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643:. I was on a mission. To make all those early albums took three and a half years of my life. I didn't come outside, didn't have too many girl relations, didn't even enjoy the shit. I just stayed in the basement. Hours and hours and days and days. Turkey burgers and blunts. I didn't know if it was working. But nobody could hear or say nothing, no comments, no touching the board when I leave. Everything was just how I wanted it." Regarding the recording atmosphere, Raekwon stated "The way RZA had it poppin' back then, we would come into his spot. It was like dudes would come in on their own time and create stuff. I remember I just came in, and the beats was just pumpin'." 926: 842: 679:. In regard to this, Raekwon clarified "RZA's house was more or less like a candy store. You come in and have all kinds of shit to choose from. I would take stuff that I felt would suit my album correctly; others would take their own beats too. The beats were like a grab bag. If I came in and heard a beat that someone already claimed, then I just had to fall back. We almost never fought over beats or nothing. I'd tell RZA if I liked a certain beat, and he'd see if it would fit me or not." 914:. Everybody had dibs and dabs of knowledge of self, I brought him in to be a mentor to these men like, 'I love them and you the only person I know that have the intelligence to keep them in sync with knowledge.' It's very poisonous unless they got proper guidance. He was the smartest man I'd ever met at a certain time in my life." Raekwon further commented "'North Star' was a track I really, really wanted on my album. It was a track that I felt a vibe of it was motion picture-like." 610: 508:, Raekwon explained "I grew up in the street, so I talked about the shit I knew and saw. We did the hustlin' thing, we did the crime thing; we did all the things that made us feel like mobsters or Mafiosos in some way." In a different article, Ghostface Killah recollected "Back then I was punchin' a lot of rap niggas in their face, and niggas was getting beat up in the clubs. We were banned from everything. They wouldn't even let me in the 1547: 696:. RZA later recollected "I met John Woo that same year. He sent me a letter. He was honored that we did it. I felt confident we could settle anything that came up. You can usually settle that shit. It's part of the budget, man. But John Woo didn't want nothing, never no money for that. We actually became friends. He took me and Ghost to lunch and dinner many times. He gave me a lot of mentoring in film." 1647: 1642: 1637: 1632: 1627: 1585: 1580: 1575: 1570: 1565: 1542: 1537: 1532: 1527: 1497: 1492: 1487: 1482: 1477: 1203: 1198: 1193: 1188: 1183: 1153: 1148: 1143: 1138: 1133: 1115: 1110: 1105: 1100: 578:. We'd just ride and hang out all night. We didn't call each other to work. We called each other to hang out. Somehow we wound up in the studio. RZA had a couple of beats. He played them for me. I got on both of them. The other one never came out. I was honored to be asked to be on the album. Raekwon was ahead of his time. I knew Rae was a classic artist and the album was going to be a music classic." 1011:, and number 5 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. Producer RZA later illustrated "That was me trying to produce like a DJ, produce a breakbeat. Ghost actually asked me to make one of those beats. You listen to old DJ tapes. That's how I made that song, and he wanted this shit to sound like a breakbeat. He had a rhyme that he knew was going to change the game - that was the verse that got him recognized. 1031:

all different flavors." The song marks the second appearance of Cappadonna on the album, and serves as his break-through performance, as it would give him commercial exposure. In regard to his guest spot, Cappadonna later recalled "I had heard Rae's and Ghost's verses on there. And I had made a joke about me getting on the track, and RZA took it seriously and was like "Yo, go ahead. Lace that."

895:. In a 2005 interview, Ghostface Killah explained "We was in the car one day, driving around with the DAT machine with a microphone and we just started talking shit about how we're gonna do it this summer with the Clarks. The dyeing was something I was doing already. I'm an inventor. Niggas can't fuck with me when it comes to style. Only nigga that is right there with me is probably 815:, RZA later illustrated "The theme of the album is two guys that had enough of the negative life and was ready to move on, but had one more sting to pull off. They're tired of doing what they doing, but they're trying to make this last quarter million. That's a lot of money in the streets. We gonna retire and see our grandbabies and get our lives together." 601:" because the original cassette's plastic was entirely purple; Raekwon marked the tape distinctively as a reference to drug dealers' method of tagging their product, to distinguish it from that of others. "I wanted to portray an image that if I was selling crack or dimes in the street, you would recognize these dimes from other niggas' dimes." 1400:

touched base on the gambino influence stating "We done took that to the highest peak. We bonded as a tight family, so niggas is starting to try and do that right now. Everybody thinking they have a strong family. We opened up the door for a lot of niggas. The shit was just crazy on how it came together."

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Recording sessions began in late 1994, and proceeded midway through 1995 in RZA's basement studio in Staten Island, the same studio that many of the group's earlier albums were recorded in. In regard to Raekwon and Ghostface Killah's original recording intentions, RZA recounted "They had wanted to go

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demeanor, and featured contributions from Raekwon, Method Man, and Nas. In 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. revamped his image into that of a gun-toting, big-money making, mob-commanding kingpin, most notably on the songs "Niggas Bleed", "What's Beef", "My Downfall", and "I Love the Dough" featuring Jay-Z

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Hot 100, and the fifth spot on the Hot Rap Singles chart. The song uses different flavor variants of ice cream as a metaphor for different races of women. Raekwon later commented "we wanted to reach out and let the women know that we respected them as queens. And queens, much like ice cream, come in

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In keeping with this loose storyline, the album opens with the introduction track "Striving for Perfection", in which Raekwon and "co-star" Ghostface converse about visions and goals. On the proceeding track "Knuckleheadz", Raekwon and Ghostface divide money in the song's intro, and then engage in a

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or something and they didn't have it. So we was like "What the fuck is the next best thing, Steve?" And Steve's like 'Give 'em the next best thing.' They came out with Cristal. Me and Ghost liked the bottle, and the name on the bottle was Louie Roederer. I was like, I'm Lou Diamond, Louie Roederer.

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later affirmed "Raekwon started that. Rae always had that mobster mentality, always liked to watch gangster movies and read mob books and stuff like that, you know? So he pretty much knew the names of the cats and what they was about. He polished his whole style like that." Ghostface Killah also

1334:, saying that "the best Wu-Tang solo joint is a study in understated cool and densely woven verses" and that "Raekwon crafts breathtaking drug-rap narratives; it's a rap album that rivals the mob movies hip-hop celebrates. In the 2020 reboot of the list, the album's rank shot up to number 219. 536:

was an opportunity for Rae and Ghost to give us the street side. When we did it, I said, "yo, it's gonna be a very dangerous album; it's gonna change the game. We gonna invite those demons, every negative stereotype, and deal with them." It's like the shit was lived; a lot of it was lived or

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features dialogue-driven interludes in the beginning of several tracks with Raekwon and Ghostface Killah conversing about money, life, crime, and hip hop, among other things. The introduction to "Glaciers of Ice", for instance, involves Ghostface addressing his plans and methods of

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In regard to his and Ghostface's partnership, Raekwon later commented "Ghost and me, especially at the time, had this identical-twin effect on each other. We would joke about the same things and laugh at the same shit. We were into the same clothes and shit. We were like the

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in the skit, at the start of the song, when she said 'I sing for him and he isn't here.' He ain't here, cause he makin' money! He trying to put some food on the table." Producer RZA has stated that "Rainy Dayz" is one of his all-time favorite songs on the album.

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said Raekwon is "arguably the Wu's best storyteller", crediting him for "translating epic themes and narratives of a mafia movie into a startlingly accomplished hip-hop album". Huey argued the record was possibly the "best Wu-Tang solo album", along with GZA's

910:'s inclusion, RZA later remarked "The idea is Rae did everything he had to do. Everything is over now. The job is over. Mission is over, it's a perfect closing to the album. Popa Wu was a very smart mentor in the younger days to me and 1416:, an expensive champagne, which was mentioned on the album and touted by Rae and Ghost. It has now become a staple in hip hop, with name-drops that continue to this day. The brand even made its way into popular culture when director 1370:

could be heard heavily in following years with several notable changes in hip hop culture. For instance, the album refers to "Wu-Gambinos" in various occurrences; the term being a name for the 'alter-egos' of the rappers involved in

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apart is the sheer abundance of well-written, complex lyrics." Poluhoff also praised RZA's production, viewing it as his best yet: "The tracks are suited to the distinct flow of the Chef, who weaves in and out between beats."

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as an influence on his orchestral approach to several of the album's tracks. He also later revealed that several of the album's beats, such as "Incarcerated Scarfaces", were originally intended for Wu-Tang member GZA's

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aliases used for the members who appeared on the album, and would eventually become highly influential on hip hop. Raekwon later explained "The Wu-Gambinos aliases come from how I used to like that movie

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creed and inner-city experience, producer RZA worked intensively on a polished sound, slower and more layered than that of Wu-Tang's previous efforts, using strings, piano loops and vocal samples from

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denizen caught in the crossfire knows. But materially and metaphorically, Wu-Tang's power to create this illusion provides a way out of the hell underneath—especially, but not exclusively, for them.

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would prove to be highly influential, Raekwon later revealed that he had no intentions for this impact, stating "Really, I was just trying to make something worth purchasing and worth respecting."

827:'s character being killed off at the end of his verse. The reason for this elimination is because U-God was sentenced to serve several months in prison, which prevented subsequent participation on 629:. But when they got to Barbados, the racism was so crazy. It was on some slave mentality. The Blacks was being treated like shit. They stopped back, and everything was recorded in my basement. No 594:

we used to rock back in the days was Cuban links. So Rae came up with the theory, like a Cuban link is one of the roughest chains to break. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Real niggas, strong niggas."

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in early 1996. In regard to the song's lyrics, Raekwon summarized "this is for the struggling girl who can't understand her man and he a thorough nigga. We wanted to put a girl from the movie

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magazine's Nicholas Poluhoff said "Raekwon has always brought his own special flavor to the Wu cipher: he sprays out lyrics like gunfire, forming vivid tales. What truly sets

1026:" was released September 25, 1995, with "Incarcerated Scarfaces" as its B-side. This proved to be the most successful single off the album, as it reached the 37th spot on the 747:), Noodles and Max was partners. I felt like GZA was like Maximillian because he was like the brains of the crew. He would say something real intellectual and smart. I called 494:. Much of the content on the album deals with real life topics and situations that both Raekwon and Ghostface Killah commonly encountered and experienced while growing up in 858: 1429:

In regard to this trend, Raekwon later clarified "We was the first to be talking that Cristal shit. I know that for a fact. Back then we would go do dinners and sit with

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Though several songs, such as "Glaciers of Ice" and "Incarcerated Scarfaces", received radio play and music video treatment, only four official singles were released for

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in late 2005. The sequel was highly anticipated for nearly four years since its original announcement and fourteen years after the release of the original, appearing in

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and them up at the label. And our mission would be like, when we sit at the table, we want the best fuckin' wine they got in the building. We might have asked for some

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and wrote of the music: "RZA's production sensibilities, sometimes minimal, other times symphonic, pull the listener in despite the chaos. In a genre characterized by

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subgenre. It is considered to have been highly influential on hip hop music over the next decade, being heavily referenced and influential on acclaimed albums such as

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The album's title serves as "a warning of its musical potency to those not prepared for the uncut raw contained within." Although the original intended title was "

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has received acclaim from music critics and writers over the years, with many lauding it as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. With its emphasis on

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experienced in one form or another. It's so natural, it don't feel like songs. It was a chance to show the world not only how New York lived, but also how

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influence spawned a countless number of albums with many of the adopted principles that it set in place. The year following its release, in 1996,

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Me and Ghost is loving how the bottle looked. It cost more than the muthafuckin' other, so we was like, Cristal, nigga! That's our new shit!"

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as the 83rd-best album of the 1990s, describing it as an "epic, cinema-scale crime drama" that was "far ahead of hip-hop's conceptual curve".

590:", this idea was eventually dismissed in favor of a more market-friendly one. Ghostface Killah later specified "We already had the title. The 3466: 333:

as the "director". It features appearances from every member of the Wu-Tang Clan. The album also features debut appearances from affiliates

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takes a few listens to reveal the full scope of its lyrical complexities, but it's immensely rewarding in the end."

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crew new names, albeit with a militaristic, dictatorial theme. In regard to Raekwon's innovation of the gambinos,

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After two solo projects that were both critically and commercially unsuccessful, Raekwon announced a sequel to

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is a full-blown album where the big picture is just as moving as the compositional stylistic elements." In

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The RZA-produced track has an uptempo beat and features a verse by Ghostface Killah, the album's "co-star".

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The song "Wu-Gambinos" was one of the first songs recorded for the album, and marked the beginning of the

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has since been ranked by critics and publications as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.

1035: 545:- that real gritty, rough project shit. We was on corners at 15, 16, doing shit you couldn't imagine. 360: 3911: 1668:

Ironically enough, despite Raekwon and Ghost's warning on "Shark Niggas (Biters)" to "be original",

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achieved greater critical praise, with many complimenting its cinematic lyricism and production.

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produced the entire album in his basement studio, as he did with solo releases by other members.

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The much-revered collaboration between Raekwon and Nas portrays prophetic and criminal imagery.

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as his first solo album, and the third seen from the Wu after the release of their debut album

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in the late 1980s, it didn't completely permeate the hip hop world until the release of

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chart. One year later, it re-entered the Hot Rap Singles chart, peaking at number 21.

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preserved New York. An older generation was leaving and getting older. We're from the

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as Bobby Steels – performer, arranger, producer, engineer, mixing, executive producer

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Rae and Ghost together, those two right there were notorious kids from two different

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album, but because of Raekwon's timely writing approach, were used last minute for

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chart, while selling 130,000 copies in its opening week. The album was certified

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A lushly impenetrable jungle of sonic allusions transforms the nightmare of the

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Relic, Peter (2004). "Raekwon". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.).

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when you're on this track. This is a Gambino track. Wu-Gambinos. I would call

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Poluhoff, Nicholas (September 1995). "Raekwon the Chef featuring Ghost Face:

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hip-hop world to adopt new names and personae, from Nas' Escobar moniker to

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said the songs with other Wu-Tang Clan members are as good as anything on

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called up and was like 'Yo, he killed that shit. He ripped that shit.'"

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features a wide array of Wu-Tang members, as well as Wu-Tang affiliates

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list in 2012, and at number 219 in the 2020 reboot of the list.

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to play like scenes in a crime movie. RZA has cited

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Serving as the album's most radio-friendly track, "

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Retrieved on 2010-03-01. 2758:Sales figures based on certification alone. 1227:was well received by contemporary critics. 604: 597:The album is also commonly referred to as " 5001: 4987: 4741: 4727: 4392:"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995" 4260:The Top 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2007 3779: 3777: 3775: 3719: 2194:"Wisdom Body" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 1802:was released in 2009 to critical acclaim. 751:"Rollie Fingers" cause of the way he roll 437:magazine placed it at number 480 on their 29: 4639:Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard (2004). 4477:Recording Industry Association of America 3864:"Raekwon the Chef Has the Hip-Hop Recipe" 3818: 3812: 3663: 3654: 3635:"The Making of 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'" 3633:Arnold, Paul W.; et al. (May 2005). 3487:"Wu-Tang Clan : Biography. AllMusic" 3456: 3443:Recording Industry Association of America 3222:Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years 755:. So names just started fitting niggas." 431:is the most acclaimed solo Wu-Tang work. 369:Recording Industry Association of America 4196: 4059: 4057: 3951: 3942: 3910:. No. 4. p. 65. Archived from 3854: 3852: 3071:1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 608: 524:also commented on the duo's congruency: 4611:"Blessed Releases: Records of the Year" 4142:Cowan, Andy (February 2016). "Raekwon: 4049:About.com's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums 4011: 4005: 3993:. Vol. 11, no. 8. p. 125 3809:. waxpoetics.com. Retrieved 2010-07-27. 3772: 3742: 3740: 3738: 3628: 3626: 3624: 3622: 3620: 3618: 3616: 3614: 3612: 3610: 3608: 3606: 3604: 3602: 3600: 3598: 3596: 3594: 3592: 3590: 3588: 3586: 3584: 3582: 3580: 3578: 3576: 3574: 3572: 3570: 1810:Track listing and credits adapted from 1740:(previously mentioned); Nas, then with 1337: 5442: 4661: 4029:. Vol. 3, no. 7. p. 180 3732:. RapReviews. Retrieved on 2011-05-31. 3568: 3566: 3564: 3562: 3560: 3558: 3556: 3554: 3552: 3550: 3013:Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s 2859:The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995–2005 2311: 2258: 2240: 2218: 2204: 2190: 2155: 2120: 2102: 835:to take his place later in the album. 4982: 4722: 4402:from the original on January 23, 2015 4301: 4141: 4063: 4054: 4051:. about.com. Retrieved on 2010-03-01. 3975: 3971: 3969: 3889: 3858: 3849: 3819:Mukherjee, Tiarra (August 18, 1995). 3538:The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 3517:"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" 3424:DeRosa, robin. "Toppin' the Charts". 3398: 3396: 3394: 3392: 3390: 3388: 2339: 2276: 2088: 2026:(Remix)" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 2018: 1996: 1978: 1950: 1898: 1884: 1862: 1848: 1455: 1358:. While this style was originated by 1064: 1054: 581: 5008: 4335:"Raekwon | Artist | Official Charts" 4100:"The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" 3735: 3534: 3532: 3484: 2580: 2430: 686:dialogue from various scenes in the 62:RZA's basement studio, New York City 3547: 3116:The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 3092:The Essential Recordings of the 90s 3055:The A's, B's and Kilos of Coke Rap 2820:100 Records that Rocked 100 Issues 2536:Mitchell Diggs – executive producer 1332:The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 1307:, and wrote that like that album, " 1182: 758: 682:Throughout the album, producer RZA 439:The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 13: 4110: 3966: 3385: 2653: 1451:Retrospective professional reviews 991:Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 924: 840: 329:as the "guest-star", and producer 14: 5496: 4795:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II 4690: 4067:The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 3529: 2702: 1799:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. 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Other than that, I'm boss." 588:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Niggaz 352:debuted at number four on the 1: 5165:Hidden Darts: Special Edition 4668:Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4452:British Phonographic Industry 3323: 3278:Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll 2557:Daniel Hastings – photography 2487:as Rollie Fingers – performer 1729:'s second major-label album, 1619:The Rolling Stone Album Guide 1519:Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1342: 1293:The Rolling Stone Album Guide 1000:, the album's second single " 444: 359:chart, and number two on the 303:(commonly referred to as the 4381:. Retrieved August 1, 1995. 4363:. Retrieved August 1, 1995. 4341:. 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March 2006 3244:The 20 Best Albums Of '95 2634:Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2493:as Nas Escobar – performer 2481:as Maximillion – performer 2475:as Golden Arms – performer 2439:as Lex Diamond – performer 1866:"Knuckleheadz" (featuring 1787:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 1755:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 1507:Christgau's Consumer Guide 1403: 1288:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 971:. The first of which was " 969:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 917: 884:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 795:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 719:. "Lou Diamond" came from 660:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 556:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 492:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 482:released prior. 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