Top Ten All-Time… Albums #4: Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
This album spawned “aka’s” in hip hop among other things. You would be hard pressed to find a hip hop album that had such an impact and created as many trends as Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Raekwon’s detailed crime narratives became standard fare for any rapper after this album came out. Released on Loud Records in 1995 this album not only featured one of the best guest verses ever, Nas on “Incarcerated Scarfaces”, but it also launched the solo career of Ghostface Killah.
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October 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
u mean verbal intercourse ft nas…..that was 1 of the craziest records on the lp……anotha classic lp for real!
October 11th, 2008 at 3:13 am
HANDS DOWN THE ILL’EST FUKIN ALBUM EVER..AN I CAN STILL QUOTE NAS’S BEST LINES OFF TOP OF MY HEAD..
“ITS LIKE A CYCLE..N***AZ COME HOME SOME’L GO IN..DO A BULLET COME BACK AN DO THE SAME SHIT AGAIN..FRUM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB PRESUME THE UNPREDICTABLE. GUN SALUTE LIFE RAPIDLY THATS THE RITUAL”…..
BUT THE BEST JOINTS OFF THAT ALBUM IF I HAD TO NAME A FEW WOULD BE..
“KNOWLEDGE GOD”
“SPOT RUSHAS”
“RAINY DAYZ”
“GUILLOTINZ ”
&
“WU-GAMBINOS”
FAVORITE QUOTE GOTTA BE GHOST ON “GUILLOTINZ”
” fourteen carat gold slum computer wizard
Tappin inside my rap vein causes blizzards
Do i like the kills for ice trife like botta digits
Gorillas injected with strength of eighty midgets
The earth spins ruins, rap exotic blends
Let my peeps in, niggaz gaspin swallowin aspirins
What a dosage, you overdosed in rap
High explosives my post-its hypnotize with hypnosis
I sell goods, my whole clan is on the run like natural born killers
Record-breaking the album thriller
Now access the jig who has bombs and rocket launchers
Float like dope killer bees is what i sponsor
Ya entrepeneur, pens and gear like shakespeare
When i fuck i grab hair, collect drawers as souvenirs”
October 11th, 2008 at 9:17 am
This is One of the best albums.Im no groupie but when that came out your boy was in Comstock Correctional Facility on long term keeplock.Thats the first time i saw a featured artist steal the ligt .That nigger GHOST killed the album!!!.Rae is my dude but GHOST outshined everyone!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
all i gotta say about this album is when he said
” peace connecticut ” made me grind a lil bit harder with my music, this album is a true classic on the real…….
October 12th, 2008 at 11:57 am
PURPLE TAPE WAS THE SHIT, MAKES ME WANNA SNIFF! LOL
October 17th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
CLASSIC!!!