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=== ''Lost Jewlry'', ''Fly International Luxurious Art'', ''The Wild'', and present === In 2012, Raekwon launched his own record label, Ice H20 Records. Raekwon announced on November 30, 2012, that he would soon release an [[extended play|EP]] entitled ''[[Lost Jewlry]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raekwon To Release New EP Titled "Lost Jewelry" |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22061/title.raekwon-to-release-new-ep-titled-lost-jewelry |access-date=December 1, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203045614/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22061/title.raekwon-to-release-new-ep-titled-lost-jewelry/ |archive-date=December 3, 2012 }}</ref> On December 20, he released "Never Can Say Goodbye",<ref>[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.23185/title.raekwon-never-can-say-goodbye Raekwon β Never Can Say Goodbye|New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230203709/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.23185/title.raekwon-never-can-say-goodbye |date=December 30, 2012 }}. HipHop DX (December 20, 2012); retrieved 2014-04-24.</ref> which did not end up on the EP. ''Lost Jewlry'' was released on January 15, 2013. It featured guest appearances from [[Maino (rapper)|Maino]] and [[Freddie Gibbs]], as well as production from [[Scram Jones]], among others.<ref>[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22061/title.raekwon-to-release-lost-jewelry-ep-in-january Raekwon "Lost Jewlry" EP Download] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209044239/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22061/title.raekwon-to-release-lost-jewelry-ep-in-january |date=December 9, 2012 }}, HipHopDX.com; retrieved April 24, 2014.</ref> On January 1, 2013, Raekwon announced that the title of his next album would be ''F.I.L.A.'', an [[acronym]] for ''[[Fly International Luxurious Art]]'', and that it would be released during the second quarter of 2013.<ref name="2013 album title">[http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/raekwon-announces-new-album-title Raekwon Announces New Album Title] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017164740/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/raekwon-announces-new-album-title |date=October 17, 2014 }}. Complex (January 1, 2013); retrieved 2014-04-24.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22398/title.raekwon-announces-new-album-fila-fly-international-luxurious-art |title=Raekwon Announces New Album "F.I.L.A. (Fly International Luxurious Art)" |publisher=HipHop DX |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107052916/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22398/title.raekwon-announces-new-album-fila-fly-international-luxurious-art |archive-date=January 7, 2013 }}</ref> He would later specify a release month of September 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harling |first=Danielle |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23123/title.raekwon-talks-new-f-i-l-a-lp-refers-to-the-album-as-a-lifestyle-project- |title=Raekwon Talks New "F.I.L.A." LP, Refers To The Album As A "Lifestyle Project" |publisher=HipHop DX |date=March 7, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320110457/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23123/title.raekwon-talks-new-f-i-l-a-lp-refers-to-the-album-as-a-lifestyle-project-/ |archive-date=March 20, 2013 }}</ref> Following the release of the first single "All About You", Raekwon intimated that the album would be released in January 2014; it finally saw release on April 28, 2015. In November 2016, Raekwon announced that a new album was complete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/raekwons-new-album-is-complete-dropping-2017-news.25736.html? |title=Raekwon's new album is complete |last=Smith |first=Trevor |date=November 27, 2016 |website=Hotnewhiphop.com |access-date=November 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128132334/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/raekwons-new-album-is-complete-dropping-2017-news.25736.html |archive-date=November 28, 2016 }}</ref> On March 24, 2017, Raekwon released a studio album, ''The Wild'', his first not to feature collaborations with fellow members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Critical reception was positive, with Pitchfork saying the album was stronger than ''Fly'', which it alleged had a "bloated roster".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23145-the-wild/|title=Raekwon: The Wild|website=Pitchfork.com}}</ref> Consequence of Sound agreed, saying ''The Wild'' was largely understood as a return to form by Raekwon, with fewer guest appearances by other artists than usual and more focus on Raekwon's long-established style, albeit with the "maximalist modern production" he had employed on ''Fly''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/03/album-review-raekwon-the-wild/|title=Album Review: Raekwon β The Wild|website=Consequence.net|date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> Raekwon was featured as a guest on the intro to the ''WWCD'' compilation by [[Griselda Records|Griselda]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Jeff|date=January 12, 2020|title=Raekwon: Hail to the Chef|url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/raekwon-50/1-70372}}</ref> On August 1, 2020, [[Elliott Wilson (journalist)|Elliot Wilson]], of [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] and ''[[Rap Radar]]'', announced Raekwon will be releasing ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 3'' soon.<ref name="hiphopdx.com" /> In his most recent appearance, Raekwon provided guest vocals alongside Ghostface Killah and Busta Rhymes on "Science Class", a song off Griselda leader [[Westside Gunn]]'s 2022 mixtape ''10''.
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