Immobilarity

Infobox Album |
Name = Immobilarity
Type = album
Artist = Raekwon


Released = November 16, 1999
Recorded = 1998-1999
Genre = East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop
Length = 65:12
Label = Loud/Columbia/SME Records
CK 63844 (US)
CK 91275 (Canada)
496361 (international)
Producer = Pete Rock
American Cream Team
Infinite Arkatechz
Carlos "Six July" Broady
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dyknikv0bb39~T1 link]

Last album = "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..."
(1995)
This album = "Immobilarity"
(1999)
Next album = "The Lex Diamond Story"
(2003)

Immobilarity is the second solo album by hip hop artist and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, as a follow-up to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.... It was released in November 1999 on Loud Records, and peaked in the Top 10 of the US album charts. Unlike the the first album, it has no production input from the RZA, as well as no guest features from Ghostface Killah.

Raekwon has stated that the title is an acronym for "I Move More Officially by Implementing Loyalty and Respect in the Youth."

Reception

"Professional reviews":

Rolling Stone (12/9/99, p.80) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...his violent, ultravisual vignettes never sound cliched.... [He] leaves his hardcore audience well fed....he shows good investment strategies, diversifying his portfolio and keeping all options open."

Q magazine (2/02, p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "A slow-burning brilliance permeates...and his collaborations bear grade-A fruit."

CMJ (11/29/99, p.25) - "...top-game flow and edgy wordplay proves compatible with any groove tossed at him....proves he can hold his own..."

The Source (1/00, p.187) - 3.5 mics out of 5 - "...quickly reminds us why he's still one of the best criminal-logic storytellers in the game. He yokes up melodic basslines and head-nodding drums while spitting his trademark editorial slang....Rae's lyrics remain as sharp as ever..."

Track listing

Personnel

Michael Lavine - photography