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Title: Ice Cube = Sellout?
Post by: abusive on April 15, 2016, 08:23:54 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj-x08C5zRE
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Post by: doggfather on April 15, 2016, 09:45:50 AM
years, i mean yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars ago...
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Post by: abusive on April 15, 2016, 10:35:11 AM
^lol ;D
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Post by: FUCK-YOU-BItch on April 15, 2016, 11:41:21 AM
Ice cube is the biggest biter in the rap game. of course he had his time with nwa and solo shit but in 96 he was lame some hits there and here but not classics hiphop albums....and if you don´t believe that he´s a biter ask b-real ask tupac...and fuck common never liked his shit he needs a whoppin for his fuckface
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Post by: M Dogg™ on April 15, 2016, 12:01:04 PM
Wait, after 20 years this is still a conversation. From 1986 to 1996 dude was one of the realest in the game, but since then it's all be down hill.
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Post by: Blood$ on April 15, 2016, 12:05:16 PM
Wait, after 20 years this is still a conversation. From 1986 to 1996 dude was one of the realest in the game, but since then it's all be down hill.

to be fair he had dope moments in 1999-2000 and Laugh Now, Cry Later was dope... I regret selling that album a few years ago cuz now it's kinda hard to find in stores lol

wasn't big on his last project at all though that was pretty bad
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Post by: CORREA on April 15, 2016, 12:37:49 PM
retards who say he is a sell out he was one of the smart ones in the west he basically did his time and moved on like one should if he would have stayed doing music he would have fell off big time and be broke like most them washed up old farts from his era

now on to common time goes by then u noticed how stupid the beef was back then props to both of them even common moving on being a celebrity doing tv and movies and some music on the side this is the way it should be folks
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Post by: Okka on April 15, 2016, 01:27:42 PM
I just don't understand what's up with all the hate. "I Am West" is the ONLY album from him that is straight garbage, except for a few songs.
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Post by: Blood$ on April 15, 2016, 01:34:28 PM
I just don't understand what's up with all the hate. "I Am West" is the ONLY album from him that is straight garbage, except for a few songs.

agreed... although Raw Footage was kinda average and didn't age too well overall it's still decent and way better than I Am West

War & Peace would have been way harder as just one disc IMO but that's been said

and as for Common he's not somebody I really listen to that much but he also only has one garbage album with the rest being decent-dope-classic
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Post by: CORREA on April 15, 2016, 03:27:44 PM
I just don't understand what's up with all the hate. "I Am West" is the ONLY album from him that is straight garbage, except for a few songs.

its facts and opinions nothing more you should know the difference



"hate"
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Post by: heisenberg on April 15, 2016, 08:45:12 PM
.and if you don´t believe that he´s a biter ask tupac...

i will ask biggie first
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Post by: smp4life on April 16, 2016, 09:38:22 PM
He bites.
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Post by: realmuthafuckingeez on April 17, 2016, 05:20:59 AM
if you live long enough you become a sell out. best career move he could of made was dying in a hail of bullets. but not everybody is man enuogh to live by the sword die by the sword. studio gansgters live long and prosper. real niggas that try to change shit get taken out by the assassin.
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Post by: abusive on April 17, 2016, 10:25:50 AM
It just sounds like the interviewer is mad because he's still a bigot himself but hates the fact that Ice grew up and isn't racist like he used to be.
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Post by: papa-smurf on April 17, 2016, 10:48:31 AM
years, i mean yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars ago...

Ice cube never sold out. People say cube sold out because of movies! Making fun movies for your kids to watch dont have nothing to do with selling out.
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Post by: Westcoastfanatic on April 17, 2016, 12:30:19 PM
Cube's always more of a hypocrite than a sell-out to me. Not at sell-out because he always keeps his music raw and never did a song with a corny popstar right? Now Snoop, he's a sell-out AND a hypocrite, lol.
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Post by: Mietek23 on April 18, 2016, 12:01:58 PM
If using opportunities to diverse from rap to movies, back to rap, etc. and making money while doing it is the definition of "sellout", than hell yeah - he did sell out just like every other rapper in the industry that uses music or every other business to make a better live for himself and his family.

The difference is - Cube has a business mind and a business savvy on a higher level than 95% of his peers, that's why he was able to expand beyond rap, invest his rap money into other things and maximize his $, while not going broke after record sales started to fall.
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Post by: Sccit on April 18, 2016, 04:29:21 PM
i think the rule of thumb is that once u achieve legendary status, u gotta do what u gotta do to get what u gotta get. if that means playin a cop on a tv show or makin children movies to stay relevant and collect your paper, then so be it....ice cube has contradicted himself many times throughout the duration of his career, but who hasnt? we humans, not God. perfection is unattainable, and cube been doin his thang for some time now.....as far as rappin goes, he way out his prime, and we been promised "everythangs corrupt" for years now. at one point, was sposta be an aftermath release produced by dre. at this point, thats all i care about in regards to cube. can he bring it once again, yes or no?
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Post by: 3rd Coast on April 18, 2016, 05:55:42 PM
i think the rule of thumb is that once u achieve legendary status, u gotta do what u gotta do to get what u gotta get. if that remains playin a cop on a tv show or makin children movies to stay relevant and collect your paper, then so be it....ice cube has contradicted himself many times throughout the duration of his career, but who hasnt? we humans, not God. perfection is unattainable, and cube been doin his thang for some time now.....as far as rappin goes, he way out his prime, and we been promised "everythangs corrupt" for years now. at one point, was sposta be an aftermath release produced by dre. at this point, thats all i care about in regards to cube. can he bring it once again, yes or no?


keyboard critics will never change homie..

tookie was one of the biggest gangsyers in his day....evem je cjamged...

whats the difference between 2pac n ice cube...both these niggas went the same route..was political with their message

difference is..pac was a puppet n a follower..niggas always talk bout pac bein a leade n on that panther bullshit'

he shitted on everything his mom n mutulu stood for

n was only political when it was conveient  for community service

but when he was free...he didnt give a fuck bout the next nigga

cube is a musical actor n a film actor...he didnt sell out shit

music got old...to cube he made his only lane with movies...milliona of dollars out there n fuck niggas want rapper to be t. rodgers

if pac wasnt a puppet n did his own thing..he would be doin the same shit cube is doin...

cube didnt have bitch ass niggas in his ear or around him puttin him in fucked up situations..

pac was suppose to be a leader but what are any of the outlaws doin to further his legacy...nothin...they irrelevant now
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Post by: realmuthafuckingeez on April 19, 2016, 11:53:38 AM
pac wasnt no puppet, i agree he got himself in some fucked up situations, but thats what happens when you live life on the edge.

cube played it safe, went the usual sell-out route. actually i dont believe cube had any real political belifs other than hustlin anyway.

pac never shitted on his background. the panthers failed, why would he follow that dead end route anyway. pac was dealing with a new reality. he wasnt gonna retread old paths.

pac got caught up in the gang shit. cause thats where the action was. he didnt have to do any of that shit, he wasnt follwing nobody but his own will.

pac was fearless. and he gambled with his life. and to me thats more respctable and honourable than these sellouts bowing down the to the establishment for a paycheck. they the real puppets.

outlawz will never escape the shadow of pac. they are just not the same calibre. but thats no reflection on pac. disciples rarely surpass the master. and a legend will have many leeches.

Tupac = Legendary.  Ice Cube = Sell out.
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Post by: M Dogg™ on April 19, 2016, 11:54:53 AM
i think the rule of thumb is that once u achieve legendary status, u gotta do what u gotta do to get what u gotta get. if that remains playin a cop on a tv show or makin children movies to stay relevant and collect your paper, then so be it....ice cube has contradicted himself many times throughout the duration of his career, but who hasnt? we humans, not God. perfection is unattainable, and cube been doin his thang for some time now.....as far as rappin goes, he way out his prime, and we been promised "everythangs corrupt" for years now. at one point, was sposta be an aftermath release produced by dre. at this point, thats all i care about in regards to cube. can he bring it once again, yes or no?

That's true, and I think I posted something like that many, many years ago. Once you reach a certain point, it's sort of like make money how you can homeboy. Snoop, Cube, Dre, all of them. They all eventually find ways to make money and "sell-out." Xzibit was pimping cars, Game's banging IG models (LOL... IG models is a thing... LOL), Snoop has pimped his own name out so many times, Dre sells too expensive head phones, Ice T is a cop on a show, 2Pac was an actor, Cypress Hill made a Dubstep album, Too $hort made a track with Lady Gaga, K Dot with Taylor Swift, Coolio gots a cooking show... the list goes on and on.
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Post by: doggfather on April 20, 2016, 12:02:24 AM
years, i mean yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars ago...

Ice cube never sold out. People say cube sold out because of movies! Making fun movies for your kids to watch dont have nothing to do with selling out.

nope i dont give a shit bout his movies. Hes an actor and hedo what he have to do.


But as a rapper?!

i am the south, you remember?!

and not the dirty one, the shitty pop one.