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The sixth album from Raekwon is conceptually driven by aviation, opulence, and style, blowing his crew the Wu-Tang Clan's classic track "C.R.E.A.M" into a more money-loving, capitalism-accepting suite of songs. Cash rules everything around the rapper, and yet he's got enough of it that the A$AP Rocky feature "I Got Money" taunts the listener with a child's "nyah-nyah-nyah," while "F.I.L.A. World" "comes out of Bank of America/Big knot on me, I'm comfy" because the revolutionary maneuvers Raekwon is working on here mean finding the bank with the best rates. For veteran fans, that might be as irksome as when Ghostface Killah goes full bedroom R&B, but F.I.L.A., the album, loves coming at the topic from all sorts of creative, attractive angles. "Revory (Wraith)" with Ghostface and Rick Ross finds producer Bluerocks offering the same kind of claustrophobic soul music that Wu listeners get from RZA, while Swizz Beatz and Jerry Wonda give "Sound Boy Kill It" a suitably stripped dancehall beat. Adding to the excitement is producer Scoop DeVille, acting as a one-man Bomb Squad with the hectic throwback production he gives the Snoop Dogg feature "1,2 1,2." Put the strong closer "Worst Enemy" on the end and the rapper skillfully returns the listener to the real world with a list of worthwhile grievances. More fine than fierce, Fly International Luxurious Art may not be on the man's top shelf, but it's a sturdy and entertaining effort well worth its place in the Chef's catalog.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, FeaturedArtist - Scram Jones, Producer - Raekwon, MainArtist - Marc Schemer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist - Jerry Wonda, Producer, Co-Producer - A$AP Rocky, FeaturedArtist - Rakim Mayers, ComposerLyricist - S1, Producer - Larry D. Griffin Jr, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Smith, ComposerLyricist - Busta Rhymes, FeaturedArtist - Raekwon, MainArtist - French Montana, FeaturedArtist - Karim Kharbouch, ComposerLyricist - Snaz, Producer, Co-Producer - Rene Wonder Hill, ComposerLyricist - Ashley Bannister, ComposerLyricist - Enj., Producer
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist - Frank G, Producer - Frank Guastella, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Tauheed Epps, ComposerLyricist - Scram Jones, Producer - Raekwon, MainArtist - Marc Schemer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Wonda, Producer, Co-Producer - 2 Chainz, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - Elijah Molina, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Scoop DeVille, Producer - Raekwon, MainArtist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist - S1, Producer - Larry D. Griffin Jr, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Kasseem Dean, ComposerLyricist - Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Duplessis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Angela Hunte, ComposerLyricist - Assassin, FeaturedArtist - Swizz Beatz, Producer - Arden Altino, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist - Melanie Fiona, FeaturedArtist - Arden "Keyz" Altino, Producer, Co-Producer - Jeffrey Ethan Campbell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - William Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, FeaturedArtist - Rick Ross, FeaturedArtist - Raekwon, MainArtist - Jamie Frank, ComposerLyricist - Bluerocks, Producer
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Estelle, FeaturedArtist - Estelle Swaray, ComposerLyricist - Arden Altino, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist - Jerry Wonda, Producer - Akene Dunkley, ComposerLyricist - Sham "Sak Pase" Joseph, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Scram Jones, Producer - Raekwon, MainArtist - Marc Schemer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Liz Rodrigues, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, MainArtist - Matthew Burnett, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Edward Supo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
Album review
The sixth album from Raekwon is conceptually driven by aviation, opulence, and style, blowing his crew the Wu-Tang Clan's classic track "C.R.E.A.M" into a more money-loving, capitalism-accepting suite of songs. Cash rules everything around the rapper, and yet he's got enough of it that the A$AP Rocky feature "I Got Money" taunts the listener with a child's "nyah-nyah-nyah," while "F.I.L.A. World" "comes out of Bank of America/Big knot on me, I'm comfy" because the revolutionary maneuvers Raekwon is working on here mean finding the bank with the best rates. For veteran fans, that might be as irksome as when Ghostface Killah goes full bedroom R&B, but F.I.L.A., the album, loves coming at the topic from all sorts of creative, attractive angles. "Revory (Wraith)" with Ghostface and Rick Ross finds producer Bluerocks offering the same kind of claustrophobic soul music that Wu listeners get from RZA, while Swizz Beatz and Jerry Wonda give "Sound Boy Kill It" a suitably stripped dancehall beat. Adding to the excitement is producer Scoop DeVille, acting as a one-man Bomb Squad with the hectic throwback production he gives the Snoop Dogg feature "1,2 1,2." Put the strong closer "Worst Enemy" on the end and the rapper skillfully returns the listener to the real world with a list of worthwhile grievances. More fine than fierce, Fly International Luxurious Art may not be on the man's top shelf, but it's a sturdy and entertaining effort well worth its place in the Chef's catalog.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:43
- Main artists: Raekwon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ICEH20 RECORDS (IH2)
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2015 ICEH20 Records ℗ 2015 ICEH20 Records
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