(I rank it as number 2 on the solo album list, right behind Gza's Liquid Swords.) The Rza, who produced the entire fucking album (I just wish he would do this again, soon!), refined his sonic textures to give Raekwon some cinematic beats to rhyme to, as opposed to the dusty drums of Tical, or the padded-cell craziness of Ol' Dirty's debut. is considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, and one of the best rap albums ever made. Shocked that it existed, sure, but shocked as it actually sounded really fucking good, since Raekwon never really stood out to me on the group debut. So in 1995, when Raekwon's first single, "Criminology/Glaciers of Ice", dropped, I was shocked. Method Man had the charisma, Ol' Dirty Bastard had the crazy factor working for him, and The Genius/ Gza was the best lyricist. I don't think that anyone really expected Raekwon the Chef to be the third out of the Wu-Tang solo gate.
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