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'{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... | Type = studio | Artist = [[Raekwon]] | Cover = Raekwon only.jpg | Released = August 1, 1995 | Recorded = 1994–1995 | Genre = [[East Coast hip hop]] | Length = 73:25 | Label = [[Loud Records|Loud]]/[[RCA Records|RCA]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]<br /><small>07863-66663</small> | Producer = [[RZA]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Huey">Huey, Steve. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:u9axlfgehcqq Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']. [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-06.</ref> * [[Robert Christgau]] (A-)<ref name="Christgau">Christgau, Robert. "[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1115&name=Raekwon Consumer Guide: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']. ''[[The Village Voice]]'': September 1995.</ref> * ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (A-)<ref name="Mukherjee">Mukherjee, Tiarra. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298411,00.html Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved on 2009-09-06.</ref> * ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Coker">Coker, Cheo H. [http://articles.latimes.com/1995-08-20/entertainment/ca-36968_1_cuban-linx Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Retrieved on 2009-09-06.</ref> * ''[[NME]]'' (8/10)<ref name="NME">Columnist. "[http://www.tower.com/only-built-4-cuban-linx-raekwon-cd/wapi/106722690 Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[NME]]'': 51. August 19, 1995.</ref> * ''[[Richmond Times]]'' {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Clark">Clark, Mike. "[http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=Only+Built+4+Cuban+Linx&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_user_ldate=&as_user_hdate=&lr=&as_src=Richmond+Times&as_price=p0&as_scoring=a Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[Richmond Times]]'': E.9. September 1, 1995. Archived from [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/timesdispatch/access/18077580.html?dids=18077580:18077580&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Sep+01%2C+1995&author=Mike+Clark&pub=Richmond+Times+-+Dispatch&desc=RAEKWON&pqatl=google the original] on 2009-09-06. (Transcription of original review at [[Talk:Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx%E2%80%A6#Richmond_Times_review|talk page]])</ref> * ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Hoard">Hoard, Christian. "[http://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA672&dq= Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[Rolling Stone]]'': 672. November 2, 2004.</ref> * ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Poluhoff">Poluhoff, Nicholas. "[http://pressrewind.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/raekwon_source995.jpg Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'': 97. September 1995. Archived from [http://ifihavent.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/classic-review-only-built-iv-cuban-linx-in-the-source-1995/ the original] on 2009-09-06.</ref> * ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' (8/10)<ref name="Spin">Columnist. "[http://www.tower.com/only-built-4-cuban-linx-raekwon-cd/wapi/106722690 Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'': 125. November 1995.</ref> * ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' (favorable)<ref name="Hampton">Hampton, Dream. "[http://books.google.com/books?id=aywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA180&dq= Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'': 180. September 1995.</ref> | This album = '''''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...'''''<br />(1995) | Next album = ''[[Immobilarity]]''<br />(1999) | Misc = {{Extra chronology 2 | Artist = [[Wu-Tang Clan]] | Type = [[Album]] | Last album = [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]: <br />''[[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]'' <br />(1995) | This album = '''''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...'''''<br />(1995) | Next album = [[GZA]]: <br />''[[Liquid Swords]]''<br />(1995) }} }} '''''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...''''' is the solo [[debut album]] of rapper and [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member [[Raekwon]], released August 1, 1995 on [[Loud Records]]. Highly lauded upon its release, the album is known as a pioneer of the [[Mafioso Rap]] genre, with an emphasis on elaborate lyricism wherein [[Italian Mafia]] references, and organized crime abound. The album's production was exclusively handled by [[The RZA]], and features a cleaner sound than that of previous Wu-Tang solo releases, featuring polished beats with heavy use of horns and string sections.<ref name="Billboard">Columnist. "[http://books.google.com/books?id=xAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64 Review: ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…'']". ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'': 64. August 12, 1995.</ref> The album is known for being very influential in other works within the Hip-Hop community over the next decade (heavily referenced and influential in albums such as ''[[Doe or Die]]'', ''[[Reasonable Doubt]]'', and ''[[Life After Death]]''). The album is regarded by many fans to be the best of Wu-Tang solo material, along with [[GZA]]'s ''[[Liquid Swords]]''. In 1998, the album was selected in [[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'s 100 best rap albums list<ref>http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm</ref> Its success spawned a sequel 14 years later with 2009's ''[[Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II]]''. ==Background== Raekwon released ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...''—originally to be titled ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Niggaz''—as his first [[solo (music)|solo]] album, and the third seen from the Wu camp after [[Method Man]]'s ''[[Tical (album)|Tical]]'' and [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]'s ''[[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]''. Seeking to musically express Raekwon's blend of [[Five Percenter]] creed and inner-city experience, producer [[RZA]] worked intensively on a polished sound, slower and more layered than that of the Clan's previous efforts, using strings, piano loops and vocal samples from [[Martial arts film|Kung Fu movies]], and [[Mafia]] films. Because of Raekwon's storytelling, gangster-minded approach, the producer set up the album to play like mobster movie scenes: {{cquote|...When the solo albums dropped, mine took up where Wu-Tang left off, so it was good for me to come then. Dirty's still had the kung fu element, but it was more twisted; it was like screwed music because it was seen through Dirty's eyes this time. When Raekwon's album came, since he was on some mobster shit, that's how the nigga structured his album. Every gangster movie he could find, every quote - it's like the way he put that album together.|30px|30px|Method Man|XXL, ''The Making of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...''}} This album is also known as "The Purple Tape" due to the fact that the cassette version of this record was packaged with a purple cassette tape at a time most others were clear plastic. ==Structure and lyricism== In keeping with the loose storyline, the album opens with Raekwon and "co-star" [[Ghostface Killah]] planning a job, and [[U-God]] is "killed off" after the first song to explain his return to prison, and subsequent non-participation in the album<ref>[http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=39731]</ref>. ''Cuban Linx'' is commonly referred to as ''The Purple Tape'' 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.<ref name="xxl">{{cite web|url=http://xxlmag.com/Features/2005/may/cuban-linx/|title=Features: May 2005: The Documentary|author=Arnold, Paul W., ''et al.''|publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|date=May 2005|accessdate=2007-07-02}}</ref> The album is often commemorated for its introduction of a distinctive [[slang]] individual to Raekwon and Ghostface<ref>[http://www.wutang-corp.com/news/article.php?id=302]</ref>; heavy use of the [[Supreme Alphabet]] and [[Supreme Mathematics]], as often used by the Wu-Tang Clan, blended with terms picked up on the inner-city streets of New York, as well as several songs based around detailed, loosely-connected stories. Ghostface Killah appears on fifteen of the album's eighteen tracks, including "Wisdom Body," which is a Ghostface solo song. Ghost garnered attention of his own from his many appearances, which helped launch his solo career with ''[[Ironman (album)|Ironman]]'': {{cquote|[Ghostface Killah] had a rhyme that he knew was going to change the game - that was the verse that got him recognized. [[Cypress Hill]]'s [[DJ Muggs]] called up and was like 'Yo, he killed that shit. He ripped that shit.' From that point on, he's the co-star. He wins Best Supporting Actor. Rae got nominated, maybe won or didn't - but Ghost definitely wins.|30px|30px|RZA|XXL, ''The Making of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...''}} ==Influence== ''OB4CL'' popularized Mafioso-flavored, street-oriented gangster rap on the east coast. While the style was first conceived by [[Kool G Rap]] in the late 1980's, it didn't fully catch on until the release of ''OB4CL'' in 1995. References to ''Cuban Linx'' could be heard heavily in following years with several notable changes in the Hip-Hop culture. The spike in popularity of [[Cristal]], an expensive champagne, 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 even to this day. The brand even made its way into popular culture when director [[Quentin Tarantino]], a known affiliate of RZA and the Wu-Tang, goes on a rant about the champagne's quality in his segment of [[Four Rooms]], a film released in the months after Raekwon's album. The album also refers to "Wu-Gambinos" in various instances, the term being a name for the 'alter-egos' of those rappers involved in ''Cuban Linx'', used on the album and later on various other projects. The alter egos of the Wu-Tang Clan inspired an already [[Dissociative identity disorder|dissociative]] hip-hop world to adopt new names and personae, from Nas' 'Escobar' moniker to B.I.G.'s gangster-movie-referential 'Frank White.' A known fan of the Wu, [[Tupac Shakur]] began to refer to himself as Makaveli and gave his [[Outlawz]] crew new names, albeit with a militaristic, dictatorial theme. Ironically enough, despite Raekwon and Ghost's warning on "Shark Niggas (Biters)" to "keep it real, and be original", ''OB4CL's'' 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, highly-acclaimed rapper [[Nas]] released ''[[It Was Written]]'', revising his image to incorporate the Mafia posturing of Raekwon; adopting the Mafioso moniker "Nas Escobar" bestowed on him by his guest appearance on ''Cuban Linx''. Mobb Deep's second major-label album, ''[[Hell on Earth (album)|Hell on Earth]]'', which continued the duo's interpretation of the ''Cuban Linx'' vibe featured contributions from Method Man, Raekwon and Nas. '96 also saw the release of Ghostface's debut album ''[[Ironman (album)|Ironman]]'', which generally used the same formula as ''cuban Linx'', and also [[Jay-Z]]'s debut ''[[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]]'', which describes a lavish, Cristal-drinking mobster persona and deals with the subjects of street crime and getting out of drug-dealing and into the rap game, much like the topics covered on ''OB4CL''. In 1997, [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] also revamped his image into that of a gun-toting, big-money making, mob-commanding kingpin, especially on the songs "Niggas Bleed", "What's Beef", "My Downfall", and "I Love The Dough" featuring Jay-Z (previoulsy mentioned); Nas, then with [[The Firm (group)|The Firm]], put out a similarly-minded album that year in ''[[The Firm: The Album]]''. The influence of ''OB4CL'' continued through into the 2000s with other albums (such as Rick Ross's ''[[Deeper Than Rap]]'' and Jay-Z's ''[[American Gangster (album)|American Gangster]]'') continuing to find success following the album's structure and premise. ==Reception== ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'' is widely regarded as one of the best albums to come from the Wu-Tang camp; it has been on a great number of lists for best albums or best rap albums, including Rolling Stone's ''Essential Recordings of the 1990s'' list. In addition, fellow emcee Busta Rhymes regarded it as "one of the best albums ever." It was retroactively upgraded from 4.5 to 5 mics in ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' in 2002.<ref>http://www.listsofbests.com/list/12875</ref> ===Accolades=== (*) signifys unordered lists {|class="wikitable" |- ! Publication ! Country ! Accolade<ref>http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A951.htm</ref> ! Year ! Rank |- |''[[About.com]]'' |[[United States]] |''100 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums''<ref>http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top100RapAlbums_10.htm</ref> |2008 |6 |- |''[[Egotrip]]'' |United States |''Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980- 98'' |1999 |1 |- |''[[Exclaim]]'' |[[Canada]] |''100 Records that Rocked 100 Issues'' |2000 |* |- |''Face'' |[[United Kingdom]] |Top Albums of the Year |1995 |6 |- |''[[Hip-Hop Connection]]'' |United Kingdom |''The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995-2005'' |2005 |1 |- |''Mix Mag'' |United Kingdom |''Top Albums of the Year'' |1995 |12 |- |''[[Muzik]]'' |United Kingdom |''Top Albums of the Year'' |1995 |3 |- |''[[New Musical Express]]'' |United Kingdom |''Top Albums of the Year'' |1995 |29 |- |''[[New york Times]]'' |United States |''[[Neil Strauss]]' Top 10 Albums of '95'' |1996 |* |- |''[[NME]]'' |United States |''Top 50 Albums Of The Year 1995'' |1995 |29 |- |''[[OOR]]'' |[[Netherlands]] |''Albums of the Year'' |1995 |20 |- |''[[Pop (magazine)|Pop]]'' |[[Sweden]] |''Albums of the Year'' |1995 |2 |- |''[[Pitchfork]]'' |United States |''Top 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s'' |2003 |99 |- |''Robert Dimery'' |United States |''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'' |2005 |* |- |''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |United States |''The Essential Recordings of the 90s'' |1999 |* |- |''[[Select]]'' |United Kingdom |''Albums of the Year 1995'' |1996 |8 |- |''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' |United States |''100 Best Rap Albums''<ref>http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm</ref> |1998 |* |- |''The Source'' |United States |''The Critics Top 100 Black Music Albums of All Time''<ref>http://www.trevornelson.com/nonflash/top100.asp</ref> |2006 |20 |- |''[[Spex]]'' |[[Germany]] |Albums of the Year |1995 |17 |- |''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' |United States |''Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years'' |2005 |72 |- |''Spin'' |United States |''Top 90 Albums of the 90s'' |1999 |83 |- |''Spin'' |United States |''The 20 Best Albums Of '95'' |1995 |14 |- |''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' |United States |''Top 101-200 Albums of All time'' |2004 |123 |- |''[[The New Nation]]'' |United Kingdom |''Top 100 Albums By Black Artists'' |2005 |20 |- |''[[Village Voice]]'' |United States |''Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll'' |1996 |15 |- |} ==Sequel== After two solo projects that were both critically and commercially panned, Raekwon announced a sequel to ''OB4CL'' 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 XXL's top 10 list of most anticipated albums in 2007<ref>[http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=7288 Remedy: ''The Top 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2007'']. ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL Magazine]]'' (January 30, 2007). Accessed December 8, 2007.</ref>. ''[[Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II]]'' was finally released on [[September 8]], [[2009]] and maintains many of the original themes and concepts of the original album. ==Track listing== All songs produced by [[RZA|RZA]]. <!--this section is for album credits only--> {| class="wikitable" |- !# !Title !Performer(s) !Samples !Time !Recorded |- |1 |"Striving for Perfection" | *Performed by Raekwon and [[Ghostface Killah]] |<small> *Score from ''[[The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]'' by [[Lowell Lo]] |1:43 |1995 |- |2 |"Knuckleheadz" | *Intro: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *First verse: Raekwon *Second verse: Ghostface Killah *Third verse: [[U-God]] |<small> *"Get Up & Get Down" by [[The Dramatics]] |4:03 |1995 |- |3 |"Knowledge God" | *Intro: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *Chorus: Raekwon *First verse: Raekwon *Second verse: Raekwon *Outro: Raekwon |<small> * |4:24 |1995 |- |4 |"[[Criminology (song)|Criminology]]" | *Intro & outro: Raekwon *First verse: Ghostface Killah *Second verse: Raekwon |<small> *"I Keep Asking You Questions" by [[Black Ivory]] *"Why Marry" by [[The Sweet Inspirations]] *Dialogue from ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' |3:47 |1994 |- |5 |"Incarcerated Scarfaces" | *Performed by Raekwon |<small> *Dialogue and score from ''The Killer'' *"You're Getting Too Smart" by [[Detroit Emeralds]] *"[[Wang Dang Doodle]]" by [[Koko Taylor]] |4:42 |1995 |- |6 |"[[Rainy Dayz (Raekwon song)|Rainy Dayz]]" | *Intro & chorus: [[Blue Raspberry (singer)|Blue Raspberry]] *First verse: Ghostface Killah *Second verse: Raekwon |<small> *"[[Ain't No Sunshine]]" by [[Michael Jackson]] *Dialogue and score from ''The Killer'' |6:02 |1994 |- |7 |"Guillotine (Swordz)" | *Intro: [[Inspectah Deck]] *First verse: Inspectah Deck *Second verse: Ghostface Killah *Third verse: Raekwon *Fourth verse: [[GZA]] |<small> *Dialogue from ''[[Shaolin Vs Lama]]'' *"Tical" by [[Method Man]] |4:22 |1994 |- |8 |"[[Can It Be All So Simple]] (Remix)" | *Intro, outro & chorus: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *First verse: Ghostface Killah *Second verse: Raekwon |<small> *"[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were (Try to Remember)]]" by [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] |5:38 |1994 |- |9 |"Shark Niggas (Biters)" | *Performed by: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah |<small> * |1:38 |1995 |- |10 |"Ice Water" | *Intro & interlude: Ghostface Killah *First verse: Ghostface Killah *Second verse: [[Cappadonna]] *Third verse: Raekwon |<small> *"Where Do We Go From Here" by [[Delores Hall]] *"[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" by [[Bing Crosby]] |3:38 |1995 |- |11 |"Glaciers of Ice" | *Intro: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *Chorus: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *Backing vocals: Blue Raspberry & [[60 Second Assassin]] *First verse: Raekwon *Second verse: [[Masta Killa]] *Third verse: Ghostface Killah |<small> *"Bless Ya Life" by [[Wu-Tang_affiliates|KGB (Klik Ga Bow)]] *"Children, Don't Get Weary" by [[Booker T. & the MG's]] *"Dr. Do-Good" by [[The Electric Prunes]] *"Guillotine (Swordz)" by [[Raekwon]] |5:20 |1995 |- |12 |"Verbal Intercourse" | *Intro & outro: Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & [[Nas]] *First verse: Nas *Second verse: Raekwon *Third verse: Ghostface Killah |<small> *"If You Think It (You May As Well Do It)" by [[The Emotions]] |3:31 |1995 |- |13 |"Wisdom Body" | *Performed by Ghostface Killah |<small> *Dialogue from ''[[The Mack]]'' |2:38 |1994 |- |14 |"Spot Rusherz" | *Intro: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *Performed by Raekwon |<small> *"[[St. Ides]] Commercial" by Wu-Tang Clan *Dialogue from ''[[Carlito's Way]]'' |3:13 |1995 |- |15 |"[[Ice Cream (song)|Ice Cream]]" | *Intro, outro & chorus: [[Method Man]] *First verse: Ghostface Killah *Second verse: Raekwon *Third verse: Cappadonna |<small> *"Then You Can Tell Me" by [[Bettye Swann]] *"Ice Cream Man" by [[Eddie Murphy]] *"Ice Cream Man (rare demo)" by Method Man |4:13 |1995 |- |16 |"Wu-Gambinos" | *Intro: Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & Method Man *First verse: Method Man *Second verse: Raekwon *Third verse: [[RZA]] *Fourth verse: Masta Killa *Fifth verse: Ghostface Killah |<small> *Dialogue from ''The Killer'' |5:39 |1994 |- |17 |"[[Heaven & Hell (song)|Heaven & Hell]]" | *Performed by Raekwon & Ghostface Killah *Backing vocals: Blue Raspberry |<small> *"Could I Be Falling in Love?" by [[Syl Johnson]] |4:56 |1994 |- |18* |"North Star (Jewels)" | *Intro: Raekwon & [[Popa Wu]] *Backing vocals: Popa Wu *Verse: Raekwon *Outro: Popa Wu |<small> *"Mellow Mood Part One" by [[Barry White]] |3:58 |1995 |} An asterisk (*) indicates a track originally omitted from the vinyl, and cassette version, but present on the reissue and the CD. ==Chart history== ;Album {| class="wikitable" |rowspan="2"| '''Year''' |colspan="3"| '''Chart positions''' |- | [[Billboard 200]] | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums |- |1995 |#4 |#2 |} ;Singles {| class="wikitable" |rowspan="2"| '''Year''' |rowspan="2"| '''Song''' |colspan="3"| '''Chart positions''' |- | [[Billboard Hot 100]] | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] | [[Hot Rap Tracks|Hot Rap Singles]] | [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] |- | 1994 | "[[Heaven & Hell (song)|Heaven & Hell]]" | - | - | - |#4 |- | 1995 | "Heaven & Hell" | - | - |#21 | - |- | 1995 | "[[Criminology (song)|Criminology]]/Glaciers of Ice" |#43 |#32 |#5 |#2 |- |1995 |"[[Ice Cream (song)|Ice Cream]]/Incarcerated Scarfaces" |#37 |#37 |#5 |- |} ==Personnel/Wu Gambinos== *[[Raekwon]]/Lou Diamonds&nbsp;– Vocals *[[Ghostface Killah]]/Tony Starks&nbsp;– Vocals *[[U-God]]/Golden Arms&nbsp;– Vocals *[[Inspectah Deck]]/Rollie Fingers&nbsp;– Vocals *[[Method Man]]/Johnny Blaze&nbsp;– Vocals *[[GZA]]/Maximillion&nbsp;– Vocals *[[Cappadonna]]/Cappachino&nbsp;– Vocals *[[Masta Killa]]/Noodles&nbsp;– Vocals *[[Nas]]/Nas Escobar&nbsp;– Vocals *Blue Raspberry&nbsp;– Vocals *60 Second Assassin&nbsp;– Vocals *[[RZA]]/Bobby Steels&nbsp;– Vocals, Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Executive Producer *Mitchell Diggs&nbsp;– Executive Producer *Oli Grant&nbsp;– Executive Producer *4th Discipile&nbsp;– Mixing *Islord from Killarmy&nbsp;– Arranger, Engineer ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *{{cite book| author = Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard | title = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition | publisher = Simon and Schuster | date = 2004 | location = | isbn = 0-74320-169-8}} ==External links== * ''[http://www.discogs.com/Raekwon-Only-Built-4-Cuban-Linx/master/36531 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…]'' at [[Discogs]] * [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_cubanlinx.html Album Review] at RapReviews {{Raekwon}} {{Ghostface Killah}} [[Category:1995 albums]] [[Category:Raekwon albums]] [[Category:Concept album series]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:Loud Records albums]] [[Category:RCA Records albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by RZA]] [[de:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…]] [[es:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx]] [[fr:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…]] [[it:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...]] [[uk:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...]] [[pl:Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...]]'