SUBJECT=ICE CUBE WHY DID HE FALL OFF
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when did he fall off ? his last album sold good and i thought it was coo....he just hasnt put nothin out in awhile, he's moved on not fallin off.. also like scg said every artist falls off , i think the main reason is age, teenagers allways have and proally allways will be the biggest music buyers, not many teenagers want to listen to people that are in the mid 30's or early 40's ya dig.
Ice Cube use to be tight as fucc back in the 90's, I use to dig dudes music, his NWA and Amerikkka's Most Wanted days was crackin', now a days, Cube just hasn't been concentraing on music much, I think movies are his hobbies now, plus he aint got the same style as back then. To me , the new Ice Cube I aint wit. But I'll pop in his old Cd's and bump it out loud.
Dope Man: "If ya smoke 'cane you a stupid muthafuka"
He started his career with one of the best lines ever.
Cube hasn't fell off. Niggas at that level don't fall off. They can't rap till they 100. They move on, change focus, and every now and then think about doin one last tour, maybe even a reunion. But fell off. That'slike sayin Al Green fell off because he's not makin hit records anymore..... now if he NEEDED to make music to feed his family and he was all broke and shit and tryin to get one last hit just to make ends meet.... people would say, "damn, he fell off." ANyway, that'show I look at it. I was worried about that with Run DMC for awhile before the murder. Seemede liked they just couldn'tlet it go and their music was gettin weaker and weaker... but they just kept on... THATS fallin off. But Cube just makin flicks for bundles of money...livin life to the fullest, makin his little cameos... and eeeevery now and then droppin some music for the hell of it. I just dont see it as fallin off.
He gets a lifetime pass for AmeriKKKa's Most.
Know what I just realized, that was about 1988. So hella peopleonhere were probablu about 5 or 6 years old back then. Damn. I was bumpin that shit in my beat up Chevy with a HOUSE speaker rattlin in the back seat. Those were the days. Album rivals Born to Mack as the best ever.... but nobody fucks with $hort
He started his career with one of the best lines ever.
Cube hasn't fell off. Niggas at that level don't fall off. They can't rap till they 100. They move on, change focus, and every now and then think about doin one last tour, maybe even a reunion. But fell off. That'slike sayin Al Green fell off because he's not makin hit records anymore..... now if he NEEDED to make music to feed his family and he was all broke and shit and tryin to get one last hit just to make ends meet.... people would say, "damn, he fell off." ANyway, that'show I look at it. I was worried about that with Run DMC for awhile before the murder. Seemede liked they just couldn'tlet it go and their music was gettin weaker and weaker... but they just kept on... THATS fallin off. But Cube just makin flicks for bundles of money...livin life to the fullest, makin his little cameos... and eeeevery now and then droppin some music for the hell of it. I just dont see it as fallin off.
He gets a lifetime pass for AmeriKKKa's Most.
Know what I just realized, that was about 1988. So hella peopleonhere were probablu about 5 or 6 years old back then. Damn. I was bumpin that shit in my beat up Chevy with a HOUSE speaker rattlin in the back seat. Those were the days. Album rivals Born to Mack as the best ever.... but nobody fucks with $hort
You've all made good points. Technically, I don't think Cube's fallen off...I think he's now just focused on more things than just music, because he sees that the kind of records he's into making probably wouldn't come out without a fight from the record company. So he's working in a field (films) where he can at least be allowed to do more of what he wants...
One question that often comes up is "why did Cube stop making the political, issues-oriented records?" Cube has said that he got frustrated w/ how the media raked DEATH CERTIFICATE over the coals in '91. He said that he put it out w/ the intention that folks could learn something about the problems the ghetto was having and what folks needed to do to solve those problems.
But all that the media (and many listeners) cared about was making him look like a monster because of "Black Korea" and "No Vaseline." When WAR came out, Cube told THE SOURCE (and I'm paraphrasing), "for them to only zero in on 'No Vaseline' and 'Black Korea' told me that they didn't really WANT to focus on all the other problems DEATH CERTIFICATE addressed. They just wanted an excuse to create controversy. So that kind of left a bad taste in my mouth...why should I stick my neck out just for people to see it get chopped off?"
Thus, we got THE PREDATOR--which was more skills-oriented (although there were a few political things); LETHAL INJECTION--Cube tried to adapt to G-Funk; WAR--basically a weird attempt at combining Southern Rap sounds with European/Gothic/Industrial music, and PEACE--an attempt at combining dance-rap with old school gangsta.
IMHO, AMW, KILL AT WILL and DEATH CERTIFICATE were perfect from start to finish. THE PREDATOR, LETHAL INJECTION and WAR AND PEACE all had some classic cuts that were as good as anything from the early days. The problem was that all four of those CDs ALSO had songs that would have been classics coming from someone else, but for an artist of Cube's calibre, they seemed weak ("Limos, Demos and Bimbos", "Can You Bounce?", "Down For Whatever" come to mind). The songs that were less-than-great kept those CDs from being as good as they could have been. Those four CDs would fall into the category of "well worth getting if you're a fan, but not QUITE dope enough to be classics" (although THE PREDATOR comes close).
Still, Cube can't be overlooked for all that he has accomplished as an artist, and he has made some good movies, too (BOYZ N THE HOOD, the first FRIDAY, THREE KINGS, BARBERSHOP). PEACE!
One question that often comes up is "why did Cube stop making the political, issues-oriented records?" Cube has said that he got frustrated w/ how the media raked DEATH CERTIFICATE over the coals in '91. He said that he put it out w/ the intention that folks could learn something about the problems the ghetto was having and what folks needed to do to solve those problems.
But all that the media (and many listeners) cared about was making him look like a monster because of "Black Korea" and "No Vaseline." When WAR came out, Cube told THE SOURCE (and I'm paraphrasing), "for them to only zero in on 'No Vaseline' and 'Black Korea' told me that they didn't really WANT to focus on all the other problems DEATH CERTIFICATE addressed. They just wanted an excuse to create controversy. So that kind of left a bad taste in my mouth...why should I stick my neck out just for people to see it get chopped off?"
Thus, we got THE PREDATOR--which was more skills-oriented (although there were a few political things); LETHAL INJECTION--Cube tried to adapt to G-Funk; WAR--basically a weird attempt at combining Southern Rap sounds with European/Gothic/Industrial music, and PEACE--an attempt at combining dance-rap with old school gangsta.
IMHO, AMW, KILL AT WILL and DEATH CERTIFICATE were perfect from start to finish. THE PREDATOR, LETHAL INJECTION and WAR AND PEACE all had some classic cuts that were as good as anything from the early days. The problem was that all four of those CDs ALSO had songs that would have been classics coming from someone else, but for an artist of Cube's calibre, they seemed weak ("Limos, Demos and Bimbos", "Can You Bounce?", "Down For Whatever" come to mind). The songs that were less-than-great kept those CDs from being as good as they could have been. Those four CDs would fall into the category of "well worth getting if you're a fan, but not QUITE dope enough to be classics" (although THE PREDATOR comes close).
Still, Cube can't be overlooked for all that he has accomplished as an artist, and he has made some good movies, too (BOYZ N THE HOOD, the first FRIDAY, THREE KINGS, BARBERSHOP). PEACE!
Cube is the shit, Ill continue to support him, he always comes tight IMO. My only complaint with his last few CDs has been production. I wish he coulda got something better, but with the new WSC being produced by battlekat and his next solo being produced by Dre ya know hes gonna be dropping classic shit again....
He's got a few hundred million dollars, so I don't think that he's fallin off any.......Cube is tha homey and he really don't have to come wid anything new cause he laid tha foundation in this Reality/Gangsta Rap. With that alone, if he never sold a record from now on, he's still got my utmost respect and may his career keep goin.............burrrrrrrrrgh!
I done see what having Millions of $$$ has to do with falling off. P is rich as hell but everything he drops is weak as fuck, and he fell off a long time ago.
I like Cube a lot, but you can hear a big difference in the quality of his lyrics from 93-now. His rhymes have gotten lazy, ie rhyming shit like nigga, trigga, digga, bigga, etc... He still has the intensity in his voice though...
I like Cube a lot, but you can hear a big difference in the quality of his lyrics from 93-now. His rhymes have gotten lazy, ie rhyming shit like nigga, trigga, digga, bigga, etc... He still has the intensity in his voice though...