Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

Raekwon

1995

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… is loose concept of a “rap mafioso” gangster movie where we follow some days in the life of Raekwon as Lou Diamonds. All the stuff that you know from the movies drops by here, dealing coke, getting into altercations with other gangs, betrayal, robberies etc.

RZA, who produced the entire album, would elaborate on the concept:  “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.”

This album is essentially a collaboration with Ghostface Killah, as he and his character Tony Starks is featured in twelve of the eighteen tracks.