Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Yellow & Clear Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 2LP type:Vinyl 2LP They duo at a party

They duo at a party one night at The Clubhouse (aka Club Casa)

has been referred to as a concept album chronicling adolescence

they apply their neo-vintage horror score aesthetic to a full album of original material that flexes their mastery over analog synths

and the twin cities four-piece land somewhere between later-period Saves The Day and a modern Prefab Sprout (check “Poems” and “Boyish” and tell me Jake Luppen doesn’t sound like Paddy McAloon

Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Yellow & Clear Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 2LP type:Vinyl 2LP They duo at a partyThis is the crown jewel of the Clan's solo efforts. All the early Wu solo joints were strong, but what separates Linx is the finesse. The record has the mandatory hype Wusingles ("Glaciers of Ice," "Ice Cream," "Incarcerated Scarfaces"), but it's the moody non single joints that really feel. The centerpiece is the lyrically delicate but rugged "Verbal Intercourse." "Live on the run, police paying me to give in my gun, trick my wisdom with the system