RR’s ’09 Best Albums: #2 Raekwon “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II”
January 5, 2010 @ 4:03 PM EST
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It’s been a long time coming, but after 14 years Raekwon returned to the main stage with, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II. For starters, The Chef curbs our appetites with “House Of Flying Daggers”, “New Wu” and “Surgical Gloves”. He breaks bread with Beanie Sigel on “Have Mercy” and toasts to the fallen on “Ason Jones.” You rappers got fat while Rae starved. It’s his turn. Again.
SMH…
U are going to get it dot!!! They are coming for u with all their rethoric and insults… #2 I concur sir!!!
Rae never starved… but I get what you’re saying. this is the most accurate pick all day.
If BP3 is number one…lol
so #1 is Blueprint 3 so so so so predictable lol
YN won’t have it any other way, he has a bromance with Jay so you know BP3 is #1….LOL Even though we all know So Far Gone The Mixtape was probably the best album of the year like Skillz said in his 09 Rap-up.
Rae should have gotten #1 album, and keepin it 100, BISD should have been #2… BP3 is not #1… Elliot Wilson is a pop culture bamma! Jay Z stannery is disgusting!
We all know RR is gonna give the number 1 crown to blueprint 3. I’m ready to eat my words though.
If BP3 is #1 this site is officially Source/Benzino credibility wise.
I wonder if Old Forever Young will get the number 1 slot? #NoBrainer
There’s no effin way BP3 is better than OB4CL2…That’s pretty terrible of you guys
YN, wtf is wrong with you?!!? OBFCL2 is probably the best album in the last 5 years and you are gonna put BP3 in front of it. You know what Ed Lover is gonna say to you. BP3 is a solid album but with couple of fillers.
GREAT ALBUM RAE!!!! GREAT ALBUM…LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RAE X METH X GHOSTFACE JOINT…..
B. Dot, YN ????
OB4CL 2 deserved n°1 spot and BP3 n°2…
yall should change the name of the site to rocradar.com…
such a shame if bp3 is on tha numba 1 spot
Shit, Rae you better get that Ri-Ri hook on the next album if you want #1.
Rated R will be number one, people!!!!
Guess this is RR’s list….and since YN is all over Jay’s dick, BP3 will be #1
disgusting how an older man obsesses over a rap artist so much, so much for an “OG”….nigga you act like you’re 16
i mean…besides the fact that BP3 is arguably the best album of 09…
yall niggas belief in YN’s “dickriding” shouldn’t cloud your judgement. Jay’s album is time-relevant (as in it actually addresses what is on the tip of hip hop’s tongue in 08-09), and as always, he’s the mainstream blueprint.
i don’t wanna hear “wah wah it was commercial” <—-as if jay hasn't been doing his share of money cash hoe-ing since the 90's. u fools still ain't listening, just skimmin through it.
but lemme save that for the bp3 thread. as for raekwon:
for all the “old rapper” whining i heard yall niggas doing, all the “oh he’s always talking the same shit” complaining i heard about Jay-Z…
shallah raekwon got the super pass….he’s 15yrs deep (and 40yrs old) in the exact same coke mafioso manifesto rap. zero….i repeat…zero growth.
zero variation in subject matter. but i must say, it’s my #2 album of the yr too. not as dope as the original OB4CL, but dope nonetheless. you see, like jay-z, he does what he does well…only difference is jay consistently moves forward sonically, album for album, the beats always surprise u, the flows are infinite, and he always addresses the current wave of events in hip hop in his albums.
u so much of a dick that u try 2 hard to figure out wats real hiphop n wats not that u say sum dum shit like this.. honestly raekwon is trash album wasnt hard like that ghostface album is actually better..stop it seriously..wheres jadakiss album?
BP3 is a weak album, I don’t see it in the Top10.
furthermore, i think some of the reception of this joint was due to the name. nostalgia is a muthafucka. i’m prolly a victim of it too, lol.
i wonder if my ears would hear it different if it was titled “chef is back” or some shit. hmmmmmm
@Nathaniel.
Well-put. OB4CL2 does have its misses on it too. It deserves to be number 2, no doubt.
I’m just mad Wale didn’t make the cut. Attention Deficit>Gucci, Em, 50, Loso.
i have a feeling attention deficit is gonna be #1
oh shit @ dashing…i forgot about wale! damn, even though i like The Mixtape About Nothing more than his album, he deserved to be somewhere on the list. even if it was in the 6-10 realm.
i mean…besides the fact that BP3 is arguably the best album of 09…
yall niggas belief in YN’s “dickriding” shouldn’t cloud your judgement. Jay’s album is time-relevant (as in it actually addresses what is on the tip of hip hop’s tongue in 08-09), and as always, he’s the mainstream blueprint.
i don’t wanna hear “wah wah it was commercial” <—-as if jay hasn't been doing his share of money cash hoe-ing since the 90's. u fools still ain't listening, just skimmin through it.
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LMAO, yeah right my dude… as Beans said… nigga "Whatchu Talkin About"… Jay is slick with words and all… but when its all said and done, the nigga Jay don't talk about shit expect money, bitches & success! He has no substance, and he isn't very creative at all! OB4CL2 smashes BP3 as does BISD… and mainstream will never be hip hop!!! Jay is mainstream, Jay is pop now!
Classic shit, my fave of 09!
Let’s go Wu-tang!
“So Far Gone The Mixtape was probably the best album of the year like Skillz said in his 09 Rap-up.”
NOPE
OB4CL2 is a snoozefest except for 7/8 tracks.
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THE MAJORITY OF NIGGA DISSIN QBLII,,,WERE LIKE10 YEARS OLD IN NINTY-FIVE,,SO MAKING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND IS ABOUT BEING THERE,AND BEING OLD ENOUGH TO REALLY BE A ,PART OF THAT ERA,,,,,,,,,,BUT SOME OF THESE ARTIST HAVE CERTAIN LITTLE FORMULAS THEY USE,,,TO GET THEIR,POINT ACROSS,,,,,,,,,,,,,
JAY USED THE,,BLUEPRINT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RAE ,,USED CUBAN LINXII,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE WAY TO FIND OUT
WHO’S THE BEST,,,,,, IS TO BURN YOU A SPLIFF FIRST,,,,AIR OUT,UR RIDE,,,,,,,,,,,,, GET ON THE HIGHWAY,,,WITH YOUR WORK IN THE STASH,,,,AND MAKE IT HAPPEN,,,,,,,AND WHATEVER CD MAKES YOU FEEL BROLIC WHEN YOU TOUCHDOWN WINS,…..,,,
CHILLEY MOST SAID IT,,,,,,,T-DUB MUSIC / D.U.E
yall should check out our list of the top 10 albums:
http://da-what.com/2009/12/31/end-of-year-top-10-albums-of-2009/
we got a couple overlaps with rap radars but lotta different good stuff too. make sure you comment adn tell us what you think!
Alot of y’all shit on YN for being a jigga fan but alot of y’all are guilty of being sheeps. I know damn well more than half of u haven’t even heard all of Ob4ql2 it’s just the popular thing to say cause if u did i think you would all be more critical. Not to say BP3 was classic but i thought it was mature which to most ppl means wack cause u don’t understand. Ghost shoulda been here and Wale.
As I thought…So Far Gone will be #1
Umm, Raekwon should have had the best album of 2009. But of course YN gave it to Bp3…Figures..Chef’ should have gotten number one solely becuz he had the balls to call that album purple tape 2…to even make a part 2 of a classic and the shit sounds as good as the first one is a fuckin miracle! Yn u buggin! Rae has the best album
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