It's September 01, 2025, 10:10:56 AM
When I first listened to the album it seemed like the music was too loud. usually the lyrics are louder than the music, like in track 5150 for example. Album is dope 50/50, one time fast listened. After sleep, back again to the album
ce Cube brought new music and came to visit Big Boy and Big Boy’s Neighborhood for this all NEW Big Interview for 2024BIG Moments include:~ Ice Cube kicks off the interview with his signature Yay Yay greeting ~ Ice Cube speaks on his newest project Man Down ~ Ice Cube Speaks on Kendrick Grammy nominations~ Ice Cube Speaks on Diss Records making it to the Grammys~ Ice Cube Speaks on other big diss records ~ Ice Cube Speaks about the Video filming ~ Ice Cube Speaks on the special Release Party ~ Ice Cube Speaks on how he was asked to perform at the World Series~ Ice Cube Speaks on how it felt being with the Dodgers World Series Champions~ Big Boy Speaks on Ice Cube's World Series Performance Surpassing Fat Joe in New York~ Ice Cube Speaks on the Mike Tyson Jake Paul Fight Results~ Ice Cube Speaks about working with his son~ Ice Cube Speaks on the next Friday movie being in process~ Ice Cube Speaks on the BIG 3~ Ice Cube Speaks on Touring in 2025~ Ice Cube and Big Boy get interrupted by Mark Wahlberg in the middle of the interview~ Ice Cube and Big Boy Play Famous Phone and try to get Snoop Dogg to answer his phone Live ~ Big Boy Speaks on getting accidentally invited to Ice Cube's 20th wedding anniversary party~ Ice Cube Speaks on why he doesn't like Christmas This NEW Ice Cube Episode is a special part of our Big Boy 30 Celebration! Big Boy is celebrating 30 years in Hip Hop and Entertainment and all the stars are coming out to celebrate!!
Ice Cube Dedicates His 11th Album “Man Down” to His Day 1s (Album Review)This is the 11th full-length studio LP from Los Angeles emcee, songwriter, actor, film producer, CubeVision founder & BIG3 founder Ice Cube. The cousin of Del the Funky Homosapien & Kam, he started as part of the C.I.A. gained notoriety as a member of N.W.A until departing after their historic debut Straight Outta Compton. Cube later got his own Priority Records deal as a solo artist, teaming with The Bomb Squad for his own debut AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted & later Kill at Will. Death Certificate went on to become another west coast hip hop landmark due to some of its racially & politically charged content, with his Lench Mob Records debut The Predator mainly addressing a lot of on racial tensions in the United States at the time. Lethal Injection was more g-funk heavy and the War & Peace double-disc effort marked the end of the former Westside Connection member’s Priority contract. Laugh Now, Cry Later distributed by Virgin Music & EMI Records was a solid comeback in ‘06 after mainly focusing on acting during the first half of the 2000s & then Raw Footage had it’s highlights although it was decent as a whole. I’m the West became his most negatively received body of work & the Interscope Records-distributed Everythang’s Corrupt showed to be an improvement although still average, so hearing Man Down would be a I’m the West sequel had me hoping it would be far superior to the original.“Rollin’ at Twilight” starts with a trap intro that Cassius Jay laced looking to make highlights with his real ones whereas “It’s My Ego” takes the g-funk route instrumentally thanks to E-A-Ski talking about giving a demonstration in front of the nation. “So Sensitive” was the weakest single of the 3 decently giving Cube’s take on gender & modern etiquette, but then Mount Westmore gets together for the funky pop rap banger “She’s Sanctified” discussing women.Nottz gives “Not Like Them” more of a traditional west coast vibe to the beat feeling like the world doesn’t make sense this day in age while “5150” aggressively talks about this bitch being crazy. “No Cap” featuring Ishadon has to be one of the most underwhelming moments despite the Zaytoven beat & the theme of everyone doin’ boss moves in a cesspool just before the industrial/trap crossover “3 Lil Piggies” talks about 3 cops.“Ghetto Story” strips the drums completely finding his glory & doing it all for the streets to get his bag while “Facts” featuring J-Dee of Da Lench Mob finds the 2 reuniting so they can talk about mobbin’. “Fighting for My Life in Paradise” featuring Kurupt hops over a soul sample explaining how good it feels living the lives that they do while the boisterous “Let’s Get Money Together” featuring B-Real goes back & forth with each other as they make paper.As for “I’mma Burn Rubber”, we have Cube going from 0 to 100 over a hyphy instrumental prior to the self-produced “Especially You” hooking up some prominent synthesizers talking about needing everyone to head for the dance floors. “Break the Mirror” featuring Xzibit links up the pair for a hardcore west coast heater pointing out that nobody wants the truth anymore while “Talkin’ ‘Bout These Rappers” takes a jab at wack MCs over a Lil Jon beat.“Scary Movie” pushes towards the end of Man Down by tapping in with Lench Mob Records in-house producers Hallway Productionz promising that breaking your shit is certain while “Take Me to Your Leader” moves like an eagle looking regal on top of a vocal sample that David Banner provides. The closer “Ego Maniacs” featuring Busta Rhymes & Killer Mike wraps it all up with an insane sequel to “It’s My Ego”.Laugh Now, Cry Later was probably the last Ice Cube album that I enjoyed consistently top to bottom & Man Down over 18 years later as a dedication for all his Day 1s improves on his few LPs since 2008. The more consistent production than some of his past recent material eclectically ranges from g-funk to hyphy, trap & drumless enlisting a tight list of guests to help reaffirm his status as a west coast veteran.Score: 8/10
Ice Cube checked in with the Cruz Show to talk about his new album Man Down. He broke down some songs & features + talked about how sensitive the world is today. Cube also took time to show appreciation for his wife, and spoke about his legendary World Series Performance. Cube also tried Mexican Sweet Bread for the 1st time
the Nottz track is a banger
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