Your Favorite Ice Cube Album

step one · Post by **step one** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:58 pm

Lethal Injection isnt a bad album, its just not as good as the ones that came before it. The only thing Im not keen is that over long version of Bop Gun, otherwised its solid. Just had a lot of tough competition the year it dropped.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:06 pm

thekeentwo wrote:
Blockhead wrote:I question the sanity of anyone who does not choose one of the first two albums. And, Keen, you know I love you like I love my dick size but "Lethal Injection" is a straight up bad album.

Personally, it's very close but I gotta go with DC over AMW by a hair.
bad? bad? really?

like ungood?

cockhead
cmon son
love u more boo boo

Yes. It's bad as in not at all good. I literally do not like a single song off that album. Cube fell off as a rapper and the recycled P-funk beat bullshit was the worst.

Freezy Pazzy · Post by **Freezy Pazzy** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:10 pm

Philaflava wrote:And I know I sound like a broken record, but I truly believe no other rapper has had the type of back-to-back-back classics as Cube. These are flawless classics that are just far and away better than your average 90s or 00s "classic records." Not Nas, Jay, or for Escobar305, Rick Ross. Nobody has had the type of back-to-back-to-back classics like Cube as a SOLO artist.

Word.
And people gotta realize he was only 19 years old when he recorded "Amerikkka's most wanted"... 19 fuckin' years old... I see Rappers nowadays almost twice that age who still don't have a single classic LP in their catalog. That's crazy.

step one · Post by **step one** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:25 pm

Freezy Pazzy wrote:people gotta realize he was only 19 years old when he recorded "Amerikkka's most wanted"... 19 fuckin' years old...

I was about 11 when it came out so it didnt seem like a big deal but looking back now thats crazy.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:18 pm

Didn't know he was 19. When you compare his debut to Tylers you kinda realize just how disposable todays music really is.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:28 pm

Philaflava wrote:Didn't know he was 19. When you compare his debut to Tylers you kinda realize just how disposable todays music really is.

Escobar305 · Post by **Escobar305** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:04 pm

Freezy Pazzy wrote:
Philaflava wrote:And I know I sound like a broken record, but I truly believe no other rapper has had the type of back-to-back-back classics as Cube. These are flawless classics that are just far and away better than your average 90s or 00s "classic records." Not Nas, Jay, or for Escobar305, Rick Ross. Nobody has had the type of back-to-back-to-back classics like Cube as a SOLO artist.
Word.
And people gotta realize he was only 19 years old when he recorded "Amerikkka's most wanted"... 19 fuckin' years old... I see Rappers nowadays almost twice that age who still don't have a single classic LP in their catalog. That's crazy.

respect.

Escobar305 · Post by **Escobar305** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:08 pm

Philaflava wrote:
Escobar305 wrote:
Philaflava wrote:And I know I sound like a broken record, but I truly believe no other rapper has had the type of back-to-back-back classics as Cube. These are flawless classics that are just far and away better than your average 90s or 00s "classic records." Not Nas, Jay, or for Escobar305, Rick Ross. Nobody has had the type of back-to-back-to-back classics like Cube as a SOLO artist.
kanye has
Never change who you are.

i'm not denying cube's run from being unfuckwitable but kanye's run from college dropout to graduation is damn near perfection.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:11 pm

Cube was 21 when AMW dropped and 20 when it was recorded(born in 1969). Not that it really makes a difference or anything, just being a factual nitpicker.

Escobar305 · Post by **Escobar305** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:12 pm

big dropped ready to die at 22 nas dropped illmatic at 21. both better albums

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:16 pm

Escobar305 wrote:big dropped ready to die at 22 nas dropped illmatic at 21. both better albums

Extremely debatable.

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:48 pm

Escobar305 wrote:big dropped ready to die at 22 nas dropped illmatic at 21. both better albums

ready to die isnt even half as good as amerikkkas most wanted. gtfoh

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:59 pm

Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:
Escobar305 wrote:big dropped ready to die at 22 nas dropped illmatic at 21. both better albums
ready to die isnt even half as good as amerikkkas most wanted OR Death Cert. gtfoh

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:12 pm

Illmatic
Death Certificate
Amerikka's Most Wanted
The Predator
Ready To Die

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:14 pm

I'd put Predator below Ready to die.

Escobar305 · Post by **Escobar305** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:17 pm

Ready to die and life after death >>>>> whatever else you can name folks

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:21 pm

ROFLLLLLLLL

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:23 pm

i like death certificate & ready to die both more than illmatic

hellriser · Post by **hellriser** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:32 pm

DC is classic.......

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:00 am

Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:
Escobar305 wrote:big dropped ready to die at 22 nas dropped illmatic at 21. both better albums
ready to die isnt even half as good as amerikkkas most wanted. gtfoh

I know Escobar isn't winning any popularity contests around here but this statement is bollocks.

Freezy Pazzy · Post by **Freezy Pazzy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:37 am

Philaflava wrote:Didn't know he was 19. When you compare his debut to Tylers you kinda realize just how disposable todays music really is.

Blockhead wrote:Cube was 21 when AMW dropped and 20 when it was recorded(born in 1969). Not that it really makes a difference or anything, just being a factual nitpicker.

Yep, Blockhead is right, he was 20 during the recording process. Some songs were written when he was 19 though, because according to a dope article on Waxpoetics (Issue #41) and recently confirmed by Sam Sever (Which was supposed to submit tracks for AMW), Cube had tons of notebooks full of lyrics. Some were meant for Eazy-E, some for NWA's sophomore LP, and some for a then elusive solo LP.
But what I meant, and I totally agree with Gloss on this precise point, is the fact that I don't see ANY 20 years old artist right now which could compete lyrically with Cube at the same age.
"Death Certificate" dropped when he was 22... How many 22 years old rappers do you know that could write & conceptualize such an incredible piece of art? Personnally, I can't even answer that question.
This guy was more mature at 20 than most artists during their entire career.

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:36 am

Req wrote:
Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:
Escobar305 wrote:big dropped ready to die at 22 nas dropped illmatic at 21. both better albums
ready to die isnt even half as good as amerikkkas most wanted. gtfoh
I know Escobar isn't winning any popularity contests around here but this statement is bollocks.

im not a real biggie fan and think its very overrated

it starts out strong with the first tracks until ready 2 die but the second half is mostly filler. the what is great
respect is annoying, juicy me & my bitch big poppa are listenable but also very corny and i would be good without them.

suicidal thoughts is the worst Lord Finesse beat i've heard. its utterline boring and unbelievable is unbelievably unspectacular for a 94 Dj Premier beat. both aint wack but very underwhelming

its just a very overrated album by a rather overrated artist and can not seriously compare to Amerikkkas most wanted or Death Certificate

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:55 am

everything typed in that post is pretty crazy. suicidal thoughts is incredible. unbelievable is hype. juicy & big poppa are just "listenable"? lol

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:12 am

I respect the fuck out of AMW for what it is, but honestly rarely or never find myself in the mood to put it on. The lyricism is phenomenal but going just off of what I would prefer to listen to - DC.

step one · Post by **step one** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:24 am

Willing to bet Escboar hasnt actually heard AMW or DC and even if he had he'd still think Hypnotize and Big Poppa were better than anything Cube has ever been involved in ever because its on Bad Boy and they have mad gold and platinum plaques, yo!

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:25 am

Willing to bet Escobar's first Cube album was his Greatest Hits.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:48 am

Haven't listened to Lethal Injection in lord knows when. Might give it another shot (no pun intended).

chiefbombpro · Post by **chiefbombpro** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:47 am

Gotta go with DC, by a hair. His first three are top notch though. Best thing on LI is the intro and Really Doe.

Also, I'm willing to bet Escobar doesn't own any Cube albums.

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:03 am

Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:unbelievably unspectacular for a 94 Dj Premier beat. both aint wack but very underwhelming

dude you cant be serious.

when that bassline drops and you hear LIVE FROM BEDFORD STUYVERSANT/ THE LIVEST ONE all you're thinking is "oh man, underwhelming"

srsly?

Statikmatik · Post by **Statikmatik** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:08 am

In order

Amerikkkas Most Wanted
Predator
Kill at Will
Death Certificate
Lethal Injection....

That's where it stops for me