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"[[Criminology (song)|Criminology]]", along with "Glaciers of Ice" as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]], was released on June 26, 1995, bringing notable chart success, as it peaked at number 43 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number 34 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart, number 5 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and number 2 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.<ref name="singles100"/><ref name="singlesR&B"/><ref name="singlesrap"/><ref name="singlesdance"/> Producer RZA later illustrated, "That was me trying to produce like a DJ, produce a breakbeat. Ghost actually asked me to make one of those beats. You listen to old DJ tapes. That's how I made that song, and he wanted this shit to sound like a breakbeat. He had a rhyme that he knew was going to change the game - that was the verse that got him recognized. [[Cypress Hill]]'s [[DJ Muggs]] called up and was like 'Yo, he killed that shit. He ripped that shit.'"<ref name=XXL/>
Serving as the album's most radio-friendly track, "[[Ice Cream (Raekwon song)|Ice Cream]]", the album's third and final single, was released on September 25, 1995, with "Incarcerated Scarfaces" as its B-side. This proved to be the most successful single off the album, as it peaked at number 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, and number 5 on the Hot Rap Singles and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts.<ref name="singles100"/><ref name="singlesR&B"/><ref name="singlesrap"/><ref name="singlesdance"/> The song uses different flavors of ice cream as a metaphor for various racial groups of women.<ref name="raekwonicecream"/> Raekwon later commented, "we wanted to reach out and let the women know that we respected them as queens. And queens, much like ice cream, come in all different flavors."<ref name="raekwonicecream">
== Commercial performance ==
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