Chef Raekwon* – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...

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

An incredible pressing of a wu classic, wonderful job all around by MOV

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

Sounds ok, my copy has inner-groove distortion on both discs but not as bad as the get on down version.

I 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.

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.