My last post was about the artist behind my second favourite album from last year so it’s only fitting that today I’m here to do a quick drive-by about Raekwon who’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx pt. II was the only album I liked more than DM Stith’s Heavy Ghost in 2009.
Continuing to issue quality material at a dizzying rate more befitting some 20 year-old kid desperately courting fleeting blog buzz than a 40 year-old veteran from one of rap’s most influential groups Rae has floated another mixtape Cocainism Volume 2 onto the Internet. It’s hard to believe that a guy who broke in 1993 could be enjoying the most prolific run of his career in 2010 but that seems to be the case with The Chef. The insane Wu-Tang money from the ’90s might have dried up but Raekwon’s ridiculous string of material over the last year or so—off the top of my head: Cuban Linx II Cuban Revolution Blood on the Chef’s Apron Coke up in da Dollar Bill Avenging Eagles Wu Massacre and now Cocainism —shows that the passion is still in full force. Of course it helps that he’s also damn good.
[Via Passion of the Weiss ]
