Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
Studio album by Raekwon
Released	September 8, 2009
Recorded	2005–2009
Genre	Hip hop
Length	70:52
Label	Ice H2O EMI
Producer	The Alchemist Young Justice BT Busta Rhymes Dr. Dre Erick Sermon Icewater Productions J Dilla Mark Batson Marley Marl Mathematics MoSS Necro Pete Rock Raekwon RZA (also exec.) Scram Jones True Master
Raekwon chronology
The Lex Diamond Story (2003) Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II (2009) Wu-Massacre (2010)
Singles from Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
"New Wu" Released: May 19, 2009 "House of Flying Daggers" Released: August 26, 2009 "Walk Wit Me" Released: September 2009 "Have Mercy" Released: September 2009 "Catalina" Released: October 2009

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II is the fourth studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, released September 8, 2009, on Ice H2O/EMI Records in the United States. The album experienced numerous delays to its release due to Raekwon's approach of continual re-writing, as well as distribution issues with his record labels. Serving as the sequel to his critically acclaimed debut album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995), Pt. II maintains many of the themes covered on its predecessor, and features guest appearances from several Wu-Tang Clan members, as well as Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss and Beanie Sigel.

The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while selling near 68,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II received widespread acclaim from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 88/100 from Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim", and was ranked number 45 on the site's list of best-reviewed albums.^[1] Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II was included on several publications' year-end album lists, including Rolling Stone, which ranked it the twenty-fifth best album of 2009,^[2] and Time, which named it seventh-best.^[3]