![]() ![]() The influence of this album can be seen in artists as credible and respected as Nas and Biggie Smalls, who went from (essentially) petty thugs on their first albums to crime kingpins on each of their second releases. Suddenly the mink-wearing, Cristal-sipping, Benz-driving drug dealer image was the “in” thing evicting the 40 drinking, low-rider driving, “rebel without a cause” gangsta from the throne he had held since 1992 nearly overnight. Along with Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt” which dropped the same year, “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…” revolutionized the hip hop scene. Enter the man known as the Chef, and his partner-in-crime Ghostface Killah. ![]() Although Kool G Rap founded Mafioso rap longbefore this album was even recorded the steelo had not yet been popularized. In 1995, hardcore hip hop was dominated by two factions: the gangstas of the West coast, and the gritty thugs that came out of the East.
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