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Greatest Rapper Alive First Round Match 11 - Ice Cube vs Big Daddy Kane - PWFans Forums
Ice Cube
Ice Cube was born as O'Shea Jackson in South Central Los Angeles, where he was raised, the son of Doris (née Benjamin), a hospital clerk, and Andrew Jackson, who later worked at UCLA.
His cousin is Teren Delvon Jones, also known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, of Deltron 3030, Gorillaz and Hieroglyphics.
At age sixteen, Ice Cube developed an interest in hip hop music, and began writing raps in Taft High School's keyboarding class.
He attended the Phoenix Institute of Technology in the fall of 1987, and studied Architectural Drafting.
With friend Sir Jinx, Cube formed the C.I.A., and they performed at parties hosted by Dr.
Dre.
In 1987 Cube and Dr.
Dre released the EP My Posse, under the alias CIA and the county police.
After the collaboration, Cube showed Eazy-E the lyrics to "Boyz-n-the-Hood".Eazy-E, although initially rejecting the lyrics, eventually recorded the song for N.W.A.
And the Posse, the debut album for the group N.W.A (short for Niggaz With Attitude) that included him, Cube, Dre, and other rappers MC Ren and DJ Yella.
By this point Cube was a full-time member of N.W.A along with Dr.
Dre and (to a lesser extent) MC Ren.
Cube wrote Dr. Dre and Eazy-E's rhymes for the group's landmark album, Straight Outta Compton, released in 1988.
However, as 1990 approached, Cube found himself at odds with the group's manager, Jerry Heller, after Heller responded to the group's financial questions by drafting up a new arrangement.
As he explains in his book:
"Heller gave me this contract, and I said I wanted a lawyer to see it.
He almost fell out of his chair.
I guess he figure, how this young muthafucka turn down all this money?
[$75,000] Everybody else signed.
I told them I wanted to make sure my shit was right first."
Since Cube wrote the lyrics to approximately half of both Straight Outta Compton, and Eazy-E's solo album, Eazy-Duz-It, Cube was advised of the amounts he was truly owed by Heller, and proceeded to take legal action, soon after leaving the group and the label.
In response, the remaining N.W.A members attacked Cube on the EP 100 Miles and Runnin', as well as their next and final album, Efil4zaggin.
Cube recorded his debut solo album in New York City, with his group Da Lench Mob, and the Bomb Squad (Public Enemy's production team).
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted was released in 1990 and was an instant hit, riding and contributing to the rising tide of rap's popularity in mainstream society.
The album was charged with controversy, and Cube was accused of misogyny, and anti-white racism.
Subsequently, Cube appointed the female rapper Yo-Yo (who appeared on AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted) to the head of his own record label and helped produce her debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode.
This was followed by a critically acclaimed role as 'Doughboy' in John Singleton's hood-based drama, Boyz N the Hood.
The film began the rapper's increasing tendency to star in action movies as time went on.
In the same year as AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Cube released the acclaimed EP, Kill At Will.
Kill At Will sold well becoming the first hip hop EP to go both Gold and Platinum.
His 1991 follow-up, Death Certificate was regarded as more focused, yet even more controversial, and critics accused him again of being anti-white, misogynist, and antisemitic.
The album is thematically divided into the 'Death Side' ("a vision of where we are today") and the 'Life Side' ("a vision of where we need to go").
It features "No Vaseline," a scathing response to N.W.A's attacks and "Black Korea," a track regarded by some as prophetic of the L.A.
Riots, but also interpreted as racist by many;
It was still being cited years after its release.
Cube toured with Lollapalooza in 1992, which widened his fan base.
I ask whether - having converted in the early 90s - he's still Muslim himself.
"Yeah. Oh yeah." And still involved with Nation of Islam, the militant faction he once called "the best place for any young black male"?
This time he hesitates.
"Ah, when you say involved with the Nation, it's tricky.
I never was in the Nation of Islam...
I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.
You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do.
So I don't do it.".
Cube released The Predator in November 1992, which had been recorded amidst the LA uprising of 1992.
Referring specifically to the riots, in the first single, "Wicked", Cube rapped "April 29 was power to the people and we might just see a sequel".
The Predator debuted at number one on both the pop and R&B charts, the first album in history to do so.
Singles from The Predator included "It Was a Good Day" and the "Check Yo Self" remix, and the songs had a two part music video.
The album remains Cube's most successful release, with over three million copies sold in the US.
However, after The Predator, Cube's rap audience slowly began to diminish.
Lethal Injection which was released in the end of 1993 and represented Cube's first attempt at imitating the G-Funk sound of Dr.
Dre's The Chronic, was not well received by critics.
He had more successful hits from Lethal Injection, including "Really Doe", "Bop Gun (One Nation)", "You Know How We Do It" & "What Can I Do?".
After 1994, he took a hiatus from music and concentrated on film work and developing the careers of other rap musicians, such as Mack 10, and Mr.
Short Khop.
In 1995, Cube had reunited with former N.W.A member Dr.
Dre, who was now part of Death Row Records, in their duet "Natural Born Killaz".In 1998, Cube released his long-awaited solo album, War & Peace Volume 1.
The delayed second part, War & Peace Volume 2, was released in 2000.
The albums featured appearances from Westside Connection as well as a reunion with fellow N.W.A members, Dr.
Dre and MC Ren, though many fans maintained that the two albums weren't on par with his past work, especially the second volume.
In 2000, Cube also joined Dr.
Dre, Eminem & Snoop Dogg on the Up In Smoke Tour.
In 2006, Ice Cube released his eighth solo album, Laugh Now, Cry Later, on his Da Lench Mob Records label, debuting at number four on the Billboard Charts and selling 144,000 units in the first week.
The album featured production from Lil Jon and Scott Storch, who produced the lead single "Why We Thugs".
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This poll is driving me crazy.
Two genuinely talented rappers who had an impact on the game, and I have to pick one?
I'm gonna go with Ice Cube because he had more success, but that's just cuz I need a reason to choose between these two, Big Daddy Kane's still great.
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Good Day is my favorite Ice Cube song.
I went with Cube.
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Ice Cube wins in a blowout and moves on.
Thanks again to those that voted.
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^^^^One of Best best video's (and song) ever...Maybe even the Best.
That takes me back to high school.
I'm getting a little wispy here.
Late.
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