But he gave us like 5 classics from his pen
When exactly did Ice Cube 'fall off'?
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Bleedin Gums Murphy
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But when I really think about it, Cube fell off because he wasn’t intimidating anymore. He was making Friday, a comedy stoner movie, while Tupac was in jail, and Snoop was actually on trial for MURDER.
”These brothers no talk shyt, these nikkas live it!” - Posdnuos, 1996
Cube really had that mystique that he was gonna fukk you up, on top of the consciousness tip that scared white people. I think that really attributed to why those 3 (4 if you want to count lethal injection) albums are so great: we, the listeners, believe Cube is actually scary during that period, and Cube knows we’re scared of him, so he’s keeps pushing the envelope on what he would do.
The man had the Apollo Theater screaming “fukk you Ice Cube!” at him because he told them too! That’s some Roman Reigns manipulation type of shyt, which is also predicated on fear.
But once he started to show a less menacing side of Cube with Friday…
And then he had the issue with Cypress Hill…
And the beef with Common…
And the (although admirable) street fight where he got knocked out by Franklin…
Too many chinks to the armor post ‘94
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Toe Jay Simpson
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A lot of praise here for Westside Connection and it was a very good album
But was it Cube that made that album good or WC and Mack 10? Cause Cube was doing some struggle set trippin on there that I could never get with
But was it Cube that made that album good or WC and Mack 10? Cause Cube was doing some struggle set trippin on there that I could never get with
1993 - Lethal Injection.
Predator had bangers. DC and AMW were classics. NWA stuff was legendary - he basically created gangsta rap since he had the hardest lines and wrote Eazy E's verses.
But the culture moved with Dre and then Snoop, and then the Dogg Pound.
That said, he basically stayed relevant with his movies and a few songs here and there with Westside Connection.
Predator had bangers. DC and AMW were classics. NWA stuff was legendary - he basically created gangsta rap since he had the hardest lines and wrote Eazy E's verses.
But the culture moved with Dre and then Snoop, and then the Dogg Pound.
That said, he basically stayed relevant with his movies and a few songs here and there with Westside Connection.
Predator was his last best effort..
the bootlegs and B side shouldnt count but that was Dope!
then WEstside connection popped off, had some decent music but you know during that period Pac was running shyt in the West!
the bootlegs and B side shouldnt count but that was Dope!
then WEstside connection popped off, had some decent music but you know during that period Pac was running shyt in the West!
BelowTheMasonDixon
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LIES. he absolutely ripped that shyt.
we be clubbin was such trash...however the remix with dmx was dope as fukk...that shyt was hype
someone a few days ago on here said the hand of the dead body was his last great verse
up in here
Superstar
War and Peace was his fall off.
It was just too long of a gap between Lethal Injection and War and Peace and that album was not a good comeback album.
Westside Connection was a good album but it felt like Cube and Friends album instead of a Cube album. And that was at a time he really needed to step up and claim his spot.
By the time he came back with War and Peace the game had shifted and the beats were too clubby. that’s not what we wanted from Cube. All that bounce shyt just don’t suit his style. The production on that first War and Peace joint just wasn’t that good.
It was just too long of a gap between Lethal Injection and War and Peace and that album was not a good comeback album.
Westside Connection was a good album but it felt like Cube and Friends album instead of a Cube album. And that was at a time he really needed to step up and claim his spot.
By the time he came back with War and Peace the game had shifted and the beats were too clubby. that’s not what we wanted from Cube. All that bounce shyt just don’t suit his style. The production on that first War and Peace joint just wasn’t that good.
Mastamimd
Ain't shyt
This is it
he fell off during The Predator, but the WC album was still dope... sadly, Lethal Injection was not. it had a couple of amazing tracks on it but its a real letdown. so are the war and peace albums. cube trying to rhyme like das efx and cypress hill is embarrassing.
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as cypress hill's diss was to cube, they werent wrong.
ice cube jacked tons of styles from other rappers after death certificate, his last masterpiece. i understand needing to branch out but it sounds like cube was kinda grimey about it... i cannot stand how he raps nowadays with that sesame street flow.
not even to mention how common got up in his buttcheeks
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as cypress hill's diss was to cube, they werent wrong.ice cube jacked tons of styles from other rappers after death certificate, his last masterpiece. i understand needing to branch out but it sounds like cube was kinda grimey about it... i cannot stand how he raps nowadays with that sesame street flow.
not even to mention how common got up in his buttcheeks
he fell off during The Predator, but the WC album was still dope... sadly, Lethal Injection was not. it had a couple of amazing tracks on it but its a real letdown. so are the war and peace albums. cube trying to rhyme like das efx and cypress hill is embarrassing.
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ice cube jacked tons of styles from other rappers after death certificate, his last masterpiece. i understand needing to branch out but it sounds like cube was kinda grimey about it... i cannot stand how he raps nowadays with that sesame street flow.
not even to mention how common got up in his buttcheeks
I thought the Predator was a nice album.... I agree on his last masterpiece being Death Certificate though, that album is his best IMHO. WC was okay and had some good songs on it as did Lethal Injection but after that he completely fell flat IMO, done.
