Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
by Raekwon
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1, 1995
- Label: Wu-Tang, Loud, RCA
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:13:26
- Community rating: 4.3/5 from 11 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Conceived as a cinematic crime narrative, 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...' established the mafioso rap subgenre with its detailed, story-driven accounts of street life, casting Raekwon as the "star" and fellow Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah as the prominent "guest-star". Producer RZA, acting as the project's "director," crafted a dense and polished soundscape that layered lush soul samples, piano loops, and dialogue from gangster films, creating a distinctive, influential sonic world that was more ornate than previous Wu-Tang releases.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, gangsta, street, storytelling, soulful
Tracklist
- Striving for Perfection (01:44)
- Knuckleheadz (feat. Ghostface Killah & U-God) (04:03)
- Knowledge God (04:24)
- Criminology (feat. Ghostface Killah) (03:47)
- Incarcerated Scarfaces (04:42)
- Rainy Dayz (feat. Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry) (06:02)
- Guillotine (Swordz) (feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck & GZA (Genius)) (04:22)
- Can It Be All So Simple (Remix) (feat. Ghostface Killah) (05:38)
- Shark Niggas (Biters) (01:38)
- Ice Water (feat. Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna) (03:38)
- Glaciers of Ice (feat. Ghostface Killah & Masta Killa) (05:20)
- Verbal Intercourse (feat. Ghostface Killah & Nas) (03:31)
- Wisdom Body (feat. Ghostface Killah) (02:38)
- Spot Rusherz (03:13)
- Ice Cream (feat. Ghostface Killah, Method Man & Cappadonna) (04:13)
- Wu-Gambinos (feat. Ghostface Killah, Method Man, RZA & Masta Killa) - Hidden Chambers Remix (05:39)
- Heaven & Hell (feat. Ghostface Killah) (04:56)
- North Star (Jewels) (03:58)
Credits
- Raekwon - star, rapper
- Ghostface Killah - guest-star, rapper, featuring
- U-God - featuring
- Blue Raspberry - vocals, featuring
- Inspectah Deck - featuring
- GZA - featuring
- Cappadonna - featuring, affiliate
- Masta Killa - featuring
- Nas - rapper, featuring
- Method Man - featuring
- RZA - director, producer, arranged by, mixed by, engineer, executive-producer
- 4th Disciple - mixed by, assistant engineer
- Tom Coyne - mastered by
- Matt Life - a&r direction
- Schott Free - a&r direction
- Cartel (9) - art direction
- Miguel Rivera (5) - design
- Islord - assistant engineer
- Dennis Coles - executive-producer
- Mitchell Diggs - executive-producer
- Oli Grant - executive-producer
- Daniel Hastings - photography by
- Christian Cortes - set designer, logo design