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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0078636666327
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
MPN: 66663
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: August 01, 1995
Studio: RCA
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Editorial Review:
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
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Wow.
This album is the best Wu joint to ever be released. Point blank. There is not a song on here that you can really skip thru, IF you are keen on the Wu (RZA) sound. If you are not, then maybe you shouldn't cop a listen. I would not expect the newer generation to appreciate this magnum opus but that is essentially what it is:
1. Heaven and Hell
2. Glaciers of Ice
3. Verbal Intercourse
4. Incarcerated Scarfaces
5. Ice Cream
6. Rainy Dayz
7. Guillotine ... Read More
Rating:  - STRAIGHT GARBAGE, OVERRATED
This album is overrated, BAD BEATS, I MEAN BAD, I can make better beats with a stick and a rock. Nas sucks
Rating: - RZA's BEST WORK
This album is perfect from beginng to end. Raekwon and Ghost are the best rap duo of all time. The two parters in crime narrate every track like a scence in a mafia classic. I believe RZAs production on this CD is the best he has ever done.
Rating: - When rap was king
I'll keep this short and sweet. "Verbal Intercourse" is the greatest rap beat of all time. I know it's not the most heard or popular but I know what I'm talking about. For those who don't get it, hopefully you'll get it soon. For those who do, more power to you. That beat is sick in countless ways. RZA was and will always be the best producer in history, '93-'97 will never be matched. Its all been downhill since. You all just have to trust me. I truly have the ear.
Rating: - CLASSIC
By far a classic in all the eyes of true hip hop viewers and Wu fans. This was probably one of the best cd's that came out that year hands down in my opinion. And for sure a head banger from start to end.
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