Immobilarity

1	Intro (Skit) 2:18
2	Yae Yo 2:36
3	Casablanca 3:50
4	100 Rounds 4:53
5	Real Life 3:02
6	Power 3:48
7	Skit No. 1 1:04
8	All I Got Is You, Pt. 2 4:53
9	Jury 3:50
10	Fuck Them 3:55
11	Skit No. 2 1:29
12	Live from New York 3:25
13	My Favorite Dred 1:57
14	Friday 3:25
15	The Table 3:03
16	Sneakers 3:01
17	Raw 3:07
18	Pop Shit 3:17
19	Heart to Heart 4:03
20	Forecast 3:08
21	Outro 1:08

Barnes & Noble

Concocting new vernacular strains has been Raekwon's forte since he, Ghostface Killah, and Cappadonna re-invented themselves as mafioso rap lords on Rae's 1995 solo debut, ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX. Now, Raekwon exercises poetic license calling his highly anticipated second release, IMMOBILARITY. In rap, standard definitions take on new lives, few things are meant to be taken literally. (Think Run-DMC's well-known line: "Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good" and KRS-One's misuse of "unrational" instead of "irrational" from his closing couplet in 1987's "Poetry.") For Rae, "immobilizing" relates to his avoidance of career inertia, a more mature worldview and his workmanlike effort to flaunt "mad dangerous" lyrical styles. But considering the four years since Rae's last solo effort have been filled with rhyme collaborations with everyone from Outkast to R&B singer Mya, he seems far from falling off. On this effort, Rae doesn't disappoint, displaying improved drugs-and-thugs storytelling skills on "Live From New York," "Yae Yo," and "Casablanca." On hardcore boast frenzy, "Pop Shit" and "Sneakers," a fly footwear fetish rhyme, Rae's pit bull-aggressive delivery bowls listeners over like Jerome Bettis breaking a tackle. Yet there's a sensitive man behind the gold fronts, platinum tarantula pendant, Gucci gear, and barrel chest. On "All I Got Is You Pt. II," Rae bigs-up his mother in a sequel to Ghostface's heart-tugging Mama-love song of the same name from his IRONMAN (1997). And though Ghost, Cappadonna, and the RZA are conspicuously absent from this disc, Rae's underlings, the American Cream Team, and a new squad of producers like Tryflyn, Carlos Broady and Infinite Architects, provide some of the most compelling soundscapes since the RZA's recent beatmaking lapses. Rae is proof positive that the Wu still got that "marvelous shit that makes your mouth water." Brett Johnson

All Music Guide

It's a rare Wu-Tang solo album that doesn't bear the stamp of the collective's production mastermind, RZA, to some extent, and Raekwon's second full-length is no different. Except for the fact that RZA doesn't actually appear on Immobilarity, the paranoid synth-strings and soundtrack feel he pioneered on Wu-Tang's Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers and Forever are all over this album. The producers, including Raekwon's American Cream Team, Infinite Arkatechz, and Six July Productions, give Immobilarity the same sounds RZA gave to Raekwon's first album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Though few rappers are more entitled to the sound than Raekwon, most of these songs just don't contribute to the lyrical concerns or delivery (a notable exception is "Sneakers," the only track produced by Pete Rock). And since the album's success depends wholly on Raekwon himself, it's almost impossible for him to trump the excellence of his first album. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide