Description
GET ON DOWN EXCLUSIVE
PRESSED ON SPLIT YELLOW AND CLEAR VINYL
LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES
In a Gatefold LP Jacket
The cultural phenomenon that is the Wu-Tang cannot accurately be described without referencing one of the pillars in the Clan's discography; Chef Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx remains firmly planted as one of the defining triumphs in their artistic legacy. The oft referred "Purple Tape", has been cited and debated by many as the greatest Wu-Tang solo project to date and remains a bullet point in any discussion involving the greatest "Cocaine Rap" or "Street Hop" albums of all time.
Raekwon's narrative plays out like a movie script from the violent, drug fueled, underbelly of New York City's criminal landscape, intricately woven over instrumentals from the legendary mastermind behind the Wu-Tang Clan, The RZA. Even the album's main feature "Tony Starks aka Ghostface Killer", referred to as such rather described as a "guest star" appearing on 12 of the albums 18 tracks. It should be noted that while the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx did produce a string of successful singles, such as "Ice Cream", "Incarcerated Scarfaces", and "Criminology", like all classic cinema, the album was intentionally engineered to be appreciated in one sitting, played from beginning to end.
This edition features for the first time ever on vinyl, the formerly CD only bonus track, "North Star (Jewels)". And if that wasn't enough, the entire album also features completely enhanced and painstakingly remastered audio. This is the definitive must-own vinyl edition of Raekwon’s masterpiece.
Tracklist:
A1 Striving For Perfection
A2 Knuckleheadz (feat. Ghostface Killer, U-God)
A3 Knowledge God
A4 Criminology (feat. Ghostface Killah)
A5 Incarcerated Scarfaces
B1 Rainy Dayz (feat. Ghostface Killah, Blue Raspberry)
B2 Guillotine (Swordz) (feat. Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck)
B3 Can It Be All So Simple (feat. Ghostface Killah)
C1 Shark Niggas (Biters)
C2 Ice Water (feat. Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna)
C3 Glaciers Of Ice (feat. Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Blue Raspberry, 60 Second Assassin)
C4 Verbal Intercourse (feat. Nas, Ghostface Killah)
C5 Wisdom Body (feat. Ghostface Killah)
D1 Spot Rusherz
D2 Ice Cream (feat. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna)
D3 Wu-Gambinos (feat. Method Man, RZA, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa)
D4 Heaven & Hell (feat. Ghostface Killah)
D5 North Star (Jewels)