That’s what I’d like to know actually. “Verbal Intercourse” is still one of the Wu’s shining moments. And let’s not forget about Mobb Deep’s “Eye For An Eye” and “Right Back At You,” either.
We heard the album last night, son. Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II is a certified gem. That very last song on the LP, “Kiss the Ring,” is amazing. He’s has those mafia war stories, the sharp wordplay, Wu-Bangers and even some Dr. Dre G-Funk. What the Chef was unable to get was Nas. One of the main show-stealers from the original Only Built 4 Cuban Linx never gave Rae a verse for the new LP. So much for nostalgia.
“He committed to it,” Rae told Mixtape Daily. “I knew dude be busy. However it goes down, it’s cool with me. My thing is, I sacrificed to even ask because of the fans. But if dudes be too busy in their own minds, they don’t have to do it. Because Rae continues to do Rae anyway. Y’all came to see me. It’s the Rae show anyway.”
The Chef does have a couple of non-Wu-Tang castmembers — Beanie Sigel and The Lox’s Jadakiss and Styles P — participating on the CD. “I had to go back and deal with brothers I felt was really next to me, like a Sigel,” Chef said. “The way he came across, y’all gonna know he’s nothing to play with. He’s a vicious MC. When me and him get on a track, everybody gotta sit down. I got Kiss on the album. He’s like another one of me. I’m like him. We seen the same things. We share the same stories. I’m just a little older than Kiss, but we’re compatible. I wanted to keep it real Cuban, where people be like, ‘That’s how they talk.’ Jeezy would have been a good dude for the album, but maybe I’ll get him for [Cuban Linx III]. I wanted to keep it light on the features. I didn’t want everybody to [feel] like I’m looking too hard and leaning on features. I put Wu all over the joints because that’s how we made the first one.” According to Rae’s camp, he definitely has enough quality material to put out an Only Built 4 Cuban Linx III at the top of the year.
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has it leaked yet? i need it now.
He’s going to die before Cuban Linx III is released.
Not a big NaS fan but I’ll give dude his credit whe nit’s due (He murdered all the track you named and Live at the BBQ AND Affirmitive Action FIRE!!! I’m looking forward to hearring Beans though he’s a BEAST!
unrelated, but is that new mick boogie still dropping today?
Truth.
Word i need that shit to leak too. still gonna cop it tho.
but OB4CL3? Really? c’mon
Jeezy???? Rae come on
maaan Jeezy and Nas wouldve made this album a certified classic if its not one already…this is easily gonna be the album of the year
A NaS verse would have been dope.
Jeezy is wick wick wack.
jeezy? fuck him hes wack. fuck the south.
WOA!!! there horsy!! da south running rap right now whether u like it or not..not 2many lyricist down here but u still gotta give credit…we keepin this thang HOT!!
ANYWAY! sound like Rae throwing a jab at Nas..sound a lil bitter 2me..mayb he still mad from “Verbal Intercourse” he got slayed!!
Damn, Nas. You couldn’t find time to do one verse? You’re a rapper what the fuck do you do all day? When opportunities like this arise you hop on that shit.
Oh and KAMUS, the south is biting just by rapping. Think about that one for a sec.
perhaps nas is too busy, because he work on new album after 2 average album, (hip hop is dead & untitled) not nas rap but the choice of beats.
but i’m stay a great great nas fan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rae-
Perhaps bullets bust niggaz discuss mad money
True lies and white guys, we can see it through the eyes
Catch the most on tape, kilos disintegrate
Pyrex pots, we break, fiends lickin plates
In the building niggaz building, like little children starin
Them older niggaz aint carin
Sirens circlin fiends are lurkin in your baggage
oh, one’s gone now, what, smack him in his cabbage
In the woodwork, crack cells bubble like Woolworth’s
in the projects, richest niggaz rockin all the real worth
Police questioning, rooftop cats invested in
Tradin in they Lexus’ GS’s sendin messages
Two and two makes four, Cristal’s crazily pour
Gun wars my crew phantom like swords
He’ll be alright without him y’all… Nas verse was defiantly better than ghost and rae’s (… undoubtedly better better BUT nas did not come close to “slaughtering” rae and gfk.) His verse makes it the song that it is (A Timeless classic forever) but it would have still been classic without him.
Thanks god he didn’t get Jeezy on there. That would have taken it right out of potential classic status for scraping the bottom of the feature barrel.
OB4CL3 at the top of the year? I will jump off a project building if that shit actually drops next year.
LOL @ all the south haters on 2dopeboyz. A Jeezy/Rae joint would be ill.
^^^^^ I’m from JerZ & I like Southern Hip-Hop but I hate Bamma Rap. Jeezy is in between, not as bad as a Soulja Boy/Gucci/Hurricane Chris but obviously not a 3 Stacks/Luda/Jay-Elect/Scarface/T.I.
People who know me say I hate anything that has to do with the south but really I just hate stupid shit & when it comes to Hiphop, 90% of the wack shit is from the south, that’s why I call it Bamma Rap to differentiate that bullshit from good southern rap.
Damn how classy was that to throw Nas under the bus Rae… that was a real “Stand Up Guy” thing to do ***sarcasm***
Just say “…it didn’t work out” and keep it moving from there nigga. That was a lame move.
Nevertheless, I can’t wait to hear the album.
Some street soul is exactly what this game needs.
^^^^
@Benny Blanco from Da BriX
Well said. I think most of the eastcoast feels like that!
Nas seems to be always busy… why is that..?
cosign @ Benny Blanco from Da BriX
don’t blame the south. I mean, Little Brother, Scarface, Outkast, Cunninlynguists, Luda, Goodie Mob? you can’t call the south wack with all that.
Blame waack rappers, which come from everywhere.
also, Rae didnt throw Nas under the bus, he was just sayin Nas was busy, and besides, yall came to see Rae, not Nas, right?
Im mad Nas is not on the new cd…. But I don’t think it will take away from how good it is. I heard it’s cause Rae said “NAS u better get on “OB4CL2″. Anyway…. Everyone go cop Raekwon “OB4CL#2″ in stores everywhere Sept 8th! I glad Beanie Sigel is on “OB4CL#2″! J-DILLA production!