AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

I’m a lover of hip hop/rap and really like some of the NWA stuff. Enjoy the west coast and G-Funk that Dre brought to the mix but this was barely listenable! Loud, overly aggressive and didn’t feel like the album had any sort of direction to it. Put it off about half way through. Disappointed to be honest.

Cool hip-hop album. Cube went hard back in the day.

I get it... but this definitely isn't for me

Rap isn't my thing lol.

Did not listen entirely; not a fan of rap

+1 stars for misogyny

One of my favorite Ice Cube joints 😊 I only like one or two songs overall it left me feeling angry.

Classic album, still relevant today

Eh

"Ice cube the bitch killer"

I love hip-hop, but I don't generally fuck with gangsta rubbish. NWA's Straight Outta Compton is one exception, so let's see if Ice Cube's solo stuff will click.... No. It's shit. Production is pretty catchy, but repetitive, and full of irritating skits with unfunny jokes. Ice Cube's flow and delivewry are alright. Lyrics are the usual misogynistic rubbish about kicking pregnant women in the stomach and so forth. Man, he really likes talking about his dick. What artistry. Yeah, we could say it's raw and aggressive because it's the art of the disenfranchised urban poor. But let's all remember that this style of hip-hop was successful throughout the 1990s because largely white audiences lapped up increasingly extreme stereotypes of the exoticised African-American man, like a modern and aggressive version of minstrelsy. I will defend hip-hop as a genre, but this is crap. "Endangered Species" featuring Chuck D is tolerable, though it's offset by a shitty Flavor Flav appearance later. To be clear, I don't need my hip-hop to be sanitised. But it needs to have something (anything) that lifts it above the level of hateful hyper-masculine posturing. 1/5 To end on a positive note, here's a great hip-hop album from 1990 that should be on the list: Master Ace - Take A Look Around (1990)

I admit, I didn't want to listen to it at first. But I was actually very positively surprised and enjoyed it more than I was annoyed by it. That's saying a lot for a rap album. Would like to rate 3.5. Rounded down instead of up for the casual sexism.

Much funkier than I expected. More interesting than NWA.

Not my thing

The beats are surprisingly good, same people as public enemy apparently. The lyrics alternate between okay and unenjoyable, maybe a 2.5? alright in small amounts

3.5/5 it might be good, i'll have to listen to it again

Heel cool! Kende 't eigenlijk niet echt, maar echt goed.

Dit is voor mij echt jeugdsentiment. Eerste gangstarap plaat die ik luisterde. Echt een goede flow die gast, vette groove en toffe samples. Vooral die 1e track is een van de beste raptracks die ik ken.

Loved all the beats and samples lyrics really not for me.

De sound van de nummers die ook daadwerkelijk nummers zijn vind ik wel tof, maar dat oeverloze geleuter en geroep tussen de tracks door is zoooo vermoeiend en saai. *pang* *pang* ik ben stoer!

Fijner dan andere rap die we tot nu toe gehoord hebben, maar de pistoolschoten en het ‘nigger’ komen nu m’n neus wel uit.

Jos Ice T oli positiivinen ylläri, niin Ice Cube oli aikamoinen pettymys. N.W.A. jossa Ice Cube oli mukana, oli kanssa ihan okei, mutta tää soololevy oli aika tuhnu. Ei ollut tarttuvia biisejä ja mitä sanoja jaksoi kuunnella niin sellaista uhoa vaan ja vähän pyssynpauketta taustalle. Ei uppoa!

When Ice Cube split from N.W.A after the group's seminal Straight Outta Compton album changed the world forever, expectations were high, too high to ever be met by anyone but the most talented of artists, and at his most inspired. At the time Cube was just that. With AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted the rapper expanded upon Compton, making a more full-bodied album that helped boost the role of the individual in hip-hop. Save the dramatic intro where a mythical Ice Cube is fried in the electric chair, his debut is filled with eye-level views of the inner city that are always vivid, generally frightening, generally personal, and sometimes humorous in the gallows style. Ripping it quickly over a loop from George Clinton's "Atomic Dog," Cube asks the question that would be central to his early career, "Why there more niggas in the pen than in college?," while sticking with the mutual distrust and scare tactics N.W.A used to wipe away any hopes of reconciliation ("They all scared of the Ice Cube/And what I say what I portray and all that/And ain't even seen the gat"). "What I'm kicking to you won't get rotation/Nowhere in the nation" he spits on the classic "Turn Off the Radio," which when coupled with the intoxicating Bomb Squad production and Cube's cocksure delivery that's just below a shout, makes one think he's the only radio the inner city needs. The Bomb Squad's amazing work on the album proves they've been overly associated with Public Enemy, since their ability to adapt to AmeriKKKa's more violent and quick revolution is underappreciated. Their high point is the intense "Endangered Species," a "live by the trigger" song that offers "It's a shame, that niggas die young/But to the light side it don't matter none." This street knowledge venom with ultra fast funk works splendidly throughout the album, with every track hitting home, although the joyless "You Can't Fade Me" has alienated many a listener since kicking a possibly pregnant woman in the stomach is a very hard one to take. Just to be as confusing as the world he lives in, the supposedly misogynistic Cube introduces female protégé Yo-Yo with "It's a Man's World" before exiting with "The Bomb," a perfectly unforgiving and visceral closer. Save a couple Arsenio Hall disses, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is a timeless, riveting exercise in anger, honesty, and the sociopolitical possibilities of hip-hop.

Not bad, not as good as NWA

Un disco agotador

Quite enjoyed this without relating to a single word of it. White Privilege FTW.

5.5

After the first couple of tracks I worried this would feel samey. Wrong. Deep grooves in the samples, Cube's in-your-face delivery and a dollop of humour and self-awareness made for a very enjoyable listen.

“Amerikkka’s Most Wanted” by Ice Cube (1990) I’m marginally familiar with this artist and lyrics (Ice Cube: “political hip hop” [TAR, 416]), especially “The Nigga You Love to Hate” and “This Is a Man’s World”. Most people are not consistently aware of the fact that socio-political propaganda has two dimensions. First, obviously, propaganda includes the promotion of set of views, which may or may not involve deception. But there is a second, more hidden dimension in which propaganda seeks to employ devices of socio-political power to downplay, distort, demean, or deny a voice to the views of others. The first dimension can be simply recognized as free speech (or advertising). But it is the second dimension that should be the focus of our analysis. Ice Cube’s lyrics, to state the obvious, are intentionally and self consciously angry, shocking, and offensive—entertainingly so. For this dimension of Ice Cube’s propagated views he gets five stars. Without question this album is a well executed, innovative, influential, and well performed expression of socio-political sentiment. Good poetry, vocals, production values, which still, 30 years later, have a solid fundamental appeal. Excellent listening experience. On the other hand (second dimension), these lyrics scare white people. They should. They are intended to. And apart from the fact that some racially aware white people (I’d like to think I’m one of them) feel guilty about how white people treated black people for at least the past 400 years, artists like Ice Cube have, using the second dimension referred to above, learned how to effectively tell white people to STFU. Out of unironically serious respect to the artistic integrity of this artist and album, therefore, I will. 3/5

Hip-hop. Mucho taco y poca chicha.

Really gritty album but great. Love Ice Cube. 7/10.

1990, gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, political Hip Hop, nicht wirklich was was ich mir anhören würde

The album offers great historic context. Ice Cube does a great job. His voice is so cool and the songs are fun. Lacks strong singles and the run time is a bit long.

Definitely not my style, but it was an interesting listen. This style of rap is more palatable for me and I appreciate the lyrics focusing on political and social messages as opposed to sex and drugs exclusively like that Missy Elliot album. Favorite Track(s): “The Nigga You Love To Hate” and “The Bomb”

I really enjoyed my listen, and I was surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Although I’m not sure that I’ll be going back to the album anytime soon. Not my genre sadly

Slightly better than expected. Still didn’t like it though.

I’m basically hip-hop illiterate. But this was much better than I expected! Plus, I once saw Ice Cube shooting basketball at some corporate event on the Fox lot. That’s gotta count for at least a star.

Not for me.

More Ice Cube, oh boy

1/5. Nix für mich. Nicht ganz gehört

Heat, anthems, BLM end of black history month iconic end 3.9

Good continuity, solid beats, but gets monotonous, plus increasingly misogynist and trite.

It was okay. I don’t usually listen to hip hop/rap music

always liked cube, plus chuck d and flav are an awesome surprise - wasn't expecting to see them here

One of my favorite rap albums of all time. Bangers from start to finish.

A snapshot of racial tension in gangsta rap. Not my favorite Ice Cube album.

Groundbreaking but not my Favorite of his.

My knowledge on hip hop in general isn't strong, less so gangsta rap, even so it's obvious the relevance of this has only increased over time.

p aggressive - C

He's a badass, and so is this album

I loved this album. However, it was really disheartening to hear how little progress we've made in the country with the same issues from this album in '90 still being very prevalent today.

Good flow, but I couldn't make it through the violent/sexist/explicit tracks. Big yikes!

Really excellent. I had no preconceived relationship with Ice and this was a great surprise.

West coast is heavy in this one

Rap agressivo, fala bastante sobre raça e violência, causou empatia mas musicalmente não me agrada.

pretty damn good this is real rap

Noniinno, tätä samaa ysärigangstailua joka ei kyllä putoa edelleenkään yhtään. Ei jäänyt mitään mieleen enkä oikeastaan haluaisikaan jäävän.

Did not enjoy and did not finish.

Sadly, this is still relevant.

wish i had been into this at the time

2.5

Love this album. Social commentary, great tracks from start to end, and one that deserves a listen straight through.

Classic rap album.

Again, kind corny sounding because of the early 90s style. Lots of misogyny of course, but overall a decent enough record

I remember this being fire

Not really my thing, doesn't really hold up compared to other classics or more modern rap

Interesting to think that this album could have been produced by Dre. I think this album benefits a lot from the East Coast style production combined with Ice Cube's West Coast rap style. Every song is good, with Cube alternating between Cube attacking the beat and smoothly following behind it. The pervasive funk samples on this album really make it a breeze to listen to 4/5

Not that bad to be honest, violent and aggressive lyrics, would give this a 2.5 if I could

Old school hip-hop…I can appreciate it for its historic importance…but it‘s aweful!

Cool rhythm and flow, so dang much misogynism and talk about sex.

It's not my favorite flavor of hiphop but this album is solid. I mean, Ice Cube has always been ready to get up in faces and speak hard truths. That is very much on display here. Commentary on race, violence, inequality, culture, etc. is delivered with agressive poeticism. The biggest issue is that the beats are hella dated. SUPER dated. A related issue is that every track sounds so similar to the last that that my ears are worn out by track four.

There are times in this album when Cube goes off, and there are times when he settles into his slower delivery with lazy rhymes. He should have kept this thing to 45 minutes and cut out the corny fairy tale allusions. Best track: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

sic(kkk)

50 minutes of classic hip-hop. Great sampling. Occasional mediocre songs, usually a track is great with brilliant elements throughout. Rivals Ill Communication, giving it a 3/5 instead a 4/5 because I think 3/5 is the true rating for both this and Ill Communication, would rather prefer to give it a 70-75/100.

ok