it's been about 10 years since that album came out, and if you re-listen to it, it's some of the hardest shit ice cube ever put out. not so much politicly, but just as far as gangster rap goes, ice cube was fucking VICIOUS on every track! the production was awsome too. he was rapping like an ego-maniac and obsessed with greed and stuff, the whole album had a dark feeling to it, and had that english narrator guy and also had mr. short khop saying a few lines all over the album. great concept album, great production, great ice cube.