RZA and Raekwon are set to carry out Solely Constructed 4 Cuban Linx in its entirety together with a symphony orchestra.
RZA introduced the particular two-date occasion on social media with the concert events coming to the Boettcher Live performance Corridor in Denver, Colorado on February 16 and 17.
It isn’t but identified if Ghostface Killah — who performed a distinguished function on the album and appeared on 12 of the17 tracks — can be showing alongside Raekwon and RZA.
The concert events will discover the Colorado Symphony reinterpreting the manufacturing on Raekwon’s debut album.
In two weeks expertise the RZA, @raekwon and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra carry out Solely Constructed 4 Cuban Linx. Get your tickets now to witness this legendary occasion on February 16 & 17, 2024 at Boettcher Live performance Corridor in Denver, CO.
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— RZA! (@RZA) February 2, 2024
A synopsis for the present reads: “Solely Constructed 4 Cuban Linx… is a landmark hip-hop album launched by rapper Raekwon who rose to prominence as a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
“Produced by fellow Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA, this report is a cornerstone of East Coast hip-hop and a quintessential piece of the style’s golden period, thanks partly to RZA’s extraordinary beats and the introduction of Raekwon and Ghostface Killah as a legendary rap duo.”
The outline continues: “With its gritty storytelling, intricate lyricism, and cinematic manufacturing, Cuban Linx affords listeners a vivid glimpse into the road lifetime of Nineties New York Metropolis. Along with the Colorado Symphony, this legendary duo will reimagine their timeless album that continues to encourage and form the sound of latest hip-hop at the moment.”
RZA beforehand put collectively a trio of reveals to commemorate the thirtieth anniversay of Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
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He additionally introduced 36 Chambers of Shaolin and a Ballet By way of Mud to the identical venue in Denver.
The Abbot narrated and live-scored a condensed model of the 1978 kung fu movie The thirty sixth Chamber of Shaolin that impressed the identify of Wu-Tang Clan’s first album, earlier than premiering A Ballet By way of Mud that mixed spoken phrase, ballet and dwell orchestration.
Current years have seen quite a few rap performances with an orchestra together with Jeezy who carried out his debut album Thug Motivation 101 with a symphony final 12 months.
Nas additionally carried out the whole thing of his seminal album Illmatic on the Walt Disney Live performance Corridor backed by a full orchestra to honor his debut’s twenty fourth birthday in 2018.
That wasn’t the primary time Nas carried out with an orchestra. The rap legend beforehand ran by his 1994 debut with the Nationwide Symphony Orchestra on the Kennedy Heart again in 2014 to commemorate the album’s twentieth anniversary. The efficiency was later aired on PBS in its entirety as a part of their Nice Efficiency sequence in 2018.
