The Predator

All I want to say about this album is...there are way superior sounding Ice Cube lp’s in my opinion. Therefore I cannot rate this one high. As matter of fact, I probably rank this album lower than all of his others. Therefore I give it 1 Star!

Classic hip-hop. Cube takes on all comers. Just fucking brilliant. BT: When Will They Shoot?, It Was A Good Day, Check Yo Self

The linkage of this album to the Rodney King  related race riots in LA struck a nerve. There were 5 reported incidents of racism at my kids' school since Jan. so I  listened to this album  intently. There are a lot of powerful messages delivered very aggressively. It's not comfortable for a white old fart to hear but understand that black folks had enough of their message not being heard and needed to consider ways to turn up the volume.   On the other hand, the inability to refer to their gf by any term other than "bitch: or "ho" waters down their  message. 

political, important, very 90s sound, are we there yet

decent

İt was a good day güzel buldum bi

Not much into old rap.

Tja, nu vind ik Ice-T en enkele van zijn albums goed maar hier werd ik toch niet blij van (wat kan kloppen want thematisch was het ook zware kost). Ik denk wel dat hij het album ook: "Gorilla's in the mist" had kunnen noemen. Deze regel komt in meerdere nummers voor.

Ice Cube has no chill when denouncing sociopolitical issues that plague his community. Best played in a car stereo

Weer geen grote hiphop verrassing, dit album, maar toch best wel goed!

Niet helemaal afgeluisterd, maar wat blijft dit een te gekke rapper. Goeie flow en coole beats.

Perfect for a Sunday morning before church

Aantal wel aardige tracks, met leuke sampjes en beats, maar in het geheel toch wel erg veel gezwam en stoerdoenerij er tussendoor.

Minder erg dan ik dacht. Ik betrapte me erop dat ik zat mee te deinen. Nu iets dat we nog niet gehad hebben, graag.

Rap, molt ben fet. Però no m'ha acabat de dir res...

kug

Classic hip hip and classic Ice Cube

"White man, is somethin I tried to study But I got my hands bloody, yeah" (When will the shoot?) Me ha gustado mucho cómo funcionan los inserts en este disco

2/5

Not as good as the previous Ice Cube album but it still has a couple of my favourites on it

I enjoyed this one as I've enjoyed Amerikkka's Most Wanted and other Ice Cube albums. He's not one to pull any punches - lyrics hit their target with razor sharp precision. Samples are well chosen if a little repetitive at times. Solid hard-charging vibe from start to finish. Aggressive misogyny and homophobia make this one perhaps more a product of its era and less aligned with my current tastes.

Similar energy & anger to NWA. Timely to come out in the same year as the Rodney King beating, because he (ice Cube) would have probably been rapping about police brutality anyway. I like the hit (It was a Good day). The songs that consist of tape loops of interviews could have been shorter or eliminated IMO. That was the good thing about vinyl. there was no room for filler.

Not my genre, but sounds fun. Body starts to move automatically.

5.75

Gritty. Music was great and we know ice cube is a talent when writing about a life he relates to. Not a life I relate to but was nice too be brought into that world.

LG. Hotpoint. BOSCH! This album is a welcome smash in the chops from the get go and I was locked into it from start to finish. It's notable that a lot of the issues that Ice Cube puts out here are right back in the news at the moment with the BLM movement. And it feels like, really, fuck all progress has been made on many of them in the two decades or so since this was released. I particularly cringed at the angry black man put downs that were brought to light and sought to de-intellectualise the real issues at hand. Politically charged, irreverent, insightful and funny, what I love about this album is that it's so soulful, too. The production has lashings of love poured all over it and I just loved the loops and beats. In short, it's a banger. Ice Cubes used to only feature as part of my Martini preparation, but now they might also have a place in my record collection too. Also, I do like the bit about Ice Cube having his way with a wee lassie, dropping her off home and then grabbing a fat burger for himself at 2am. A good day indeed.

Un poco rollo, porque no me gusta el rap ni este estilo de música.

RAP a todo tRAPo. No es para mi

Good, old-school-y Hip Hop.

"It Was a Good Day" obviously the best song on the album but the rest was pretty typical aggressive Ice Cube. Lots of social injustice all throughout the album. 7/10.

not my style,,

Nice in concept, but not my thing

It was a good day.

El rap no es lo mío, definitivamente

Ice curbed a poetic ether of ideas still relevant 30 years later, and probably many years earlier

Cool flashback jams from Cube helping push me through the morning with beats and lyrics that not only take me from overthinking on what's going on here, but a vital reminder that the burdens of so many are heavy and historic. I have never listened to The Predator in its entirety before, but it's vibin' here! It Was A Good Day, Check Yo Self, and Who's Got The Camera are a few favs. Glad to know this record and look forward to tapping it more in the future.

not my music

Fine.

I like it

Not something that is likely to enter regular rotation. Very enjoyable though and definitely worthy of its place in the collection. Surely a landmark album in the fight for black rights and equality in America.

Ahead of his time!

Great album with a very relevant message. Socially conscious and a good listen

Appropriately political. Pretty damn good. Great variety of beats.

crazy tru

Dark. Classic. Still relevant.

Cube never saw hiphop as anything more than Mac 10s and "bitches and faggots"

Not usually into listening to this genre, but can definitely appreciate the greatness of this album. Some good tracks, beats and great samples. I almost quit halfway thru, but glad I didn't before hearing \"Don't Trust 'Em\", which samples Steely Dan's \"Green Earrings\". Highlights: -It Was a Good Day -Don't Trust 'Em -Check Yo Self

Holy shit I have never listened to this full album but I am loving it! Obviously Today is a Good Day is a banger. I didn’t know Check Yo Self was on this album! This album is so high energy. Side note this album should not be relevant in 2021

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🔥🔥🔥

Really great from start to finish. Certainly has a dated sound, but it's almost 30 years old so to be expected.

false

So much aggression and passion. The voice of disenfranchised youth, a time capsule for a specific cultural moment.

Hard as fuck

Well this is very different from artists I usually listen to. "It was a good day" was slightly enjoyable. I didn't feel this album in my bones that's the least I can say. I do respect the messages of hope and him sharing his experience as a black man.

Love me some cube and some fantastic hits on this one

Groovy beat hard rap love it

Today Was A Good Day but not this album. I feel this is the kind of music they put in clothing store to feel cool but guess what...

Gut in Bezug auf Rassismus, meh in Bezug auf Sexismus

Solid!

Damn. I can't believe it's almost 30 years later and we're still dealing with the societal issues Ice Cube brings up in this album.

classic

Meh, like yeah sure. I don't like his whole thing tbh. Loved him in 22 Jump Street. Schmit fucked the captains daughter lol.

I never knew where Danny Brown got his style from.

3

Gute rhymes und message aber mir passiert zu wenig

ouvir com mais afinco...

2/5.

Always a fan of Ice Cube. Turns out I knew several of these songs already, but have just never listened to the album in its entirety.

Not my favorite, beat is nice but not super engaging.

Y’know, it’s funny. This is gangster rap, and he definitely uses some language that’s terrible, but overall it sounds so goofy and old because of the early 90s sound. I liked it

Pretty noice. I guess it's revolutionary.

- G to the A to the N to the G to the S to the T to the A

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Not really my style, but I can understand why it is ground breaking.

Interesting, Educational, scary how little has changed in a generation. And I am not a fan of the music.

Album med attitude. Meget energi og vrede. Lidt langt men flere gode numre 3.5 stjerne

It was a good day

Ice Cube is spitting and flowing on this. One of my favorite rappers ever. When Will They Shoot is hard af. Pretty hard beats.

i like icecube, altought some of the songs in this album come over as etremely violent

Like him as an actor better than a rapper, though i do realize the cultural weight of this album.

3.5

Epitome of aggressive early hip hop, it’s crazy to see his rebrand (top 3 with snoop and ice t). No matter how shitty my day is “It Was a Good Day” will always hit

This album is both historically and prophetically important. It is an excellent commentary on the societal division in the US, but from the 90's when most of the racial tension was glossed over, this album gives insight into the reality of racial tensions and realities. As such it becomes prophetic for 2020. This is why this album is important, not because of it's ingenuity or musicality, but because of it's look into the realities of being black.

wicked

A great song or 2 but a bit too aggressive for me

I like this album but it's obviously a turning point - not as cypress hill-y as the next one, but you can hear it coming. Like yeah man, we get it you like weed, and it was a good day is a classic, but if you weren't so high maybe you'd have trimmed the fat off this album. 3/5 because it goes way too long but the good parts are still fuckin great.

One of all time great hip hop albums. Funky, politically charged, angry.... amazing!