The Predator

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In 2014, Cube appeared on MC Ren's remix " Rebel Music", their first collaboration since the N.W.A reunion in 2000. [60] Cube utilizes a slow, stilted flow on the song that he’d lean on more often as his career continued, probably to his detriment. But underneath the positive imagery of everything coming up roses on the day in question, there’s an undertone of sadness. Cube includes the fact that no one he knew in South Central died and he wasn’t forced to use his AK-47 as criteria for being a good day. The absence of violence is something that many people take for granted in their everyday lives, but here it’s cause célèbre.

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DeRogatis, Jim (November 26, 1992). "Ice Cube Zeros in on 'Predator' ". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018 . Retrieved May 12, 2017. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2. Nashawaty, Chris (November 15, 2002). "They call him Mister Cube". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014 . Retrieved June 1, 2010. Kaufman, Gil (June 13, 2017). "Ice Cube Says 'You Don't Get Here By Yourself' at Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony". Billboard . Retrieved January 29, 2020. many songs comment on racial tensions in the United States. The production on the album was primarily handled by DJ Pooh, Sir Jinx, Torcha Chamba and DJ Muggs. The title is in part reference to the movie Predator 2, and the album itself includes samples from the film. [1]

Maslin, Janet (January 11, 1995). "Film review: Higher Learning; short course in racism on a college campus". The New York Times. Mark Armstrong (August 13, 2014). "The Believer Interview: Ice Cube: Longreads Blog". Blog.longreads.com . Retrieved August 15, 2015. The Predator is a defining hip-hop document of the Los Angeles riots. In late April of 1992, sections of the city’s South Central neighborhood erupted in anger after a jury acquitted four police officers caught on video camera beating Rodney King. As part of hip-hop’s response to the injustice, Ice Cube sculpted his third solo album into front-line reportage. Released in November, Cube’s reactionary politics captured an incendiary historical moment. In an era before instant opinions cast out via social media apps, the album’s relative warp speed response imbued the music with a visceral power. When Ice Cube released The Predator on November 17, 1992, he certainly had a lot to talk and be angry about at that moment. Death Certificate was the quintessential “angry” hip-hop album, and The Predator is bursting with resentment. Cube raps a lot about the Rodney King beating, the verdict, the riots, and the continued abuse by the police in the months that followed. Ice Cube clearly states, “I told you it would happen and you heard it, read it” on the album, about as clear of an “I told you so” as you can get. But there’s also a different sort of anger present. Throughout the album, Cube focuses much of his vitriol at people who, after the release of Death Certificate, spent more time being critical of him than listening closely to what the album had to say. a b c Loren Kajikawa, "Compton via New York", Sounding Race in Rap Songs (Oakland: University of California Press, 2015), pp 91–93.Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.134.

Showdown at the Golden Saddle - Fresh Off the Boat Transcripts -". Forever Dreaming . Retrieved 24 May 2016. Allen Gordon, "Ice Cube: Death Certificate (Street Knowledge/Priority, 1991)", in Oliver Wang, ed., Classic Material: The Hip-hop Album Guide (Toronto: ECW Press, 2003), p 87. Although not as lauded as his previous efforts, The Predator was well received. Entertainment Weekly called it "Ice Cube's strongest, most cohesive work yet". [7] Spin called it a record that "demands to be heard" (1/93, p.61). [14] Q included it in its "90 Best Albums of the 1990s" (12/99, p.74). [14] Commercial performance [ edit ]a b c d e f g h Cashmore, Pete (November 30, 2018). "Frozen in time: Why does nobody want to hear Ice Cube rap any more?". The Guardian. a b Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alvarez & Brent Rollins, "Mo' beef, mo' problems: #7, N.W.A vs. Ice Cube", Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999), p 238. In a 2016 interview, Cube cited Jaws as his favorite film and named " It Was a Good Day" as being among his favorite of his own songs. [87] Commercially, he has endorsed Coors Light beer and St. Ides malt liquor, [80] and licensed a clothing line called Solo by Cube. In 2017, he launched Big3, a 3-on-3 basketball league starring former NBA players. [88] Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and allegations of Anti-semitism Brown, Jake (2006). Dr. Dre in the Studio: From Compton, Death Row, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, the Game, and Mad Money: the Life, Times, and Aftermath of the Notorious Record Producer, Dr. Dre. London: Amber Books Publishing. p.6. ISBN 9780976773559. a b c Sha Be Allah (January 7, 2020). "ICE CUBE'S 'THE PREDATOR' LP GOES PLATINUM 27 YEARS AGO". The Source . Retrieved March 1, 2020.

iTunes – Music – Sic Them Youngins On 'Em – Single by Ice Cube". Itunes.apple.com. February 11, 2014 . Retrieved May 1, 2014. a b Jeffries, David (October 31, 1991). "Death Certificate – Ice Cube". AllMusic . Retrieved April 11, 2012.a b Martin Cizmar, "Ice Cube is one of rap's original gangsters, but he is also one of hip hop's most unconventional political activists", Willamette Week, Aug 23, 2016, updated Oct 3, 2016. It was also at this time that Cube began collaborating outside the rap genre. In 1997, he worked with David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor on a remix of Bowie's " I'm Afraid of Americans". In 1998, Cube was featured on the band Korn's song " Children of the Korn", and joined them on their Family Values Tour 1998. Ice Cube on hip-hop beefs, new album, upcoming film 'Excessive Force' ". rollingout.com. October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018 . Retrieved May 17, 2021. a b c d e Stern, Marlow (June 11, 2020). "Ice Cube's long, disturbing history of anti-Semitism". The Daily Beast.