Ice Cube - Raw Footage

Dealing with the good, the bad, and especially the ugly, Raw Footage is an appropriate title for Ice Cube's eighth album. Some kind of subtitle that mentioned the yin and yang of life would have made it perfect because the tracks here are as inclined to paradoxes as the man himself and offer just as few excuses. If you want insight into how a man justifies making family fun movies by day and hardcore rap by night, the only answer offered is that you grow up in this cruel world and you deal any way you know how, something that drives the great "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It." This key track may not be "fair and balanced," but it's honest and revealing as Cube embraces what he wants from the good a literate life that damns those who "read your first book in the penitentiary" and the commonly accepted bad as he attacks Oprah and everyone else who has a problem with hardcore rap using the "N" word. The 187 in "Why Me?" could be a metaphor for the attacks from Cube's detractors ("You want to take the life God handed to me/Send it back to him 'cuz you ain't a fan of me") while "Jack in the Box" suggests he's already won the war with "Fool, I'm the greatest/You just the latest/I'm loved by your grandmamma/And your babies." The album's guiding principle, "only thing I expect is self-check," is dropped in "Get Money, Spend Money, No Money," but the great news is that all these standoffish and self-serving rhymes are written with that whipsmart wit and sit on a bed of wonderfully minimal beats from lesser knowns. This gritty ego trip will satisfy his fans while pushing everyone else away even further. Released August 19, 2008 on Lench Mob Records, the album peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums.

''What's A Pyroclastic Flow?'' (Produced By. John Murphy) 0:54

''I Got My Locs On'' (feat. Young Jeezy) (Produced By. P No) 3:43

''It Takes A Nation'' (Produced By. Emile) 3:26

''Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It'' (Produced By. Maestro) 4:41

''Hood Mentality'' (Produced By. Hallway Productionz) 5:11

''Why Me?'' (feat. Musiq Soulchild) (Produced By. Hallway Productionz) 4:00

''Cold Places'' (Produced By. Hallway Productionz) 4:12

''Jack N The Box'' (Produced By. Tha Bizness) 4:22

''Do Ya Thang'' (Produced By. Dre Dogg) 4:04

''Thank God'' (Produced By. Hallway Productionz) 5:28

''Here He Come'' (feat. Doughboy) (Produced By. Symphony) 4:32

''Get Money, Spend Money, No Money'' (Produced By. Emile) 4:07

''Get Use To It'' (feat. W.C. & The Game) (Produced By. Embeatz) 4:25

''Tomorrow'' (Produced By. Warryn ''Baby Dubb'' Campbell) 3:40

''Stand Tall'' (Produced By. DJ Crazy Toones & David '' Dizmix'' Lopez) 3:46

''Take Me Away'' (feat. Butch Cassidy) (Produced By. Yung Focus & Djay Cas) 4:03

''Believe It Or Not'' (Produced By. Emile) 3:11

''Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (Remix)'' (feat. Nas & Scarface) (Produced By. Maestro) 4:51

''Don't Make Me Hurt Ya Feelings'' (Produced By. Swizz Beatz) 2:46

''Crack Baby?'' (Produced By. DJ Felli Fel) 2:59

''Why We Thugs? (Live)'' (Produced By. Scott Storch) 3:37


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(if you like what you hear GO OUT AND PURCHASE the album cuz if its good music its worth it)