Raekwon and Ghostface sequel gets everyone in hip-hop revisiting former glories

GZA, Fat Joe and Sadat X have all got follow-up fever. So how long till we get Straight Back to Compton?Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, the mesmerising debut from Wu-Tang Clansman Raekwon changed hip-hop in 1995, as lesser MCs rushed to ram raid the album's crime-flick motifs and crack narratives. Now, 15 years on, the album's sequel is, for different reasons, proving equally influential. If OB4CL2's cover, on which the portlier 2009 versions of Raekwon and his co-star Ghostface Killah recreate their o...

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