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Title: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Laconic on February 10, 2010, 01:18:23 PM
http://icecube.com/media/videos/1586/1381

"Drink The Kool Aid" sounds dope  8)  Not sure about "It Is What It Is."  ???

Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: J.E. on February 10, 2010, 01:28:29 PM
Wow that first track sounds raw. "I ain't the doctor" "this ain't no white boy's rehabilitation" "I heard it was a new west coast, I ain't worried..." "this ain't sinatra" "this ain't the carter" talk about taking subliminal shots  :D
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: QuietTruth on February 10, 2010, 01:39:37 PM
First joint sound like a Game record. Hahaha.

Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Blasphemy on February 10, 2010, 02:40:42 PM
DAMN the first1 is the BOMB SHIT.


Even took a jab at the 2pac Incarnated shit. Seriously, his ass needs 2 drop a new album. How come the nigga who did 2 kid movies drops all the realer shit then all the fags who infected a bunch of a gangster movies???


This is why I Like this nigga, cause he kept it real. Nigga can be 90 and still make a real record.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: J-FUNKTION on February 10, 2010, 03:30:39 PM
first one is dope....suckin one is ass...
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: NewYork Pope on February 10, 2010, 04:56:39 PM
2nd one is the record that will blow today. It'll do better than the 1st airplay wise.
Cube is more experience than yall ears and taste. He knows what he doing.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Lunatic on February 10, 2010, 05:08:57 PM
ya this first song is  :o

2nd is eyy
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: J-FUNKTION on February 10, 2010, 05:29:27 PM
2nd one is the record that will blow today. It'll do better than the 1st airplay wise.
Cube is more experience than yall ears and taste. He knows what he doing.
in the sense that he knows whats gay and will appeal to the youngstas these days, then yes i agree..but we (for the most part) still know when somethings wack..and that track was garbage...BUT YES it will work, cause people today enjoy garbage..
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: GangstaBoogy on February 10, 2010, 05:37:30 PM
Wow that first track sounds raw. "I ain't the doctor" "this ain't no white boy's rehabilitation" "I heard it was a new west coast, I ain't worried..." "this ain't sinatra" "this ain't the carter" talk about taking subliminal shots  :D

You left out the coldest part

"I heard it was a New West Coast, I ain't worried
I've murdered more stars than Conrad Murray".

And lmao @ "this ain't the nigga who's always on vacation" - Jigga! I can't wait, its always good to hear some new Cube.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: J.E. on February 10, 2010, 05:45:25 PM
Wow that first track sounds raw. "I ain't the doctor" "this ain't no white boy's rehabilitation" "I heard it was a new west coast, I ain't worried..." "this ain't sinatra" "this ain't the carter" talk about taking subliminal shots  :D

You left out the coldest part

"I heard it was a New West Coast, I ain't worried
I've murdered more stars than Conrad Murray".

And lmao @ "this ain't the nigga who's always on vacation" - Jigga! I can't wait, its always good to hear some new Cube.


Lmao, I couldn't hear what he said @ first so I didn't type it.. then I got it but forgot to put that in the post :P

"This ain't Sinatra" might be directed @ Jigga too. Since Jay said on Empire State of Mind "I'm the new Sinatra"
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: The Predator on February 10, 2010, 05:57:24 PM
1st track got a nice gangsta bop to it and another blatant shot at Eminem lol.
Hope somebody shows Shady the video, hip-hop could do with a Ice Vs Slim battle.

2nd track he get's carried away with those parrot hooks again over a sloppy southern beat with those awful horns.

Hey a westcoast legend putting in work in a 'proper studio' and we get to see/hear some of the album unfold.



Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 10, 2010, 06:20:46 PM
cube bout time you got back to some raw shit...return of the barracuda....lol
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-Nice on February 10, 2010, 06:39:52 PM
1st track is dope, 2nd reminds me of Betta Get Used To It. I would not mind if it was cut from the album LMAO
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 10, 2010, 06:56:43 PM
betta get used to it = get used to it from raw footage?




1st track is dope, 2nd reminds me of Betta Get Used To It. I would not mind if it was cut from the album LMAO
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-Nice on February 10, 2010, 06:58:56 PM
betta get used to it = get used to it from raw footage?




1st track is dope, 2nd reminds me of Betta Get Used To It. I would not mind if it was cut from the album LMAO

Yeah
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 10, 2010, 07:00:18 PM
aite figured
btw while were on it
where was dick tease posed to be from or from what album was it left off?



betta get used to it = get used to it from raw footage?




1st track is dope, 2nd reminds me of Betta Get Used To It. I would not mind if it was cut from the album LMAO

Yeah
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-TalkX on February 10, 2010, 07:46:19 PM
so stoked for this to come out. his last 2 CDs were sick
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: al3000 on February 10, 2010, 08:16:12 PM
Cube is that nigga...shitten on these youngsta's.... 8)
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-Nice on February 10, 2010, 08:30:41 PM
aite figured
btw while were on it
where was dick tease posed to be from or from what album was it left off?



betta get used to it = get used to it from raw footage?




1st track is dope, 2nd reminds me of Betta Get Used To It. I would not mind if it was cut from the album LMAO

Yeah

It was a Laugh Now Cry Later bonus track. Cube put out 4 bonus track from that album. If you bought it from Best Buy you got Race Card and Run I believe and at Target it was Dick Tease and Chrome & Paint remix with Lil Rob on it.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 10, 2010, 08:36:50 PM
thats west up




aite figured
btw while were on it
where was dick tease posed to be from or from what album was it left off?



betta get used to it = get used to it from raw footage?




1st track is dope, 2nd reminds me of Betta Get Used To It. I would not mind if it was cut from the album LMAO

Yeah

It was a Laugh Now Cry Later bonus track. Cube put out 4 bonus track from that album. If you bought it from Best Buy you got Race Card and Run I believe and at Target it was Dick Tease and Chrome & Paint remix with Lil Rob on it.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-TalkX on February 10, 2010, 08:38:46 PM
Sheiit I didn't even know about those...could someone up them by any chance? We get shafted in Canada ha
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: thug child on February 10, 2010, 09:11:28 PM
Damn dope shit cube will always be in the top 5! to me pac and scarface are the only niggaz siccer than him.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 10, 2010, 09:21:42 PM
second song sounds like a juelz santana song...leave that 1 alone...gangstas dont use those cubedogg
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-Nice on February 10, 2010, 09:34:02 PM
Sheiit I didn't even know about those...could someone up them by any chance? We get shafted in Canada ha

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9mq1022m13m
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: DonCorleone187 on February 10, 2010, 09:49:05 PM
thank god the gangsta's back and we don't gotta put up with this brainless rap  ;)
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 10, 2010, 09:50:43 PM
yeah and hopefully hes speakin on the outta bloodin n crippin...as did wc on GBA




thank god the gangsta's back and we don't gotta put up with this brainless rap  ;)
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Dre-Day on February 11, 2010, 01:23:50 AM
thanks Laconic.
not feeling any of the songs: he can do much better than that.
it's going to be Raw Footage all over again: some dope songs & a lot of filler
DAMN the first1 is the BOMB SHIT.


Even took a jab at the 2pac Incarnated shit. Seriously, his ass needs 2 drop a new album. How come the nigga who did 2 kid movies drops all the realer shit then all the fags who infected a bunch of a gangster movies???


This is why I Like this nigga, cause he kept it real. Nigga can be 90 and still make a real record.
yeah, like I got my locs on  :-X
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: salkku on February 11, 2010, 02:58:37 AM
wow that studio chemistry............. ??? ???
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Lucifuge on February 11, 2010, 04:10:27 AM
why he use this south beats  ???
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: westside159 on February 11, 2010, 07:38:44 AM
Drink the kool aid sounds good "    It is what it is should not go on a Cube album , its way too repetative  .
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-TalkX on February 11, 2010, 08:38:07 AM
thanks a lot D-Nice appreciate it man
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: The Ultimate Pianist on February 11, 2010, 09:27:18 AM
Thanks for posting this ! As everybody mentioned, the first joint sounds good, for some reason the instrumental reminds me of Krazy by Game lol ... but his flow is on point  8) I see a few shots being taken at Jay-Z ... nice. ;D

I didnt care to listen to the second one past a few seconds lol..
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Dre-Day on February 11, 2010, 09:55:43 AM
why he use this south beats  ???

he tries to fit in like a lot of west coast rappers :P
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: QuietTruth on February 11, 2010, 04:16:11 PM
I think Cube on southern beats go hard.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 11, 2010, 06:46:31 PM
even tho he claims he keeps it 100% westcoast....nah
church wit that lil jon shit
this shit...

come on cube...step it up
take lessons from maylay and wc's lyrical step





why he use this south beats  ???

he tries to fit in like a lot of west coast rappers :P
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: papa-smurf on February 11, 2010, 11:37:34 PM
both joints are wack and i hope he dont do the dissing.it sound like he takeing shots and that aint a good luck for cube.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: D-Nice on February 12, 2010, 12:02:39 AM
I think Cube on southern beats go hard.

co-sign. I don't think the problem is the style of beats so much as the quality of some of the beats, west or south. War Disc was produced in bulk by N.O. Joe, a southern producer and he murdered those beats IMO. The Ghetto is another example on My Homies.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: J$crILLa on February 12, 2010, 01:25:41 AM
kOOLAIDE track is dope. IT IS is ok at best

still would love to hear a new cube album
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: dubsmith_nz on February 12, 2010, 01:53:00 AM
Haha dame cube going hardbody on these cats on Kool Aid
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 12, 2010, 06:36:34 AM
you think hes dissin?




Haha dame cube going hardbody on these cats on Kool Aid
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: dubsmith_nz on February 12, 2010, 11:06:44 AM
you think hes dissin?




Haha dame cube going hardbody on these cats on Kool Aid

Thats what it sounds like, duno why hed be dissing Dre though
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: YoungCrookedI on February 12, 2010, 12:22:25 PM
i heard about the new west??? lol somebody needs to tell cube that his time is over, after the westside connection album was over as hell...but your fags are suckin dick till your ass thrort ass hell.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: 50 on February 12, 2010, 12:35:11 PM
why yall not complainin about namedroppin???
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Matty on February 12, 2010, 12:38:34 PM
first track sounded great, second one rubbish. cube has such a great voice but needs to work with some hotter producers like khalil or something.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Lucifuge on February 12, 2010, 12:44:10 PM
west coasr got own sound,and its grate,why WC mc's use those wack ass aouth beats, ??? ???
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 12, 2010, 08:48:17 PM
maybe he mad dre dont work wit him more and focus on cubes career instead of lady gaga...lol
but wait dissin dre? damn doubt dre would respond but that would be epic if he did





you think hes dissin?




Haha dame cube going hardbody on these cats on Kool Aid

Thats what it sounds like, duno why hed be dissing Dre though
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Paul on February 13, 2010, 08:13:16 AM
i heard about the new west??? lol somebody needs to tell cube that his time is over, after the westside connection album was over as hell...but your fags are suckin dick till your ass thrort ass hell.


Hahah look at your name, sig and avatar!

Theres only one dick gettin sucked
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on February 13, 2010, 04:25:31 PM
lol





i heard about the new west??? lol somebody needs to tell cube that his time is over, after the westside connection album was over as hell...but your fags are suckin dick till your ass thrort ass hell.


Hahah look at your name, sig and avatar!

Theres only one dick gettin sucked
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: J-FUNKTION on February 13, 2010, 06:47:19 PM
i heard about the new west??? lol somebody needs to tell cube that his time is over, after the westside connection album was over as hell...but your fags are suckin dick till your ass thrort ass hell.


Hahah look at your name, sig and avatar!

Theres only one dick gettin sucked
LMAO



and yeah, cube on a khalil beat = sick..
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: B.A. on February 13, 2010, 11:40:02 PM
The first song is cool, I give it a 6 of 10 maybe a 6.5 but I hope this is the weakest song of the album and not one of the strongest. The second I didn't like, I really hate when rappers rap/sing right along with the melody of the beat, it sounds boring and doesn't show any creativity and that "Aye! Aye! Gotta keep my swagger up" bullshit needs to go (come on Cube leave that shit for some new rapper from the south, you're better than that). I think the second track should be given out as a free download on DUBCNN as the album's release approches or better yet it should get scraped so that the quality of Ice Cube's new album isn't judged too early based on the wackness of this song.

west coasr got own sound,and its grate,why WC mc's use those wack ass aouth beats, ??? ???

I feel what you sayin, it's a little misspelled, but i fell you ;D. Yeah with all the O.G. producers out there from the west like Quik, Battlecat, Fredwreck, Alchemist, Chill, Big Hutch, Bosco, Daz, Soopafly, DJ Muggs, DJ Pooh, Meech Wells, Warren G, Big Hollis, etc. I don't understand why westcoast artist, especially the O.G.'s, continue to rap over beats that sound like they were made for a south rapper. And what ever happened to Madness For Real, DJ U-Neek, Rhythm D and Sir Jinx? They all produced some sick ass songs back in the day. This is basically the problem I see with a lot of our veteran west coast artists and it's been going on for a long time.

Most people don't want to hear Ice Cube trying to sound like someone from the south or rapping over south beats. Snoop doesn't sound credible talking all his rollin 20's crip shit over a Pharell produced track with Akon or T-Pain on the hook (I'm not talking about a specific song just the music he makes now a days in general, he tries to do a little bit of everything and in the end the best part about his albums end up being the album covers). Quik and Kurupt's Blaqout; I got love for both these dudes but the first half of the album was good and then the second half started going all over the place. What could have been a classic (Quik on the beats and both him and Kurupt on the mic, that shit should have been straight heat) ended up being just ah-aight. If a new west coast artist does this then cool, whatever, they're coming from a different era but when the O.G.'s are doing this type of stuff it just seems crazy to me. And then people wonder why the west coast isn't runnin shit how it use to, as long as westcoast artist keep doing their best impression of south artists on their albums the west isn't going to come back and be how it was. I mean seriously, how are people going to start paying attention to westcoast artist when all they are doing is sounding like everyone else? It's either that or west coast artist try to rap over bootleg, Dre sounding beats which in my opinion that style has been played out for a while too (I'm talking that west coast piano style he does with his simply arranged hard hitting drums, Dre's newer style post "2001" was good but to me doesn't come close to his pre "2001" stuff).

I think west coast artist both old and new need to get with west coast producers (or just producers who aren't just doing that south, Hip Pop, Auto-tuned to death crap) and come up with their own unique signature sound the same way that Ice Cube, South Central Cartel, DJ Quik, MC Eiht, Domino, Coolio, etc. all had their own unique sound. Ruthless had their own sound going on with their artists, Death Row had theirs, the bay was doing their thing too as well as Black Market, etc., etc.. These were all west coast artist/groups/labels most of them were doing G-funk but not all of them and not all the time, they all put their own spin on their west coast sound and a lot of it had to do with the producers. This is why I'm not really feeling Cube's new music/albums, he just doesn't really have his own identity, his own sound the way he use to production wise; lyrically he's still on point as long as he's not trying to sound like a south rapper. He needs to stop trying to do a little bit of everything to please everyone and needs just stick to what he does best.
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Dre-Day on February 14, 2010, 09:58:49 AM
you're right, Ice Cube is not for the pop charts.

he forgot that he wrote that line though
Title: Re: Ice Cube In The Studio: "Drink The Kool Aid" & "It Is What It Is" Previews
Post by: Okka on February 15, 2010, 04:06:35 AM
First track sounds tight, second one is OK too.