Ice Cubes' Us. Possibly the realest rap song ever made!
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The man went from getting cheated out of pay for his work with nwa to not signing up with another label but starting his own label..He set the pace for ownership of your product in hip hop.
Freaky, if you can find it, look for a song called 'Evil" by Paris..
Yeah, I've always known the East to give Cube his props...He's probably 1 of very few people out West who did....Classic album along with all his others up until he dropped the War and Peace Disc Vol. 1 & 2 albums...Everyone should already have this in their collection already
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Swole718 said:hold on homie, I'm from NYC and Cube has always been universal to me. Amerikka's Most Wanted was my shit. Dude speaks his peace and made me wanna slap a nigga who didn't agree...I give dude nuttin but props
Word up. Back in 91, you couldn't come down my block across
from the Albany Projects in BROOKLYN w/o hearing me blasting
"Amerikkkka's Most Wanted" out my bedroom window. NY has
ALWAYS felt Cube. Ice T too. And quite a few other West Coast
artists.....It was these new 90's rap cats that started all that
East Coast/West Coast trifling noise
Only west coast act I had a problem with was NWA. Never felt
E-Z at all. Was happy when Cube split from them
Damn. Beat me to itmc2 said:
Tight song tho. And on the topic of Massa P, and not making a single song that actually had a point, That is the ultimate truth
That dumb ass "Make 'em say ugh" shit didn't even pique my interest when I was a teen. That's why I listen to rock Gangstas, and gangsta rap is fucking retarded. I tried to put one of my woman's little cousins a history lesson about "cooning," and "Minstrels," this dude just shook it off like I asked him what today's date was
Young cats don't wanna learn shit from their "elders" (I'm 25, dude is like 15). They'd rather learn it from the streets. And what fucks me up is, if a muhfucka FROM the streets changes his life around, and tries to educate these young punks (not referring to my girls' cousin, but in general) that the streets might be fun, but there's no future in it, they look at him like he's farting in their oatmeal 
I might've lost my train of thought, cuz I'm trying to find tonight's episode of Heroes online at the same time I'm typing this
And watching the news 
You speak the truth.
Brown Bear said:Damn. Beat me to it
Tight song tho. And on the topic of Massa P, and not making a single song that actually had a point, That is the ultimate truth
Gangstas, and gangsta rap is fucking retarded. I tried to put one of my woman's little cousins a history lesson about "cooning," and "Minstrels," this dude just shook it off like I asked him what today's date was
I might've lost my train of thought, cuz I'm trying to find tonight's episode of Heroes online at the same time I'm typing this
i think death certificate is the most slept on album ever. its one of the best hip hop albums of all time.
i guess it has sentimental value because this was my rap first tape ever. lol
ice cube has one of the worst fall off's ever. The music he makes now is not even close to what he did back in the day.
i guess it has sentimental value because this was my rap first tape ever. lol
ice cube has one of the worst fall off's ever. The music he makes now is not even close to what he did back in the day.
Brown Bear said:Damn. Beat me to it
Tight song tho. And on the topic of Massa P, and not making a single song that actually had a point, That is the ultimate truth
Gangstas, and gangsta rap is fucking retarded. I tried to put one of my woman's little cousins a history lesson about "cooning," and "Minstrels," this dude just shook it off like I asked him what today's date was
I might've lost my train of thought, cuz I'm trying to find tonight's episode of Heroes online at the same time I'm typing this
go to peekvid.com they might have the latest hero episode online.
honestly, you didnt miss much though. average episode at best.
gangsta grillz radio played a hurricane katrina song that cube did a year ago. he was saying somethin' in the hook like "i got water."
that was a tight song....but i only heard it once.
that was a tight song....but i only heard it once.
freaky_1 said:
Thanks for that. I was getting them mixed up. I meant The Bomb Squad.
When he released AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted. He got the most hate from that album because of how real and influential that album was. I used to get excited just seeing the album cover, mom and pop wouldn't let me hear it but I sneak and listened to it in my sisters room anyway.
dope song.. hip hop has always been a way to reach out to the community.. to get our messge out there...i miss the days when there was more diversity...seems like the only messages being broadcasted to our people these days is that pushin drugs cool, gunplay is the hot shit, and buyin expensive shit to impress bitches is the best thing you can do with your money. i'm a young dude.. first album i heard was illmatic.. i never cared about where the music was comin from as long as it was hot. Gotta say this is the first time i heard this... and its still relevant today..
not hotter than kool keiths (dr octagon) "i'm destructive"
not hotter than kool keiths (dr octagon) "i'm destructive"
Not saying this was a great song, but it is kinda political.
Another
FEB.14 1929
Banned
hypocrite niggas one minute they talkin peace the next they talkin about killin another nigga but yet they want u to listen to them preach. the fukk outta here
PLEAZZZZEEEE
bruddah mang I am from NYC and let me tell you...ICUBE is one of the top ten of all time and way up there.
I seen him at the apollo way back when, and black sheep opened up for him....
black sheep tore that shyt up with Pick it up pick it pick it up......
he had the crowd jumping then he stepped off.
Well cube came on and had the fuckin Apollo jumpin from first to last song..
I never seen any hip concert where the crowd is jumpin from first to last song.. not even run d mc did that shyt...
Ice Cube is the truth fo sho
fuck that east coast west coast bullshyt..good music is good motherfuckin music
and Ice Cube is legendery for it...
Americas Most Wanted has to be one of the greatest!!
bruddah mang I am from NYC and let me tell you...ICUBE is one of the top ten of all time and way up there.
I seen him at the apollo way back when, and black sheep opened up for him....
black sheep tore that shyt up with Pick it up pick it pick it up......
he had the crowd jumping then he stepped off.
Well cube came on and had the fuckin Apollo jumpin from first to last song..
I never seen any hip concert where the crowd is jumpin from first to last song.. not even run d mc did that shyt...
Ice Cube is the truth fo sho
fuck that east coast west coast bullshyt..good music is good motherfuckin music
and Ice Cube is legendery for it...
Americas Most Wanted has to be one of the greatest!!
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Yo' what your about to read probably should be another thread but 'oh well'
Isn't it interesting that we are commenting and talking about how serious the issues in Ice Cubes song are. Here we are discussing how much of what is said in the song is important to 'black people' (what ever that means...) today.
But look where we are at.....in a porn galleria !!! seriously could it be a fact that we as MEN (First) and Black Men at that are being distracted by the 'beauty' (and i put quotes there because sometimes we only find beauty in the flesh of a woman ...disregarding that she has no virtues other than that) of our own women.
And the phrase "own women" puts a dimmer on the whole topic. Especially, with media promoting the idea of black women with white men.
What am I saying? Maybe one problem that Ice Cube didn't go into depth is the mindstate that we have as black men (bgol-ers specifcally). Maybe we are misinterpreting the value of our women. I for sure believe they are misinterpreting the value of themselves.
Example, I was at an African function/ get together/party....and what I found interesting is that, though I seen some African girls shaking their ass....it was a totally different feeling that I got from them...and from the people there in the room. Almost like the men that were there recognized something different then what African American men would. As if they were thinking, "If I want to get that there is something that I have to pay, commitment, faithfulness, I'd have to be a husband".... and the dance was no longer a dance of luring but it was a dance of courting...
African American women dance to get in a dudes pockets for the week, month, etc. or just to get some dick. Now im not saying that Africans don't do the same thing but what I am saying is that...their culture (our culture?) stems from an older culture based on dancing a a form of courting.
Okay tying it all together......what Ice Cube is talking about is Unity....in his song and the lack there of.....
well....look at it like this.....where does unity start...in the family....we as men control and choose what family we want (consciously or unconsciously)...we decide what kind of women we want, why we want them, when we want them, how we will get them, etc (I hope)....how we raise our family (i hope)
so what I'm saying is that ......although we seem to Care apparently about what Ice Cube is saying in the song......how can we continue to do this
"blackgirlonline" thing ......view the sluttiest version of black women and thinking that we can in someway change our community, when the same "kind" of women are in our community..we have to admit...she might be talking about some positive shit..but if your anything like me you'll be like hearing yada yada blah blah etc. thinking, "damn this a thick bitch i wanna hit that"....isn't this attitude destructive toward black people to.....Ice Cube talked about the dude witha gang of Kids but this is the kind of mentality that leads to that.....
Am I a Saint...i wish....I am guilty (obviously) of the same thing..
I believe one solution is to create a forum amongst ourselves outside of pornography that has just as much ....zeal and passion and devote that to the collective expression of african american males ,....(us). IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PLLLEAASSEE LET ME KNOW...(cause i'd come here a lot less).
I love Bgol....where else can I get a John Coltrane boxset for free? or a Set of Malcolm X lectures.........but i can't say that I am not distracted...with all the ass in here i'd feel gay if i wasn't.....
summing it up...
One Answer to the Questions/Problems that Ice Cube is pointing out. We as Black Men need to realize and accept the Idea that
WE START OUR OWN SOCIETY by deciding who to pick as our wives, and how to lead our families. But we cannot do this properly if we allow ourselves to be define the virtue of black woman MAINLY by 'how big her ass is', 'how good the head is', 'do she got some big titties' etc. What I am simply pointing out is maybe BGOL mentality is part of the problem....(no hate).
that's my 2cents
(hopefully instead of insulting you'll consult in reply)
Isn't it interesting that we are commenting and talking about how serious the issues in Ice Cubes song are. Here we are discussing how much of what is said in the song is important to 'black people' (what ever that means...) today.
But look where we are at.....in a porn galleria !!! seriously could it be a fact that we as MEN (First) and Black Men at that are being distracted by the 'beauty' (and i put quotes there because sometimes we only find beauty in the flesh of a woman ...disregarding that she has no virtues other than that) of our own women.
And the phrase "own women" puts a dimmer on the whole topic. Especially, with media promoting the idea of black women with white men.
What am I saying? Maybe one problem that Ice Cube didn't go into depth is the mindstate that we have as black men (bgol-ers specifcally). Maybe we are misinterpreting the value of our women. I for sure believe they are misinterpreting the value of themselves.
Example, I was at an African function/ get together/party....and what I found interesting is that, though I seen some African girls shaking their ass....it was a totally different feeling that I got from them...and from the people there in the room. Almost like the men that were there recognized something different then what African American men would. As if they were thinking, "If I want to get that there is something that I have to pay, commitment, faithfulness, I'd have to be a husband".... and the dance was no longer a dance of luring but it was a dance of courting...
African American women dance to get in a dudes pockets for the week, month, etc. or just to get some dick. Now im not saying that Africans don't do the same thing but what I am saying is that...their culture (our culture?) stems from an older culture based on dancing a a form of courting.
Okay tying it all together......what Ice Cube is talking about is Unity....in his song and the lack there of.....
well....look at it like this.....where does unity start...in the family....we as men control and choose what family we want (consciously or unconsciously)...we decide what kind of women we want, why we want them, when we want them, how we will get them, etc (I hope)....how we raise our family (i hope)
so what I'm saying is that ......although we seem to Care apparently about what Ice Cube is saying in the song......how can we continue to do this
"blackgirlonline" thing ......view the sluttiest version of black women and thinking that we can in someway change our community, when the same "kind" of women are in our community..we have to admit...she might be talking about some positive shit..but if your anything like me you'll be like hearing yada yada blah blah etc. thinking, "damn this a thick bitch i wanna hit that"....isn't this attitude destructive toward black people to.....Ice Cube talked about the dude witha gang of Kids but this is the kind of mentality that leads to that.....
Am I a Saint...i wish....I am guilty (obviously) of the same thing..
I believe one solution is to create a forum amongst ourselves outside of pornography that has just as much ....zeal and passion and devote that to the collective expression of african american males ,....(us). IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PLLLEAASSEE LET ME KNOW...(cause i'd come here a lot less).
I love Bgol....where else can I get a John Coltrane boxset for free? or a Set of Malcolm X lectures.........but i can't say that I am not distracted...with all the ass in here i'd feel gay if i wasn't.....
summing it up...
One Answer to the Questions/Problems that Ice Cube is pointing out. We as Black Men need to realize and accept the Idea that
WE START OUR OWN SOCIETY by deciding who to pick as our wives, and how to lead our families. But we cannot do this properly if we allow ourselves to be define the virtue of black woman MAINLY by 'how big her ass is', 'how good the head is', 'do she got some big titties' etc. What I am simply pointing out is maybe BGOL mentality is part of the problem....(no hate).
that's my 2cents
(hopefully instead of insulting you'll consult in reply)
This song got me thinking about the Rich Boy - "Throw Some D's Song"
Ice Cube describes him perfectly in this verse.
Rich Boy
Here is a perfect example of what Cube was talking about in his song..
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Ice Cube describes him perfectly in this verse.
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And all y'all dope-dealers...
Your as bad as the po-lice- cause ya kill us
You got rich when you started slangin' dope
But you ain't built us a supermarket
So when can spend our money with the blacks
Too busy buyin' gold an' CaddilacsRich Boy
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Rich Boy sellin' crack
Broke niggas wanna jack
Shit tight no slack
Just bought a cadilac (THROW SOME D'S ON THAT BITCH!)Here is a perfect example of what Cube was talking about in his song..
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freaky_1 said:
y u keep shittin on young cats im a young cat i fuck with cube i dont fuck with weezy
i fuck wit saigon , tupac , tru life , b.g. , soulja slim big pun, papoose, etc. its people with young mentalitys not about age im a old soul i dont fuck with shit that dont have substance or truth in it. im not trying to find something to dance to if so i wanna dance to something i can relate to.
n some mo shit alot of rappers other than mike jones did help out it probally just wasnt published. i know b.g u know from new orleans is physically active in constructing the city n people like jayz nem contributed money many rappers did
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