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Track Listing
1. Return of the North Star - (featuring Popa Wu)
2. House of Flying Daggers - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Inspectah Deck/Method Man)
3. Sonny's Missing
4. Pyrex Vision
5. Cold Outside - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Suga Bang)
6. Black Mozart - (featuring Inspectah Deck/RZA)
7. Gihad
8. New Wu - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Method Man)
9. Penitentiary - (featuring Ghostface Killah)
10. Baggin Crack
11. Surgical Gloves
12. Broken Safety - (featuring Jadakiss/Styles P.)
13. Canal Street
14. Ason Jones
15. Have Mercy - (featuring Beanie Sigel/Blue Raspberry)
16. 10 Bricks - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Cappadonna)
17. Fat Lady Sings
18. Catalina - (featuring Lyfe Jennings)
19. We Will Rob You - (featuring GZA/Masta Killa/Slick Rick)
20. About Me
21. Mean Streets - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Inspectah Deck)
22. Kiss the Ring - (featuring Inspectah Deck/Masta Killa)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Beanie Sigel, Blue Raspberry, Cappadonna, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Jadakiss, Lyfe Jennings, Masta Killa, Method Man, Popa Wu, RZA, Slick Rick, Styles P., Suga Bang | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Recording information: Street Science Studio's; Street Science Studios; Jesus Swings Studios, Atlanta, GA; Streetscience Studios; Beast Music Studio's, Mt. Vernon, NY; 36th Chambers Studio, New York, NY; Record One Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA; Avex Honolulu Studios.
Like the original, ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX, PART 2 sets the stage with the intro, but here, it's some Raekwon history courtesy of Papa Wu. On Part 1 it was fictional dialog introducing a loose concept album. Besides the introductory dialog and the album's look-a-like cover--tinted purple, as if it was a Cash Money, Screwed & Chopped mix of Part 1--the only traits this sequel shares with the original LINX is that it's the Wu-rapper in top form, spitting out rhymes worthy of the Wu logo and pushing his guest list to work harder, as evidenced by Ghostface, Jadakiss, and Cappadonna all sounding at the top of their game. The productions are equally magnificent with Pete Rock, the Alchemist, and even Dr. Dre all living up to their lofty reputations. Inspectah Deck and the Wu's secret weapon Mathematics out RZA the RZA on their 36 CHAMBERS-flavored cuts--the awesome "House of Flying Daggers" and "Mean Streets," respectively--but if it's possible to create a poignant beat track, it has to be the soulful loop on "Ason Jones," a tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard made all the more moving when you notice the beat comes from the late J. Dilla. Raekwon's lyrical highlights come back-to-back as "Gihad" slaps the current rap scene for all its worth while "New Wu" with Ghostface, Method Man, and RZA on production renews hope that the Wu-Tang dynasty will return with a vengeance. If it looks long at 22 tracks, it'll still leave the Wu-heads wanting more. This sequel may have little to do with the original, but if the title helps to point out this is the Shaolin poet's best work since 1995's Part 1, then so be it.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- Raekwon's eye is colder than ever as he delivers asymmetrical rhymes and piles up dirty details...
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