Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. (August 1, 1995). Ever thought this guy would be 3rd in line out of the group. I just got this album a few weeks ago as i heard about cuban linx 2 coming out which i was gonna get but figured i'd better get this one so definitely a buy. There are no download links available on this site. Download or Stream the newly released Classic Album from Raekwon titled Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) this is a Rap Classic Album and was published on Monday, July 16, 2018.The Classic Album has four working Download links available. Two steps from hell download mp3.
I don't think that anyone really expected Raekwon the Chef to be the third out of the Wu-Tang solo gate. Method Man had the charisma, Ol' Dirty Bastard had the crazy factor working for him, and The Genius/Gza was the best lyricist. So in 1995, when Raekwon's first single, 'Criminology/Glaciers of Ice', dropped, I was shocked. Shocked that it existed, sure, but shocked as it actually sounded really fucking good, since Raekwon never really stood out to me on the group debut.
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.. is considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, and one of the best rap albums ever made. (I rank it as number 2 on the solo album list, right behind Gza'sLiquid Swords.) The Rza, who produced the entire fucking album (I just wish he would do this again, soon!), refined his sonic textures to give Raekwon some cinematic beats to rhyme to, as opposed to the dusty drums of Tical, or the padded-cell craziness of Ol' Dirty's debut. Raekwon, for his part, recruited fellow Clan member GhostfaceKillah to take part in his drug odyssey, which just so happened to introduce the Mafioso craze to New York-based hip hop. This movement lasted for exactly one song, after which the Wu abandoned the concept, but other artists soon ran it into the ground. 1. STRIVING FOR PERFECTION Rap album intro. I give this album a pass, since it sounds so theatrical that I assume Raekwon meant this to be a concept album. 2. KNUCKLEHEADZ (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH & U-GOD) Still hate U-God. 3. KNOWLEDGE GOD I highly doubt that Rae and Ghost were sniffing coke like that in the booth for real, but you never know. 4. CRIMINOLOGY (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH) Even though I'm the rare hip hop fan who thinks Scarface is fucking overrated, I'll concede that the sample from the movie used here is the fucking shit. This song rocks. 5. INCARCERATED SCARFACES I remember watching the video for this song and noticing that the chick sitting on the couch is the same girl from the 'Ice Cream' video, except she has a pillow on her lap as if she were hiding something. Was it a gun? Drugs? Was she just not wearing anything underneath? My adolescent mind raced at the time; now, I realize that she's obviously covering up her collection of Fraggles. 6. RAINY DAYZ (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH & BLUE RASPBERRY) Lots of samples from John Woo'sThe Killer here. This song is the most cinematic effort Rza has produced to date (well, for a song that's not part of a score). Awesome track. 7. GUILLOTINE (SWORDZ) (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH, INSPECTAH DECK, & THE GENIUS/GZA) Raekwon and friends (every Saturday morning on CBS!) rock over the beat that introduced Method Man's solo album Tical. This shit sounds as fresh today as it did twelve years ago. 8. CAN IT BE ALL SO SIMPLE (REMIX) (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH) Hated the original, hate the remix. 9. SHARK N----S (BITERS) A skit where Ghost offers up his diatribe against rappers who bite from other rappers, be it lyrical styles, album covers, whatever. This skit probably didn't start the beef between Biggie and the Wu, but it didn't help matters, either. 10. ICE WATER (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH & CAPPADONNA) Back when Cappadonna still sounded good on the mic, well before he started driving a gypsy cab and talking shit about The Rza. 11. GLACIERS OF ICE (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH, MASTAKILLA, BLUE RASPBERRY, & 62ND ASSASSIN) The first actual Raekwon solo song I had ever heard. Sounds fucking fantastic, even today. 12. VERBAL INTERCOURSE (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH & NAS) Nas carries the distinction of being the first artist from outside the camp to appear on an actual Wu-related album, and for good reason. 13. WISDOM BODY (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH) It sounds as if the record skips when Ghost raps his opening rhymes, and this has happened on both copies of this album I've owned. Notice how this doesn't really tell you anything about the song. 14. SPOT RUSHERZ This song is okay, I suppose; it's not as good as the four songs that preceded it, though. 15. ICE CREAM (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH, CAPPADONNA, & METHOD MAN) Raekwon and friends beat Kelis to the punch in the 'songs about breasts' category. This song is still fucking great. 16. WU-GAMBINOS (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH, METHOD MAN, THE RZA, & MASTAKILLA) Meth's verse trumps everyone else's here, but consider that this collaborative effort is a grade-A masterpiece, and that makes his victory that much sweeter. 17. HEAVEN & HELL (FEAT GHOSTFACEKILLAH) Meh. The following track is listed as a CD-only bonus track: 18. NORTH STAR (JEWELZ) (FEAT POPPA WU) Doesn't fit in the rest of the album's sequence, but by no means is this a bad song. FINAL THOUGHTS: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.. surprised the shit out of me back in 1995, although we all know (now) that Raekwon is one of the best spitters in the group. Thanks to his insistence on including GhostfaceKillah on damn near every song, Wu fans all over now fiend for their increasingly-rare collaborative efforts. This album is fucking fantastic. BUY OR BURN? Why bother asking? BUY THIS SHIT. If you're not a Wu fan, it may or may not convert you, but you will appreciate the cinematic soundscapes and the storytelling abilities of the Chef. BEST TRACKS: 'Rainy Dayz'; 'Ice Cream'; 'Glaciers Of Ice'; 'Guillotinez (Swordz)' -Max RELATED POSTS: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Method Man - Tical The Genius - Words From A Genius Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers (The Dirty Version) Nas - Illmatic
A serious contender for the title of best Wu-Tang solo album (rivaled only by the Genius' Liquid Swords), Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is also perhaps the most influential, thanks to Raekwon's cinematic imagination. Download game insaniquarium deluxe gratis. If the Genius is the Wu's best overall lyricist, Raekwon is arguably their best storyteller, and here he translates the epic themes and narratives of a Mafia movie into a startlingly accomplished hip-hop album. Raekwon wasn't the first to make the connection between gangsta rap and the Cosa Nostra (Kool G Rap pioneered that idea), but he was the one who popularized the trend. 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, especially Mobb Deep and Nas, the latter of whom appears here on the much-revered duet 'Verbal Intercourse.' The fellow Clan members who show up as guests are recast under gangster aliases, and Ghostface Killah makes himself an indispensable foil, appearing on the vast majority of the tracks and enjoying his first truly extensive exposure on record. Behind them, RZA contributes some of the strongest production work of his career, indulging his taste for cinematic soundscapes in support of the album's tone; his tracks are appropriately dark or melancholy, shifting moods like different scenes in a film. Cuban Linx's first-person narratives are filled with paranoia, ambition, excess, and betrayal, fast rises and faster falls. There are plenty of highlights along the way -- the singles 'Criminology' and 'Ice Cream,' the gentle 'Rainy Dayz,' the influential posse cut 'Wu-Gambinos' -- and everything culminates in 'Heaven & Hell' and its longing for redemption. Solidworks 2013 bible pdf download. Like the Genius' Liquid Swords, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx takes a few listens to reveal the full scope of its lyrical complexities, but it's immensely rewarding in the end, and it stands as a landmark in the new breed of gangsta rap.
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