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on: November 23, 2009, 10:50:18 AM





...kind of says it all, doesn't it.

One of the most important artists to ever practice rapping. If I had to pick a favourite - not necessarily the best, but a favourite - it'd be The Predator and Today Was A Good Day. The LA Riots had such a presence on that album.
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Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 11:00:46 AM
# 1 on my list. No one is seeing Cube. Probably the only artist to release 5 consecutive cla**ics.

1) Straight Outta Compton - NWA
2) Kill @ Will - EP
3) Amerikkas's Most Wanted
4) Death Cerifiticate
5) Predator

Lethal Injection is also a good 4/5. Everything after that was doo-doo, but still had a few gems in between.
Dude was never afraid to voice his opinions and made some of the most controversial songs ever recorded in the process. He was saying what a lot of black people were feeling @ the time but didn't have the guts to say it out loud. He was a new-age Malcolm X.

Rebel, Gangsta, GOAT.


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Reply #2 on: November 23, 2009, 11:05:18 AM
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Reply #3 on: November 23, 2009, 11:17:13 AM
Quote from: New,Jack on November 23, 2009, 11:05:18 AM
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I couldn't agree more.
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Reply #4 on: November 23, 2009, 11:31:37 AM
Yeah Cube was dope but Hollywood made him soft but I understand the brother got to make living
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Reply #5 on: November 23, 2009, 11:43:28 AM
^^ i dont think thats true...i was never a Cube fan back in the day coz i never really understood the dude coz i was young but if u listen to cube on Raw Footage - the dude is talking some reeeeeeeeeeeal shit - he is still a rebel gangsta - talking about social issues and every day struggle... still a true OG....

like he said in laugh now cry later....

"they give us gunz and drugs...then wonder why in the f*** we thugs"!!?

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Reply #6 on: November 23, 2009, 02:00:41 PM
Cube is a Pioneer on all levels. With music he went where others(so called gangsta/thug rappers) feared to tread.

He didn't go soft. His evolution into a serious businessman with various interests was a natural progression and shows maturity. He can't be on the same shit now as 15 - 20 years ago.

The hustle has to grow and expand to keep from going under, especially in these fickle times.
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Reply #7 on: November 23, 2009, 06:00:16 PM
Salute this thread, not a big fan but these three albums Amerikkas's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, Predator are undeniably raw and i can bump right now and not be bored ....
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Reply #8 on: November 23, 2009, 06:14:17 PM
Westside Connection
War 'N Peace Vol 1



I was never really into this kind of hip-hop. maybe I misunderstood it?

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Reply #9 on: November 24, 2009, 09:05:16 AM
Quote from: Detective Ndovela on November 23, 2009, 06:14:17 PM
Westside Connection
War 'N Peace Vol 1



I was never really into this kind of hip-hop. maybe I misunderstood it?

That's the Ice Cube i don't like as well. Go back to his earlier catalog.

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Reply #10 on: November 24, 2009, 10:25:56 AM
From AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted to Death Certificate (roughly 1990 - 1992), Ice Cube was unf***witable, IMO. Seriously, he was my favourite MC in those years. He had some cool tunes on The Predator and Lethal Injection, but he never scaled the heights that he did on those first two albums + the Kill At Will EP.

By the way, Death Certificate is one of Hip Hop's best concept albums. And AMW was ahead of its time as an East Coast/West Coast collaboration.

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Reply #11 on: November 24, 2009, 10:45:14 AM
Common dissed him
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Reply #12 on: December 10, 2009, 09:57:16 AM
"Nigga you need to stop Snitching,
all that Yip yappin,Jaw jacking
Nigga If you scared go to Church"
-Ice Cube ft Snoop-GO TO CHURCH ;D ;D ;D

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ICE CUBE WOULD GO CRUNK,HE STILL KEEPS IT GANGSTA THOUGH ;D










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Reply #13 on: December 10, 2009, 06:31:03 PM
Quote from: Ramorethetho on November 24, 2009, 10:45:14 AM
Common dissed him

Yeah, that's because Cube thought that "I uesd to love H.E.R." was a diss to the
West Coast. I remember that Cube also had beef with Cypress Hill over that
"Friday" song. He ripped it from the Cypress's "Put your sets in the air".

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Reply #14 on: December 11, 2009, 08:23:29 AM
top 5 greatest of all time, let's go kids. once upon a time there was a rapper named cube who frowned a lot...
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