in december 2009, major hip hop site hiphopdx released their 2009 awards, with "only built for cuban linx... pt. ii" being chosen as 'album of the year'. dx described it as "...the hip hop equivalent to "the godfather 2", with rae as revitalized as marlon was...". in addition, raekwon was selected as 'emcee of the year' (fellow new yorker nas had won in 2008). their staff justified this pick with this description of raekwon's career in 2009: