Age old debate: Only Built For Cuban Linx vs. Iron Man

[Barry Sanders]

Cuban Linx is as perfect a hip hop album as you can possibly get. Ironman my shyt, but it ain't fukking with the Purp Tape

with spot rushers on it

 

[Billy Ocean]

with spot rushers on it

"Can you feel me? Storytelling, rap Magellan.."





Spot Rusherz is that shyt, breh

 

[Barry Sanders]

"Can you feel me? Storytelling, rap Magellan.."


Raekwon - Spot Rusherz - YouTube


Spot Rusherz is that shyt, breh

Them nikkaz ran in the spot for sellin
Word up, pushed up, man got mushed up
Seen him at a rap show actin like fat cat though
Glasses gold, shinin like a real big boy
This nikka had mega ice on Chips Ahoy!

 

[THE K-MAN]

with spot rushers on it

HELL YEA!

one of my fav tracks on the LP

 

[Danie84]

Why do y'all do these difficult poles.

I was going to pick OB4CL because of Verbal Intercourse alone.

But Ironman Fish beat alone.

I can't choose

 

[HoLLaBaCK]

OB4CL

The real debate should be OB4CL v. Supreme Clientele

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

 

[TheDarceKnight]

how the fukk you figure.. for one it had a lot of filler because it was a double album. that wu sound wasn't the same as this was like the first post RZA production after his studio was destroyed. Wu Tang was never the same.

Ghost held it down for a while with strong solo albums, but Wu was essentially dead and it began with that album. IT sold a lot based on the hype and name recognition.

The only weak song on there is pretty much Black Shampoo. I think we could all agree disc 1 has no skippers and is damn near perfect.

 

[Pack2]

Cuban Linx is the better album but I def played Ironman more back then

And @ RZA doing every single track on both of these albums except "Fish"...add Enter the 36, Tical, Return to 36 and Liquid Swords and there has never been a better run from a producer EVER

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Cuban Linx partly because of and it had the

Both 5/5

 

[kp404]

This isn't even debatable...

Ghostface is top 5 artist to me and has one of the best discographies, but Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is a certified masterpiece and Ironman is not. Iron Man is 4.75/5 because it doesn't hit me as like OB4CL

 

[DANJ!]

Neck and neck really but OB4CL is somethin' not to be denied.

Ironman was like the real OB4CL sequel... seemed like a great way to follow it up, the way Rae was the guest star on the album, and we got more of that pairing, and with Cappa added on, right before he got damn near wack.

And yeah, this is the last of the "classic" Wu sound. Wu-Tang Forever is like an almost totally different sound- thats more keyboards, violins, strings and shyt like that... 'Ironman' was the last of the grimy drums, heavy soul sampling, movie diaogue, etc. that made up all the other Wu albums before it.

And I agree with EVF, fukkit. WTF was "eh"... definitely not what it should've been.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

The only weak song on there is pretty much Black Shampoo. I think we could all agree disc 1 has no skippers and is damn near perfect.

The sound was different. I was expecting more seeing how it took 4 years. The double cd was a mistake and again.. 97 was a funny year. I didn't bump it like I bumped liquid swords or ob4cl. It's almost as if, they tried to do what Nas did with It Was Written.

There were some dope songs but If they would've took the top 12 and made one CD it would've been a lot better.

 

[filial_piety]

OB4CL is a masterpiece...heck OB4CL 2 isn't that far behind either.

Iron Man is the shyt but Rae gets this one. I put Iron Man on the same level as Liquid Swords...great albums but not unstoppable great.

 

[Ohene]

while were at it...

although cuban linx is the best wu release...
Ironman and Supreme Clientele both > Liquid Swords
Fight me