As the summer of 1995 arrived, so did also a Wu classic and one of hiphop's all time best albums. RZA had went through development and learning when he managed to transform both Method Man's and Ol' Dirty Bastard's styles to beats and the evolution is recognized on "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx". With an extremely sensitive sound, filled up with tight samples and fresh beats, RZA did his most overall complete album yet. King RZA up front of course, but it's still the MC's on this record that makes it such a classic. Raekwon came through with everything on this album, touching everything from rainy day boreness to shark niggas to intensive ghetto tales from the hood. Teaming up with Ghostface Killah, Raekwon simply put the truth on wax as a massive success as result, and yet he didn't let it go to his head.

As for Clan representation, the line-up of "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" featured almost everybody including Genius and Masta Killa, all doing great, but the album's biggest introduction was Cappadonna. It's always hard to rate and rank an album, but one thing is for sure. "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" is nothing but a Wu-Tang classic. Wu family vibe combined with incredible lyrical skills from Rae and Ghost is a super strong concept.

LIQUID SWORDS

As the oldest and most experienced MC in the Wu, 1995 was definetly the year of the Genius. By far the most mysterious album from the Wu camp, "Liquid Swords" went direct into the hearts of underground heads. After the clear and explicit "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" album, Genius took us to another part of the Wu. With a dark, filthy sound from The RZA, "Liquid Swords" isn't an album to catch on first sight. Once into the vibe of the record, you realize the strenght an vital aspects of this work. Still almost five years after it's release, it still sounds fresh. Definetly quality work here from Genius. Cuts like "Labels" opened up many eyes and "4th Chamber" and "Duel Of The Iron Mic" are cuts that contains deep lyrical thoughts. As the end of Wu's golden era of 1995, the finish couldn't been better. Genius took us by heart and confirmed the original Wu-Tang sound on wax again.

IRONMAN

After "Liquid Swords", it took almost a year before we got the next Wu joint served. The hype was off and in the autumn of 1996 it just dropped like a bomb. The album is considered by many as the most varied Wu joint yet relesed. Ironman Tony Starks introduced himself when laying the opening verse on "Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers". He's a true hiphop cat we've recognized since day one. "Ironman" brought fresh air to the Wu camp. The album is not only very varied but each track is very unique. It's like RZA tried to develop himself in every beat, not one of the 17 cuts sound alike. Storyteller Ghostface Killah got us back to Wu basics and with RZA on the wheels the whole Wu camp evolved with this record. True Master comes in doing great with "Fish" and apart from Cappadonna's fabulous appearances, we had our favourite hiphop duo back together on wax. Ghost needs Raekwon and Raekwon needs Ghost. The two together with a massive originality makes the "Ironman".