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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, the album's third and final single, "[[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">Ma, David. [http://www.waxpoetics.com/2009/07/cuban-linx-revisited-interview-with-raekwon/3/ ''Cuban Linx'' Revisited (page 3)]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. waxpoetics.com. Retrieved 2010-07-27.</ref> The song marks the second appearance of Cappadonna on the album and serves as his breakthrough performance, as it would give him commercial exposure. Regarding his guest spot, Cappadonna later recalled, "I had heard Rae's and Ghost's verses on there. And I had made a joke about me getting on the track, and RZA took it seriously and was like "Yo, go ahead. Lace that.""<ref name=XXL/>
== Critical reception ==
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