Ice Cube has a new album? Really? What do you mean it's good? How is that possible? Isn't he like 50? Yes, Yes, it really is, Yes, and No, he's not even 40 yet, he just got a really young start. I'm just as surprised as anyone else, but Cube really brought it on this one. His flow sounds about the same as it used to, but his political rhymes are more studied and informed than they used to be and he uses more sophisticated satire than he previously did (e.g., claiming to be the only rapper that wants to fist fight the president). The first real track on the album, which happens to be my favorite, sounds like some Manny Fresh production, but it's not. "I Got My Locs On" features Young Jeezy and is somewhere between Dirty South and West Coast Gangsta Rap. Of course there's the single "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It", which is fittingly true Gangsta Rap style. A great Gangsta/Soul collabo was created on "Why Me?" with Musiq. Don't forget the West Coast Banger "Get Used To It" with Game and WC. "Stand Tall" remixes the Diamond In The Back beat in a whole new way. Out of 21 tracks at least 14 of them are very good. Although Cube's "Pyroclastic flow" is still a little simplistic at times, he rides the Gangsa beats as smoothly as ever and keeps it Raw.
8/10
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