Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
by Raekwon
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is ranked as the best album by Raekwon.
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 55 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 27 Music Albums of 1995 | 24/27 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 36 Music Albums of 1995 | 4/36 | 5 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 34 Music Albums of 1995 | 30/34 | 1 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1995 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1995 | 6/29 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Upcoming Album Club Picks 1 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 |  btener11 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 62/100 | 38 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 330 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,837 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 02:54 | ScottJones | 144 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 10:45 | Liks_on_music | 656 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 06:27 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.
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The music is sparse, presumably to keep the focus on the rapping, and it's some of the best rapping ever. But the music also lacks variety at times, which can lead to a tedious listen. And the dialogue intros and skits are pretty awful, and way too many of them (if there's supposed to be a story here about gangsters or something, it doesn't interest me). Still I think it's a good album for the rapping, beats, and very good though sparse music production. The best parts of this album are actually pretty great, but it needed to be more compact; for me, it really wore out its welcome by the last few tracks, which is a shame. Best: "Knuckleheadz".
This forms a golden trio with 36 Chambers and Liquid Swords. Its interesting how dissapointing Wu-Tang Forever was in comparison. (Edited)
Solid album with absolutely great peoduction for its time, the only thing I would complain about that it's not as diverse as Wu-Tang record and is a bit too long, cutting out a few tracks would help this album (Edited)
Graeme2 08/19/2023 23:10 | #298725
Dunno about some of the comments. This is grade A 90s, regardless of genre. There's plenty storytelling in here to keep any average hip hop person interested, coupled with beats and production that perfectly matches the scarface cinematic carry on. The genius of the RZA in the 90s was how he perfectly matched the production on each solo project to the mc. 90s classic. Hip hop royalty. Chocolate deluxe.
This feels so slow and elongated compared to other albums around at the time of the making of this one. The flow is great and the production is of a very high quality, but it just doesn't come together for me. There is a lot of filler on here with most of it that could be cut out completely to make the record feel more compact. I do find myself losing concentration on this album so often and I really cannot stay focused on the music. There just doesn't seem to be enough to explore or to hook me for me to stay engaged. Overall, this is quite a boring listen in my opinion and without a couple aspects and songs which are great this album would really struggle.
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