Raekwon Confims Nas Collabo, Talks Wu-Tang Vs Shaolin Producers
The Chef talks to XXLMag.com about reuniting with Nas, and who else fans can expect to hear on his new LP…
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Over the weekend, an alleged tracklist for Raekwon’s Wu-Tang vs Shaolin album leaked promising a reunion between The Chef and Nas. XXLMag.com chopped it up with the Wu-Tang vet to find out if God’s Son was indeed able to make it onto his new LP.
According to Rae, the tracklist, although not listed in the right sequence, is in fact correct, and will feature a track with the Queensbridge MC. Nas wasn’t able to make it onto Lex Diamond’s last project, 2009’s critically acclaimed CD Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II due to a scheduling conflict, but he made sure to come out this go-round. “It definitely sounds like vintage Rae and Nas again,” the Staten Island rep told XXLMag.com.
“I [saw] Nas across seas, we had a show together, and we talked about a lot of things,” Rae explained about how the two linked up. ”We went from A-Z how we felt about things what was goin on at the time, and by the grace of God we was able to get this thing happenin’ again. That was definitely one of the surprise things that I wanted to alert the fans with, just to let em know that my brother came up to air for me and I know through his busy schedule I guess in the back of his mind he was like ‘Yo I gotta come up for Rae.’”
Along with Nas, Wu-Tang Vs Shaolin boasts cameos from Rick Ross, Lloyd Banks, Black Thought, Busta Rhymes and Jim Jones, as well as fellow Wu members Ghostface Killah and Method Man. On the production side, Rae enlisted the talents of DJ Khalil, Scram Jones, The Alchemist, Erick Sermon and longtime Wu beatsmith Allah Mathematics.
Wu-Tang Vs Shaolin hits stores on March 8. —Elan Mancini with reporting by Thomas Golianopoulos
And here I thought Nas snubbed him on OB4CL 2. Good to hear.
Hope the rest of it is fire, I wasn’t really feeling Shaolin V WT or Butterknives…Bronze Naz if truly horrible…where did Cilvaringz go?
Rae bought better promotion for himself than Def Jam bought for Ghostface. I hope you up and coming rapsters are paying attention.
Rick Ross doesn’t belong on a Wu-Tang album, PERIOD. Unless there’s a song where they’re getting arrested.
D-knob you a hater. They already got a song together floating around the net and its not bad.
not feeling the concept of the album too much. OBFCLII was dope though
Eh, probably just some leftover from the OB4CL2 sessions. But I still expect it to deliver well.
OMFG… Raekwon… come on??? RICK ROSS??? You kidding me??? wow….
D-Rob is right. Ross is the most overrated rapper in the game rite now but you can’t hate on him and give Jim Jones a pass. I don’t see why Rae is working with either of them. I can go for another Beans collabo. Jadakiss would be cool too. Even Freeway. The last three are artist more on Rae’s level. Nas definitely snubbed him on OBFCLII.
Waitin on this album. OB4CL2 was dope! and one of the few sequel records to actually stand along side the first one as a respectable part 2. Rae has had the resurgence most mc’s from the 90s can only hope for. Alot of dudes were workin with Rae last year including Ross, Ye, Banks and Spitta and the Wu-Massacre record also dropped last year. Yall should go cop that Apollo Kids album too if you havent yet.
Audio Meth by Ross and Rae with that Mobb Deep sample was pretty dope…..