The West Coast’s own Ice Cube will release his eighth album, Raw Footage, on August 19 on Lench Mob Records.

Raw Footage
will feature appearances by Musiq Soulchild, Young Jeezy, The Game and WC.

“Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It”, Raw Footage‘s unofficial first single has already infiltrated radio waves and TV stations across the country and will be followed by the albums official first single “Do Ya Thang”.

Ice Cube‘s last album, Laugh Now, Cry Later, was released in 2006 and between albums Cube has appeared in several films including First Sunday and Are We Done Yet along with other films such as The Longshots which are still in production.

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As promotion for Raw Footage, Ice Cube will set out on an international tour which will begin this week in Germany and will end on September 21 in New York.

The dates for Ice Cube‘s tour are as follows:

July 2008

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11 – Leipzig, Germany – Splash Festival
12 – Frauenfeld, Switzerland – Openair Frauenfeld
14 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
15 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013
16 – Amsterdam, Holland – Melkweg
18 – Dour, Belgium – Dour Music Festival
19 – Stuttgart, Germany – MTV Hip Hop Open
21 – Stockholm, Sweden – Kagelbanan
23 – Helsinki, Finland – Helsinki Icehall
25 – Copenhagen, Denmark – KB Hallen
26 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall

August 2008

21 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
22 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
26 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
27 – Bakersfield, CA – The Fox
29 – Anaheim, CA – The Grove
30 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues

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September 2008

1 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
2 – San Diego, CA – 4th and B
3 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
5 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
6 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
7 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
9 – North Kansas City, MO – Harrah’s North Kansas City/Voodoo Lounge
10 – St. Paul, MN – Myth
12 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s
13 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
14 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
16 – Mt. Clemens, MI – Emerald Theatre
17 – Johnson City, NY – Magic City Music Hall
19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at Theater of Living Arts
21 – New York, NY – The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza

Reported By Danielle Harling