RAEKWON - ON HIS FIRST SOLO AUSTRALIAN TOUR

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RAEKWON

ON HIS FIRST SOLO AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Off the back of the new Raekwon album - Built For Cuban Linx 2, Wu-Tang Clan’s hottest MC hits Australia for the first time, solo and ready to deliver all his Wu-Tang classics!

The Wu-Tang Clan, arguably the most creative and commercially viable rap ensemble ever, turned the game upside down nearly two decades ago with “Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers”, a mix of street anthems, samples and deep soul cuts. While each of the nine founders approached with a unique style, it was Raekwon who established himself as the brooding member of the darker side of the Clan. In 1995, he dropped the undisputed solo classic “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx”, which received unanimous critical praise for its evocative, image-rich storytelling and cinematic Mafia obsession (on some tracks, he adopted the guise of gangster Lex Diamonds). Also notable was Raekwon’s chemistry with heavily featured collaborator Ghostface Killah.

Raekwon returned to the Clan for the group’s 1997 sophomore effort, Wu-Tang Forever, and appeared on a track by R&B group Allure, and a track with Fat Joe, alongside Nas, Jadakiss and Big pun. He followed this up with his next album “Immobiliarity in 1999, and recorded with Wu for their subsequent albums “The W”, and “Iron Flag”, and then released another solo album “The Lex Diamond Story” in 2003.

Fourteen years in the making, not even Raekwon himself could have anticipated the excitement and hype of the release of his album “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II”. Released in September 2009, the album features many Wu-Tang members and affiliates, as well as Slick Rick, Jadakiss, Busta Ryhmes, Beanie Sigel and more. The album stood up to its hype with HipHopDX saying “’Raekwon brought it back to lyrical, dope rap. He released an album that spoke to teens, twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings, and beyond. Without compromising, the Chef made an edgy Hip Hop record that refused to bastardize the catalog he laid down 15 years ago.”

2009 also saw Raekwon named the #10 hottest MC in the game by MTV, and major hip hop site HipHopDX released their awards and named “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II” the album of the year and described it as “The Hip Hop equivalent to The Godfather 2, with Rae as revitalized as Marlon was”. He also picked up Best Emcee of 2009.

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