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''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...'' is often commemorated for its introduction to a distinctive [[slang]] individual to Raekwon and Ghostface;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wutang-corp.com/news/article.php?id=302|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810201754/http://www.wutang-corp.com/news/article.php?id=302|archive-date=August 10, 2007|date=October 2, 2003|title=Raekwon @ Apollo Theater|url-status=dead}}. wutang-corp.com. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.</ref> heavy use of the [[Supreme Alphabet]] and [[Supreme Mathematics]], as often used by the Wu-Tang Clan, blended with terms picked up on the inner-city streets of New York, as well as several songs based around detailed, loosely-connected stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=
In keeping with this loose storyline, the album opens with the introduction track "Striving for Perfection", in which Raekwon and "co-star" Ghostface converse about visions and goals.<ref name=XXL/> On the proceeding track "Knuckleheadz", Raekwon and Ghostface divide money in the song's intro, and then engage in a [[robbery|heist]], with [[U-God]]'s character being killed off at the end of his verse.<ref name=XXL/> The reason for this elimination is because U-God was sentenced to serve several months in prison, which prevented subsequent participation on ''Cuban Linx''.<ref name=XXL/> U-God, however, recruited his lyric mentor and childhood friend [[Cappadonna]] to take his place later in the album.<ref name=XXL/>
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=== Upcoming documentary ===
On June 10, 2025, on its 30th anniversary, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah released a trailer to ''The Purple Tape Files'', a documentary that examines ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...''.<ref name="HOT97film">{{cite web|last=Grove|first=Rashad|date=June 10, 2025|url=https://www.hot97.com/news/raekwon-and-ghostface-killah-drop-only-built-4-cuban-linx-trailer/|title=Raekwon And Ghostface Killah Drop 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' Trailer|website=Hot 97|access-date=July 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704145456/https://www.hot97.com/news/raekwon-and-ghostface-killah-drop-only-built-4-cuban-linx-trailer/|archive-date=July 4, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> As Raekwon speaks of the album, "I put myself into a serious mindframe, a serious storytelling album. I had to make this product stand out. I knew that purple represents royalty, and that’s exactly what I was looking for. We had to make a conscious decision, either we want to stay here and keep holding guns and want to run around playing this game, or did we want to go for the American dream and get on this rap shit."<ref name="HOT97film"/> Other music figures such as [[
== Track listing ==
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