411 Mania — The staff looks back one last time at 2009, as Eminem, Alice In Chains, Jay-Z and more make our Top Albums, Lady GaGa and Taylor Swift broke out to annoy us, Raekwon returned, Chris Brown did a bad, bad thing and, oh yeah, a guy from the Jackson 5 di... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Yeah, it stirred the Yankees to the World Series championship, but was there a more boring album this year than Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3? Perhaps it was a geographic thing. With a few exceptions, like Raekwon and Kid Cudi, most of 2009's exciting, inn... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Top 10 things I heard in 2009 (click on link for audio): 1. Demdike Stare - Symbiosis (Modern Love) - 2. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx Pt. 2 (EMI) - 3. Easter Monkeys - Splendor of Sorrow (Reissue... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - As the decade draws to a close, a music industry in flux is increasingly shifting toward singles and EPs instead of the conventional album. But for the traditionalists among us, 2009 bore a bounty of fantastic full-length records. Here's th... more info

Rollo & Grady — Rolling Stone Magazine 25 Best Albums of 2009 25 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II 24 Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk 23 Levon Helm – Electric Dirt 22 Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 21 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 20 Y... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Raekwon @ Irving Plaza (SANCHO PANZAA) Backed only by DJ Symphony on turntables and Raekwon's brother Don P on vocals, the set could have used the energy of the other rappers who invade the album. Raekwon's set ran to 90... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Raekwon @ Irving Plaza (SANCHO PANZAA) Backed only by DJ Symphony on turntables and Raekwon's brother Don P on vocals, the set could have used the energy of the other rappers who invade the album. Raekwon's set ran to 90... more info

VH1 News — Raekwon paid tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard at his concert in New York, at one point bringing the deceased rapper's mother, Cherry Jones, on to the stage. more info

MTV.com News — Rapper brought ODB's mother, Cherry Jones, onstage for touching moment.By Shaheem Reid Raekwon (file) Photo: Mark Metcalfe/ Getty Images Raekwon had an emotional moment last night during his Only Built for Cuban Linx 2 concert at New Yor... more info

Culture Bully — Raekwon and the Roots perform "Catalina" on the December 16 edition of Late Night. more info