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Title: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: Rud on April 23, 2008, 11:29:51 AM
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Ice Cube - It Takes A Nation
Ice Cube - It Takes A Nation (Clean)
Ice Cube - It Takes A Nation (Instrumental) (http://www.dubcnn.com/index.shtml#newsitem1208892630,34970,)

"It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] - April 22, 2008 By : Nima

(http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/icecube08/icecube.jpg)

You already know when Ice Cube goes into war mode, all hell is gonna break loose. After releasing a first appetizer off his upcoming solo album "Raw Footage" in the first single "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It", along with the remix featuring Scarface and Nas, the West Coast War Lord is blasting out another album track called "It Takes A Nation".

In times where every artist is worried about "finding the right single", it's truly refreshing to hear an artist like Ice Cube, in who's music you can truly feel that it's ginuine and coming from his heart.

"It Takes A Nation" is Ice Cube at his finest: raw, uncut and political. The beat, courtesy of Emile, is banging too, ya'll need to turn this one up to really feel it's energy. Cube calls himself "the only rapper that wants to fist fight the president" on the track, and it's a good representation of what he's offering us with his latest tracks. Check out "It Takes A Nation" below:

Ice Cube - It Takes A Nation
Ice Cube - It Takes A Nation (Clean)
Ice Cube - It Takes A Nation (Instrumental)

No wonder The Game calls Ice Cube his favorite rapper on his "Pain" single - we all should! "Raw Footage" is dropping in stores and online on August 19, 2008.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: Elano on April 23, 2008, 11:37:31 AM
hey rud the "newest joint" link is wrong (is linked a wester union song )
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Rud on April 23, 2008, 11:40:06 AM
hey rud the "newest joint" link is wrong (is linked a wester union song )

Well spotted, fixed!
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: D-e-f- on April 24, 2008, 02:50:36 AM
oh! updated with instrumental!

this track is plain awesome! i thought gangsta rap made me do it was dope but now this? wow!
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: K.Dub on April 24, 2008, 03:01:00 AM
Whoa, the instrumental - thanks!
Props!
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Elano on April 24, 2008, 04:17:44 AM
hey rud the "newest joint" link is wrong (is linked a wester union song )

Well spotted, fixed!

rud the wester union song has not been removed..
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: Rud on April 24, 2008, 04:32:48 AM
It had been, someone has re-uploaded the page without the ammend. Will get fixed
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: SoilSavy707 on April 24, 2008, 08:33:33 AM
Song is solid, can't wait for the album. Production is clean and Cube comes correct as always.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: gchild213 on April 24, 2008, 08:41:13 AM
"Raw Footage" is dropping in stores and online on August 17, 2008.


is that supposed to be june 17 or did it get pushed to august??
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Dre-Day on April 24, 2008, 08:42:28 AM
"Raw Footage" is dropping in stores and online on August 17, 2008.


is that supposed to be june 17 or did it get pushed to august??

yeah i thought it was going to be released in june too  :-\

sound like it's been pushed back.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Lunatic on April 24, 2008, 08:43:24 AM
ya pushed back to aug 17
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: Rud on April 24, 2008, 08:44:33 AM
June 17th was a tentative release, it will be August 17th
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Laconic on April 24, 2008, 09:34:00 AM
June 17th was a tentative release, it will be August 17th
How is it being released on a Sunday?
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Rud on April 24, 2008, 09:35:13 AM
That is a very good point, i raised it with Cubes press yesterday but they have yet to respond - i assume it will default to the 19th
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Laconic on April 24, 2008, 09:52:21 AM
^Word.  Thanks for the info.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Rud on April 24, 2008, 10:09:35 AM
As suspected, just got word back its the 19th!
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Lunatic on April 24, 2008, 10:10:23 AM
^props Rud

i'm guessing the tracklisting is gonna change a bit still
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: BiggSadot on April 24, 2008, 10:56:08 AM
August 14th my Bday so Im likin this new release date
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: CRAFTY on April 24, 2008, 11:23:15 AM
August 19th...damn it. Always irritating to find out that an album you're anticipating got pushed back. But oh well...August is not THAT far away. Still, would've been nice to bump some new Ice Cube shit during the summer :(
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: J$crILLa on April 24, 2008, 12:34:21 PM
have to wait til august.. damn thats far away
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Eddie G. on April 24, 2008, 12:39:11 PM
Still, would've been nice to bump some new Ice Cube shit during the summer :(
yeah, that's the worst part of this delay!  that june release would have positioned itself perfectly for the summertime.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: D~Nice on April 24, 2008, 12:43:25 PM
Still, would've been nice to bump some new Ice Cube shit during the summer :(
yeah, that's the worst part of this delay!  that june release would have positioned itself perfectly for the summertime.

Yeah but honestly you look at all the promo Cube did before LNCL compared to this one. I don't blame him for pushing it back. Give that single more time to marinate and make some appearances to hype up the album and single some more.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Dre-Day on April 24, 2008, 12:54:40 PM
Still, would've been nice to bump some new Ice Cube shit during the summer :(
yeah, that's the worst part of this delay!  that june release would have positioned itself perfectly for the summertime.

Yeah but honestly you look at all the promo Cube did before LNCL compared to this one. I don't blame him for pushing it back. Give that single more time to marinate and make some appearances to hype up the album and single some more.

but why are you so sure that Cube decided to push it back?

sure, Lench Mob Records is independant, but i thought his label situation is somewhat comparable with death row records, since he's backed by a major.
so couldn't it be "label politics", that caused the delay?
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: The King on April 24, 2008, 01:03:12 PM
Westcoast fans are some of the most patient on earth. Some of us been waiting for albums for 3 years (Soundscannerz, Suga Kain) and some albums for 5 years (Detox) and we still haven't given up hope. Waiting an extra 2 months is nothing :P although a piece of us dies everyday we must wait.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Info)
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on April 24, 2008, 04:20:45 PM
not me!!!!
damn this is hhhhhhhhhhhheat, I mean str8 cccccccccccracccc!!
your muzik is so fluffy, hahaha!!!!
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: D~Nice on April 24, 2008, 07:11:30 PM
Still, would've been nice to bump some new Ice Cube shit during the summer :(
yeah, that's the worst part of this delay!  that june release would have positioned itself perfectly for the summertime.

Yeah but honestly you look at all the promo Cube did before LNCL compared to this one. I don't blame him for pushing it back. Give that single more time to marinate and make some appearances to hype up the album and single some more.

but why are you so sure that Cube decided to push it back?

sure, Lench Mob Records is independant, but i thought his label situation is somewhat comparable with death row records, since he's backed by a major.
so couldn't it be "label politics", that caused the delay?

Could be. But i always got the impression Virgin Records/EMI was strictly distributing Cube record. Maybe they do have some say but that kind of defeats the whole purpose for Cube to say he is indie if they have that much say on his project. But it could be the case, I have no insight on it.
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Detox Iz Not Active on April 24, 2008, 07:45:21 PM
why does cube always chose the wackest beats
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: EmAn on April 24, 2008, 08:39:41 PM
Westcoast fans are some of the most patient on earth. Some of us been waiting for albums for 3 years (Soundscannerz, Suga Kain) and some albums for 5 years (Detox) and we still haven't given up hope. Waiting an extra 2 months is nothing :P although a piece of us dies everyday we must wait.


 :'( :'( :'( :'(...haha..
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on April 24, 2008, 08:45:48 PM
this or that lil jon tracc he did?



why does cube always chose the wackest beats
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Snoopafly-1986 on April 24, 2008, 08:49:49 PM
Westcoast fans are some of the most patient on earth. Some of us been waiting for albums for 3 years (Soundscannerz, Suga Kain) and some albums for 5 years (Detox) and we still haven't given up hope. Waiting an extra 2 months is nothing :P although a piece of us dies everyday we must wait.

lol funny and true at the same time
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on April 24, 2008, 08:51:14 PM

for real cuz so far cubes dropped heat from this album
might be the best album of 08


Westcoast fans are some of the most patient on earth. Some of us been waiting for albums for 3 years (Soundscannerz, Suga Kain) and some albums for 5 years (Detox) and we still haven't given up hope. Waiting an extra 2 months is nothing :P although a piece of us dies everyday we must wait.

lol funny and true at the same time
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: lost_assassin on April 25, 2008, 12:29:43 AM

for real cuz so far cubes dropped heat from this album
might be the best album of 08


Westcoast fans are some of the most patient on earth. Some of us been waiting for albums for 3 years (Soundscannerz, Suga Kain) and some albums for 5 years (Detox) and we still haven't given up hope. Waiting an extra 2 months is nothing :P although a piece of us dies everyday we must wait.

lol funny and true at the same time

word lol
Title: Re: "It Takes A Nation" To Hold Ice Cube Back! [Audio] (Album Release Date + Inf
Post by: Dre-Day on April 25, 2008, 12:41:26 AM
Still, would've been nice to bump some new Ice Cube shit during the summer :(
yeah, that's the worst part of this delay!  that june release would have positioned itself perfectly for the summertime.

Yeah but honestly you look at all the promo Cube did before LNCL compared to this one. I don't blame him for pushing it back. Give that single more time to marinate and make some appearances to hype up the album and single some more.

but why are you so sure that Cube decided to push it back?

sure, Lench Mob Records is independant, but i thought his label situation is somewhat comparable with death row records, since he's backed by a major.
so couldn't it be "label politics", that caused the delay?

Could be. But i always got the impression Virgin Records/EMI was strictly distributing Cube record. Maybe they do have some say but that kind of defeats the whole purpose for Cube to say he is indie if they have that much say on his project. But it could be the case, I have no insight on it.

i see; well death row was said to be independant too, but that was only true to a certain extent.

that's why i was i little suprised that you were so sure that Cube pushed it back  ;)