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Short Biography
"The Wu Tang Clan" one of the most critically and commercially successful hip hop groups of all time emerged in the mid ‘90s with a distinct style of kung-fu-movie-inspired, spectacular rhymes and gritty street hip hop. Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" album is arguably the best solo release of a Wu Tang Clan artist and one of the finest and most influential albums in hip hop history. The group's most consistent and one of the most acclaimed lyricists Raekwon returns to Europe after dropping the critically successful album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx part II" in 2009 in support of his new solo album "SHAOLIN vs. WU TANG". His last album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200, at number 2 on the Top R&B/hip hop albums chart and number 1 on iTunes album sales charts beating Jay-Z's Blueprint along the way. 

NEW ALBUM "SHAOLIN VS WU TANG" OUT MARCH 2011

Featuring - Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Method Man, Raheem DeVaughn and Black Thought from The Roots.

In-depth Biography
Raekwon may not have achieved the solo stardom of his fellow Wu-Tang Clan mates Method Man or Ol' Dirty Bastard, but along with Genius/GZA and frequent partner Ghostface Killah, he's done some of the most inventive, critically acclaimed work outside the confines of the group. Born Corey Woods and also nicknamed the Chef (because he's "cookin' up some marvelous sh*t to get your mouth watering"), Raekwon joined the Staten Island, NY-based Wu-Tang collective in the early '90s and played an important role on their groundbreaking late-1993 debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

Although the group's contract allowed its individual members to sign with whatever label they chose, Raekwon stayed with Loud when the first round of Wu-related solo projects began to appear. Following his 1994 debut single, "Heaven and Hell," his own solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, appeared in 1995; while it didn't sell on the level of Method Man's Tical, singles like "Ice Cream" and "Criminology" earned him a reputation in the hip-hop underground. Moreover, the album received near-unanimous critical praise for its evocative, image-rich storytelling and cinematic Mafia obsession (on some tracks, he adopted the guise of gangster Lex Diamonds). Also notable was Raekwon's crackling chemistry with heavily featured collaborator Ghostface Killah, who enjoyed something of a coming-out party with all the exposure (he hadn't been nearly as much of a presence on Enter the Wu-Tang).

Raekwon returned to the Wu-Tang fold for the group's 1997 sophomore effort, Wu-Tang Forever. That LP was followed by a second round of solo albums, and Raekwon's Immobilarity was released in late 1999, this time on Epic. This time around, neither RZA nor Ghostface Killah contributed to the album at all and perhaps as a result, reviews were more mixed. Raekwon recorded with the Wu on their subsequent albums The W (2000) and Iron Flag (2001), and returned in 2003 with another solo album, The Lex Diamond Story. He also released a sequel to his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2, in 2009. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi