The Purple Tape

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East Coast hip hop album hip hop album mafioso rap album studio album

The Purple Tape is the influential 1995 mafioso-rap album by Raekwon (of Wu-Tang Clan), widely regarded as a landmark in East Coast hip hop.

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Label Occurrences
The Purple Tape canonical 2
refers to the purple-colored cassette of the original pressing 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Coast hip hop album ⓘ
hip hop album ⓘ
mafioso rap album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
alternativeName Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... ⓘ
surface form: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... ⓘ
artist Raekwon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtColorTheme purple ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ
featuresArtist Cappadonna ⓘ
GZA ⓘ
Ghostface Killah ⓘ
Inspectah Deck ⓘ
Masta Killa ⓘ
Method Man ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
format cassette ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
mafioso rap ⓘ
hasTrack Criminology ⓘ
Guillotine (Swords) ⓘ
surface form: Guillotine (Swordz)

Heaven & Hell ⓘ
Ice Cream ⓘ
Incarcerated Scarfaces ⓘ
Knowledge God ⓘ
Rainy Dayz ⓘ
Verbal Intercourse ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy considered one of the greatest hip hop albums of the 1990s ⓘ
highly influential on later mafioso rap and street-oriented hip hop ⓘ
memberOfArtistCollective Wu-Tang Clan ⓘ
notableFor cinematic crime narrative style ⓘ
distinctive purple-colored cassette shell on original release ⓘ
influential mafioso rap themes ⓘ
landmark status in East Coast hip hop ⓘ
performer Raekwon ⓘ
primaryGuestArtist Ghostface Killah ⓘ
producer 4th Disciple ⓘ
RZA ⓘ
True Master ⓘ
surface form: Tru Master
recordedAt Firehouse Studio, New York City ⓘ
RZA’s basement studio ⓘ
recordLabel Loud Records ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1995-08-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1995 ⓘ
titleMeaning The Purple Tape self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: refers to the purple-colored cassette of the original pressing

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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... → alsoKnownAs → The Purple Tape ⓘ
The Purple Tape → titleMeaning → The Purple Tape self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: refers to the purple-colored cassette of the original pressing
album "The Meth Lab" → hasPart → The Purple Tape ⓘ
subject surface form: The Meth Lab