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ICE CUBE ON 25 YEARS OF ‘AMERIKKKA’S MOST WANTED,’
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crabmongerfunk said:his transition from this:
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
billbradley said:crabmongerfunk said:his transition from this:
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
crabmongerfunk said:his transition from this:
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
In some sense, yes. But I actually have more respect for his career path as is than if he had just tried to keep being Amerikkka's Ice Cube into his 50s. He's funny in those Jump Street movies. His old albums still rule, regardless of the Nice Cube stuff. Compare his career path to something like that recent Message 2015 video. I'll take great Ice Cube turned Nice Cube over Ice Cube that pushed it so long he just melted into nothing.
I know he still raps, but that seems like a side gig now.
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
In some sense, yes. But I actually have more respect for his career path as is than if he had just tried to keep being Amerikkka's Ice Cube into his 50s. He's funny in those Jump Street movies. His old albums still rule, regardless of the Nice Cube stuff. Compare his career path to something like that recent Message 2015 video. I'll take great Ice Cube turned Nice Cube over Ice Cube that pushed it so long he just melted into nothing.
I know he still raps, but that seems like a side gig now.
LazarusOblong said:billbradley said:crabmongerfunk said:his transition from this:
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
Does anyone manage to really keep it real into their 50s?
Or, surely it's just growing up, change is inevitable.
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
Does anyone manage to really keep it real into their 50s?
Or, surely it's just growing up, change is inevitable.
Controller_7 said:crabmongerfunk said:his transition from this:
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
In some sense, yes. But I actually have more respect for his career path as is than if he had just tried to keep being Amerikkka's Ice Cube into his 50s. He's funny in those Jump Street movies. His old albums still rule, regardless of the Nice Cube stuff. Compare his career path to something like that recent Message 2015 video. I'll take great Ice Cube turned Nice Cube over Ice Cube that pushed it so long he just melted into nothing.
I know he still raps, but that seems like a side gig now.
all of this.
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
In some sense, yes. But I actually have more respect for his career path as is than if he had just tried to keep being Amerikkka's Ice Cube into his 50s. He's funny in those Jump Street movies. His old albums still rule, regardless of the Nice Cube stuff. Compare his career path to something like that recent Message 2015 video. I'll take great Ice Cube turned Nice Cube over Ice Cube that pushed it so long he just melted into nothing.
I know he still raps, but that seems like a side gig now.
all of this.
Duderonomy said:LazarusOblong said:billbradley said:crabmongerfunk said:his transition from this:
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
Does anyone manage to really keep it real into their 50s?
Or, surely it's just growing up, change is inevitable.
This unrepentant junky/alcoholic keeps it real.
But seriously, keeping it real is bs.
to this:
kinda undermines the earlier stuff a bit...
I doubt many people would pass up the same opportunities and bank account.
i guess in some small way crabby's life gets validated every time one of his old listens gets shot or sent to jail. He becomes a badass by proxy.
Does anyone manage to really keep it real into their 50s?
Or, surely it's just growing up, change is inevitable.
This unrepentant junky/alcoholic keeps it real.
But seriously, keeping it real is bs.
batmon said:I think Hip Hop is the only Genre that is shackled by "Keep-It-Realism".
I can't think of a single genre that isn't.
b/w
The later versions of Ice Cube and John Lydon are probably a lot 'realer' than the earlier versions.
I can't think of a single genre that isn't.
b/w
The later versions of Ice Cube and John Lydon are probably a lot 'realer' than the earlier versions.
SIRUS said:i always thought death certificate was the better album. dj pooh took the bomb squads style and really ran with it.
Ha! I was just going to come on here and say that once the conversation moves past Cube going pastel suburban in his older age, someone is going to mention that Death Certificate is a better album.
Okay, now that we've got those out of the way, anything less predictable to mention?
I'll throw out how in that Good Life Cafe documentary from a few years back, there's a cool interview of Abstract Rude detailing how so many rappers for years on end ran with Cube's identical rhyme scheme from "Once Upon a Time in the Projects".
Ha! I was just going to come on here and say that once the conversation moves past Cube going pastel suburban in his older age, someone is going to mention that Death Certificate is a better album.
Okay, now that we've got those out of the way, anything less predictable to mention?
I'll throw out how in that Good Life Cafe documentary from a few years back, there's a cool interview of Abstract Rude detailing how so many rappers for years on end ran with Cube's identical rhyme scheme from "Once Upon a Time in the Projects".
I met Ice Cube before during the Predator tour (1994?) in Houston at a club called North Side. I was the one white guy at the show. Afterward the following day some black coworkers told me that the club was "too hard" and they would never go there. No one tried to start any shit with me though and I was able to get Cube to sign my ticket. I still have the shirt from that show too.
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