AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

NOPE!!!

This was my first time hearing any of these tracks. Most of the record has that 80s/early 90s hip-hop sound, making it seem more upbeat and encouraging than the lyrics actually portray. The lyrics are what I'd call straight-up gritty gangsta rap and while the level of violence and anger may not be shocking to rap aficionados of the 2000s, I have the sneaking suspicion that this came as a bit of a shock to the people of 1990. Lyrically, this doesn't personally connect with me, but the beats and rhymes are solid. However, my favorite tracks were 6 and 15—I straight-up enjoyed the them! Track 6 seemed to be intentionally designed to embrace the conflict between the bright, happy beat and the harsh reality expressed in the lyrics, and 15 was a great sharing of the spotlight calling out patriarchy in the industry—sounds like they had fun playing the skit of him being dense and her putting him in his place time and time again. I would not normally give something like this another listen or thought, but this was such a an unexpected combination, I think I may. It feels like it may be a landmark in the progression from early hip-hop to modern day rap.

For a rap album from 1990, this was fine.

Had to turn it off after the punch her in the stomach moment.

8/10

The good kind of early 90's rap. Flows that are simple but effective.

I wouldn't ask someone to change the music if this was playing.

Ice Cube's first solo album after leaving NWA. I'm not a huge fan of Ice Cube's but I do respect it and know that this is pretty much a diss album to NWA. Enjoying it 3 tracks in so far.

The lack of contraception seems to be at the root of a lot his problems. All jokes aside, I enjoyed this; going to listen to Yo-yo has never heard anything by her.

I'm as broad-minded as the next guy, but this one doesn't feel like it's aged well lyrically. Sweet beats though.

Fantastic production and story telling.

We only needed Predator on the list, it's kinda mad how far Ice Cube progresses from this to that in two years.

More music to terrify suburban white parents in the 90s.

Great old school rap from Ice Cube from before he became cuddly. He’s super angry here and keen to prove a point. The Bomb Squad handling production duties is inspired and Chuck D and Flavor Flav even drop by for cameos. I liked this a lot.

It is still amazing. Great production and incredible rap that stands the time

Very powerful

Old sKKKool, five star.

Ice Cube’s early stuff is a blind spot for me. Not for long after this listen 👌

I expected a lot more from this. The highlights were Flava Flav and Yo Yo, who actually had a flow and rhythm to their voices. Most of the rest was just Ice Cube yelling while rhyming and swearing. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything this misogynistic, either. This type of stuff makes me appreciate just how talented guys like Chuck D really are. Oh, and the other highlight was the last track where he shouted out to a bunch of rappers who were significantly better then him.

Great all around classic. A little outdated now in terms of sound but for what it was at the time, awesome. A super pissed off Ice Cube after leaving NWA will always be entertaining.

Genuinely clever with a clear message and solid flow. Coming right out of Straight Out of Compton to this is impressive. Unfortunately, it's marred by some nauseating misogyny. Even for the time it's too much. Side note, I'm so white I learned today that Ice Cube and Ice T are different people. Literally just thought I couldn't remember the man's name. Looking at them next to each other they really look nothing alike either.

Rap. Ice Cube is much better than most with clever, well-crafted lyrics instead of the tiresome bombast of much of the genre. I still don't like rap.

Listened to this while playing 7th Citadel. Fuck this album. Just hateful.

Angry, funky, classic, crucial and a poet.

Some no nonsense gangsta rap right here. The production is a bit rougher than straight outta Compton.

Interestingly equally sociopolitical and machismo lyrics. Ice Cube's rapping is 90's gangster rap to a tee. Skits brings listener into the projects. Beats start off well but fade toward the end of the album. Standout are "Turn Off The Radio" and "Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside).

I can’t relate to the lyrics and find the filthy language stupid and unnecessary

Kinda surprised to see a second Ice Cube album here. After listening to the first one I realized it is more fiction than nonfiction which seems counterintuitive to building up credibility. So going into this one with that in mind I can laugh a bit more at the silly bits, but still struggle to understand the fantasy of wanting to be a criminal. I'll be surprised to see a third come up. Favorite track "A Gangstas Fairytale" 2/5

hip-Hop not my taste

it was good and i’m sure it was amazing when it came out but i just don’t love the 90s style of rap

Wow. I guess I'm not a gangsta rap girl. I appreciate some diversity in the albums (finally!) but... Such profanity and tough talk mixed with some good ol' misogyny. He's angry, and probably justifiably so (there is literally a drive-by as one of the tracks) but I still did not like this.

Yesterday I spoke about a hip-hop album that didn’t know how to fully embrace its inspiration and become its own thing at the same time. Today I listened to the opposite. By 1990, Ice Cube had already proven himself. N.W.A were still technically together, and they had brought a huge change to the culture of hip-hop and the way it was ultimately received by the public. That context is important. Because it makes up the backbone for much of this album’s material. Ice Cube just didn’t really care, and he wasn’t going to let people judge his music without saying something about it. Many of the songs on this album directly tackle the criticism that he and his group were facing. Gangster rap was starting to become more common place in the mainstream, and people were not happy about it. But that doesn’t stop this album from being just as in your face, intense, and vulgar as other stuff they had put out. Except it might not be on exactly the same level. Because something feels missing. Maybe it’s just the result of Cube being on his own, but there is a certain power absent from the sound of the album. The beats are still great though. Dr. Dre may not be on production. But Da Lench Mob does a great job, and almost reaches the same heights. I might just be misremembering what Dre’s production really sounds like, but these instrumentals definitely use more rock, funk and jazz samples. Cube’s lyricism is as sharp as ever. And as a debut record, this definitely made me understand why he of all people has still had such a presence in rap culture. Rating: 7/10

Profaner Gangster Rap.

I understand the "hard core" song lyric competition with other artists of the time and genre, and the stories are important ones, but overall it is way too many foul words for me....and I cuss at least once on any given day.

Definitely liked this more than I thought I would

Sounds great to begin with But the sound gets tired quickly and the misogyny is just so overwhelming

Yeah, sure, the over the top misogyny undercuts the message of racial equality cube was pushing for, but the production, the pacing, and the flow is so here that I still ended up having a great time.

For its time, a 5.

Ok then, Cube.

I was about 4 or 5 songs in, thinking this is one really long profanity-laden track. All sounds the same. Not for me

I like Ice Cube, I found this album to be very long and kind of like listening to a conversation while I'm doing something else. Good beats but nothing that grabbed my attention throughout.

Solid

I didn't even bother today's album. It is absurdly explicit, violent and misogynistic. Shame that many "popular" hip hop albums (e.g. the aforementioned album, "The Chronic" by Dr. Dre, "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy...) are super anachronistic and do not sit well among most listeners, me included.

AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted hits hard right from the start with Ice Cube getting fried in the electric chair and stop for all 49 mins. Yes finally a hip hop album under and album. Angry, hard hitting, culturally significant and album post N.W.A. 8.0/10

I thought I'd like this but it was pretty bad. Bad production and a lot of very dates lyrics. 1.75 stars.

Not my thing, but it does sound well put together.

Interesting, not what I expected from cube.

Hate it.

He's not a fan of bitches or hoes.

3.8

i find i really enjoy this era of rap. the beats and the rapping are bombastic and aggressive, and that really appeals to me for whatever reason. so i did enjoy myself with this album. the only thing is that a lot of the lyrics and verses are pretty dated by today's standards, like 'it's a man's world' - a song based on an argument with ice cube playing (?) a sexist. even if it's for show or to prove a point, it still leaves a little bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

Nothing changea

<<heavy sigh>>. The anger, the misogyny, the constant “n-word” and profanity... It’s all rather trite and frankly boring. Some of the beats pretty decent, funky and driving. But after 50 minutes, it all blurs together. The use of various interjections and such is, well, it’s been done before. Of course, Ice Cube has leveraged all this hate and anger into a successful career in TV and Movies and commercials for light beer. With a 30 year marriage, and family (including grandkids). I wonder if he plays his old music for his daughter? This is probably better than some of the hip hop I’ve had here, but that’s a really low bar. 2/5

Starts strong, gets repetitive toward the end. NWA without Dre and Easy and the other guy.

The sound is very Public Enemy, but with worse lyrics. He's good at what he does, I'm just not that into it.

Good rap album by Ice Cube. Some of the lyrics did not age that well (a bit misogenic), other lyrics provide a socio-political conscious and gangsta rap statement about the situation in The Projects L.A.

I don't like rap! 2 stars

Godt, lille 4/5

Old-school rap, although chockoblock with language not suitable for tender ears. It packs a mighty punch, unrelenting. But it is fantastic.

Biggest surprise of this entire project is how much I love late 80's and early 90's hip hop. I guess I should have known I would, because I've always liked the hits, but going deep into the albums, there's a lot of great stuff that I missed.

Not surprised to find this album here. Also not surprised that I had heard none of the songs on it, as mainstream radio wasn’t about to touch this disc with a 69-foot pole back in 1990. Doesn’t make it less of an historical (and prescient! - hello LA riots) album. Ice Cube sounded so angry on some tracks that he sounded a bit winded, and I didn’t mind it.

3 stars. Pretty good music but some problematic ideas.

I think I prefer Ice Cube's later work. This album starts off hard early on, but kinda loses me midway through. Echoing everyone here, but could've done without the misogyny too. Seems like a lot of gangsta rap from this era had similar content. Ice Cube is still one of the greatest lyricists in hip-hop though.

There are much better rap albums.

Good flow, but the songs feel a little repetitive and the album gets monotonous.

An album addressing racial issues, violence, and politics all while shitting all over women and promoting violence. Lyrical content aside, it was raw and energetic. Great flow.

1. better off dead - 0 2. love to hate - 1.5 3. mozt uuanted - 1.5 4. hittin foe - 1 5. fade me - 1 6. projectz - 1 7. radio - 2 8. endangered - 1 9. fairytale - 1 10. one thang - 1 11. come here - 0 12. drive by - 0 13. lench mob - 1 14. the mack - 1.5 15. manz uuorld - 1 16. the bomb - 1 17. zpeciez - 1.5 18. beatz - 1 19. my dick - 1 20. the product - 1.5 21. dead homiez - 1 22. jd - 0 23. uuhat up - 1

klogere mænd end jeg har sagt det: "ved ikke hvad det er, men han er fanme bare sur!" Hvad kan man tilføje til det! Den med Chuck D er en kæmpe banger og samlet set er det et mere konsistent album end Straight Outta Compton imo. Gode beats!

Vildt fede beats, og Ice Cube lyder virkelig cool (hæhæ)

Pretty cool 🥶

He's an angry elf.

It’s a good time capsule album, but it sounds really, really dated. The beats are just from a completely different time, and it sounds almost quaint. When it released, however, it was the hardest hitting shit of all time. Definitely worth a listen, but it’s not going back into my current rotation. 3.5 stars.

good backing tracks, but nothing on here warrants an album

Never listened to it before, but it was SO GOOD!

I went through the motions with this album. A great opener put me in good spirits that I'd finally found a rap album I might like. Fast forward to song two and beyond, I very quickly realised this was more misogynistic parody than a serious work of art. Top 1001 album? Come on guys. Why are we exposing this? Do better.

Alveg drep...

2.5 This one didn’t really grab me

I was a big Ice Cube fan growing up. Strong, aggressive rapping but listening to his full albums is repetitive, sounds like he has the a couple rhymes for each word and he reuses them in every song. Boring songs right here.

A wild album. Hard hitting lyrics, Cubes iconic flow, classic 90s production its everything you want it to be. There are some lyrics that do not stand the test of time and some that are just flat out awful but the moments that reach for something more than calling for violence against women transcend and make you feel the anger that he is expressing.

Turhan pitkä levy ja melkoista tasapainoilua viihdyttävän ja puuduttavan välillä. Neutraali kolmonen.

Taatusti laadukasta. Ei mikään hypetyksen paikka kuitenkaan.

Ice Cube is a legend and this was a solid album. Not a big fan of this particular set of songs, but I enjoyed it.

There were some things here I liked. The political messages, the beats were decent. But the misogyny and homophobia put me off.

A lot of anger and violence on this one. I guess it was a snapshot of life at the time for a portion of Americans. This said, Ice Cube is one of my favourite rappers. His voice and delivery is outstanding.

Amazing beats Shit lyrics Of its time

3.5

Rap crap

I like this era of rap a lot. Ice Cube is a legend but I honestly was never a huge fan. It's still pretty good though. Was going to give it a 3 but a 4 seems better. Hell, I'm tempted to give it a 5 for all the whining about the lyrics among other users.

For a gangsta rap album from 1990 this offers very polished production, if simplistic by modern standards. Cube also breaks from the basic subject matter that had already worn tired, and instead explores more complex storytelling and subversive material. Definitely my fave solo Cube album. Favorite tracks: The Nigga Ya Love to Hate, A Gangsta’s Fairytale, It’s A Man’s World

gangsta rap made me doit, paitsi epä ironisesti. lyriikat kuin parodioita itsestään. en tiedä onko ice cube todellinen vai feikki nekru, minkälaista hänen päivittäiset hörhöilyt komptonissa olivat. myöhemmät cuben sooloalbumit fiksumpia mutta silti hassuilu tarianpätkinöinti säilyy, ilman myötähäpeää. tarvii silmät päästä tässä.. old school biitit kantaa the nigga you love to hate

I like the beats

This album is more historically important than actually musically enjoyable. Ice Cube is no Dr Dre.

3.6

Not the kind of rap music that I enjoy. Too direct I guess, I prefer some subtlety with my rap music. Couldn't make it through the entire album 2.5 stars

When it doesn’t hit it just sounds like a very aggrieved man yelling too close to a microphone but the beats and when cube cools down it works well. He’s super sus though and probably an op 4/5

Hip-hop. Mucho taco y poca chicha. Un 2.

No me aporta nada.

Eh, it was ok. I can see why this would be included on a list of influential albums. There's a lot of sociopolitical commentary on the album that's on point, and the fact that it's still relevant today proves the importance of the album. On the other hand, the over the top machismo and misogyny really drags the album down and undermines the more important points being made. The meta commentary and self-deprecation happening on "It's a Man's World" starts to address this, but it never quite gets there. At the end of the song, Cube's still left holding the same gross opinions about women. The hypocrisy of so much of the album trying to justify gang life as an inevitability for Black men held down by systemic racism while refusing to see how the same systems (and his own behavior as a womanizer) create the "bitches and hoes" he has so much contempt for is pretty bad. The repeating themes of every Black man Cube disagrees with being a sellout and all women (except for the "pick me" ones) being whores get old fast. "You Can't Fade Me" is especially horrific. I'd probably give it a 3.5 without the sexism. With it, I can't give it more than a 2.5—I won't be listening to it again.

I like the funky beats. Ice Cube always has a great delivery, it's commanding.

1/5. Oooo nooo! Watch out! He's such a badass. 😱😱 Really though I have such a hard time taking gangsta rap seriously.

One song is enough!!! NO

Never really listen to ice cube before but I kind of knew to expect. I think this album aged pretty well and had a ton of energy and a lot of fun songs. It probably could have been one or two tracks shorter, but I really did like it more than I thought I would.

Being of the female persuasion this is a hard no from me. Interesting innovation around using gunfire as a percussive musical element. But no, I certainly did not need to hear this, thank you anyway.

Great production. Cohesive. Though listening to the lyrics is hysterical in the fact that Ice Cube would later go on to star in “Are We There Yet”.

Honestly now that I'm in my 50s the gangster rap just sounds silly. The lyrical flow was good the Beats were great but content wise it was unappealing. Will not be adding to regular rotation

Not for me. Not for me should never be taken to mean “not good” or “bad” or “not for you” or anything other than “Not for me.”

Great classic hip hop album. Clever lyrics, interesting listen.

Loaded stuff. Sounded cool

Didn’t like the lyrics at all.

Good, nothing too memorable. I think it would've been much better at the time.

Has that classic early 90s hard rap sound, but holy misogyny batman. Nothing really standing out and certainly not something I want to be heard listening to.

Nicht gehört

I like classic hip hop and this sounds good. Did not pay much attention to the lyrics. What I did catch wasn't great, Ice Cube really leaning into the misogyny. It was Interesting to have a track with Yo-Yo taking it slightly to task but I self-aware misogyny isn't much to write home about. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Lots of musical value here, hard to get past a lot of the content.

So creative and so cutting edge especially for the time. I enjoyed all of it but it started to get repetitive towards the end. Started really strong tho and I love the radio stuff he plays around with

Rap is not music

Not enough variety in beats or lyrical themes to leave much of an impression. A few great tracks littered throughout. The political themes within are tainted by the rampant misogyny, which is typical of this era. 2.5/5 Fav track: Endangered species

Cube is so charismatic and it's hard to resist his energy on a lot of these tracks. But it has familiar problems of being way too bloated to maintain the loud boom bap production throughout, and horrific misogyny and homophobia in the lyrics. Some powerful stuff but not one I could go back to in full. Two and a half. Fave track: It's a Man's World

Decent

This album was good but it doesn't hold up as well as other hiphop albums from the era.

Good flow and smart rhymes not really for me tho

Totally understand the importance of this. There are some good hooks. But this is just not my kind of genre. It was a bit of a chore to get through. Especially due to the lyrics. 2/5

I looked up the meaning of his lyrics and it really added to my enjoyment of the album. Way to much extreme language for my day to day taste but the album makes you think.

Classic 90s hip hop album. Somewhat long tho. Standout songs: The n ya love to hate, turn off the radio, a gangstas farytale, the product

This one is weird. The production is sooo good. A lot of these beats if they were spruced up could be fun throwback beats for today. But yeah ice cube isn’t flowing like THE BEST on here but he sounds very good. He says a lot of like, very overtly anti woman shit. Which yeah is like, that happens in hip hop. But this is very direct and vendetta ish. But then he brings on yoyo to almost dismiss the misogyny. So idk. Very good tho

8/10

It's fine. A lot of the songs feel the same, and once you've heard the first 30 seconds of any song, you've heard the whole song.

So so

Again, wouldn’t have fazed me like 10 years ago (the raps are good!), but the blatant fucking misogyny is just a bummer. Didn’t finish

Really appreciate this style of hip hop - considering what was happening at the time. Feels like it’s part of a big movement. A bit like punk though - gets a bit too shouty for me! 3.4

I’ll never get use to coat hanger abortion lyrics, but this album is otherwise incredibly listenable from a music perspective and is an artifact of both music and social commentary of the time in a way that feels both past and present.

Solid, old-school hip-hop record. Tracks are good, beats range from good to great. One track had Flavor Flav, that was dope. Really strong solo debut, wonder what would have been if Dre had been allowed to produce.

v good, repetitive tho

You really have to love all the social Justice Warriors even on this app project, whatever you want to call it of all the things on this record that are absolutely deplorable by many moral standards, it's the misogyny oh, good heavens the misogyny?!?. that everyone has to point out and deduct Stars for. what about all the anti-racist anti-white, what about all the cop killing and crime glorification? This is what rap music was back then and in large part still is. get off of your high horse. You're all full of s***, the misogyny does not ruin this album. This is classic hip-hop and to be honest with you, one of the best.

Classic

I wrote a long piece concerning the misogyny, promotion of violence and glorifying of the " thug life" but ultimately deleted it and thought I'd just go with bollocks. bollocks,

A classic that I haven't listened to in a while, nice to have played it again.

This is probably the first album that's grabbed my attention so quickly, I started off surprised I liked it so much. It was interesting, creative and I knew at the very least this was going to be ice cube saying insane shit for 1 hour 11 minutes (Which I absolutely got). Special shout out to 'You Can't Fade Me', memorable moments being Ice Cube kicking a pregnant woman in the belly. Honestly, so absurd and over the top it started to be funny. Saying all this, it started to lose me around what the mack? The music itself, as well as the cartoonish misogyny started to become tedious and overwhelming. (Which is something that should be brought up, but I wanted to detach from when reviewing considering thats kind of the point of the album that ice cube is this bad guy. Also he included female rapper Yo-yo which helps to combat this, and definitely makes the album feel more self aware). I'd feel bad giving this anything under a 3, considering based off the first few songs I thought I was going to give it a 4.

Meh. All songs blurred into one to be brutally honest. Ice cubs lyrics were funny but this album isn't for me.

Synes faktisk det er lidt svært at tage sådan noget her gammelt gangster rap seriøst. Ikke så meget mere end overfladisk politik, handler bare om at være hård og myrde. Gode West Coast flows og beats hjælper på den, men ikke nok

As an Australian this was an album that was hard to listen to. Was cool til it wasn’t

It started off with regular old misogyny but by the end reached peak cringe misogyny. A Gangsta's Fairytale was funny though, I'll give him that.

Ok

A solid album.

hahaa

Good flow and an enjoyable listen

I do not like Hip-Hop/Rap

Definitely not a fan of 90s rap.

The beats on this album are quite good. That is coming from someone who HATES the concept of ‘beats’ — what happened to instruments and singing? But what the actual f…? The misogyny is CRAZY. And is ‘Get Off My Dick…’ supposed to be… homophobic? I can’t even tell because I don’t understand what language half these words are. Useless attempt. Sorry you feel threatened by women and gay people because you’re an insecure piece of crap and they’re more successful than your worthless little life? This isn’t even music. The background is good. With better lyrics, I would even consider a 3. But this deserves negative stars. What is wrong with critics? Worst tracks: ‘You Can’t Fade Me’, ‘Turn Off The Radio’, ‘Get Off My…’, ‘It’s A Man’s World’ (I basically didn’t listen to any other tracks except the first seven).

Solid, funny, good rap and hip hop.

Started strong but lasted too long.

He's definitely a very good rapper, but rap is not my thing.

This one is hard to rate, as a kid this was my shit, Cube could do no wrong, straight outta NWA and right into the Bomb Squads universe! It was a perfect combination for me musically and Cube didn't disappoint! Listening now is a whole lot different, the beats are still dope but the lyrics are very suspect! It's hard to remove this from its place and time for me as this was an album of my youth that came out in that sweet spot where you're just developing your music taste, back then it's a 10/5 now it's much harder. I'm still giving this high marks but understand other people's ratings of this!

12/28/23. Ice Cube brings the energy in this one backed by some good beats and samples.

Yeah, hard stop at the song that casually talks about violent involuntary abortions.

I love Ice Cube and this one did not disappoint!

An artifact of gangsta rap. Hard. Well done. Intense. I wonder if ice t,s work with law and order has diminished this? I really don’t know. But an album worth hearing even if I suspect it’s here because someone told him it should be rather than any real claim that it must.

Definitely gets you going. above average rap. my appreciation of it is below average. the reference to kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach was stomach churning. the cycle of trauma and abuse as entertainment? no.

Dodgy lyrics & repetitive sounds do not make this that listenable for me. Didn’t mind Once Upon A Time In The Projects & Turn Off The Radio. But really, I can do without it.

Early 90s gangsta rap. One of the best examples of the genre, but this type of hip hop left me cold at the time. I don't mind the politics, but the misogyny and violence leave me uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. There are a surprising number of people who try to excuse the rampant sexism of this record (see the Content and Critical Reception sections of the wikipedia entry on this album), but there is no excusing this appalling misogyny. A lot of the lyrics are really vile (see "I'm Out For One Thang" as an example). The Rolling Stone review got it right: "the relentless profanity grows wearisome, the Bomb Squad beats lose steam, and Cube's attitudes toward women are simply despicable." I disagree about the Bomb Squad production which is, in my opinion, fantastic. It's frenetic, with an underlying gritty funk. But, despite the production and occasional cameos from Chuck D and Flav, this sure ain't no Public Enemy album. I really don't want to listen to this again. Half a star for Cube, plus half a star for the production.

solid 90s hip hop with good storytelling and flow, 3.5

Relentess rap, great flows, awesome lyrics, hard hitting beats

Kinda hard to rate. There is plenty to like: interesting and funky beats.. weirdly some of the drumming stood out to me. Social commentary of racism in the early 90s in America. The intensity that he raps with is really striking, some of these songs just hit harder than any modern hip-hop. I can't give this 5* because of the misogyny, for fucks sake there's a song where he muses on killing a woman he slept with because he's worried she might be pregnant with his baby. What the hell!

CRAZY MF CALLED ICE CUBE

Dated

What the fuck is it with all these guys and the constant cuck-revenge fantasies, it's so weird and pervasive! Still comes out way better than Eminem, though; I like the Bomb Squad's production a hell of a lot more, Chuck D's presence on the album is very appreciated, and Ice Cube has a much better range of topics that he's capable of covering, compared to Mathers

Hyvät taustat ja ois hyvä räppää, mut pilaa naisvihallaan about kaikki sanoitukset. Iiiiiso miinus

Biitit "släppäävät", mutta niin släppää myös tarinoiden protagonisti - naisia siis - mikä on keskeisin hänen poliiseihin kohdistuvan vihansa impotenteista ilmenesmuodoista. Toisin sanoen levy on kovaa kamaa, mikäli ei tajua kuunnella sanoja tai ymmärrä englantia, mutta muussa tapauksessa pidempijaksoinen kulutus käy raskaaksi ja lopulta mahdottomaksi.

Ice Cube’s “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted” is hard. Cube is self-described as a cop killing, child aborting, drive-by shooting gangsta. It’s pretty amazing to see his conversion to directing and voice acting in family movies. As for the album, Cube has flow and powerful rhyme game. While the lyrics are very controversial, this is, without doubt, a very strong album.

I appreciate the funkiness of West coast rap and hip hop more than the jazzy/bluesy feels of East coast, the rhythm suits me better I suppose. I enjoy Ice Cube’s flow and lyrics, even the juxtaposition of dark subject matter alongside danceable beats

Hip hop reivindicativo de uno de los mayores exponentes de los 90. Canciones bastante parecidas entre sí, entre las que no han destacado ninguna especialmente. Muy para entusiastas del género.

The production is excellent, and overall, it's an incredibly cohesive album. I really hate sketches on rap albums, but these are brief enough to overlook. For me, it just lacks a personal appeal to relisten or become a regular listen.

A legend in the hip-hop genre to be sure; the whole genre would not look anything like it does today without Ice Cube and NWA. That said, this definitely is a good circumstance where the influence is still felt today, but the material itself just did not age well

A few tracks here would make for decent Gym music, but the album isn't anything spectacular.

Decent rap album. Ice cube better with NWA

Classic gangsta-rap album. Ice Cube was clearly the best rapper of NWA. I like the beats on this too

This album has a great, energetic start that got me invested right away, but the next few tracks seem to repeat the same song and dance (musically) with only some tracks bringing it back into the limelight throughout. There's also great topic discussed here ruined by songs about Ice Cube getting his dick wet, and its mostly distracting. Just a very down the middle album that I give the more positive spin due to not playing itself overly long, cutting itself off at a reasonable time, which I really appreciate.

Favourite songs: The Product, A Gangsta's Fairytale, The Bomb, The Nigga Ya Love To Hate, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Rollin' Wit The Lench Mob, Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside), I'm Only Out For One Thang, Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here, What They Hittin' Foe?, Once Upon A Time In The Projects Least favourite songs: Better Off Dead, The Drive-By, JD's Gaffilin' (Part 2) (fuck skits) 5/5

Incredible first solo outing after the breakup of N.W.A. I forget how hard the early west coast hip hop hits. Great record.

I forgot how good Ice Cube is. I reviewed before I finished the album, but I'm definitely going to listen to the album and likely favorite some songs.

Awesome beats, sick flow and the rhyme game is on point. The lyrical content isn't ok by todays standards. Still I can't deny that I like this album as it's very well made and it's really my type of hip hop. Production and rap game like this is hard to find today.

Great album. The features are fantastic. I feel like Ice Cube doesn’t get enough credit.

Nott for me dawg

It's really hard to get past how much he hates women.

Cranky and didn’t like it

Oof I disliked this. Just a little too angry for my taste

Some outrageous bars on this. Classic

I remember this album back in the early 90s and it got a lot of attention. I probably heard some of these tracks before but I don't remember which ones. Anyway, this album's showing up in my rotation is a great reason to give it a full listen, and I'm glad I did. I was drawn in and went along for the ride. I knew the language would be rough and provocative, and it didn't let me down on that front, and the way he delivers lyrics is great -- such solid flow. The music, harmonies, and rhythms that drive the lyrics are so strong and match up so well with what the artist is going for. The samples are provocative and often fun as well.

90s hip hop, but I prefer it more lyrical

Not my thing

Good but not great

This sounds awful. The beats are really dated and have aged rather poorly. And there is a lot of woman hate here. More aging poorly.

Actually pretty good

I love ice cube

Tough and kinetic, often humorous. Continually performative. Samey in terms of tempo and repetitive in the vocal styles. Not all that interesting in the end. Best cut is "Who's the Mack" because of a track with varied instrumentation.

Pretty good for old rap

Mid

Ice Cube was the best rapper in N.W.A., and this album proves it. The lyrics are brutally honest, with emphasis on brutality, punctuated with brilliant observations and turns of phrase. What really sets off the album is the production by Public Enemy's Bomb Squad. The poet laureate of West Coast gangster rap paired with the Bomb Squad 's intense, clattering sample-scapes make for rich, rewarding, but not casual listening experience.

Another Ice Cube album... would prefer some more diversity from the random album generator. Pretty sure this is the his 1st post NWA solo album. Definitely hear the influence and classic Ice. Not his best but decent.

I love how much 90s rap references the Arsenio Hall show. It's a shame we don't have a contemporary equivalent. This is fun but a bit long. Couldnt pay as much attention to the lyrics as I would have liked today, some of it problematic but not as egregious as some others at the time?

I fully understand why this is in the list but on its own this is just not very good. The rapping is juvenile and the beats are lame. Doesn’t help that ice cube is like, pro police now

Tough to give this a good rating given the sexism and violence in the lyrics. Ice cube is a decent story teller and there are obviously important messages here about racism and black life in Los Angeles. I know this is album is influential, but it doesn’t hold a candle to some of the more talented rappers of today that have just as much if not more social commentary in their lyrics.

Not for me. Way too much violence, misogyny and anger. Can’t deny the underlying message but I don’t identify with it. There are some clever rhymes. Ironic that he’s now a mainstream actor.

Well this did not age well! The incisive racial commentary is just so overshadowed by the misogyny and violence that this was hard to get through. Fortunately he was a bit aware of this and the Man's world track with Yo-Yo gives at least one woman a response on the album. The sampling was decent but I missed the other members of NWA.

I prefer his second record, but this one was still ok to listen to. I always enjoy hearing the political songs that Ice Cube put out back in the day because I feel like he was one of the first ones to tell it like it is without fear or repercussions from a label or censorship. Sadly, a lot of the topics he discusses like police brutality, racial prejudice, and life in the projects still rings true today. I know a lot of people commented on the misogynistic lyrics which normally wouldn't be too much of an issue with me because he tries to keep up this "tough guy" persona. However, when you're speaking about racism and how black people are mistreated, yet turn around and contribute to the degradation of black women, that just doesn't really sit right with me.

4.5

Ice cube n est pas qu'un acteur lol

Ice cube is so tough and badass. I’d say that’s how he wants you to think of him based on the way he madly yells his rap songs. I can see why people call him a sellout going from this album to kids movies. This album want bad but very one dimensional. No vasoline is a bit better than this and both are way below dr Dre’s albums. Not sure how much I’d go back to this one though. 5.6/10

It's certainly a hard album to listen to but is that a reflection of the lifestyle the commentary is based on. I don't know and I guess I should be grateful for that. Fave track: It's A Man's World or maybe I'm Only Out For One Thang for the Flavor Flav feature.

Goddamn that's a tiring amount of misogyny. I was thinking it was gonna be a three during the first couple of tracks but it really wore me down - the only reason I'm not giving it a 1 is that I guess there's a bit of valid social commentary sprinkled in there, and, 706 albums into this, only Kid Rock has got a 1 out of me and this is not quite Kid Rock levels of contemptible, but damn it's close. 1.5, for sure. Fave track...... pheeeeeeew, I dunno. "A Gangsta's Fairytale" had some slight comedic value, I guess...

Holy shit. Bombastic rage and pathos, Ice Cube rips the veil off the elusive American dream. 3.5

Not my thing

I think Ice Cube is a good rapper, and I think he's great as a part of N.W.A. This album just isn't doing it for me, though. It's okay. Nothing really special. There are definitely better rap albums on this list.

A trailblazer in the gansta rap genre. Great album. Ice cube is great

Loved this album when I was a kid but it's hard to take seriously now.

with songs that are more spoken word poetry than the ice cube of no Vaseline, this album tells you stories about Los Angeles and Ice Cubes experiences. Glad I listened

Okay

Ice Cube says alot on this album, and for the most part it's fun to listen to.

Decent rhymes but the misogyny was a little too much for me.

4.0 + Still as fun as I remembered. Ice Cube is all crude and terribly misogynistic and I probably shouldn’t like these songs as much as I do. At least he was savvy enough to feature Yo Yo to rebut some of that sexism on “It’s A Man’s World.” I hereby revoke my woke card, I guess?

Aggressive Storytelling with interesting backing beats, social messaging is throughout. However, some lyrics are dated. The cadence is the same for most songs, which is different to what I’m used to.

Actually way better than I had expected

Little dated but still solid fun

3.75

Him wanting to kill a pregnant woman so he wouldnt pay child support kinda ruined it

HL: "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate", "Once Upon a Time in the Projects", "It's a Man's World" Lyrically, it has much of what I didn't like about N.W.A., but sonically has much of what I like about Public Enemy. Also I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy Ice Cube's verses in this or Straight Outta Compton. It's not described as such on the linked Wiki page, but it's a decent example of G-funk, and leaves me looking forward to the last P.E. record on this list, Fear of a Black Planet September 22, 2023 P.S. Trying something new today, pairing a movie with the daily album. Today it's A̶r̶e̶ ̶W̶e̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶Y̶e̶t̶?̶ Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Ice Cube's closer to N.W.A. here; The Bomb Squad production offers useful foil. The rapper's excesses are his own. The image of the old group's there, but in the words of a soloist with enough sides himself.

Certainly an explicit album lol... but overall I'm digging this 90s hip hop. Haven't ever really listened to Ice Cube before but he seems to be at the top of the list in terms of hip hop.

19th September 2023 Listened to all of these late due to Stu and Laura, mainly on the drive back from Norfolk but this was in Cheltenham on birthday day. Banging 90s rap and hip hop.

Neither the sound of the album, not the misogyny have aged well

Sounds a bit dated now. I enjoyed parts of it but I switched off after a while, there was other much better hip hop in the early 90s in my opinion

nice flow. aime le côté aggressif. un peu trop répétitif. les paroles ont plus ou moins bien veilli mettons. 6.5/10

not in 5001

It ''twas the nineties. You could get away with shit like this.

An old album that's actually good? Wow so shocking, never really listened to Ice Cube before this but after listening to this project I wanna go more into his discography Favorite Tracks: What They Hittin' Foe?, You Can't Fade Me/JD's Gaffilin', Once Upon A Time In The Projects, Turn Off The Radio, Endangered Species, A Gangsta's Fairytale, Who's The Mack?

Big, brash, loud, early hip hop. Can definitely see why it caused such a stir, but also it wasn't the beginning of that stir, so you can hear the reaction to the reaction, of sorts.

Yuppp.... suffers the curse of so many rap albums from the 90s on here: sexist. This has aged very poorly it makes it a tough listen. It's a shame since I enjoyed it at times (and it's not too long!!) but yeah it's aged poorly and unfortunately that matters.

musikalisch eig okay, aber 2 wegen die lyrics lol

Was never into gangster rap, but it was ok, doubt I'd listen to it again

The misogyny alone is reason enough to dislike this album. Deleting the misogyny, the remaining half of the album has little redeeming qualities. This era of rap was not written for me. I'm not sure I understand the intended audience, but the content of the music feels like a weird sort of playing dress-ups. From a male or female perspective, I can't find a reason to take in this content. ¿Should he get a therapist so he can get over these personal issues?

Some great, incisive bars scattered throughout an album that’s at least 30 minutes too long. Misogyny aside, it’s just hard to take Mr. Cube seriously when his hard-hitting political takedowns sit alongside rhymes about gangster nursery rhymes.

Meh, tough to see why Ice Cube deserves a spot here. Not awful, but obviously the lyrics are shit.

Compared to his icy cousin, T, Cube is all attitude and misogyny and no fun.

A classic rap album that hasn’t dated well in terms of misogyny and also the beats sound a bit dated now too. Deserves to be on the list, but won’t be rushing back.

4/10. I get why this album is important, but I think it does rely a little bit on shock value to make it exciting, and 30 years later it isn't all that shocking anymore.

Good old west coast 90s rap. I’ll never love the skits but I’ll never hate the albums. 7/10

This genre ain't for me

It’s decent. I’ve heard better rapping but it’s better than the contemporaries of it’s time but still… Fav tracks: the N**** You Love To Hate, Title Track, The Drive-By Least fave: Better of Dead 3/5

Unexpectedly really enjoyed this: had me feeling like I was waking through the streets of New York in the last 90s respecting by all around. Before this I had only known one ice cube song but I’m very thankful for this album appearing and opening my eyes to a new style of music.

Female Lives Matter. Fuck you, Ice Cube.

You can hear the production team is same as for Public Enemy, this sounds awesome. "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate" e.g. sounds like PE's Louder Than A Bomb. But but much less forceful than e.g. the Nations of Millions PE album. But do not hate it either, so not to quote the man himself: "Fuck you Ice Cube". 3 stars.

Ice Cube spits it but it doesnt grab me like other albums

Nope

I just can't listen to these misogynistic lyrics. Switched off - no idea.

Decent groove dodgy lyrics. Mr Cube certainly has a lot to say. Most of it I don't agree with. Like he gives a shit. I bailed when gun shots replaced the beats.

Always so weird hearing Ice cube rap like this given what he’s been up to these days

Je suis toujours fascinée par la mise en scène qui entoure les albums hip-hop de cette période, leur théâtralité. J’aime le son dépouillé aussi. Contente qu’il prenne acte de la misogynie du hip hop par sa collaboration avec Yo-Yo.

There were songs here and there that I could get into, but ultimately if felt like half the songs had gunshots and sirens in them. I have no scope of understanding in that world, where every song is about either being hard or getting laid.

Shite

Early 90’s rap. Once you get past the mindset of the times, it’s a solid artistic album but not particularly my thing

A Gangsta’s Fairytale 1.5/5

So much funk! What I love about the Wikipedia page is every(?) sample is listed by each song - absolute treasure trove of funk. Maybe there's 1001 albums to listen to on this album. I mean yeah, full of gangsta shit and far too close to the bone at times, I can't listen to much of this around my daughter for example because I'm not a cunt. But this is sheer quality. Just checked back my review of The Predator and I didn't mention that issue with the lyrics, there's more righteous anger in that (though it's far from absent here) whereas the focus here is stories of rolling around and being an absolute dickhead. That said, this is probably almost as good, just in a different way. The Public Enemy influence shines through on several tracks. Mind you, there's nothing here quite as absolutely shining genius as It was a Good Day, or When Will They Shoot? So yeah the predator is better, but this is very good. Early 90s rap is stuff I criminally ignored as a pre-teen (and since, aside from Public Enemy) so dead glad this project has forced me to check a lot out. Hardly any has disappointed. So much funk!

Like most gangsta rap of the time, musically this is very interesting and effective; lyrically it becomes a bit wearing. Braggadocio and the glorification of violence -regardless of where it comes from - gets boring after a while. Still, better than 2Pac etc

Language!

3.5, one of the better ice cube albums, but pretty average for 90s hip hop/rap

This is a certified hood classic. Really. With the cover and all. It's a statement if I've ever heard one.

2,5

meh

I don’t like ice cube

2.25. Slightly better than the predator

À quand la feature pour écouter en x2 sur Spotify ?

juste l'impression d'avoir deja entendu ca 60 fois mais sinon c'est ok

As far as hip hop goes it's pretty good. Not really my thing, but 3 stars for the effort.

Gangsta Rap at its gangsta’y. Considering NWA were so important and their music so powerful this was a let down for sure. Expected more than just an angry man shouting swear words.

It's good for what it is. But every song seems to sound the same. And I'm still not impressed with gangsta' rap.

I don't need to listen to this album before I die.

Had no clue the guy from Are We The Yet had such impressive bars. Solid album

I can see why this is included in this list, but some themes are too misogynistic for 2023.

Was unknown to me before this journey of discovery. In the 1990 I was into a very different scene, a million miles away from the world that IC was describing. I was aware of NWA and Public Enemy as a mate from work played it to me. Listening to this the thing that strikes me is how lyrically dated it now sounds. The world has moved on from misogyny, sexism and the faux male boasting. But musically I can hear why this record is included, it’s one of the best examples of Hip Hop from the time. The Public Enemy contribution adds the gold dust and sets this apart.

Not appropriate for children.

3.5

He was better with nwa, also with da lynch mob. Not bad, nott great.

Solid, but kinda unimpressive to me. I do like many of the individual songs alone, but listening to this as an album felt a little same-y after a while--each track doesn't do a massive amount to differentiate itself from the last. This album has also NOT aged well in the slightest--all the criticism towards the album's misogyny is extremely valid. Far from bad, though, and "Turn Off the Radio" reminds me that I desperately need to re-watch Do The Right Thing! (Favorite Tracks: Once Upon a Time in the Projects, Endangered Species, Who's the Mack?, The Bomb)

*clutches pearls*

Glad to be getting another Ice Cube album! I enjoyed it about as much as his other one too. Has some good tracks and others that feel like skits/skippables.

I think this is our second from Cube, probably more influential than the other but it's a bit more dated for sure. Starts very strong with "Dude You Love to Hate," and the energy stays high all album. Unfortunately here I feel like Cube isn't someone I want to hear a whole album length from, at least if we're talking this proto-hip hop style. He certainly evolved from here, but at this time I think his sound worked better as a member of a group like NWA. Personally don't love this album, but I completely understand the inclusion because he's a very important historical figure in hip hop. Favorite tracks: Dude You Love to Hate, You Can't Fade Me, Rollin' Wit the Lench Mob. Album art: Definitely a classic, love the hand clasped pose, as well as the small army of dudes backing him up. Even though this is my first time hearing it, I've seen this album cover many times over the years. 3/5

Ice Cube is good but I don’t like the beats on this.

Occasionally inspired, frequently tiresome, this may have been a huge seller for Cube but it has aged terribly - the beats are really lousy, lacking any complexity or sonic depth. Undoubtedly, Cube has a lot of important things to say - and his straight-from-the-streets content and delivery is certainly urgent and essential. But the message is lost in the presentation. Cube's game would step up by his third solo album, Predator.

Not as good as The Predator, but it took Dre 15 years to put out two good albums. It took Ice Cube two years to put out this good one and an all timer. Clearly history has come away with the wrong idea of who the brains of NWA was.

+1 star for rap album on this challenge +1 star for NWA member +1 star for album cover +1 star for KKK in title +1 star for mysogyny in lyrics summary - 5 stars ------------------- without jokes album is also cool. it have solid beats and hardcore flow. truly old school hiphop and gangsta rap classic. tracks added: 8 fav track: endangered species 9.5/10

Me encantó. Desde que vi Quieren Volverme Loco he tenido unas ganas de escuchar Ice Cube que no son normales. Tenía las expectativas altas, pues llevo toda la lista esperando un álbum de Hip Hop que sea más que letra sobre música apenas disfrutable, por suerte, este cumple perfectamente con ambas. Aunque la gente diga que es misógino, sinceramente creo que eran cosas de otros tiempos, por lo que, personalmente, simplemente ignoraría esa parte. En general es super disfrutable, algo que llevo queriendo en un álbum de Hip Hop desde hace mucho tiempo, por lo que le daré las 4

The first few tracks are such fire songs that I was so excited to hear the rest of the album, which I thought I would end up giving 5 stars and calling it my favourite hip hop album so far. But this gets so misogynistic!!!! Raps against black oppression but promoting women’s oppression?? Idk, feels really wrong and icky and definitely has aged poorly 30+ years after release. 2 stars bc the first two tracks were BUSSIN

It's hard to decide how to rate this one. The intensity of Ice Cube's voice and the political commentary on institutional racism clearly give his album an important place in the history of rap music. The mysogyny however is uncomfortable. To his credit, "It's a Man's World" addresses sexism head on. However, it only highlights that sexism exists without any particular challenge to it. It also suggests a moral equivalence between sexism directed at both men and women. Even that limited response may have seemed revolutionary for a rap album released in 1990, but today it seems more like an empty gesture. Especially when the same album has a track called "Get Off My Dick and Tell Yo Bitch to Come Here". In that context, "It's a Man's World" feels more like an excuse than an apology. The message it sends is not "Let's challenge sexism" but "Sexism exists everywhere, so get over it." Overall, it's a great album, especially put into the context of the time it was released. Unfortunately, parts of it haven't aged well.

J'ai bien aimé, on voit clairement l'impact que cet album a dû avoir. On est dans un son qui rapelle vraiment NWA. Les beats sont très solides, les paroles aussi, le flow de Ice Cube est très bon. L'album comme un tantinet à trainer vers la fin par contre. 8/10

I’m mixed on this one. On the one hand, the beats are actually really good, and in some ways it’s not cookie cutter gangster rap. But on the other hand, it is. I wish we could give half star ratings!

Um disco sólido, construído com maciços tijolos de misoginia mostrando que o que era ruim em 1990 pode ficar pior em 2023.

Amazing lyrics and good ass beats. There’s still too many random before and after talking or skits that I hate. One of the best 90’s rap albums. The Nigga You Love To Hate, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, You Can’t Fade Me, Endangered Species and The Bomb. 9/10

better than common, public enemy and nas. worse than everything else. zero. Favorites:

Above average beats for the 90s but still repetitive. I like Ice Cube's voice but the music does not age all that well. 3.5/5