30 years ago, two of hip-hop’s most pivotal albums came out and made stars of New York-based rap acts Raekwon The Chef and Mobb Deep . And now, Raekwon and surviving Mobb Deep member Havoc have announced a joint tour to celebrate their classic 1995 albums’ 30-year anniversaries.
Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was the Wu-Tang Clan alum’s debut studio album. Like all of the first wave of Wu-Tang solo releases, it was produced by The RZA; it’s one of two debuts to “feature” another Wu member, Ghostface Killah. Debuting at No.4 on the Billboard 200, it was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA, and is considered a pioneer of the mafioso rap subgenre. It’s often listed among the greatest rap albums of all time.
Likewise, The Infamous similarly put Havoc and Prodigy on the map