Everybody's talkin' about the good ol' days...

So lets talk about them shits...

In light of the new Wu business about to surface (ie. Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx II, Ice Water, and 8 Diagrams), I'm going to take a step back and speak (or type) on the two ton gorilla that the first Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx was. That album was some heavyweight sickness, and the sequel is rumored to be the East Coast overdose.

Tracklisting goes like this:

1. "State Of Grace" (Produced by RZA)
2. "House Of Flying Daggers" (featuring Wu-Tang Clan) (Produced by J Dilla)
3. "Time Is Money" (Produced by Dr. Dre)
4. "Loose Change" (Produced by Scram Jones)
5. "The Brass" (featuring Ghostface Killah & John Frusciante) (Produced by RZA)
6. "Mean Streets" (featuring GZA & Inspectah Deck) (Produced by Mathematics)
7. "Kareem Khan" (featuring GZA) (Produced by RZA & Justice)
8. "Secret Indictment" (Produced by RZA)
9. "Untitled" (featuring RZA & Busta Rhymes) (Produced by Dr. Dre)
10. "Rockstars & Smoking Barrels" (featuring Inspectah Deck, GZA & Stone Mecca) (Produced by RZA)
11. "No Matter How Hard You Try" (featuring Inspectah Deck & Lucy Clarke) (Produced by RZA)

But first... Raekwon, undoubtedly one of the stronger lyrical pillars of the Wu movement. His prowess on the mic is not only ruthless but possesses grips of attitude and imposition. The cat really puts it on you. The great thing about emcees like Rae and Ghost is that they stay true to the fundamentals of hip hop and still manage to consistently put out quality music. Flows are on point, original, and really take you somewhere.

Back to the topic... the beautiful thing about Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx is that, like I said about Public Enemy, the beats compliment the flows and vice versa. Dang, you'd swear shit was a mystery, but Wu seemed to have got it consistently over several LPs. This album, along with Meth's, GZA's, and ODB's were all on some concept approach that gave the finished product that cohesion and slick polish. It's not a gang of tracks thrown together and called an album, thought actually went into the full package. Sounding like some back alley, execution style action; it stood out when Wu was putting out holy shit after holy shit after holy shit in the mid 90s. This was also one of those kind of albums that you could just slap the instrumentals on, and it still held that intense quality that the vocal version did. Just put it on and close your eyes, especially with Can It All Be So Simple (Remix) and Criminology.

-Takin' you on another one..

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