Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
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September 11, 2009 |
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| Label (s) | Ice H2O / EMI | |||
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CD |
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77:51 |
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II is the fourth solo album by Wu Tang clan member Raekwon . It was released on September 11, 2009 by the music label EMI as a sequel of Raekwon's debut album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995).
Emergence
The idea of recording a sequel to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… had existed since 1997; It is due to the positive response from fans to the album. In 2005 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II for the first time publicly announced as Executive Producer should Busta Rhymes act. In 2006, Raekwon announced that the album would be released on Dr. Dres label Aftermath Entertainment published and mainly by Dr. Dre are produced. An agreement with Aftermath was ultimately not reached, Dr. Dre only produced two tracks for the album. The publication originally announced for 2007 should then take place in March 2009; after further postponements to August and September, the work finally appeared in November 2009.
Guest Posts
Except for U-God and Ol 'Dirty Bastard , every member of the clan is represented on the album; Ghostface Killah in particular is strongly represented with eight contributions, as was already the case on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... , and he can be seen again on the album cover. In addition to the rappers from the Wu-Tang Clan environment, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss , Styles P. , Beanie Sigel , Slick Rick and Lyfe Jennings are on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... Pt. II to hear.
style
Musically most of the pieces are based on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II on samples from soul pieces and old films, primarily from the martial arts genre . Despite only three productions by RZA , it is based on the sound of the Wu-Tang albums released in the mid-1990s. This orientation was deliberately chosen by the producers.
The raps are often kept in the style of storytelling , the main theme is, in addition to the glorification of the Wu-Tang Clan, life in New York from the point of view of a mafia boss , which means that the album is not only aesthetically sound but also reminiscent of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... oriented. Many terms from hip-hop jargon are used. Ason Jones is a tribute to the late 2004 Wu-Tang member Ol 'Dirty Bastard.
Track list
| # | title | Producer (s) | Performers | length |
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| 1 | Return of the North Star | BT | Popa Wu | 2:39 |
| 2 | House of Flying Daggers | J Dilla | Inspectah Deck , GZA , Raekwon, Ghostface Killah , Method Man | 3:51 |
| 3 | Sonny's Missing | Pete Rock | Raekwon | 2:28 |
| 4th | Pyrex vision | Marley Marl | Raekwon | 0:54 |
| 5 | Cold Outside | Icewater Productions | Suga Bang Bang, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah | 4:40 |
| 6th | Black Mozart | RZA | Raekwon, RZA, Tash Mahogany, Inspectah Deck | 3:24 |
| 7th | Gihad | Necro | Raekwon, Ghostface Killah | 2:57 |
| 8th | New Wu | RZA | Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah | 3:50 |
| 9 | Penitentiary | BT | Raekwon, Ghostface Killah | 2:35 |
| 10 | Baggin crack | Erick Sermon | Raekwon | 1:58 |
| 11 | Surgical gloves | The alchemist | Raekwon | 3:24 |
| 12 | Broken Safety | Scram Jones | Jadakiss , Raekwon, Styles P. | 2:45 |
| 13 | Canal Street | Icewater Productions | Raekwon | 3:37 |
| 14th | Ason Jones | J Dilla | Raekwon | 3:06 |
| 15th | Have Mercy | Icewater Productions | Beanie Sigel , Blue Raspberry, Raekwon | 3:51 |
| 16 | 10 bricks | J Dilla | Raekwon, Cappadonna , Ghostface Killah | 3:16 |
| 17th | Fat Lady Sings | RZA | Raekwon | 2:17 |
| 18th | Catalina | Dr. Dre , Mark Batson | Raekwon, Lyfe Jennings | 3:28 |
| 19th | We Will Rob You | Allah Justice | Slick Rick , Raekwon, GZA, Masta Killa | 3:15 |
| 20th | About Me | Dr. Dre, Mark Batson | Raekwon, Busta Rhymes | 3:59 |
| 21st | Mean Streets | Allah Mathematics | Raekwon, Suga Bang Bang, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah | 4:29 |
| 22nd | Kiss the ring | Scram Jones | Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Masta Killa | 4:09 |
| 23 | Walk Wit Me | Scram Jones | Raekwon | 4:18 |
| 24 | The Badlands | BT | Ghostface Killah, Raekwon | 2:30 |
reception
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II was particularly successful in the United States; there it sold 68,000 times in the first week and went to number 4 on the Billboard 200 .
In addition, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II placed in the British and French charts (number 140).
Reviews
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II received almost consistently positive reviews and is considered Raekwon's best album since its debut. The album's metascore, based on 18 reviews, is 88%.
The German hip-hop magazine Juice named the album "Album of the Month" with a rating of 5.5 out of a possible six. The pieces Ason Jones , Black Mozart and Kiss the Ring were particularly highlighted .
The e-zine laut.de rated Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II with four out of five points and criticized it profusely. In addition to the performances of the rappers involved, the music productions, especially by RZA and J Dilla, were described as particularly successful.
Leaderboards
At the end of 2009, the hip-hop editorial team at laut.de compiled a list of the twenty best hip-hop pieces of the previous year. The title New Wu was voted third by Raekwon, Method Man and Ghostface Killah. In addition, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II named the best album of the year. The Juice also voted it number one of the best international albums in 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juice , October 2009 edition, pages 64/66
- ↑ Remmie Fresh: Busta Rhymes To Executive Produce Raekwon's Album. AllHipHop.com, March 18, 2005, archived from the original on May 3, 2009 ; accessed on July 22, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Shaheem Reid: Raekwon Partners With Dr. Dre For Cuban Linx Sequel. MTV , November 8, 2006, accessed July 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Interview with Raekwon ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Juice , October 2009 edition, page 67
- ↑ a b Chart sources: US UK FR
- ↑ Billboard.com : Raekwon Returns To Form With 'Cuban Linx ... Pt. II ' , September 18, 2009
- ↑ All Music Guide : Review of the album
- ^ Metacritic : Collected Reviews of the Album
- ↑ Juice , November 2009 edition, page 107
- ↑ laut.de : Review of the album
- ↑ LAUT editors: The best songs. In: Hip-Hop-Charts 2009. laut.de, December 27, 2009, archived from the original on January 8, 2010 ; Retrieved July 22, 2016 .
- ↑ LAUT editors: The best albums. In: Hip-Hop-Charts 2009. laut.de, December 27, 2009, archived from the original on December 31, 2009 ; Retrieved July 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Juice , January / February 2010 edition, page 56
