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Tag: Ice Cube
a Source interview with KRS-One : Destroy And Build
1992
thesource.com
Big Tray Deee on No Jumper
2019
nojumper.com
Ain’t Got No Haters ( song ) … Ice Cube ( featuring Too Short )
2019
audio review : Everythangs Corrupt ( album ) … Ice Cube
This begins with a Donald Trump dis, which is hardly surprising. Ice Cube started his career attacking then president George Bush. The rapper, like too many people in AmeriKKKa, seems to equate rich white men with racism, foolishly unaware of the hypocrisy. When he switches focus to dollar-chasing bitches on One For The Money, he’s got a point.
I’ll give Ice Cube credit for staying true to the game. For whatever it’s worth, Everythangs Corrupt sounds like an Ice Cube album right down to the go-hard Cali beats. Some of the samples are cliché and most of the hooks are banal, but there’s no hit-hungry trend-chasing happening here. It’s just nostalgic gangsta rap music for hood heads from the 90s.
my rating : 3 of 5
2018
Doing Dumb Shit ( song ) … Ice Cube
1991
That New Funkadelic ( song ) … Ice Cube
2018
promo : Ice Cube’s Everythangs Corrupt album
release date : 2018 December 07
Arrest The President ( song ) … Ice Cube
2018
video review : Straight Outta Compton
I would’ve preferred a documentary, but here it is; the story of NWA in Hollywood movie form. I was never a fan of the group, but two of its members, Dr Dre and Ice Cube, went on to become megastars in their own right. The same might’ve been said for leader Eazy-E if this story didn’t end the way it did. His dying of HIV, hardly a spoiler, is only one of many highlights the bouncy script touches upon. It’s a straight rundown of the group’s career, from low class teenagers in crime-ridden Compton to famous rap stars, with more focus on the behind-the-scenes drama than the music.
Straight Outta Compton, crudely named after the title of their debut album, isn’t anything special on the whole. Its individual parts; director F Gary Gray has a knack for glamorizing life thru movie scenes; are what keep things interesting. The prologue sequence of Eazy-E getting caught in a dope house raid and a funny bit involving a groupie named Felicia are prime examples. The actors tend to overact; you get the sense that the characters know they’re in a movie; but such flaws are basically forgiven to watch the story, which hints at a sequel focused on Dr Dre’s solo career, unfold.
my rating : 4 of 5
2015
No Vaseline ( song ) … Ice Cube
1991
malt liquor commercials : St Ides 94
1994