The Rundown: Raekwon, Fly International Luxurious Art

A track-by-track look at the Wu-Gambino's sixth release.

19. Raekwon – Fly International Luxurious Art (2015) - The Chef splits the difference between his rugged instincts and his commercial ambitions. Sure, it may take some longtime off-guard to hear Raekwon hit the booth with the linear likes of 2 Chainz, French Montana, and Rick Ross. Their inclusion, however, allows the studied emcee to showcase a more diverse musical palette, uneven moments and all. "Guns eclectic, flips perfected/Boats flying in, every brake's inspected/The clique's connected, everybody wrist and neck lit," he swings on the Snoop Dogg-featured "1,2,1,2." Like his Wu brother-in-spirit Ghostface (who is featured on the diabolical "4 in the Morning"), he's aged quite gracefully. (Photo: Ice H2O / Caroline Records)

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The Rundown: Raekwon, Fly International Luxurious Art - The Chef Raekwon just got out the kitchen after laying down heat for his sixth solo project. Check out the play-by-play look at his F.I.L.A. lifestyle now. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Ice H2O / Caroline Records)

'Intro' - The Chef kicks off his sixth meal taking flight to Abu Dhabi, but his global status is halted for a second before he ignites on this intro skit because he's already toured the world previously, which gives him that international luxury status. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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'Intro' - The Chef kicks off his sixth meal taking flight to Abu Dhabi, but his global status is halted for a second before he ignites on this intro skit because he's already toured the world previously, which gives him that international luxury status. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

'4 in the Morning,' Featuring Ghostface Killah - Rae and Ghost pick right back up like they never missed a beat with their mafiaso tales. The early bird gets the worm here as The Chef gets the pots boiling with, "Tablets, krills, bath salts, last call, get it / Drugs flying minutes like a fastball / Smash all, I will remain clean, the status calm / I do it for n****s who last long." (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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'4 in the Morning,' Featuring Ghostface Killah - Rae and Ghost pick right back up like they never missed a beat with their mafiaso tales. The early bird gets the worm here as The Chef gets the pots boiling with, "Tablets, krills, bath salts, last call, get it / Drugs flying minutes like a fastball / Smash all, I will remain clean, the status calm / I do it for n****s who last long." (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

'I Got Money,' Featuring A$AP Rocky - Raekwon connects with one of New York's young torch carriers as A$AP Rocky proves he studied the blueprint well on how to get paper like his OGs. The Harlem MC helps set things off with, "The money I be making kinda sacred, don't say it / Just make sure you save it, thank God that you made it / Taxes, pay it; the bulls**t, save it..." (Photos: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for GQ)

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'I Got Money,' Featuring A$AP Rocky - Raekwon connects with one of New York's young torch carriers as A$AP Rocky proves he studied the blueprint well on how to get paper like his OGs. The Harlem MC helps set things off with, "The money I be making kinda sacred, don't say it / Just make sure you save it, thank God that you made it / Taxes, pay it; the bulls**t, save it..." (Photos: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for GQ)

'Wall to Wall,' Featuring French Montana and Busta Rhymes - French gets things popping with his bona fide hook game and drops a few bars with The Gods Raekwon and Busta on the club heater from She da God. With money pilling to the ceilings, Rae explains his lavish lifestyle, rhyming, "Take money suitcases, bracelets, cake mix / Come out the hole, this is weight flicks / So much bread, we build lead houses / Run in the shed, see dead thousands..." (Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Maxim, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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'Wall to Wall,' Featuring French Montana and Busta Rhymes - French gets things popping with his bona fide hook game and drops a few bars with The Gods Raekwon and Busta on the club heater from She da God. With money pilling to the ceilings, Rae explains his lavish lifestyle, rhyming, "Take money suitcases, bracelets, cake mix / Come out the hole, this is weight flicks / So much bread, we build lead houses / Run in the shed, see dead thousands..." (Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Maxim, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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'Heated Nights' - Lex Diamonds walks the youngins down memory lane and warns them of the dangers that come with the game like shootouts, death and incarceration. "Hoping everyone makes it home and sleeps right," he warns, "Everbody smooth when the cake flip / N****s start snitching on the team when they say s**t / Get your face slit."(Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for PS Underground)

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'Heated Nights' - Lex Diamonds walks the youngins down memory lane and warns them of the dangers that come with the game like shootouts, death and incarceration. "Hoping everyone makes it home and sleeps right," he warns, "Everbody smooth when the cake flip / N****s start snitching on the team when they say s**t / Get your face slit."(Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for PS Underground)

'F.I.L.A. World,' Featuring 2 Chainz - 2 Chainz and Raekwon have never been shy that they live a "Fly International Luxurious Art" lifestyle and Tity Boi encourages you to go for yours as he elaborates, "I'm supposed to be what I want to be / Dreams so big for the world to see / First class, fruits and tea/ And usually the only Black man is me..."(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)

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'F.I.L.A. World,' Featuring 2 Chainz - 2 Chainz and Raekwon have never been shy that they live a "Fly International Luxurious Art" lifestyle and Tity Boi encourages you to go for yours as he elaborates, "I'm supposed to be what I want to be / Dreams so big for the world to see / First class, fruits and tea/ And usually the only Black man is me..."(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)

'1,2, 1,2,' Featuring Snoop Dogg - Scoop DeVille supplies the smooth track for the two OGs to get wreck to. Intertwining their hood exploits along with their passion for destroying mics, Rae sets it off first with, "Snuggled up, mink on, call it a cover up / Just like two murders in the hood, I'mma double up / The rap surgeon fix the game up..."(Photos from left: Scott Gries/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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'1,2, 1,2,' Featuring Snoop Dogg - Scoop DeVille supplies the smooth track for the two OGs to get wreck to. Intertwining their hood exploits along with their passion for destroying mics, Rae sets it off first with, "Snuggled up, mink on, call it a cover up / Just like two murders in the hood, I'mma double up / The rap surgeon fix the game up..."(Photos from left: Scott Gries/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

'Live to Die' - S1 slows it down a bit as The Chef takes us on a lyrical murder spree and lives up to his storytelling prowess and pointing out flaws of wannabe gangstas. Rae scripts his novel with lines like, "Thought you bubbled with the Big Willies / Flying in fast cars and getting busy/ Now he sitting there looking dizzy / Don't look at Chef / Look at your rep / What dinosaur games you playing? / They playing death."(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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'Live to Die' - S1 slows it down a bit as The Chef takes us on a lyrical murder spree and lives up to his storytelling prowess and pointing out flaws of wannabe gangstas. Rae scripts his novel with lines like, "Thought you bubbled with the Big Willies / Flying in fast cars and getting busy/ Now he sitting there looking dizzy / Don't look at Chef / Look at your rep / What dinosaur games you playing? / They playing death."(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

'Soundboy Kill It,' Featuring Melanie Fiona and Assassin - Assassin and Melanie Fiona bring that Rude Bwoy feel over the Jerry Wonder production as Rae stunts like no other when he delivers, "Ay-yo, life's good, cashmere sweaters in the rover / Pull up at the club, getting love, pull em over / Jump out the luxury stroller for ballers / We sit, burn money all day, blow and roll up.(Photos from left: Kris Connor/Getty Images, Rommel Demano/Getty Images, Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

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'Soundboy Kill It,' Featuring Melanie Fiona and Assassin - Assassin and Melanie Fiona bring that Rude Bwoy feel over the Jerry Wonder production as Rae stunts like no other when he delivers, "Ay-yo, life's good, cashmere sweaters in the rover / Pull up at the club, getting love, pull em over / Jump out the luxury stroller for ballers / We sit, burn money all day, blow and roll up.(Photos from left: Kris Connor/Getty Images, Rommel Demano/Getty Images, Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

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'Revory (Wraith),' Featuring Ghostface Killah and Rick Ross - The Wu-Gambinos connect with the Maybach boss on this street certified anthem, as Ghost gets his lean on hard, spitting, "Young God, bowling with thunder / Betting bricks at the Knick game with Cubans from Biscayne / Burning Castro cigars with a big flame."(Photos from left: Tim Whitby/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for BOMBAY SAPPHIRE)

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'Revory (Wraith),' Featuring Ghostface Killah and Rick Ross - The Wu-Gambinos connect with the Maybach boss on this street certified anthem, as Ghost gets his lean on hard, spitting, "Young God, bowling with thunder / Betting bricks at the Knick game with Cubans from Biscayne / Burning Castro cigars with a big flame."(Photos from left: Tim Whitby/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for BOMBAY SAPPHIRE)

'All About You,' Featuring Estelle - Raekwon gets his grown and sexy on as he lays out his resume on why he should be chosen. With Estelle supplying the ride or die hook, Rae makes it clear that he hustles for his lady and at times it calls for him to be away as he points out,  "'Cause you the queen, I'm the king, be a rider / A man with a game plan stressing, ain't a rider / So let me paint a picture, stay crisp, we providers / We real, realer than real, word to mamas."(Photos from left: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)

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'All About You,' Featuring Estelle - Raekwon gets his grown and sexy on as he lays out his resume on why he should be chosen. With Estelle supplying the ride or die hook, Rae makes it clear that he hustles for his lady and at times it calls for him to be away as he points out,  "'Cause you the queen, I'm the king, be a rider / A man with a game plan stressing, ain't a rider / So let me paint a picture, stay crisp, we providers / We real, realer than real, word to mamas."(Photos from left: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)

'Nautilus' - Raekwon warns that he'll leave your corpse filled with holes and lets you know, "I rep drug dealers, hug killers / I ran with most of them / Half is in the ocean, n***a," so it's not a problem to leave you leaking."(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)

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'Nautilus' - Raekwon warns that he'll leave your corpse filled with holes and lets you know, "I rep drug dealers, hug killers / I ran with most of them / Half is in the ocean, n***a," so it's not a problem to leave you leaking."(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)

'Worst Enemy,' Featuring Liz Rodrigues - Raekwon closes out his sixth solo outing warning you to not get in your own way on that road to success by stepping on his toes. With no plans of giving up the game, he rides out with, "The only way to score, leave no witness / A thug on my s**t list / Pay him with slugs back with slickness."(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) 

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'Worst Enemy,' Featuring Liz Rodrigues - Raekwon closes out his sixth solo outing warning you to not get in your own way on that road to success by stepping on his toes. With no plans of giving up the game, he rides out with, "The only way to score, leave no witness / A thug on my s**t list / Pay him with slugs back with slickness."(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)