It's May 30, 2024, 04:40:55 AM
IIht so a few weeks ago, I copped a 30gig video ipod ( $190 with shipping, brand new ) and I got all my music on there. I been going through each relevant artists discography, and I have to say Ice Cube's influence on the rest of the rap game had been lost on me for a minute.He is the MOST successfully accomplished rapper/actor, both sales & respect wise. 4 certified classic solo albums, 1 great solo, a classic WSC album, and another realy solid one and let's not forget he wrote the majority of rap's most influential, controversial, ground breaking record ever ( Straight Outta Compton of course ). Listening to Cube's 1st 4 albums, I find it amazing that on almost every one of these songs, at least one rapper has either sampled the beat or lyrics from Cube. Shit Dogg Pound & Mack 10 made whole songs based on 1 fuckin bar from Cube's "Wrong Nigga to Fuck With": "It's the # 1 crew in the area/make a move for ya gat and i'll bury ya!" How about "Once again, it's on!" from "Nigga U Love To Hate". It is amazing how many of Cube's elements and lyrics have been used in songs since he did them.Cube made hip hop edgy and "scary" to suburban America and he delivered his lyrics ( at the time, nobody was really spittin about shit like he did ), with such a fury and force, u really almost believed him "I get dough/but DON'T call me Doughboy/This ain't no fuckin motion picture..." His acting record speaks for itself: "Are We There Yet 1 & 2" not great movies, but blockbusters none the least. The "Friday" series is classic considered by ALL races. The "Barbershop" series was great, and very profitable as well, and even movies like "Tresspass", "Dangerous Ground", "Anaconda" and one other joint he did in like 95-96 were all box offices smashes. Need I even mention his CLASSIC performances in "Boyz In The Hood" & "Higher Learning"?As I been listening to my Ipod on shuffle while writing this thread, already 3 different songs, 3 different artists have mentioned Ice Cube by name alone ( Hov, Em & C-Bo ). Ironic, huh? While me personally would still put Nas as my favorite ( therefore the best ) emcee, but again, Cube is the most accomplished, successful, influential rapper ever, and we will never see somebody like this ever again. Time to give it up for this dude.
ice cube's the man, laugh now cry later is bad ass cd
no argument for me, cube is the greatest of all time. good thread...sometimes i think people forget what the old cube was like.