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Few rappers have capitalised on their own notoriety as efficiently as Ice Cube. Exhibit A: track 16 of his Greatest Hits, 1990's fabulous "The Nigga You Love to Hate", where among the gunshots and p-funk samples the masses chant at our hero, "Fuck you, Ice Cube!". Cube, of course, got a taste for infamy in NWA alongside Dr Dre, inventing both gangsta rap and the sleek West Coast sound that dominated the 90s. As a solo artist, he pursued a black radical agenda as well as indulging in ghetto fantasies and developing a parallel career in films. Nowadays, he may be better known for the Fridaymovies, but much here
Few rappers have capitalised on their own notoriety as efficiently as Ice Cube. Exhibit A: track 16 of his Greatest Hits, 1990's fabulous "The Nigga You Love to Hate", where among the gunshots and p-funk samples the masses chant at our hero, "Fuck you, Ice Cube!". Cube, of course, got a taste for infamy in NWA alongside Dr Dre, inventing both gangsta rap and the sleek West Coast sound that dominated the 90s. As a solo artist, he pursued a black radical agenda as well as indulging in ghetto fantasies and developing a parallel career in films. Nowadays, he may be better known for the Fridaymovies, but much here proves his surly but oddly elegant rhyming, classic funk samples and hard-edged beats can still impress. As is traditional with greatest-hits compilations, there are niggling complaints: a few too many tracks from the less artistically rewarding late 90s, for instance, and the absence of personal favourites such as "When Will They Shoot?" from 92's The Predator. Nevertheless, it's hard to resist graphic, often funny narratives such as "Once Upon a Time in the Projects" and "It Was a Good Day". Or, indeed, "In the Late Night Hour", a new track with inescapable production team The Neptunes.--John Mulvey
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Manufacturer: Priority
Release date: 3 December 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724353675820 UPC: 724353675820
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