]
Music reviews of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Music Review: ***A must buy if you love the Wu or love classic hip hop***
Rating: 5 Stars
1995. This year cannot be spoken enough when it comes to hip hop music history. The one year so revered for having all kinds of classic hip hop released during that particular time frame.
Two years before, Wu-Tang Clan debuted and released their classic CD, "Enter the Wu-Tang(36 Chambers)" and defined what the "East Coast" rap sounded like. Soon after, individual members of the group started releasing solo albums. Method Man's "Tical" came out in 1994 (classic stuff.) In 1995, GZA aka Genius released "Liquid Swords" while Ol' Dirty Bastard released "Return to the 36 Chambers" (both classic albums.) Then, Chef Raekwon released "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" and the Wu became even more relevant. RZA was working overtime as he produced GZA's, ODB's and Raekwon's debut albums but managed to save his best work for "Cuban Linx...". This was one of those albums you just hit play and then listen from start to finish. Every track was fire; members of the Wu came through with the guest spots (along with Nas) and chances were you heard all of the singles released from this album on the radio ("Ice Cream, Incarcerated Scarfaces, Glaciers of Ice, Criminology.) If you were one of those people who bought the CD version of the album, then you got the bonus track, "North Star (Jewels"), which was a great way to close it out.
Bottom line is this: This was one of those albums that legitimately proved why hip hop was worshiped so much back then (and why many fans of classic hip hop are wholeheartedly disgusted with the quality of hip hop nowadays.) No matter how you get it, you must buy it and hear for yourself why many people play "Cuban Linx..." over and over again. This is as awesome as classic hip hop gets. 5 stars all the way.
Description of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2008 release containing the instrumental version of this album from the Wu Tang member, originally released in 1995. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx's portraits of big-money drug deals and black underworld kingpins living in luxury had an enormous influence on the new New York hardcore scene, cinematic soundscapes support the album's tone; the appropriately dark or melancholy, shifting moods layer like different scenes in a film. 17 tracks. Altered Ego.Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is arguably the best quasi-solo Wu-Tang album (Ghostface Killah literally gets equal billing). Most of contemporary hip-hop's Mafioso-inspired themes and MC street aliases are inspired by the "Wu-Gambinos" motif introduced on this 18-cut LP. As the Wu's preeminent storyteller, Raekwon (a.k.a. "The Chef") paints Technicolor Kool G Rap-style pictures of high-stakes drug trafficking on "Criminology," and then mixes his street sensibility with 5% Nation of Islam reasoning on "Knowledge God." This album is loaded with RZA's finest production moments, as he samples a barrage of kung-fu flick sound bites, plays discordant keyboards on "Incarcerated Scarfaces," and utilizes some eerie female vocals on "Rainy Dayz." Rae's timeless duet with Nas on "Verbal Intercourse" further cements the album's status as one of the best of all time. --Dalton Higgins
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