While analyzing his own purple tape, Raekwon began to reminisce. The Wu-Tang emcee recently did this with 3 Little Digs, reminding himself and others of the ’90s. In his trip down memory lane, The Chef explained that he was never meant to go solo but that he was excited for his first release, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.
“I wasn’t supposed to do a solo,” he shared in the interview, before candidly explaining why he wasn’t jumping to do work without his Wu brethren. “I was scared.”
However that changed once The Chef began working on his project.
“I was amped when we made this,” he said while holding the tape. “I was talkin’ movie shit and everything…But I didn’t know it was gonna pop off like that.”
When pondering about the success of the tape, Rae noted that it was realistic and relatable to many.
“This started a nation of goons, man, a nation of political goons that came through,” he added. “Niggas really love this shit because they believed a nigga.
More can be seen in the video below:
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hopping out the Ac Legend…the Avirex open..revealing the virgin mary gold cuban..purple tape joint blaring out the speakers…reefa madness…branson…butta tims…guess jeans…fly nautica shit…gold fronts..crazy box game….95…Marvelle “Everything is Marvel” LaRicky…R.I.P
shut up
The definition of “life” in the video is incorrect. Life is not solely human. But yeah peace god.
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who would trust this retard with their credit
That album was Tonny Montana style…str8 stompin we dont give a fuck steez.
RZA created the perfect scenerie
Overrated.
I remember when that Purple Tape dropped, every car that drove by in the hood had a different track playing.
That purple tape defines the word ‘Classic’. First album I recall, where I had to hear every track when I played it. Just let it roll through like a movie…
Beanie Sigel vs Raekwon in a fist fight, who wins?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA HOW OFTEN DOES THIS NIGGA “REMINISCE” ABOUT OB4CL???? GODDAAAMMM IF I DO A SEARCH ON HIPHOPDX, I’MA FIND LIKE 100 ARTICLES WITH THAT TITLE!!!
The fucking word classic gets banded about all the time nowadays, but OB4CL… is without doubt a 100% CLASSIC, in ANY genre of music. What a fucking awesome album.
“Beanie Sigel vs Raekwon in a fist fight, who wins”
The police when they come to break it up.