Ice Cube

Real Name:
O'Shea Jackson
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Born: June 15, 1969, Los Angeles, California

Ice Cube began his career with the notorious gangsta rap group N.W.A. He broke away at the height of their national notoriety. On his initial solo release, 1990's Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Ice Cube injected virulent political and cultural rhetoric that stepped above N.W.A's gangbanging braggadocio. Ice Cube squashed the bi-coastal rap rivalry and collaborated with New York's hip-hop heavyweights Public Enemy. Their production team, the Bomb Squad, produced Amerikkka's Most Wanted. Ice Cube became a lightning rod for attracting attacks from rock critics and moralists for his lyrical content. Time has shown that the ruthless words and pointed imagery on both Amerikkka's Most Wanted and 1991's pre-LA riots Death Certificate were not included for shock-value. The message construed in his rhymes presaged Los Angeles's incendiary reaction to the outcome of the Rodney King trial. America was now listening to Ice Cube. Death Certificate debuted at #1 on the R&B Album chart and #2 on the Top 200 Album chart. In 1992, Ice Cube continued his vocal incursion into suburban America with a role in John Singleton's epic film on South Central LA, Boyz In The Hood and by touring on the second Lollapalooza. His next release, The Predator, galvanized him as the premiere multi-platinum West Coast hip-hop G. It debuted at #1 on both the R&B and Top 200 Album charts. The Predator was an epilogue to the LA riots and while "It Was A Good Day" provides a hassle-free moment in a Compton day, there is still dissonance in Ice Cube's America. 1993's Lethal Injection sees Ice Cube morphing into his "Don Mega" persona that permeates his War & Peace albums and projects with Westside Connection. These first four albums set him up for his later successes. In addition to his War & Peace two-album series, Ice Cube has recently starred in The Friday After Next, the 3rd installment of his multi-million dollar earning Friday movie franchise, Player's Club and the critically praised Barbershop.
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

(15 versions)
Priority Records 1990

Death Certificate

(13 versions)
Priority Records 1991

The Predator

(12 versions)
Priority Records 1992

Lethal Injection

(18 versions)
Priority Records 1993

War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)

(9 versions)
Priority Records 1998

Laugh Now, Cry Later

(4 versions)
Lench Mob Records 2006

Raw Footage

(5 versions)
Lench Mob Records 2008

I Am The West

(CD, Album)
Lench Mob Records, Lench Mob Records 2010

Death Certificate

(CD, Album, RM)
Priority Records 2010

Singles & EPs

Kill At Will

(13 versions)
Priority Records 1990

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

(7 versions)
4th & Broadway 1990

Who's The Mack

(12", Promo)
Priority Records 1990

Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside) (Remix) / Dead Homiez

(12", Promo)
Priority Records 1990

Steady Mobbin'

(6 versions)
4th & Broadway 1991

Wicked / U Ain't Gonna Take My Life

(4 versions)
Priority Records 1992

Wicked

(4 versions)
Priority Records 1992

It Was A Good Day / We Had To Tear This Dirty Motha Up

(2 versions)
Priority Records 1992

It Was A Good Day

(13 versions)
Priority Records 1992

Ice-T and Ice Cube - Trespass (2 versions)

Sire, Warner Bros. Records 1992

True To The Game / Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out

(12")
Priority Records 1992

You Know How We Do It

(13 versions)
4th & Broadway, 4th & Broadway 1993

Really Doe / My Skin Is My Sin

(8 versions)
Priority Records 1993

Bop Gun (One Nation)

(10 versions)
4th & Broadway, 4th & Broadway 1993

Check Yo Self

(10 versions)
Priority Records 1993

Scarface (3) featuring Ice Cube - People Don´t Believe (3 versions)

Rap-A-Lot Records 1994
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