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Criminology
Single by Raekwon (rapper) feat. Ghostface Killah (rapper)
from the album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Raekwon album)
A-side "Criminology"
B-side "Glaciers of Ice"
Released June 26, 1995
Format 12-inch single
Recorded 1994 (Criminology), 1995 (Glaciers of Ice)
Genre/Style East Coast hip-hop, Mafioso rap
Length 3:47
Label Loud
Producer(s) RZA
Directed by
Writer(s) C. Woods, R. Diggs, D. Coles
Certification
Last single Heaven & Hell (Raekwon single)
This single
Next single Ice Cream (Raekwon single)

"Criminology" is the second solo single by Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon, from his debut album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., featuring Ghostface Killah, like many of the songs of the album. The song starts with dialogue from the film Scarface, where Alex Sosa insults Tony Montana through phone, calling him a "fucking little monkey", because he failed to blow up the activist's car, then the first verse is performed by Ghostface Killah, and the second by Raekwon, without a chorus. The B-side of the single is "Glaciers of Ice".

Ghostface Killah wrote his verse in San Francisco, and requested that RZA make a beat for the song.

The song was sampled later by Mos Def, for his song "Mathematics".

Track listing[]

1. "Criminology" (LP Version)

2. "Criminology" (Instrumental)

3. "Glaciers of Ice" (LP Version)

4. "Glaciers of Ice" (Instrumental)

Music Video[]

Raekwon_-_Criminology

Samples[]

  • "I Keep Asking You Questions" by Black Ivory
  • "Why Marry" by The Sweet Inspirations
  • Dialogue from the film Scarface


Links[]

See Also[]

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Template:Ghostface Killah

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