CULTURE CONTENT — Raekwon
that dank, opaque purple tape … the samples
Mind-blowing that Raekwon’s masterful album Only Built For Cuban Linx turns 28 today. In celebration, I’ve compiled a nearly-comprehensive playlist of all the samples, available on TIDAL. There are a couple of gems too dusty & deep for the Tidal waters, for whatever reason these did not appear on the platform. When looking at the list of known samples for this album, CB#5 by Ralph Vargas & Carlos Bess, recorded in 1993, is a mysterious piece to the question “where did RZA find that funky drumbreak?!”. Bess & Vargas aka D-Boy Music acted as session musicians for Hip Hop &...