Tag Archives: Raekwon

The Sound of Your DOOM is the Roar of the Tiger, No Jive

A couple of days ago the Northern Hemisphere crossed the threshold from Winter into Spring and with the exception of a few locations hit with “freak” blizzards or anachronistically chilly blasts of arctic wind that means ski-mask season is all but over for most of us. I mean that in a strictly meteorological sense […]

Records at Random, Vol. 75: Genius/GZA Liquid Swords

Back in August I marked the dog days of Summer–and the 13th anniversary of the album’s release date–by dedicating a Records at Random post to Wu-Tang Clan swordsman Chef Raekwon’s mafioso-Rap epic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In that post I went to great lengths to outline just some of the myriad reasons that […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: The Rapture Tapes

As I’ve already made abundantly clear, I have reason to celebrate this week. And while it’s true there won’t be much in the way of partying going on in my vicinity I still can’t seem to shake the festive mood, no matter how hard I try. And it’s in that spirit of having […]

Only Built 4 Polk County?

A lot was said in Friday’s Records at Random post dedicated to the 13th (despite its rep thirteen is one of my lucky numbers) anniversary of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx about the qualities I admire a Hip-Hop album. Dirty sample-based beats imbued with the crackle-and-pop of vinyl, emcees who are creative, intelligent, […]

Records at Random Vol. 61 - Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Aside from all those mixtapes I’ve been blabbing about, a good portion of my Summer so far was spent revisiting old Hip-Hop albums. Having access to excessive amounts of digital storage and portable media players inspired me to replace the collection of cassette tapes languishing in a duffle bag in my bedroom with a […]