Songs from Raekwon's still upcoming Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II have been leaking since early spring, and in each case it's been very hit or miss. For every Wu-banger that reinstated your faith in the crew ("New Wu"), there's been one that sees them recycling their act without much panache or excitement ("Criminology II"). Sadly, this latest taste of the Chef's product is of the latter, failing as a tired retread of the Wu's mid-nineties glory days. It has no right to be this way, either, because any track that features Ghost, Rae, and production from the late, great J Dilla should be at least a 5.5 on the rap banger richter scale. Unfortunately, the beat is off-putting and relatively weak, the vocal hook is a repackaged version of "Clan In Da Front," sans ingenuity, and Ghostface, once again, is the only member making things exciting.
All roads point to a mixed bag this August from Raekwon & Co.
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Raekwon "House of Flying Daggers" (MP3) ft. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & Method Man
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Gotta disagree slightly with this. The track is hot when they are rhyming....The hook, I could do without