raekwon and emi both confirmed at one point that "only built for cuban linx... pt. ii" would be released in the summer of 2009 with emi serving as the distribution label for the album, which was officially released on raekwon's iceh2o label. however, raekwon and emi later announced that the album would be pushed back to september 8, 2009 due to sample clearance issues, and the leak of a song from the album entitled "surgical gloves."