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Raekwon Is The Elder Statesman Hip-Hop Still Needs
Raekwon Is The Elder Statesman Hip-Hop Still Needs
It's a late afternoon in mid-June, and Raekwon is sitting on a couch on the second floor of an apartment building next door to Frank's Chop Shop, the renowned barbershop on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The apartment—owned, I'm told, by an artist friend of his—is so steeped in history that it's almost suffocating: sketches and portraits line the walls; every surface holds another antique candelabra
Raekwon’s New Album Will Wake Up The Masses
Raekwon’s New Album Will Wake Up The Masses
Raekwon is prepping his sixth solo effort—and first since 2011's Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang—titled F.I.L.A. later this Spring, and he shared a few details about the album while visiting the XXL offices yesterday (Jan. 21). The album, whose title is an acronym for Fly International Luxurious Art, will see the Shaolin chef stepping out of his comfort zone and expanding the scope of what fans can expect fro