Saturday, November 22, 2008

Death Certificate

Ice Cube's angriest outing since leaving NWA was by far 1991's Death Certificate. On this record no one is spared Cube's wrath and biting criticism. Be you black, white, a bitch, a ho, a Korean liquor store owner, a sellout, Uncle Sam, the police, you can't escape the sharp sting of Cube's always brilliant lyrics and keen observations. This is where it became abundantly clear to me that Cube was the true genius behind NWA. This record is essential. Kind of weird that this is the same guy who starred in "Are We There Yet?" But I choose not to think about that.

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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2008 at 2:02 AM

    this is one of the greatest albums ever made.

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  2. NishNovember 22, 2008 at 4:15 AM

    He is cool.
    He's a great actor too.At least I think so.Loved the Fridays movies.
    Total classics...
    Cheers Aesop :)

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  3. veganboyjoshNovember 22, 2008 at 6:56 AM

    i wonder what it's like for parents who've never heard of ice cube to be exposed to him in the opposite order. "hey, look kids, a cd by the guy from 'are we there yet?' we should listen to this on our road trip."

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  4. NICKTHRONENovember 22, 2008 at 8:28 AM

    Predator is pretty good as well

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  5. Steady NerdinNovember 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM

    This record is so brutal, so pissed-off and so essential. Kids don't even know how ill Cube was on his first couple of solo albums. By the time The Predator, his big breakout album, came out, he had already softened up quite a bit.

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  6. SvartStøyNovember 22, 2008 at 11:55 AM

    Thank you, i have been wondering what i should get from ice cube for a while, and now i have this, thanks
    Aesop

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  7. RyGarNovember 22, 2008 at 2:30 PM

    I love it. One of the first rap albums I got into as a kid. Cube was so damn hard in the day.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 22, 2008 at 3:10 PM

    cubes rappin is fuckin dope,the mufucka is ill to the fullest

    his family movies- meh,i dont like none of that corny shit,it aint funny to me at all and about as offensive as cotton candy

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  9. AnonymousNovember 22, 2008 at 3:38 PM

    Damn! I always loved this one, but i never checked out Willie D until you posted him. I had a rad time listening to that Controversy album in the bathtub with some $4 wine. Are you gonna post Lench Mob or Kam next?

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  10. UnknownNovember 22, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    "you'll hear more claps than the coliseum"! a classic if there ever was one. thanks dude!
    -jb

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  11. nonongerinterestedNovember 22, 2008 at 4:29 PM

    holy synchronicity...i just went on a dl'ing spree of all this classic stuff recently. good to see it here.

    thanks man. this site rules. i'm not a fuckwit anymore.

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  12. Dave GNovember 22, 2008 at 6:47 PM

    Cubes first solo album Amerikkkas most wanted is a great album as well with a heavy Public Enemy influence to it thanks not only to the vocal work of flavor and Chuck D but this album was also produced by Public Enemies production team The Bomb Squad.

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  13. AesopNovember 22, 2008 at 8:21 PM

    I'm fond of all of Cube's recorded output, but this one is a tad better than the rest.

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  14. NidNovember 23, 2008 at 9:49 AM

    When you put up the "It's Casual" post, I was tempted to ask if this was one of those records that captured the zeitgeist of LA at one particular point in time.

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  15. VultchNovember 23, 2008 at 10:21 PM

    Nice! very nice! anyone have old singles by DFC?

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  16. tanakabakaNovember 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM

    This is WAY more offensive than cotton candy. He even said, "Japs!" which is rather out-dated. I was tickled. It kind of sounds like a snack. We could start a whole line of snacks like that and call them "Rickles'"

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  17. ChrisJuly 3, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    It is funny to think back on it, but this was during the era when hip hop was considered too dangerous for youth to be exposed to. On a different note, this was Cube's finest hour in my opinion, clearing up any confusion why he left NWA.

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