Classics Discussion: Ice Cube

[StraightUpMenace]

Voted yes for his first three albums. War & Peace Vol 1 is not a classic, and I haven't heard Vol 2 or Lethal Injection.

 

[Yehuda]

AMW has Bomb Squad production and he mauled that and showed his versatility by switching over to Jinx production, and killed it as well. The songwriting is raw, real, unfiltered and he was so vicious and commanding you have to respect it, even if he was dissing your demographic.

Amerikkka's Most Wanted was Best Of Both Worlds before Jay and R. Kelly.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

@The Ruler 09

wtf? explain

 

[Big Mel]

AmeriKKKa's Most wanted & Death Certificate are absolute classics. That's where it stops.

 

[Yehuda]

@The Ruler 09 :jimohreally:

 

[Lo-Co]

I got a few to get to first but DMX will be done eventually

i really like these threads.

 

[SirBiatch]

because they are both hugely relevant today, more so beyond hip-hop circles. Cube was damn near prophetic with the LA riots shyt on Death Certificate and generally the spectrum of issues covered in both albums are so prevalent today.

Quality-wise, they are just brilliant albums too. Every track serves a purpose, so there's absolutely no filler. AMW has Bomb Squad production and he mauled that, and showed his versatility by switching over to Jinx production, and killed it as well. The songwriting is raw, real, unfiltered and he was so vicious and commanding you have to respect it, even if he was dissing your demographic.

Idk how much critical acclaim matters to you but they both have vast critical acclaim, especially the former with 5 mics from the Source. The Source initially rated DC 4.5 mics but changed it in later re-ratings.

AMW got 5 mics right off the bat?

which is better? AMV or DC if I had to pick one?

 

[Yehuda]

which is better? AMV or DC if I had to pick one?

Death Certificate. More focused.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

i really like these threads.

Appreciate it bro! I really hope people do enjoy them because it's a good topic of discussion.

AMW got 5 mics right off the bat?

which is better? AMV or DC if I had to pick one?

yeah straight away it got 5

hmmm

can't go wrong with either

I prefer DC

more venomous, more specific targets of attack, more power in his voice

just a step up in performance

album is one of the most cohesive I've ever heard, just the division into the "life side" and "death side" was brilliant, and interwoven are the teachings of Khalid Abdul Muhammad

and No Vaseline

 

[RichForever]

Voted Yes for the first 3.

 

[mobbinfms]

AMW got 5 mics right off the bat?

which is better? AMV or DC if I had to pick one?

You've never heard them?

 

[arel]

First three classics and was very close to giving it to lethal injection too.

 

[SirBiatch]

You've never heard them?

heard them both. outside of the acerbic and necessary content, was never impressed by them

 

[JayBaldacci]

the only time i voted for 2 so far.

 

[DosCadenaz]

First four are