Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2  
Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
TIP  
USA 2xLP 
Label: Ice Water
limited edition colored vinyl
Release Year: 2009
Style: Hip-Hop & R'n'B
 
  Tracks  
  Side A
1. Return To The North Star (Intro) feat. Papu Wu (Produced By: BT) -
2. House Of Flying Daggers feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Method Man (Produced By: Jay Dee (aka J. Dilla))
3. Sonny's Missing (Produced By: Pete Rock)
4. Pyrex Vision (Produced By: Marley Marl)
5. Cold Outside feat. Suga Bang, Ghostface Killah (Produced By: Icewater Productions)
6. Black Mozart feat. Rza, Inspectah Deck (Produced By: Rza)

Side B
7. Gihad (Produced By: Necro)
8. New Wu feat. Method Man, Ghostface Killah (Produced By: Rza)
9. Penitentiary feat. Ghostface Killah (Produced By: BT)
10. Baggin Crack (Produced By: Erick Sermon)
11. Surgical Gloves (Produced By: Alchemist)
12. Broken Safety feat. Jadakiss & Styles P (of D-Block) (Produced By: Scram Jones)

Side C
13. Canal Street (Produced By: Icewater Productions)
14. Ason Jones (Produced By: Jay Dee (aka J. Dilla))
15. Have Mercy feat. Beanie Siegal, Blue Raspberry (Produced By: Icewater Productions)
16. 10 Bricks feat. Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah (Produced By: Jay Dee (aka J. Dilla))
17. Fat Lady Sings (Produced By: Rza)
18. Catalina feat. Lyfe Jennings (Produced By: Dr. Dre)

Side D
19. We Will Rob You feat. Slick Rick, Gza, Masta Killa (Produced By: Karim)
20. About Me feat. Busta Rhymes (Produced By: Dr. Dre)
21. Mean Streets feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah (Produced By: Allah Mathematics)
22. Kiss The Ring feat. Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa (Produced By: Scram Jones)
23. Walk With Me (bonus cut)
24. Badlands (bonus cut)
 
  Finally on vinyl, purple that is, with two bonus cuts not available on CD!

Expectations couldn't be higher on this one - announced at least 3 years ago, this took a while to become true (become a single silvery disc in your hand) and as much as we wished to this actually not happening, we were only afraid of being disappointed. Because who is going to life up to a straight classic album from beginning to end? And how many old heroes have we seen failing (ain't naming no one here)?
My first listen was biased, too much expectations running across my mind to be able to judge this accordingly and eased. But it took only a couple of listenings more and OB4CL2 would not leave my player anymore. RZA pulled together a stunning act of trying to sound like 15 years ago, a little less ruff on the edges but the samples are there (and who wants to front, sample clearance business has changed quite a bit!) and those beats thump heavily. Dilla should have collaborated with Rae years ago, because they go together like zinc and copper. Ghost is as entertaining as ever. GZA blows me away. And Rae is just amazing. These flows are irresistible, meandering smoked up crime stories which leave you both stunned and blazed.
It's not going to be another classic, what goes around comes around but times change, Hip Hop culture has changed drastically. The Wu had their part in history since they appeared on the map and these days are over, but Cuban Linx 2 is easily as good as any other dope album coming out this year, it might even be the best.
 
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