Raekwon - Striving For Perfection

[bona6631]

One of the best rap hip-hop album ever made!I listen many types of music and likes more west coast rap,but this is a pure art,singularly!

[The1Face2Face]

LE MEILLEUR ALBUM SOLO DE WU TANG!!!!

[MrHazyDayz]

we gotta move god -- we gotta migrate

[reekodo]

Best album in the Wu-Tang canon, hands down! Rae / Ghost are the ultimate duo.

[dudefromizmit]

after listennin whole album with decent setup, lots of subs, its RZA's untouchable masterpiece. nothing produced today can get near this. peace all

[gregbuzz]

Best intro ever son

[HouseofFortySeven]

im 18... and this is possibly the BEST intro i ever heard.

[S92Chicken]

@HouseofFortySeven

nobody cares how old you fucking are

[NittyNilt]

Drug dealer's theme ...... real street niggas understand this the best 

[slewage3]

those 5 people aint ready to sell the last crack and get outta new york

[ToOnzTheOriginaL]

i always go to sleep bangin this whole album in my ears... the album is like a big mafioso story lol... peace to rae and ghost!!!!

[MarineCobraR]

I became addicted to this intro track when I was 16. I listened to it at least 30 times a night. Memorized it perfectly, but the CD snapped in half not long after I discovered it. Over the years, I forgot the name of it, and forgot who 's album it was. I'm 23 years old now, and finally rediscovered it. When I couldn't remember this skit, it drove me insane. It was like a piece of me was gone, and I didn't feel complete without it. I loved it then, and I sure as hell still do now. Awesome!!!!!!!

[MarineCobraR]

5 people are fucking idiots...

[nordzville]

this video needs some reppin....Steppin in them C.R.E.A..M Wallabees....You AUTOBEE....WUTANG 88 CDS DEEP SOME HELP THAT FOLLOWING...

[dudefromizmit]

we gonna grow like a plant son..I gotta take the time man raise my family man..sit around with my grand kids man..

[Nautiluss]

this is just..........visceral shot in to thr e astral.....

[ampwarrior]

classic! cant wait for the new album and he got a track with banks thats gonna be rippin!!!

[shitdick745]

my fav intro the funeral music in the back was great

[Manolo1013]

intro to immobilarity is better, i think.  casablanca after too!

[TheTruthUnderTheHood]

@Manolo1013 Christmas is right around the corner. Heres something to think about. Search " Is Christmas Satanic or christian poem. It will blow your mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[Linky360]

this intro is better then most rappers songs nowadays!

[Termanology0]

What happend to rap noone makes hits like this shit anymore gangsta rap is dead the only genre of rap left is sell out rap.

[Linky360]

@Termanology0

cuz the green in it ran out!! people stopped buying the music.....stop the money supply....stop the music

[xxconjobxx]

@Termanology0 learn to look in the right places. The true gangster shit, as much as i love it is in the past but there is SO much good shit coming out today. Just look beyond the mainstream shit.

[shallah3]

"as long as the love and the trust is there we gon grow"

real shit!!!

[Kubiak04]

yo god yea god fosho god

[GSINX2010]

sounds like the start of incacerated scarfaces

[albert1350]

man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man man

[relyanddefy]

lol the amount of times they say man in this

[dubeaves]

lol@ the epic raekwon pic fading in

[younghippo]

someone please link the killers theme that was sampled!!!

[whoiscarlito]

This really could've been the opening theme to "How To Make It in America".

[stillmighty19]

this is all that motivation i need to start the day. easily one of those fuck what a hater gotta say.. keep making money and support your family.

[JustBlaze234]

Id rather listen to this intro over and over for inspiration rather than listen to one of waynes albums lol

[bussyahead09]

"as long as the love and the trust is there,son..."

[Dresknowsbest]

"we gotta move, we gotta move god. We gotta migrate, get the Vert, get the fahk out of NY. You know what Im saying. Bounce man, start fahking with bigger , better shit "

That's been my motivation. The wind that pushes my back every morning to "Strive for Perfection."

[marshmallowman4ever]

shit is so deep,needs to be in a mafia movie

[huttermania]

new york is really overrated to most people. they dont know most shit that goes on man, for the record im lucky i aint dead. i grew up in park hill, statton island. and you really dont wanna get in anyones business. i agree with you though derekrubin, i would hate to get in a car and travel for some fuckin weed

[Grindhouse127]

huttermania my bad cmpletely agreed with u man acidently hit the downn thumb

[keybladekid0]

IDK why you asking about culture. Will you be hangin round 41st and Vernon with Jungle? Although Im glad I'm from the BX and not a gated communtiy lol. You right that shit is lame

[keybladekid0]

That doesnt mean much when you actually can run into danger by just taking the wrong train. For example if your not Irish you can't go to Morris Park. If there isn't a Yankee game going on and your white, don't think of going to the South Bronx. Don't go to Killah Hill or Queensbridge at all if your not black. If you disrespect an Oriental you CANNOT enter Chinatown, them Triads, and Yakuza is crazy. Schools suck dick if there not for millionaire's kids. Broken windows, cockroaches,hair in lunch

[keybladekid0]

Unless you live in the bumass hipster Brooklyn, gentrified Harlem or near Columbia you cant go anywhere. Thats the shit they dont show on the news. All non-NYers say we take shit for granted and they don't know the half they just see the Times Square glitz thanx to Guilianni and Bloomberg not caring. Now I don't want to offend you I just felt like I had to drop some knowledge

[bussyahead09]

word man. that whole inner city shit's on a different level of society. norms that apply in the outside world don't go..and guiliani won person of the year for Time's mag. shit's fuckin horrible. it's hard for society at large to open their eyes to issues like that.

[keybladekid0]

exactly people outside don't get it. There was this one dude, got blasted and stabbed in front of his moms. That's some grimey shit

[keybladekid0]

Take what for granted? Example please.

[keybladekid0]

What you mean New Yorkers? We love NY but I know that its shitty here OD. Government stay giving checks to WC and Midwest schools run through the south BX you gotta watch for Fresh Kidz, crips, 20s its wild. Take what place duke?

[sheemsheem]

Killer Theme in the backround....insane movie thats why the wu on that shit....this is fucking inspiration...the world is yours for real just think

[JAYLIB03]

You dont hear intros like this anymore. Good stuff.

[kheo]

@JayLib

you don't hear albums like this anymore! thanks for checkin this out, subscribe and rate if you got the time. Peace!

[ninjanizzle]

Classic intro, the sample from The Killer is ill, everything they're saying sounds real too.

[kheo]

@ninjanizzle

The killer was a great flick and great way to set up this classic LP check out my other vids and lemme know what you think. PEACE!

[ninjanizzle]

Yea its so deep coz on the debu tWu Tang album song 7th Chamber Rae is like "yo Meth where my Killer tape at god?" LOL, this album continues on that note with Raes love for the film. Classic and consistent.

[shatabrick]

Guess what "POS" stands for...

[Dthesun]

yo this right here gets me pumped. it gets me in that grind mode. one of the greatest intros ever! the wu tang forever intro was dope too

[Butafarie]

LOL! No dout brother! We all need a better intro when dealing with our fe-low men. Giving dem suttin to grab on to in hold. You feel me? Suttin Great!!!!!!!!. MC Alphabet , Dun Sun the Khaotic prophet, B.U Tafarie, And now Rahatti Blessed. All are names that are now lost and Antiquity . Because of foolishly living b.

[kheo]

Peace! thanks for checkin out the vid check out the rest and please leave feedback, oh and can you explain a bit of what you meant about names being lost to Antiquity, not trying to ask with an angle or slant i really want to know. peace

[Afro3199]

@kheo I think it's real simple dawg, they all on the shelfs now, or in cardboard boxes catchin dust an'shit. People leave them classics in tha past, almost hoping they fade in time, to be forgotten, but some of us don't and decide to polish our ancient relics of truth, making them antiquities. Word up i do the same, Wu forever

[kheo]

@Dthesun

i know exactly what you mean thanks for checkin this vid out peace

[nnamdi25nyc]

cuban linx ll tomorrow

[CookieWalka]

goose bumps

[BosStoWNrePPin]

i get the same feelin everytime i hear hip hop.

[kheo]

@cookieWalka

you took the words out my mouth

[tartan1123]

word is bond im the eyes thats in back of you kid

[whitetigerwhitetiger]

lmao on my i-pod i had this song under the name criminolgy(a good wu song)and i put it on for a kid who didnt listen to rap thinkin it was criminolgy and it was this skit and he listen to the first like 1.30 then was like what the fuck is this shit hahahah

[scorpino1280]

Raekwon and Ghostface talking nonsense>>>>all hip hop today

[xldjvista]

What does that say about hip hop today god? You just spoke the truth

[peace2god]

so r u sayin the skit was nonsence?

[J2theMillz]

this intro is great, but i think az and nas did the dialogue better on the it was written intro.

[Dresknowsbest]

"Pull the shades down and let's count this money. Put the Grants in the safe. We spendin the Jacksons. Washingtons go to wifey, you know how that go."

Sugar Hill Baby/ Life's a Bitch

[foundcausemiscreant]

hahahah!!! i forgot about that intro, def a classic. Thanks for that

[lougunny]

the beat is from john woo;s the killer! they dissing biggie ! got niggaz biting off of nas album cover

[haddidd]

the soundtrak is off the jurassic park 1 movie wen there all in the helicopter going to the island and comin bak from it at the tend

[kheo]

sorry haddidd this is most definitely from the movie The Killer (great movie)

[peace2god]

yo maybe its me but i dont think cats was listenin to what they were sayin on the intro. the ponit of it is xplained in the title. the reason y is said through the convo. u not gonna hear REAL talk like that now. even if they end the sentence with "real" talk. AND THATS REAL TALK! lol

[Stanlycrispycake]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Jurrasic park haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Markbeats]

one of the most beautifull intro's ive ever heard on an album.

It just gets you in the mood to hear something big.

[kheo]

@markbeats

agreed mydude agreed

[CardMaster52]

once i heard this intro i knew the album was gunna be fire!

No disappointments

[ONESKEAR]

the melody behind the lyrics is come from the soundtrack of "The Killer", a John Woo's movie. really good!

[kadeemisthat]

Peace This Album was My first 120.If you Knownlege what im saying

[kheo]

thats whats up, glad to see it wasn't your last

[LordofKFC]

greatesr intro in a rap album. ever.

[kheo]

@LordofKFC (cool screenname)

agreed.

[lesika08]

u now what im saying man

[IgorSavtchenko]

Kheo, thanks for doing this one. It's only and intro, but what a great one... Sets the tone for the whole album. Gives me the chills... Albums like this, and there are many, are the reason I still love hip-hop. Although the current stuff is obnoxious and I walk the other way. As cool of a cat as 50 is during interviews, I find less than a handful of tracks of his worthy of repeated listening. Hey, maybe I'm old, and spoiled on the golden era of hip-hop and all the classics. : )

[kheo]

@igor

i know exactly what you mean and thanks for checking out this vid. I love love love 50 interviews so i agree with you on that, and i wasnt feeling the unit until these last couple of mixtapes which i was extremely feeling. the point is this era will never come back never, so enjoy the nostalgia and support the real when you see it, but even that will never be this...

[XxzippoxX]

yeah son

[hueston82]

yo we was in ohio talking like these niggas ..very catchy slang!!

[J2theMillz]

this is the most influencial rap album of the 90s...  but it's hard to say if it's the greatest.. illmatic, ready to die, the infamous... all outstanding as well...

[kheo]

@JMillz

well at least agree that its the most influential

[J2theMillz]

yeah it was, while kool g rap started the mafioso stuff, rae and ghost made it popular. i like illmatic more but i'd say those 2 albums are on the same level of greatness.

[kheo]

true to the point bout kool g rap (same can be said comparison can be drawn about Grand Puba and Tommy Hill) but yea there are alot of Great albums from the nineties, but only two super influential and they represent the two dominant coasts of the time obviously this being the one that resides in the East.

[jizzy2sexi]

Which 1 represents the west? the chronic?

[kheo]

@jizz

yeah

[Shadow155]

What the fuck?

[kheo]

????

[Shadow155]

I don't know man, yesterday I saw nine of the same posts from you saying "word. i need to read that book". Now it's gone....

[kheo]

oh yea i was on a slow comp and it repeated i erased it, your not goin crazy

[LetsPressPlayNow]

Rza and John Woo became friends after this album. According to Rza's book "The Wu-Tang Manual"

[kheo]

word. i need to read that book

[thewalls23]

you should google the making of cuban linx. the whole clan did an interview with XXL in 2005 on the tenth anniversary of the album's release. they break down every track. pretty interesting. definitely a good read for any wu tang fan

[shaamshaam]

Start fuckin' wit bigger and better shit.....quoted for truth, influental for sure...indeed, pass that weed and let's do this...grow like a plant ..see you niggas at the top.

[qufinest14]

anybody know why they the killer so heavily influenced the album?

[kheo]

cuz john woo is the man (nah funny thing is i m about to hit you with that karate flick list and the thing is Chang Cheh (who is responsible for mad classic kung fu movies trained John Woo in cinematography and the Killer is his masterpiece whether this was coincidence that the wu loved the killer or they just fucked with it cuz it was fly is anyones guess, but the killer is related to karate movies in the sense of the john wu being chang chehs apprentice)

[qufinest14]

after listening to this album i actually copped the killer dvd. its an ill movie its just that its not a kung fu style flick like the ones that so heavily influenced 36 chambers and liquid swords

[kheo]

tru but john wu's flair for doing extra (ie telling Nicolas Cage to get out the car and let his jacket flail in the wind) comes from his lessons learned from Chang Cheh. Also a lot of his movies (maybe all) have strong male bonding which is a chang cheh trademark loyal to the death (westerners would confuse this for gay undertones but i totally disagree)

[jabron1973]

the greatest intro in hip hop history because you could tell that these niggas wasn't lying....it's like you can feel their pain right here

[dedleeone]

Theme song of John Woo's movie "The Killer"

If you didn't know, now you know... ;p

[kheo]

word up you took the words right out my mouth

[kheo]

No doubt!

Yo i got to, imma lookin at cats responses to my vids and im like what you wanna know what album these classics is on, you never heard these bangas!!??! gotta keep puttin this shit up, most of what i put up aint even on youtube so check my other joints out and let me know what you think. Peace

[DmanFool]

man ...this albulm .... shieet ...its the illest hip hop albulm ever ! wordup ..pe2ce from cali tho wordup .... its the purple tape son ... shit is real no doubt ....