ELITE STORYTELLING!!! Ice Cube- Death Certificate REACTION/REVIEW
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My first time hearing Ice Cube second album Death Certificate
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1991 Ice Cube Death Certificate 🧊☠️
The Funeral - 1:40
The worng Ni**a to fu*k Wit - 3:20
My Summer Vacation - 6:15
Steady Mobbin - 10:03
Robin Lench - 13:31
Givin' up the Nappy Dug Out - 14:48
Look Who's Burnin - 19:59
A Bird In The Hand - 23:25
Man's Best Friend - 26:04
Alive On the Arrival - 28:44
Death 💀 - 33:19
The Birth - 34:19
I Wanna Kill Sam - 36:01
Horny Little Devil - 40:24
Black Korea - 44:18
True To The Game - 45:13
Color Blind - 51:07
Doing Dumb Sh*t - 55:36
Us- 59:14
No Vaseline - 1:03:03
One of the greatest rap Albums of all time 💪🔥🐐
indeed!
Real talk, Ice Cube had a 3 year stretch as good as anyone. From 1990's "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" and the EP, "Kill At Will", "Death Certificate" in '91, "The Predator" in '92, and "Lethal Injection" in '93, he was putting out some work. The 1st 3 being the best but they all went Platinum.
For sure. He released some good work after that period, but he was never as consistent.
Bow down with WSC was next
Yea his peak run might be the greatest ever if we include the NWA stuff but as solo artist he was untouchable as well
I wish Ice Cube made a double album.
Ice cube somehow gets lost in goat debates
maybe with fairweather mainstream fans.. but not the real heads
Not with me. One of the best storytellers in hip hop history.
Ice Cube is in my Top 6-8! That's coming from East Coast fan, that gave West Coast their props in my block early 90s pumping NWA, Cube, Snoop, Dre!
And you gotta remember all the shit he wrote for people too. Top 5 for sure.
Best catalogue in hip hop
Ice Cube is simply one of the best mc's of ALL TIME. Amerikkas Most Wanted and Death Certificate are CERTIFIED CLASSICS. What Nas did with Illmatic bringing the world into Queensbridge Ice Cube did with all the situations going on in his hoods in California...he gave you INSIGHTS into his hoods with CUBEVISION. He is one of the rawest and best storytellers in Hip Hop History. Notice how Cube, Snoop and Dre always had these great interludes before songs and that GFUNK music. I believe this album was mostly produced by SIR JINKS. One of my very favorite mc's of all time. Salute to Cube aka CubeVision...flowers been given.
Well said ^^^
I was living in New York when I heard this album. And it truly painted a West Coast picture that East Coast people could understand.
De La Soul were actually the kings of the skits. I'm not sure if they were the first to do that or not... I don't know. LL had a skit on Bigger and Deffer, his second album released in '87. Then De La dropped Three Feet High & Rising in '89. They took skits to a whole new level. I can tell that Cube was definitely influenced by De La in that regard, as far as the skits. Cube took it a step further by making skits that were virtual cinematic shorts.
And they had a message
Note: Ice Cube was heavily influenced by the nation of Islam at this time..
This album is a revolutionary masterpiece based in storytelling, historical facts and just a message overall to the black people. "The death side" was a result of 400 years of conditioning and "the life side" was the awakening we're seeing a lot of today.
No way in hell they would let this album happen nowadays. He went in on everybody holding the black community back and they would be boycotting him to this day trying to cancel him for this masterful Instant classic.
When NWA kicked him out that just about did it then PUBLIC ENEMY took him to NY where he got scary with jackin for beats after that THIS classic album was born
Bro the cover alone wit the Uncle Sam toe tag 😂 yt America would have a mf FIT
@@user-nu4sk4ck3d They didn't kick him out. He left, because he felt he wasn't getting paid his just due. They tried to pacify them with $75K checks, but for Cube, that wasn't enough money. The other fellas were just happy to get that money because it was the most money they've ever seen at once at that time. Cube was a businessman from Day 1.
True To The Game was taking shots at Mc Hammer. In the 1st song he says "fuck R & B and the running man..." and Hammer was known for popularizing the dance.
He killed Hammer on that sh1t lol
True to the game is my favorite cube song. He was spitting some gems that are still relevant 30 plus years later
A bird in the Hand is imo one of the best verses in hiphop all-time. The whole album is so angry, radical, cynical but at the same time funny as hell and just a perfect picture of the zeitgeist of early 90s LA. Very important album that couldnt be done today
I love that song!!!!!
Also Cube was saying I would rather have Key in my hand to sell than to wait for George Bush and the government to help. Thus a Bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush. Perfect song.
Damn!!
ruclips.net/video/oU9OpCv645E/видео.htmlsi=vVPAiL8bJFf98fVb
Probabaly my favorite Cube song ever, so perfectly delivered, immaculate flow. Unbeatable track imo
This is actually my favourite hip hop album ever, Cube was just a different animal at this time. I think only Kanye rivals Cube for best 5 album run. Straight Outta Compton, Amerikkkas Most Wanted, Kill At Will EP, Death Certificate, The Predator and Lethal Injection. Sir Jinx doesn't get enough props as a producer, the dude orchestrated a masterpiece.
Outkast, anyone? Public Enemy, anyone? Tupac, anyone?
Don't forget DJ Pooh. He produced a lot of Cube's tracks also during this era.
Ice Cube himself produced some tracks also
@prof3ssor178 True. Cube is slept on as a producer.
@@citizencain01 FACTS 💯
This album is important as to explain in nuance why the LA Riots happened the way they did. It's deeper than just the Rodney King incident.
This album & the Chronic
Death Certificate predicted the riots... particularly the track, "Black Korea." One of Pac's homegirls said that when the riots jumped off, her, Pac and a couple of other people drove downtown in LA and blasted "Black Korea" on repeat.
Excellent Point
Top 5 hip hop album of all time!!!!
After hearing this album and the skits, you can see how Cube wrote the movie Friday right? The majority of the album was produced by Sir Jinx and DJ Pooh (who also help write Friday). But the production style came from The Bomb Squad who produced the 1st album. It sounded like a West coast version of a Public Enemy album. I'm not sure who Cube was talking about in the 1st verse of "True To The Game" but the 2nd verse was about MC Hammer. He has a music video to it. You should check it out. "Bird In The Hand" is probably my favorite off of this album too. It's STILL one of the realest songs ever and the beat... 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Top 10 Rap Albums of all time... 💯💯💯
Glad you finally reacted to this masterpiece. This is in my top 5-7 hip hop albums and easily his greatest album in my book. Salute.
Slow down cuz AmeriKKKa most want to Holla at you... just a conversation lol
@@RIDGEMATICIt’s for sure a classic but imo Cube took it to a completely different level on Death Certificate. Better lyrics, creativity, songwriting, concepts, etc.
@@RIDGEMATICI'd take amerikkas over this
Respectfully, I would have to disagree. Amerikkas Most Wanted would have the edge for me. Because of the content and more importantly what Cube was going through personally at the time. He made the whole album on the East Coast with the Bomb Squad because the drama/beef was so deep for him on the West Coast. He was pretty much living in exile on the East Coast while he made Amerikkas Most Wanted, you could hear all his anger, hunger and frustrations on that album...he poured his pains into that project...CLASS CUBE...CLASSIC ALBUM!!
@@BlkDiesel amerikkas is much better this album has some throw away tracks .
One of the best albums of all time! Sir Jinx needs more props for his production on this.
Can't forget he had a lot of influence from Chuck D and The Bomb Squad
Say word! The Bomb Squad! Cube was the GOAT for me from 1989-1991!
This album was a concept album. This came out when we still listened to tapes. Tapes usually had a side A and a side B. A group of songs on one side and the rest of the songs on the other. On this album, Side A was the Death Side. It depicted what was happening in Every Hood USA and the mentality.
Side B was the Life Side. The life side was more conscious and political.
This album came out after efiL4zaggiN by NWA. They dissed Cube hard on that album. I just KNEW he was gonna diss them back. I went through this whole album just knowing that the next song would be the one he sent shots at NWA on. Got all the way through the album with no NWA disses and I couldn’t believe it! As dope as the album was, I was disappointed that he didn’t respond. Then No Vaseline came on and blew my whole mind! I lost it LOL. #1 diss track of all time, IMO. And NWA was finished after that. They never recorded together as a group again.
This album was an INSTANT CLASSIC!
the reason why ice cube is in my top 5 and my #1 best rapper of all time, he paint a picture and make you feel like you are right there, NAS, JAY-Z, BIGGIE, TUPAC, ETC. they all are great in their right.
Both amerikka most wanted and this album has amazing stories. When Yayo was saying Big is better then Cube at story telling I was on the fence about it but Cube stories got more depth there not just street or mafia stories.
HUGE FACTS 💯
Love both but Yayo saying Biggie automatically is better is prolly cuz Yayo is from NY and was a lil kid when Cube was the man. And he (Yayo) doesnt seem like someone doing real research on hip-hop.
@@MaadAzzGangyou gotta remember to that Cube way way before his time so he'll gravitate to Biggie more. Biggie came out in 94 I believe so that's probably when Yayo started listen to rap because Yayo was probably still a teenager during that time & I understand. But I'll still put Cube over Biggie
You're right but i said the exact same thing in my post bro lol. All love tho@@RonaldJames-eo2hc
Color blind is
1st verse ice cube
2nd verse Threat
3rd verse Kam (ice cube artist on street knowledge records)
4th verse is coolio and WC trading verses (they were in a group called mad circle)
5th verse is King T (Compton o.g artist down with all n.w.a)
6th verse J Dee (his in the group Lenchmob)
Kam is his cousin, it sucked when they fell out with each other.
@@BryanRoach kam is not ice cubes cousin. Why do people say this? Cube has a cousin who raps its del the funky homosapian
@@L1am21 Google exists you know
@@BryanRoach no reliable sources. Link me to any audio or footage of either one calling each other cousins. You wont cause they ain't.
@@L1am21 Keep it pushing you shortbus rider
When Cube left NWA he went to New York and got an inside of the business from Chuck D where he got closer to Public Enemy and the Nation. Chuck D and The Bomb Squad did the majority of production work on this.
Ice Cube dropped 3 straight classics after NWA. 4 to me with the Westside Connection album. I even loved the War and Peace album.
Are you referring to The predator or Lethal injection? Both were great
@@AgentLemmon Lethal Injection
War and Peace was a bit patchy, but there are some great songs on those albums. Cube really tried to branch out musically on them.
@@ArtisanWindchimes So you wouldn't classify the Predator as a classic? Don't get me wrong, i love Lethal injection, but to me it was Cube's answer to what Dre did with his G funk sound. It lacked the noisy chaotic production and the urgency the previous three albums had.
@@lamentate07The War disc was fire, The Peace disk had a couple of misses
My favorite from Cube, one of the best albums ever. Cube has always been in my top 5, for real. Always.
Absolutely love this album. Masterpiece. That track “Us” stands out the most to me. Short track but the message is powerful 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The reaction to Nappy Dugout was hilarious. 😂 love this album. Amerikkkas Most Wanted is a must.
I was in high school when this dropped. The applicability of the Nappy Dugout track was insane!
Brings me back to my high school days. Another top notch story telling album is Scarface The Diary
I want him to review this album so bad, man. It’s EASILY Face’s best work and one of Hip Hop’s best albums, IMO.
@@TripSe7en_77 totally agree! No Tears transition to Jesse James still gives me chills.
@@TripSe7en_77you are 1,000,000 percent correct 🎯💯
fax, we must be in the same graduation yr or close, these were my staples in high school along with early Jodeci and Bell Biv Devoe
The first half of the album was the Death Side (picture tapes), about all the things that cause death and despair in the hood. At the point you identified, after Alive On Arrival, you have the Life Side, which is full of messages about what we need to do to live better. Imo the ultimate concept album.
arguably the best hip hop album. it had everything, street, knowledge, story telling, flows, dope beats, relevant to the time and still universal enough to relate today
You can tell 2pac was heavy inspired by ice cube flow, cadences, and subject matter very similar. Just my opinion. Fans of both artists as well
He was talking about MC Hammer in one verse and Easy in the other verse. Watch the video and you’ll see who he’s talking about Youngsta.
“My Summer Vacation” is the story of how LA gang culture spread across the country..
Death certificate is definitely in my top 5 rap albums of all time
Be True to the Game isn't about anyone specifically. But if you watched the music video he was taking shots at MC Hammer.
I’ve been waiting for this review, this is my favorite rap album of all time.
this is one of the BEST hip hop albums EVER!! Ice Cube was a beast those first 3 albums
First 4 actually
This is one of the strongest albums ever made. It changed the record industry That's how the dirty south was introduced. No more political rap music after that album
Yeah, you gotta do AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted next
11:25 - St. Ides was paying Cube to do commercials for them which is why he said that
12:23 - that line always makes me laugh cuz Martin Lawrence said that on his show! It's the episode where he realizes he hooked up Tommy with Pam at the end. Even John Witherspoon paraphrased this line on Next Friday when he said he felt 5 pounds lighter
25:10 - the song title stems from the phrase "a bird in a hand is worth two in a bush" meaning to be appreciative of what you have instead of risk losing for more. In this case, George H.W. was bullshittin' as President helping "minorities" (apparently, that runs in the Bush family) so it seemed better to risk freedom to make more money moving drugs than work a regular job
Damn so this is where Kendrick got Maad City from, shit i can’t believe I’ve never listened to this album before, I’m truly amazed
Classic album, ice cube first 4 projects are certified flames
This album should be given as a piece of guidance for young men
Great reaction! When you do get around to reviewing Amerikkka's Most Wanted. Ice Cube's first solo album. He went to New York and linked up with Chuck D and Public Enemy. That's who helped on his first album, and it is a Clasaic! Another review you should do from Ice Cube is Kill at Will. 5 song LP. Jackin' 4 Beats and Dead Homies are two of the songs from that album. Gives a taste of his versatility. Stay blessed!
SUPER FACTS
Steady Mobbin is one of my favorite Cube tracks
One the greatest albums in the 90’s it’s a classic thanks for doing this review I’m glad you get to hear what us 80’s and 90’s baby got to hear
Ice cube is my favorite all time rapper. His story telling is second to none.
Crazy think about classic albums like this it’s almost listening to a movie. You can picture everything. It’s not like that anymore
I swear 🔥🔥💯
@@KingAhmadTvMiss music like this it's like back then you had to be talented. Now, anyone can make an album. No matter what it sounds like. I told you,ya had to be ready for this one
The greatest rap album of all time...to me!
People forget cube was a teenage phenomenon. He wrote hits for Eazy E, nwa and himself in a 1-2 year period. And became a movie star at the same time.
5 🎤 CLASSIC
True to the game is about all the Sell outs going against black people for the dominant society. Not Dre or Just Dre. He talked about Mc Hammer and all the dance and pop rappers at the time. Hes telling them to keep it real and stay black and strong. Don't water down Hip hop for a check
Fosho 💯
Blows my mind when I hear young people saying “ice cube was a rapper? Really? just thought he was an actor” 😳
Same with ice-T or LL cool J lol. Or even Common or Mos Def.
@@AgentLemmonand Queen Latifah
And Will Smith too. Some don't he was one half of DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince.
In our defense he was doing more movies by the time I was born. Once I got old enough to listen to his catalog I placed him in my top 10 all time. Amerikkkas most wanted is my favorite cube album
Man.. you got the juice. I forgot how much fun old ice cube albums were. I'm driving around listening to old cube albums today.
Ice Cube and a lot of early '90s rappers were anti-R&B around that time, because R&B radio stations and even some old school R&B artists used to front on hip hop in the beginning. Radio stations literally wouldn't play rap music in the early to mid '80s and the ones that did only played it at night for like an hour or two. Hip hop has come a long way since then, but that R&B vs rap tension used to be a thing. In fact, Cube covered it more on his first album, Amerikkka's Most Wanted, with the song "Turn Off the Radio." I actually think his debut is better than Death Certificate, but BOTH are classic albums. AMW just hits a little more harder and it's more gangsta. It's perfectly produced, as well. I'm not sure why the voters wanted you to start with this one first. I must've missed that poll. It makes more sense to start with AMW first, because DC is more like a sequel. A lot of the songs and skits recall the first album.
Yeah, Amerikkka’s Most Wanted should have been first.
This Album Was Released On October 29th 1991 By Priority Records It Peaked At Number Four On The Billboard Hot 200 Charts The Album Was A Commercial Success Selling 105,000 Copies In Its First Week. Then It Sold Over Two Million Copies And It Was Certified Double Platinum On January 17th 1992. It Was Nominated For Best Rap Album But Lost To A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory At The 1992 Grammy Awards. It Got 4.5/5 Mics From The Source Magazine In 91 And It Was Featured On Their Top 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of The 90’s List Being Ranked Number 21 In 2000. It Was Featured On Rolling Stones List Of 500 Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time Being Ranked Number 64th In 2024. And Also Featured On Their List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Being Ranked Number 116th In 2023. It Was Featured On NME’s List Of The Top 100 Essential Recordings Of The 90’s Being Ranked Number 37th In 2015. This Album Was Featured On Several Lists By Publications And Critics In Their Greatest Albums Of All Time Lists And Their Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time Lists With This Album Is Widely Considered As Cube’s Best Work And One Of The Greatest Hip Hop Albums Of All Time And One Of The Greatest Albums Of All Time. Production Was Handled All By Sir Jinx And The Boogie Man They Had 2 Crates Of Records And 116 Samples Were Used. Google Said 96% Percent Of People Liked This Album.
FYI, Daryl Gates was the chief of police in LA when the riots happened
Ice cube definitely a legend and deserves to be mentioned in goat convo, one of the best storytellers. My favorite top 5 cube albums: death certificate ( number 1) war disc (so very really underrated!!) Laugh now, cry later( great album) war footage( underrated plus one of my favorite cube songs( hood mentally) is on it) America's most( good album) it's just half of the beats didn't hit me hard but great rhymes. 😮
this was the hardest album out at that time, from west and east coast! this was also before Dre's The Chronic came out.
Classic album! Glad you had a chance to check it out.
Your reaction to Giving Up The Nappy Dugout is priceless.
True To The Game might have had some glancing blows at Dre but it was mostly about MC Hammer and others like him.
Impressive that you almost got the concept of the album before a full listen. The overall concept of the album is two sided. Back when it was released on a cassette tape... there was literally two sides. The death side showed all of the trifling ways people go about living and how those paths lead to death and then there was the life side that showed the direction we should be headed.
I commented a few months ago about X-Clan. I listened to their album and i was surprised how well their album stood up and forgot how many radio hits they had. Might be a an album review down the line.
there was more political rappers at the time like X Clan, Paris who made the album the devil made me do it 2pac was out around this time Queen Latifah and the Native Tongue's rappers and that song stay true to the game 1st verse wasn't just aimed at N.W.A but also sell outs too and the 2nd verse is about MC Hammer and other pop rappers at the time but it was mainly aimed at Hammer you can watch the video to get a better understanding of it all but I think this was the best album of his 4 album run all classic's from 1990 to 1993
People either forget or just don't know that cube was the illest in hip hop for years....facts
Cube will always be in my top 5 Hip-Hop artist of all time period!! He's toooo real to not be
My Favorite Album❤
This was exactly the reaction I was hoping for. It really took me back to '91 when a 17 year old me first listened to this masterpiece. The comments below all do a great job with the history, concept, and praise of this album, so I'm going to stick with some recommended artists and albums for future reactions.
Most certainly react to Amerikkka's Most Wanted, The Predator, and Lethal Injection.
I also strongly recommend listening to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy. Like this one, it will blow your mind.
Another I strongly recommend is from Da Lench Mob, who you heard on this album. Their album Guerillas in the Mist is a very underrated gem of an album. It was produced by Cube, and it's really just a great album.
Now for some artists and groups that are political and/or against the machine that you don't necessarily have do a reaction for, but should most certainly listen to:
Dead Prez, Jedi Mind Tricks, Poor Righteous Teachers, The Coup, Paris, and X-Clan. There are obviously many others, but this is a good start.
Peace and Love, man. Sorry so long a post. Lol.
Bro you just earned a new sub. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. You should do Scarface Diary, The Untouchable, My Homies, Last Of A Dying Breed, The Fix, MADE, shiddd it don't even matter. All of it is Elite Storytelling.
Definitely The Diary, The Untouchable
Bird in the Hand is one of the best hip hop songs of all time
And it's so good that they used the instrumental in the movie Boyz in the Hood (the blood dudes was driving paying it then they pulled the shotgun on Tre while he was crossing the street and it was playing
Sooo true, been saying this for decades❤
Something I never knew until recently was Cube's heavy usage of East coast producers. Now looking back on it he had a much different sound being a West Coast OG.
Which makes the Westside Connection's message even more confusing. New York loved Ice Cube. Amerikkka's Most Wanted was produced by Public Enemy's Bomb Squad 🤷♂️
@@MentalStillnessThe East started hatin on the West which is why Westside Connection fired shots.
This RUclips channel had quickly become one of my absolute favorite channels. Thank You King 👑
Ice Cube a top 5 west coast lyricist
GOAT west coast rapper
@dzadigital5613 well maybe yeah it's arguable cuz of Kendrick Lamar and The Game, and even put Kurupt and maybe 2pac there (ik he ain't from west coast but he repped it and became west coast so)
True
This is Classic Culture Changing Hip Hop... I made moves and decisions on The Albums Ups and Downs..
EXCELLENT REACTION KING
FACTS He changed the landscape of hip-hop albums an Dre and a lot of other artists followed
Underrated album, I’ve actually only listened to the whole thing recently as well and I’ve been listening to ice cube for damn near 20 years lol one of the GOATs for sure
It was nice taking a trip back down memory lane watching you react to this classic album. If you ever want to check out some of his later work, you should check out Westside Connection's first album, Bow Down. He still spits some great lyrics on that one too.
"Be True to the Game" is about sell-out blacks and sell-out rappers. The second verse is actually more about MC Hammer. After hearing this song, Hammer confronted Cube in a club or bar in LA and asked him if he was dissin' him, because if you watch the video, there is a caricature of MC Hammer being played by a man wearing parachute pants, Cazal shades and a "funny haircut"... and he's doing Hammer's signature dance moves. Cube denied it, but I heard Hammer actually made him apologize. Hammer was no joke. He approached everyone who dissed him.
Where did you get this information from?
@@Mythical444 The Source magazine, back in 1991...
Peace King. Peace to the Family. Ice is one of the all time greats. I love this album and hope all is well in your life 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
This album is tuff. I remember my older brother playing this. #Classic Material
True to the game 2nd verse is about MC Hammer
Yep and I think the third verse was about Clarence Thomas
You must do AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted! That was his middle finger to NWA and the haters of that time. Cube went solo , going out to east coast to hook up with bomb squad, just classic! We were kids back then and was WTF?!?!? blew our minds!
This and The Predator are my favourite Cube albums !!
I’m glad you’re listening to this classic bro your channel is fire 🔥
Color Blind:
Ice Cube
Threat
Kam
WC
Coolio
King Tee
J-Dee
I forgot Coolio was on there too.
@@darrellglover493he and WC was part of Maad Circle
To be honest, Cube's timing was probably his biggest hit against him. He masterfully transitioned between the late 80s/New Jack era into the Golden Age but lost a little steam as he focused more on acting and transitioned to a more West Coast style. Had he initially come out a year or 2 later like Dre maybe his name would come up a little more concerning the greats.
50:16 Great observation…fact is that most of these hood celebrities, including Cube, eventually bounce once they reach a certain status. It would foolish for most to do otherwise. This is a young Cube, before he reached that level…a bit more idealistic. In later years, a lot of artists started admitting that staying in the hood was not in their best interest.
That is why Cube's early work is my favorite and I still listen to it to this day. "Before he reached that level" and it made me appreciate and respect his success more that he is still here with us. The growth
Your reaction 2 Nappy Dugout is Phuckin KLASSICK 👋🏾👋🏾
Loving this channel bro. Idk how old u are but u seem pretty young to have so much knowledge about early 90s rap. A lot of rap fans in their 20s-30s don’t have a clue about the pioneers. Pumped to see that u do!
Tony Yayo said biggie was a better story teller than ice cube...I guess he never heard death certificate...classic..dope reaction
I gotta give u props ur descriptions of ur reviews take me back 2 when I 1st heard these joints
Ice Cube is the west coast goat when it comes to story telling. Dr Frankenstein is one of my all time favorite Cube songs.
paris and xclan spoke about the gov
@Kingahmadtv
I definitely think you’re one of the best to do this review shit, because you understand the balance of listening and explaining, as opposed to just talking cats heads off for the entire review to the point where we damn near forget what we’re listening to.
Reviewers like to use that cop out of “It’s a REVIEW!! Imma’ talk!!”
Indeed. And they should all do it as they please. It’s their brand and I get it.
I just think they forget that being a reviewer doesn’t give you a pass to talk a literal triple the time and length of the record.
Love what you do, and how you do it…but I only have one question for you.
Unless I’ve missed something, how has a King like you that is dedicated to BARS managed to not do a review on COAST CONTRA?!!!!😳🤯
It’s mind blowing that you haven’t done any reviews on them.
And if you have, and I just missed it or can’t find it, then SALUTE! My apologies!
But, Fam. C’mon, my Lord.
Make this make sense to me!!!😂
Great too see you finally reacted to Cubes Magnus Opus. You're my favorite reactor of all time. You are really a very smart young man, and few of these old skool joints get buy you. I put my oldest son on to you years ago, and now he has to remind me to check ya latest post. I'm glad I caught this one. This is one of the albums that changed my life growing up in those times. Salute, keep up the great work.
Magnus Opus indeed bro.. One of the Greatest Albums of All Times..
The streets need you to do an album review Comin' Out Hard released in 1993. I'm telling you bro it goes crazy for its time
Co-sign! 💯💯💯
I’m grateful to own the original 1991 pressing of this album on vinyl. I purchased it in 2017, was not cheap by no means. Top 5 album in the history of Hip-Hop without a doubt. Great review my guy, you recognize the real shit.
10. Alive on arrival' and 'never seen a man cry' by Scarface..two songs that takes one on a journey to and through death
This right here, nukka, definitely up there n gets slept on in todays times, in my opinion salute keep discovering you minds well keep moving around tha West Coast hopefully you eventually get to Ras Kass "Soul On Ice" album thats up there too personally for me🙏
I remember getting this cassette tape back in high school. It's definitely a classic
2 live crew - banned in USA
Such a good old school hip hop album, dirty version please
I was 10 yrs old when this came out. I must have listened to Steady Mobbin a hundred times a day. I can't wait for you to review Public Enemy -
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Fear Of A Black Planet
Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Apocalypse '91 The Enemy Strikes Black
in addition to Amerikkkas Most Wanted
I dont think there's any topic Cube left out. He went after everyone and everything in the hood and Hip Hop.
A product of the era it was released in...in the intro he speaks of the "Death" side and the "Life" side...those are the two sides of the album...or in the case of CDs, tracks 1-11 are the death side and tracks 12-20 life side
This album and Cube's first album are classics, if you like this check out King Tee, his album "At Your Own Risk" was a classic, and also checkout Above The Law's album "Livin' Like Hustler's" classics!
Daryl Gates is the former police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Cube directed his ire towards him, because of the Rodney King incident that happened a year prior in 1990, where 4 of his officers beat King mercilessly and got off. A lot of people credit this album and the song, "Black Korea" for predicting the LA riots that would follow the acquittal of those 4 officers. It was a big moment in US race relations history. One of Tupac's friends who was interviewed on another channel said that Pac was at those riots and he kept playing "Black Korea" over and over again as he rolled by and watched the madness unfold.
Plus the murder of 16 year old Latasha Harlins also happened I believe within 2 weeks of the Rodney King beating in March 1991. She was murdered by a Korean liquor store employee when they believed she was trying to steal a bottle of orange juice. It's all caught on surveillance video and heartbreaking to watch. She was actually trying to buy the oj but got into a heated argument with the lady store clerk over it and when she turned to walk outta the store Harlins was shot in the back of the head. It only got worse when the lady was sentenced to no jail w/probation. It was just a crazy time here in LA. When Cube dropped this album it was like a nuclear bomb had exploded with the truth about the anger and hate going on in the area. It all culminated obviously with the LA Riots. This album and Dres Chronic were the unofficial anthems of what was going on here. Death Certificate is personally one of my fav hip hop albums ever. Means alot to me.
Let's Get It!
The Death Side
1:48 - The Funeral (Intro)
3:20 - The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit
6:17 - My Summer Vacation
10:05 - Steady Mobbin'
13:38 - Robin Lench
14:46 - Givin' Up the Nappy Dug Out
20:01 - Look Who's Burnin'
23:27 - A Bird in a Hand
26:07 - Man's Best Friend
28:48 - Alive on Arrival
Bro you should have just ran the gauntlet on all three ice cube albums including the EP and just made it a Marathon😅all of them are like Stevie Wonder's songs in the key of life
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Produced by DJ Pooh (Played Red in Friday) and Sir Jinx (Dr Dre's Cousin)... One of my favorite Hip Hop CD's of all time!!!
And the Bomb Squad
Public enemy producer produced ice cube album- death certificate. The producer was a Collective group name The boom
Squad