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ICE CUBE ON 25 YEARS OF ‘AMERIKKKA’S MOST WANTED,’

billbradleybillbradley For I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
edited June 2015 in Strut Central
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/07/the-original-gangsta-ice-cube-on-25-years-of-amerikkka-s-most-wanted-kendrick-lamar-and-cops.html

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  • billbradleybillbradley For I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
    Jackin' For Beats was and still is pretty awesome

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Where is REN in the NWA film?

    And was Dre still living w/ his momma during NWA's beginning after the Wrecking Crew???
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,145 Posts
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    I met Ice Cube at an Islands in Encino, CA

    True story
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
  • billbradleybillbradley For I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
    crabmongerfunk said:
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...

    I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
  • LazarusOblongLazarusOblong 896 Posts
    billbradley said:
    crabmongerfunk said:
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...

    I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.

    i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    crabmongerfunk said:
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...

    In some sense, yes. But I actually have more respect for his career path as is than if he had just tried to keep being Amerikkka's Ice Cube into his 50s. He's funny in those Jump Street movies. His old albums still rule, regardless of the Nice Cube stuff. Compare his career path to something like that recent Message 2015 video. I'll take great Ice Cube turned Nice Cube over Ice Cube that pushed it so long he just melted into nothing.

    I know he still raps, but that seems like a side gig now.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,812 Posts
    LazarusOblong said:
    billbradley said:
    crabmongerfunk said:
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...

    I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.

    i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.

    Does anyone manage to really keep it real into their 50s?
    Or, surely it's just growing up, change is inevitable.



  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    The music speaks for itself.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I think Hip Hop is the only Genre that is shackled by "Keep-It-Realism".

    Other musicians can tell autobiographical, quasi-auto, or fairy tales and authenticity is never questioned.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts
    Controller_7 said:
    crabmongerfunk said:
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...

    In some sense, yes. But I actually have more respect for his career path as is than if he had just tried to keep being Amerikkka's Ice Cube into his 50s. He's funny in those Jump Street movies. His old albums still rule, regardless of the Nice Cube stuff. Compare his career path to something like that recent Message 2015 video. I'll take great Ice Cube turned Nice Cube over Ice Cube that pushed it so long he just melted into nothing.

    I know he still raps, but that seems like a side gig now.

    all of this.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    LazarusOblong said:
    billbradley said:
    crabmongerfunk said:
    his transition from this:



    to this:



    kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...

    I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.

    i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.

    Does anyone manage to really keep it real into their 50s?
    Or, surely it's just growing up, change is inevitable.




    This unrepentant junky/alcoholic keeps it real.



    But seriously, keeping it real is bs.
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    batmon said:
    I think Hip Hop is the only Genre that is shackled by "Keep-It-Realism".

    I can't think of a single genre that isn't.

    b/w

    The later versions of Ice Cube and John Lydon are probably a lot 'realer' than the earlier versions.
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    i always thought death certificate was the better album. dj pooh took the bomb squads style and really ran with it.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    SIRUS said:
    i always thought death certificate was the better album. dj pooh took the bomb squads style and really ran with it.

    Ha! I was just going to come on here and say that once the conversation moves past Cube going pastel suburban in his older age, someone is going to mention that Death Certificate is a better album.

    Okay, now that we've got those out of the way, anything less predictable to mention?

    I'll throw out how in that Good Life Cafe documentary from a few years back, there's a cool interview of Abstract Rude detailing how so many rappers for years on end ran with Cube's identical rhyme scheme from "Once Upon a Time in the Projects".
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    You thought I dropped a dud in your face
    Until you taste the blood of the bass
    Then you faint, or better yet pass out
    When I'm on the mic, believe it's ass out
    You think you're raw so you draw
    You lose, you're hung, you bite your tongue
    The whole town saw in awe as you strangle
    A noose on your neck, and you dangle
    From side to side in the blazing heat
    You're beat, you're dead, the fools fell off
    You feel you're turning red, it's said
    That your head burst
    And this is only the first verse
    Of The Bomb

    Ive always enjoyed his early fast rhymes.
  • ScottScott 420 Posts
    batmon said:
    You thought I dropped a dud in your face
    Until you taste the blood of the bass
    Then you faint, or better yet pass out
    When I'm on the mic, believe it's ass out
    You think you're raw so you draw
    You lose, you're hung, you bite your tongue
    The whole town saw in awe as you strangle
    A noose on your neck, and you dangle
    From side to side in the blazing heat
    You're beat, you're dead, the fools fell off
    You feel you're turning red, it's said
    That your head burst
    And this is only the first verse
    Of The Bomb

    Ive always enjoyed his early fast rhymes.

    I like that song too. I was always baffled how Ego Trip had it as the first song on this list:

  • billbradleybillbradley For I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
    I met Ice Cube before during the Predator tour (1994?) in Houston at a club called North Side. I was the one white guy at the show. Afterward the following day some black coworkers told me that the club was "too hard" and they would never go there. No one tried to start any shit with me though and I was able to get Cube to sign my ticket. I still have the shirt from that show too.
  • prof_rockwellprof_rockwell 2,867 Posts
    billbradley said:
    Jackin' For Beats was and still is pretty awesome


    Too bad that was off Kill At Will though :p
  • billbradleybillbradley For I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
    DOH! You're right. I should know too since I own them all. Good catch.
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