ICE CUBE - MAN DOWN (Offical Discussion)

[doggfather]

 

You are welcome!

 

[Sccit]

It wasn’t meant to be respectful, that part was “tongue in cheek”.  As for Safe n Sound, I just applaud the effort!  Lastly, I could give a fuck about American politics really; hope your country enjoys Tulsi Gubbard and Matt Gaetz!  In Canada, we have our own political worries as, like America, it’s more of a lesser-of-two-evils situation than it is a party/politician who can serve our country best.
 Trump could have potential, but spends far too much time putting out self-induced fires and focusing on self-serving agendas to really accomplish any real change.  And if America really goes “America first”, it creates a power vacuum on the international stage which will increasingly (as was under the case in the Obama years too) be filled by China and Russia. 

But whatever the case, Cube sounds tired on the mic (ABC rhymes and lazy flow) BUT the production on these tracks is bangin, especially So Sensitive. Shaping up to be a good album

cube sounds good … he’s always had a simple-yet-direct style …. this is no different from the way he was spittin with WSC ….. his voice and flow fit the production well.

[teecee]

cube sounds good … he’s always had a simple-yet-direct style …. this is no different from the way he was spittin with WSC ….. his voice and flow fit the production well.

This is where I admit I didn’t like WSCG…last Cube album I loved was Lethal Injection

[Sccit]

This is where I admit I didn’t like WSCG…last Cube album I loved was Lethal Injection

 

[So Much Style]

So sensitive is amazing

[teecee]

I’m just didn’t like it substance wise much, and prefer Cube from 88-94.

[Duck Duck Doggy]

This is where I admit I didn’t like WSCG…last Cube album I loved was Lethal Injection

You didn’t like the War or Peace albums? Many classic tracks on thise

[teecee]

You didn’t like the War or Peace albums? Many classic tracks on thise

I like some tracks here and there on each Cube album, but it was just such a drastic drop off in terms of album-quality after Lethal Injection.   

[BJV]

It’s My Ego getting heavy radio play in Vegas

Dude… you just told us what happens in Vegas

[Sccit]

I like some tracks here and there on each Cube album, but it was just such a drastic drop off in terms of album-quality after Lethal Injection.

bow down is a classic

[teecee]

bow down is a classic

I can definitely see people saying that; it just didn’t hit me like that.  I was tired of the East-West shit.    Maybe I’ll give the album a few spins soon. 

[D-Nice]

Bow Down was a regional classic, similar as Dogg Food. Mainly because it’s the subject matter of BD was repping the west coast to the fullest and calling out the east coast journalistic bias at times that was going on. A lot of fans east of say Texas wasn’t feeling that album like that but to me it’s an undeniable classic and essential. WSGC and even Pac was riding for a lot of the same issues, it’s a shame Pac only seen it as a style bite or money grab for Cube

[teecee]

Bow Down was a regional classic, similar as Dogg Food. Mainly because it’s the subject matter of BD was repping the west coast to the fullest and calling out the east coast journalistic bias at times that was going on. A lot of fans east of say Texas wasn’t feeling that album like that but to me it’s an undeniable classic and essential. WSGC and even Pac was riding for a lot of the same issues, it’s a shame Pac only seen it as a style bite or money grab for Cube

That’s just it; Cube benefited immensely from working with the Bomb Squad and got MAD love on the East Coast so I hated to see him switch up (but looking back, it’s understandable enough)

[D-Nice]

That’s just it; Cube benefited immensely from working with the Bomb Squad and got MAD love on the East Coast so I hated to see him switch up (but looking back, it’s understandable enough)

I wouldn’t call it switching up because even when Cube was in NWA they wasn’t getting a lot of love on the east coast. And Chuck D and the Bomb Squad didn’t take BD personal when it dropped. There’s always something with authentic west coast albums minus a handful that get universal love. Dogg Food like BD got criticized a lot especially after NY NY video on the east coast and with publications and that had Dr Dre all over it. But the work Cube did with Mack and WC did on that album was amazing to me

[The Predator]

Track-list with songs run-time...

Man Down

Rollin’ At Twilight – 2:56 – Produced by: Cassius Jay & Elon Deondre Brown
It’s My Ego – 3:44 – Produced by: The Almighty E-A-Ski
So Sensitive – 2:49 – Produced by: TMix
She’s Sanctified (Feat. Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too Short & October London) – 4:15 – Produced by: TMix
Not Like Them – 3:36 – Produced by: Nottz
5150 – 3:45 – Produced by: BiggVon
No Cap (Feat. K-Major, Ishadon, Mike Epps) – 2:53 – Produced by: Zaytoven & Co-produced by: Mike Epps
3 Lil Piggies – 1:51 – Produced by: Policy Kings
Ghetto Story – 3:08 – Produced by: TMix
Facts (Feat. J-Dee of the Lench Mob) – 2:41 – Produced by: DecadeZ
Fighting For My Life In Paradise (Feat. Kurupt) – 2:59 – Produced by: David Banner
Let’s Get Money Together (Feat. B-Real of Cypress Hill) – 3:01 – Produced by: DecadeZ
I’mma Burn Rubber – 3:22 – Produced by: DecadeZ
Especially You – 3:30 – Produced by: Ice Cube
Break The Mirror (Feat. Xzibit) – 3:05 – Produced by: Samuel “The IIIrd” Elliot & BiggVon
Talkin’ Bout These Rappers – 3:59 – Produced by: Lil Jon & Young Slade
Scary Movie – 2:50 – Produced by: Hallway Productionz
Take Me To Your Leader – 3:09 – Produced by: David Banner
Ego Maniacs (Feat. Killer Mike & Busta Rhymes) – 3:38 – Produced by: The Almighty E-A-Ski

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Ice Cube says new album ‘Man Down’ is exposing the truth that it’s time for men to man up

Cube says that society has been turned upside down because “everybody a little too sensitive right about now.”

Ice Cube is not here to make people feel comfortable with his new album, Man Down, which is slated for a Nov. 22 release. The project features 19 tracks and guest appearances from the likes of Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too Short, October London, Kurupt, Xzibit and a few others. Thus far, he has dropped off singles like “Ego Maniacs” and “It’s My Ego.”

The body of work signifies the West Coast icon’s first solo LP since 2018’s Everythang’s Corrupt. He has already promised it is “the album my fans have been waiting on” in a tweet published earlier this month. In a new interview for Complex’s “Idea Generation,” the Compton-bred rapper said that the compilation of songs, like others in his lengthy discography, would be an unfiltered lyrical examination of the world from Cube’s perspective.

“If I ain’t making somebody mad, I’m not doing something right, and it’s not like that’s my purpose, but the truth shows all blemishes, you know, the mirror… Some people don’t like the truth. But if you ugly, you can’t blame it on the mirror,” he told interviewer Noah Callahan-Bever. One of the truths Cube is tackling is the fact that, “Everybody a little too sensitive right about now.”

On the record’s third track, “So Sensitive,” the N.W.A. co-founder raps, “N**ga, facts over feelings, f**k your feelings, we ain’t the villain/ And this ain’t a drill, gotta keep it real, f**k how you feel.” Even the album’s title is symbolic of the theme. “The name of the record is Man Down, so hopefully the next record is Man Up,” Cube said. “It’s like we can’t keep apologizing for who we are just to make other people take over and [be] comfortable. That’s really, you know, what’s turning this society upside down if you ask me,” he added.

Further into his and Callahan-Bever’s conversation, he more pointedly shared his take on things. He explained, “A lot [of] men are just sitting around watching the show and not, not doing what they need to do to make sure everything is going right. Everybody is worried about how they feel — that’s the change… Forget doing what you need to do, doing what’s right, doing what’s supposed to be done. It’s all about how you feel, and [if] you don’t feel like it, you don’t do it. Nobody feel like it, nothing get done.”