Ice Cube made a name for himself after splitting from N.W.A and releasing AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, a politically-charged album that got people’s attention. Spin gave the project its first ever Album of the Year award back in 1990.
For the publication’s thirtieth anniversary, it sat down with the Los Angeles rapper to discuss the iconic album.
Ice Cube reveals how excited he was to work with the production team Bomb Squad. Compared to his familiarity with West Coast production titan Dr. Dre, he “didn’t know what I was getting with the Bomb Squad.”
“I didn’t know if they even wanted to do my whole record,” he says. “I was just hoping to get them to do two or three songs. So, when they agreed to do the whole thing, I fuckin’ did a backflip.”
Because of this blending of East and West Coasts, Ice Cube says the album is still the standard for how to unite the cultures. He gives his producer and friend Sir Jinx credit for helping him guide the Bomb Squad in the direction they wanted the album to go.
“Sir Jinx was so instrumental in making this record, too,” he says, “because we were going to keep the record West Coast. We were going to have the skits in between the records. We were gonna have songs and music that we would normally use anyway. But with the Bomb Squad’s superior production and their mad-scientist approach to sampling, it just gave our West Coast sound a whole dynamic that, to this day, still hasn’t really been matched as far as that dynamic of [being] so East Coast and so West Coast at the same time.”
Ice Cube has also been in the news discussing the upcoming N.W.A biopic, “Straight Outta Compton.” The theatrical trailer and movie posters were released last week. The movie is scheduled to open on August 14.
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…hasn’t been matched by Ice Cube. Dude has been all downhill since acting became the priority. Dude can still make great songs, but Cube rushes each album, making the ratio of 1/3 dope tracks.
Your argument is wack….. Debate with more substance he said his album was unmatched…. Challenge his theory or shut up
I put this album up against anything Biggie did and it will dominate. Track for Track…The only album that could compare would probably be Ice Cubes Death Certificate album.
I appreciate his confidence, and I can say this is one of the top 10 best albums of all time!
the nigga ya love to hate was one of cubes best songs ever. Amerikkas was cubes weakest solo actually. The Predator or Lethal Injection tie for cubes best albums. His best disc however was Bootlegs and B-sides. Make no mistake, lyrically and vocally he never fell off one bit. Hes sharper vocally now than hes ever been.The albums I mentioned have his best production.
wtf? u insane. his best album by far was death certificate
Death Certificate > Amerikkkas. Both are Top 5 albums of all time.
In case you are curious…
1. Death Certificate
2. Ready to Die
3. Amerikkkas
4. Straight Outta Compton
5. Dare is a Darkside
Almost everyone would disagree with your opinion.
Yssup Kidz is correct. Death Certificate>. Ice Cube has best run in hip hop history.
You’re right… death certificate is by far cubes best album but both is top 10. I still bump Death Certificate until this day.
No particular order
X clan – the the East backwards
Tribe called Quest – midnight maruaders
NwA-niggas 4 life, Straight out of Compton
Tupac, me again the world and all eyes on me
Rakwon – only built for Cuban links
Zero – die or die
Kanye – college dropout and late registration
Biggie- ready to die
50- get rich or die trying
Dr Dre- the chronic
Doggy styles and dogfood.
Forgot every scarface album and hero boys we can’t be stopped. Devin the Dude makes nothing but classics too.
My Top 5 Rap Albums of All-Time
1. Me Against The World
2. Only Built for Cuban Linx
3. The Chronic
4. Doggystyle
5. Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
Not actually in this order though! Before any upjections, please go back and listen to all five of these Classic LP’s and notice how you don’t have to sceme through them. Notice how they all knock from beginning to end. Haven’t heard anything like that in a long time……