Chef Raekwon* – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Tracklist
A1 | Striving For Perfection | 1:43 | |
A2 | Knuckleheadz | 4:05 | |
A3 | Knowledge God | 4:27 | |
A4 | Criminology | 3:49 | |
A5 | Incarcerated Scarfaces | 4:30 | |
B1 | Rainy Dayz | 5:17 | |
B2 | Guillotine (Swordz) | 4:21 | |
B3 | Can It Be All So Simple (Remix) | 4:10 | |
C1 | Shark Niggas (Biters) | 1:39 | |
C2 | Ice Water | 4:02 | |
C3 | Glaciers Of Ice | 4:54 | |
C4 | Verbal Intercourse | 4:07 | |
C5 | Wisdom Body | 2:34 | |
D1 | Spot Rusherz | 3:51 | |
D2 | Ice Cream | 4:16 | |
D3 | Wu-Gambinos | 5:09 | |
D4 | Heaven & Hell | 4:57 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment
- Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment
- Manufactured By – Music On Vinyl B.V.
- Distributed By – Music On Vinyl B.V.
- Manufactured For – Sony Music Entertainment
- Produced For – Wu-Tang Productions, Inc.
- Published By – Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
- Published By – Ramecca Music
- Published By – Wu-Tang Publishing
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Record Industry – 11267
Credits
- Art Direction – Cartel (9)
- Design – Miguel Rivera (5)
- Engineer – The RZA*
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Islord
- Executive-Producer – Robert Diggs
- Mastered By – Tom Coyne
- Mixed By – The RZA*
- Mixed By [Co-mixed By] – 4th Disciple (tracks: B2, D1, D3)
- Photography By – Daniel Hastings
- Producer – The RZA*
- Set Designer, Design [Logo] – Christian Cortes
Notes
Originally released ℗ & © 1995 Sony Music Entertainment.
On Tracks A1, A4, B2, B3, C2 to C5, D2 to D4 Ghost Face Killah is credited as 'Ghost Face Killer AKA Tony Starks'.
On Track A1 Golden Arms is credited as 'Golden Arms AKA Lucky Hands'.
On Track B2 Inspectah Deck is credited as 'Inspektah Deck AKA Rollie Fingers'.
On Tracks C3, D3 Masta Killa is credited as 'Master Killer AKA Noodles'.
On Track C3 60 Second Assassin is credited as '62nd Assassin of Sunz Of Man'.
On Track C4 Nas is credited as 'Nas AKA Nas Escobar'.
On Tracks D2, D3 Method Man is credited as 'Method Man AKA Johnny Blaze'.
On Track D3 RZA is credited as 'RZA, The AKA Bobby Steels'.
Made in the EU.
On Tracks A1, A4, B2, B3, C2 to C5, D2 to D4 Ghost Face Killah is credited as 'Ghost Face Killer AKA Tony Starks'.
On Track A1 Golden Arms is credited as 'Golden Arms AKA Lucky Hands'.
On Track B2 Inspectah Deck is credited as 'Inspektah Deck AKA Rollie Fingers'.
On Tracks C3, D3 Masta Killa is credited as 'Master Killer AKA Noodles'.
On Track C3 60 Second Assassin is credited as '62nd Assassin of Sunz Of Man'.
On Track C4 Nas is credited as 'Nas AKA Nas Escobar'.
On Tracks D2, D3 Method Man is credited as 'Method Man AKA Johnny Blaze'.
On Track D3 RZA is credited as 'RZA, The AKA Bobby Steels'.
Made in the EU.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 8 718469 537754
- Barcode (Scanned): 8718469537754
- Matrix / Runout (Side A): 11267 1A MOVLP 1291
- Matrix / Runout (Side B): 11267 1B MOVLP 1291
- Matrix / Runout (Side C): 11267 1C MOVLP 1291
- Matrix / Runout (Side D): 11267 1D MOVLP 1291
- Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Other Versions (5 of 51)
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Instrumental) (2×LP, Unofficial Release) | Not On Label | GG 002 | US | 1995 | ||
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (2×LP, Album, Stereo) | RCA | 07863-66663-1 | US | 1995 | ||
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (CD, Album) | RCA | 07863 66663 2 | Europe | 1995 | ||
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (CD, Album) | RCA | 07863-66663-2 | Canada | 1995 | |||
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Purple) | RCA | 66663-4 07863, 66663-4, 07863-66663-4 | US | 1995 |
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I stand by MOV’s product. I have a couple releases of theirs and they all sound ridiculously good. Each instrument and sound is so clear. Gross copy. Def grab it if u can
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I almost bought this record because I heard it sounds great but thankfully I realized it doesn't have North Star Jewels before placing the order.
I don't care how good the pressing is, OB4CL without North Star Jewels is incomplete. It's a crying shame that track isn't on here. -
Sound wise it’s good and bass heavy. However sibilance is pretty prominent as expected. Played with the Nagaoka MP-110
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Sounds ok, my copy has inner-groove distortion on both discs but not as bad as the get on down version.
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Edited 5 years agoI own the Get On Down Purple vinyl release and this 1 by Music on Vinyl and will say this remaster blows the doors off the Get On Down pressing. Very clean and all the dynamics are there. The attention this classic deserves. I also really like the High gloss look they did on the Jacket. No Gatefold but did include non static sleeves.
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I barely delve into the realms of hip-hop these days, but when I am in the mood for it, this is what my hand reaches out for first. Best ever? No. Does not even have to be. Favorite? Definitely.
This album oozes class and style, loaded with surreal metaphor and vivid imaginery, but still undeniably veracious. Odd combo it is, but The Chef doses it just right.
Unlike its west coast counterparts, Raekwon goes head and shoulders deep into a unvierse of the Sicilian mob, gives nods to Scarface and Carlito's Way, boasts the high life as if he was a mixture of Nicky Barnes, George Jung and the holy pope of pimps. Which is great. Instead of recycling the blood, crips, 'bros before hoez' rhetoric, busting caps and what not, Raekwon (aided by the never better and more confident Ghostface Killah), creates a world so blown out of proportion, yet so palpable and credible, due to his absolutely stunning delivery.
He is no Pharoahe Monch, intricacy wise, but he could paint the Sistine Chapel for days on end with his brilliantly split lyrical personality, teetering between street corner ruggedness and boisterous flamboyance like it was as simple as flipping a coin.
As if that wasn't enough, RZA caters some of his finest (if not the finest) beats he's ever carved, serving up everything from excerpts of dialogues of John Woo flicks through to Al Pacino's rabid monologues from Scarface and then back to some dramatic strings on Rainy Dayz or Verbal Intercourse.
It also has the finest ever Wu-Tang track not found on a Wu-Tang Clan album, Wu Gambinos.
This album has so much of everything done just right there is nothing for you not to like. The lyrical content may be composed of what it is, but it never tips over into being exasperating. You have heard the topic peeled to death since, but I have never heard it coated into so many layers of poetic trickery.
If for once, this album is a picture perfect example of how even a previously tackled topic can sound fresh if presented in an original fashion. Here, you have two absolute goliaths of the nineties unleashing their absolute best, and over over twenty years later, few have come close.
On a final note, this Music On Vinyl release is a thing of absolute beauty. Dynamic, rich and full. Every syllable is audible just like every single musical element. Just blasted it today and it took me through an entire childhood of watching the Godfather, tape recording and what not. Pure bliss. Even if you cannot relate to it. Which you can't, naturally. Raekwon is a master of excess, and that is precisely what you get here, anchored by some of the finest beat crafting hip-hop has ever witnessed.
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