Memory Man Presents: Raekwon Cuban Revolution

If there was ever an image that would make perfect sense being super imposed over the classic Che Guevara self portrait it might be Raekwon's. LOL, clever title and cover art aside, what we have here is yet another piece of the Raekwon/Cuban Linx/Cuban Linx II puzzle....and honestly I might be getting a lil' tired of how overdone things are getting, but that's not enough to overshadow Memory Man's considerable talent.

Seriously, back when the first "Cuban Linx" album dropped you didn't have everyone and they moms tryin to latch onto it's buzz and make their own take on the music. No disrespect to Austin, TX based DJ/producer Memory Man, the "D.I.T.C. vs. Wu-Tang" blend tape was fly kid, I was bumping that shit the other weekend matter of fact, but maybe picking Rae as an artist to highlight at this moment in time was a lil' bit opportunistic. I mean he's knee deep in the Budden controversy and of course, as stated, he's got a monster buzz built for the new Cuban Linx record. Everyone is on his shit already and the blogosphere is already packed with stuff about and dedicated to him....

Then again, I guess I'm happy that people are still interested in remixing Rae's stuff at all. Look at how congested the game is with new names, and yet Memory Man is still lookin' to put people up on Rae's older gems. For that I am grateful to him, I just hope he's not doing this remix tape because he feels Rae is a hot name right now and it will elevate his own name if he drops something in a haste. That would really be a shame because in all honesty Memory does a bang up job with the production on this. Really harnessed that Rza in the 90's sound and just overall is a nice lil' boom bap producer...I mean what he did with that "All That Money Is Us" is amazing...really, joint sounded very proper. If I had to pick my fav. remixes from here they'd be that, "Run Away", "Fearless Ninjas", "Curiosity" and "We Gettin Knots". Memory Man got beats yo...No doubt.

I think this will be the last Raekwon related joint I put up before we get the new album....It's just time to let the man's music breathe....Ya'll can't be mad though, this is a hell of a remix tape and Memory man is now undoubtedly a name to follow--for the right reasons.

Memory Man earns a strong 8 1/2 outta 10 here....

-BIG D O









01. Cuban Revolution Intro
02. All That Money Is Us
03. Run Away feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & GZA
04. Better Shoot Something
05. Cipher Born feat. Ghostface Killah & U-God
06. Get Your Shit Beat In feat. Polite, Chip Banks, Ghostface Killah & Trife Diesel
07. Slang Copulation feat. Nas, Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah
08. Curiosity
09. Iron Chef feat. Ghostface Killah, Polite & Inspectah Deck
10. A Wise Man
11. Cuban Revolution Interlude
12. We Gettin' Knots feat. Fat Joe, Armageddon & Big Pun
13. Fearless Ninjas feat. Ghostface Killah
14. The All-Time Lineup feat. American CREAM Team, Inspectah Deck & Method Man
15. Live Kid feat. Notorious BIG & Ghostface Killah

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