Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 20th year Anniversary Appreciation Thread (Aug 1st, 1995 - Aug 1st, 2015)

[DrHackenbush]

the sample for knowledge god:

melody is the same but it sounds like a different instrument..that sample is one of the holy grails for the diggers

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Ghost did one, motherless child and something else from supreme

 

[patscorpio]

the talking at the beginning of north star is one of the greatest things in hip hop ever, that accompanied by the singing (is that odb singing??)
anyway, just incredible song on an incredible album!!!

just beautiful!!!

i was reading through an old interview about this joint

The album ends with “North Star Jewels”, a track that features Poppa Wu and ODB. How do you think this ended the album when you listen to it today?
When I heard the beat, I pictured a little kid witnessing some street action, sitting right in the middle of a shoot out. He’s sitting on a park bench eating a 100 grand candy bar, watching everything happen in slow motion. So I came up with the story line and arranged all that. Papa Wu was perfect to deliver that motivational type speech from an older brother’s point of view. I mean, everything we learn, we learn from the older brothers anyways. That was just the kind of vibe and message I was trying to get at in order to end the album. Having ODB on it and hearing it now just makes me sad, but in a way it’s the perfect way to end the album.

this shyt he said about ODB on it made me a little . you can tell him passing took something out of him and the rest of the Wu

 

[MartyMcFly]

I just realized this the other day but this is officially my favorite album of all time. I still think illmatic is the greatest hip hop joint but its number 2 on my list of my favorites. The combination of RZA's beats with Rae and Ghost and the whole wu, the mob flick feel, the kung fu samples, it's just a perfect album and it's probably the most fun I have listening to any album. I've got that purple tape that get on down released a few years back and it's never been played, it's locked in its case. I can put this album on at any time and be good

 

[intruder]

The Videos

i still get chills listening to this joint

 

[MartyMcFly]

the sample for knowledge god:

I always thought the sample for this was from the lion king

i still get chills listening to this joint

Word..every time. This was the first album I heard that felt dangerous as fukk

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Just uploaded a video of the concert on fb I'll link when I get home

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Spoiler

Raekwon-only built instrumental.rar

the instrumental LP..can't find the samples collection..

 

[DrHackenbush]

Cuban Linx samples

Raekwon (1995) HHIR - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx [The Samples].rar

 

[Oztradamus]

Why isn't this thread stickied?

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Why isn't this thread stickied?

word a good day to sticky it..friday 31st!!

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

@mr. smoke weed

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

I love heaven n hell..this is my joint man..and the fact rae penned and recorded as solo then ghost wanted in and both recorded the LP version.

 

[JuvenileHell]

GOAT album of all time. Nothing before it dropped, or after, tops it.

No argument from me. OBC4L is a crown jewel of rap.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

No argument from me. OBC4L is a crown jewel of rap.

and the fact is still plays well in 2015..