Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II - Release

Release

On July 22, 2009, a report was published which claimed numerous collaborations, final track names, and producers. A month later on August 27, another report was published featuring the final track listing. The two reports listed most of the same tracks, but with slight differences in names, producers, and featured guests. The change lead to the perception that there were many tracks cut from the final listing, however it is more likely that the details were transcribed incorrectly as most of the tracks listed were released in some form. The final album differed from the initial report as follows:

  • "Godfather" was retitled "Black Mozart" (was previously a solo track called "Secret Indictment").
  • "40 Deuce" was retitled "Broken Safety".
  • "Wu Ooh" was retitled "New Wu".
  • "Nigga Me" was retitled "About Me".
  • "Catalina" was originally "Congo".
  • "Kareem Khan" was retitled "We Will Rob You".
  • "Walk Wit Me" was changed to a European/iTunes Bonus track.
  • "Sonny’s Missing” was originally the Pete Rock track “Questions,” which featured vocals by Royal Flush, from the album NY's Finest.
  • "10 Bricks" instrumental was originally used for the J Dilla remix track to Jaylib's "The Red", released on the 2007 reissue of Champion Sound.

"Criminology 09" featuring Ghostface Killah, and "Rock Stars" featuring Inspectah Deck and GZA were the only songs listed in the report that did not make the final line-up. "Criminology 09" had been earlier leaked and discussed by Raekwon as being included on the album. It would, however, be included on the Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon collaboration album Wu-Massacre, with Raekwon's verse cut in place of a new verse by Method Man. An additional song was added to the August report and remained on the final line-up, titled "Baggin Crack," which was produced by Erick Sermon. It is only available on the explicit version of the album.

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