Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...

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hip hop album mafioso rap album studio album

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is a landmark 1995 mafioso-themed hip-hop album by Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, produced primarily by RZA and widely regarded as one of the greatest rap albums of all time.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop album → mafioso rap album → studio album →
alsoKnownAs	The Purple Tape →
artist	Raekwon →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
coverArtFeatures	Raekwon and Ghostface Killah →
criticalReception	widely acclaimed →
executiveProducer	RZA →
featuresArtist	GZA → Ghostface Killah → Inspectah Deck → Masta Killa → Method Man → Nas → RZA → U-God →
genre	East Coast hip hop → hardcore hip hop → mafioso rap →
hasTrack	Can It Be All So Simple (Remix) → Criminology → Glaciers of Ice → Guillotine (Swordz) → Heaven & Hell → Ice Cream → Ice Water → Incarcerated Scarfaces → Knowledge God → Knuckleheadz → North Star (Jewels) → Rainy Dayz → Spot Rusherz → Verbal Intercourse → Wu-Gambinos →
includedIn	lists of greatest hip hop albums →
language	English →
length	approximately 68 minutes →
narrativeDevice	crime film motif →
narrativeTheme	organized crime → street life →
notableFor	RZA’s sample-based production → cinematic storytelling → influencing mafioso rap subgenre →
partOf	Wu-Tang Clan solo album chronology →
performer	Raekwon →
physicalReleaseCharacteristic	original cassette released on purple tape shell →
primaryArtist	Raekwon →
producer	RZA →
recordLabel	Loud Records → RCA Records NERFINISHED →
releaseDate	1995-08-01 →
yearOfRelease	1995 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ghostface Killah ("Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (album, as featured artist)") → RZA → Raekwon → Raekwon ("Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II") →	notableWork
Raekwon →	debutStudioAlbum
Ghostface Killah ("Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... with Raekwon") →	notableCollaboration