House of Flying Daggers

Album: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the first official single from American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon's fourth solo album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II.
  • The song features Wu constituents Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, and GZA.
  • Raekwon commented to MTV News on the song, "It's classic Wu." He added: "This album is basically a flashback of where we came from. Everybody knows us from the karate skits, the different formats of how we set up our men and we do a RZA/Wu track sounding joint. It's this kind of record. I think that this is what everybody wanted from the Clan. RZA didn't even make the beat - J Dilla made the beat. This one is interesting for hip-hop. I feel this was carved out for dudes to definitely slam."
  • Raekwon has likened this track to "Triumph" from Wu-Tang's 1997 second album Wu-Tang Forever.

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