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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0078636666327 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: RCA Manufacturer: RCA MPN: 66663 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: RCA Release Date: August 01, 1995 Studio: RCA Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Album Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Lost for WordsI bought the purple tape @ J & R Music World back in '95, and I rushed home tearing off the plastic wrapper. I inserted the tape in my boom box, hit play, and I was in a trance. I was open, I was in love w/the purple tape. I would come home from school and listen to the purple tape every single day. I am surprised the tape didn't pop. My father hated that album b/c I played it everyday for a month str8. memories. Rating: - INCREDIBLE ALBUM !!WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE TALKING SILLY. THIS IS A CLASSIC LIKE NO OTHER! DROPED OVER TEN YEARS AGO , THIS ABLUM IS STILL CONSISTENT IN ALL MY PLAYERS Rating: - Musical IntercourseI remember when the only Wu Tang albums I owned were; 36 Chambers, Method Man's Tical, and GZA's Liquid Swords, and Beneath The Surface. I was aware of how big their discography is (when combined together is roughly around 45 albums)and was a little intimidated to go far into it. Eventually I had no choice. It got to the point where ALL I listened to were these albums (especially Liquid Swords) and I needed more. When you only own the few that I did, and know you're gonna end up getting most, ... Read More 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, OVERRATEDThis album is overrated, BAD BEATS, I MEAN BAD, I can make better beats with a stick and a rock. Nas sucks |
