Ice Cube – I Am The West Album Sampler
If you skip the to the 1:33 point Ice Cube states:
If Jay can rap about the NYC, Why cant I talk about the sh!t I see
Without Alicia Keys, without going R&B
This ain’t Motwon this is R-A-P.
Thoughts on Ice Cube’s lyrics?
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lyrics are trash.
CUBE IS RIGHT WITHOUT KEYS THAT JOINT WOULDNT BEEN AS HOT N JAY HAD TO SWITCH IT UP
BUT STILL THERE IS A REASON JAY Z IS STILL A SUCCESSFUL “RAP” ARTIST N CUBE ISNT
CUBE IS A AVERAGE RAPPER ANYWAY;
hahahah hip hop and R&B have been intertwined since the very beginning…Cube is REACHING on this one for sure.
the west coast’s biggest hit “Whats My Name” has an R&B hook for fucks sakes.
ice cube is a pussy now anyway
hey ice, are we there yet?
fucking phony
Ice cube, Are we there yet? Are we done yet? enough said. Stop it 5, we not believin your tough guy talk, we havent for years.
who ever said cube is an average rapper need to listen to NO VASELINE OR TRUE TO THE GAME. ICE CUBE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT. JAY Z IS NOTHING BUT A WANNABE BIGGIE. CUBE WILL MURDER JAY Z IN A BATTLE RAP. SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN THIS NEW SCHOOL HIP HOP YOU DON’T NOW REAL RAP.
@ FREEWEEZY
If you calling Cube a phony, what does that make Wayne? I’m sure deluded fans like you believe he’s a real G with all his ‘suwoo’ bullshit. That nigga can’t spell Gangsta
Cmon son…why do we have to reach for beef if someone mentions someone else in a song??? GTFOH…
Another “DUMB NIGGA” moment
CUBE GETTIN MOVIE MONEY! JAY Z IS DA ONLY RAPPER DAT AINT STARED IN ANY MOVIES WIT HIS BIG ASS NOSE
First – He’s mad he can’t make a classic anthem like that.
Second – Like that other person said, R&B and hip hop go hand in hand since the beginning
Third – This nigga trying to act like a thug when his biggest paychecks are from Disney
Fourth – Icecube who?
jay-z still around because he got with beyonce,the end on that,and ice cube last 2 albums went gold plus independently,he may be the most sucessful independent artist out right now,so get your facts straight,as for jay z he just a cornball to put it simple,he’s crossed over and a bunch of ny people ride with him because without him what mc does ny have,and don’t say 50 cent that guys washed
wtf is this nigga talkin??? just look at this pic nuff say [www.trendyink.net]
cosign chiz the great , cube is that nigga let em be ..he just speakin his mind..and for the record he isn’t saying jay is R&B he’s saying empire state of mind is more of an R&B song because of the alicia keys feature, RTNY please don’t turn into MTO…this is the same thing you did when he dropped “drink the kool-aid” come on now.
tae says:
who ever said cube is an average rapper need to listen to NO VASELINE OR TRUE TO THE GAME. ICE CUBE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT. JAY Z IS NOTHING BUT A WANNABE BIGGIE. CUBE WILL MURDER JAY Z IN A BATTLE RAP. SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN THIS NEW SCHOOL HIP HOP YOU DON’T NOW REAL RAP.
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Jay-z is apart of “the new school”…????? U must b in your freaking 60′s or 70′s if hov is new to you. Your old ass probably grew up listing to sugar hill gang if u think hov if new school. His 1st album came out a decade and a half ago & if u go on YouTube u can find rare tracks featuring him from the mid-late 80′s & early 90′s & on top of that he’s the same age as cube. What the hell is new school about that? U gotta b 1 old piece of shit if you think jay-z is “new school”. & y is cube talkin bout jay-z anyway? This Disney movie ass niggah must be hanging around 50 so now he wanna talk shit bout people that he has no beef with 2 try 2 gain attention for a fledgeling rap career. Stick 2 the kid movies niggah. Your in my top 10 dead or alive but your washed up nowadays & hov is still dropping great music.
ICE CUBE is a LEGEND whether some hatas like it or not…Ok so he makes PG-13 moviee,he is creating a lane for you all to aspire to, your favorite rapper dresses like a teenager anyway. ICE CUBE Top 5 Dead or Alive.
REAL MAN’s HARDCORE TOP 5
5. Kool G Rap
4. Big Pun
3. Ice Cube
2. Biggie Smalls
1. 2 Pac
ICE CUBE is a LEGEND whether some hatas like it or not…Ok so he makes PG-13 moviee,he is creating a lane for you all to aspire to, your favorite rapper dresses like a teenager anyway. ICE CUBE Top 5 Dead or Alive.
REAL MAN’s HARDCORE TOP 5
5. Kool G Rap/Jadakiss
4. Scarface
3. Ice Cube
2. Biggie Smalls
1. 2 Pac
Jay Z will not respond to Cube because Cube is lyrical
@teenwolf Incorrect, what did Beyonce have to do with his last album and singles: NOTHING! And so what if Alicia was on the song, like dude said, hip-hop & r&b have always gone hand and hand, and besides I’ve always thought of that song as hip-hop. This statement is fail for cube, lol
You can always tell who’s on top. No matter what jay does, people keep trying to throw dirt on his name. Yet he is still getting them checks, making platinum records, selling out arenas, bedding the baddest chick, and making forbes.
haha. Rap suck! Jay-z is a hippy who is riding eminems nuts to get his lyrical inspirations.
Ice cube is a legend. Jay-z is a legend to this new generation. which is ok. at the end of the day they are both businessmen. Cube just pissed that te west coast isnt putting out that many artist, and everyone coming out now is fake and people are supporting it. so what ice cube made movies, Jay-z did records with the police(rick ross)
for people that are lost and confused let me lay it down to you.
1. Eminem is the best artist since 2pac & B.I.G, after that andre 3000, and then 50 cent (why 50) because he is the only one that went diamond in this decade,and is still not afraid to speak his mind. Then Jay-z who generates money.
2. Dr Dre is still the flat out best Producer in the music industry. no competition.
3. every artist that came out these last 2 years have been soft or fake. example. Waka Flocka gets laid out. Lil wayne just got real hot after stealing autotune and copying andre 3000 and drakes style. atleast wayne put the cup down. Finally people allow the biggest fraud in rap to ever come out Rick ross aka william roberts police chief to come out and sale.
now rap has no message, no social content, to help it push on. when it does it is short and only from a few rappers.
Eminems record got more buzz because he had messages and true story in it.
50 cent’s before i self distruct had a few messages and and stories as well.
Jay-z always has a decent message if you get the message before he loses you.
Wayne says a few smart punch lines then gets way off topic trying to over create.
Next artist to blow is former platinum artist lloyd banks and up and coming artist J- cole.
vado is trying hard, gucci mane is trying hard.
and finally shout out to nikki M she is trying too hard but doing good body wise if all else fails.
I dont really see anything wrong about the lines at all. He spoke how he felt and it didnt’ seem like a shot at Jay-Z at all. If you listened to how he said it he was talkin about himself not going RnB.
THIS IS FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER DOUBTED JAY-Z
I WASN’T BORN YET WHEN THIS SONG DROPPED BUT I CAN APPRECIATE HOV’S VERSE STIIL
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Ice cube needs to go the Snoop route and hire some ghostwriters
I aint hating. im a fan, but shit..he spits basic shit
September 6th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Yuz says:
@ FREEWEEZY
If you calling Cube a phony, what does that make Wayne? I’m sure deluded fans like you believe he’s a real G with all his ’suwoo’ bullshit. That nigga can’t spell Gangsta
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Where the hell did u get lil Wayne from in this post & who said Wayne was a “gangster”….? Idk what the hell your dumbass is talking about but 1 thing I do know is that cube is not & never was a gangster. He mite have been a gangster rapper but that’s a totally different thing from being a gangster. This niggah got beat the fuck up & got his chain snatched by one of cypress hill’s homeboys in the mid 90′s while jay & dame dash were starting a record label with drug money. Cube was hands down the least gangster member of NWA. But he was the best rapper of the group. I’ll give u that. At the end of the day cube grew up in a nice neighborhood with a father figure in his nice comfortable house & rapped about gangster shit he never did. U say that people believe Wayne is a gangster because of his lyrics which I didn’t read any comments that said that but even if that was true you do the same thing with cube. U think he’s a gangster because of his raps when he’s really not. How the heck r u funna accuse people of doing what your guilty of? Don’t believe these rappers old school or new school. The majority of them a liars. & BTW Hov >>>>> disney movie cube
So far I’ve read comments that say jay-z follows eminem 4 inspiration, the only reason y he’s a great rapper is b/c of beyonce, he uses r&b to b popular…..etc. Has it ever occurred to u people that maybe he’s talented & worked hard 2 b where he’s @? I’m not saying that u have 2 like jay-z but @ the same time I think he’s done enough for hiphop for us to at least respect him. U people would probably be slandering big & pac’s names if they weren’t dead. & when jay-z’s dead & gone u people will praise him the same way u do big & pac. But it’ll b 2 late by then.
ice cube is that LEGEND he would spit flames at jay and he knows it. the rap game needs someone like him!!! he comes out with REAL hiphop in a time when hiphop is dying.
ice cube top 10 dead or alive bitches
Smh @ niggahs sayin cube would outrap jay-z….u niggas must b doin the same kinda drugs that soulja boy b on. Jay-z would mop the floor with ice cubes washed up PG movie ass. If u talkin bout old school cube, he mite b able 2 keep up with hov but that’s unlikely too. Jay-z is one of the best if not the best rapper of all time….
I dont give a fuck both niggas are legends & did their thing for hip hop tastefully. Nobody is perfect nigga made an irrelevant comment. If you listen to his old shit you would know he always had a thing against r&b.
Finally somebody Real says something real
lol@ bitches acting surprised like they didnt know BP3 is some watered down hip pop bullshit
but i dont even blame Jay, i blame all you suckers today who dont know shit about hiphop, you just dont have that shit in your blood….its cos you idiots care so much about who is the “succesful” rapper and who is selling the most….its cos of people like you why the artists have to keep watering down this Street music to please fans who dont know shit bout hiphop, just for the sake of selling
I LIKE ICE CUBE BUT SINCE THIS CD WAS MENTIONED HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LIL WAYNE EVEN DR DRE NOW JAY-Z HE TRYNA MAKE A BUZZ TO SELL SOME RECORDS I DONT GET IT THOUGH
yall bitches are gay cube is the best not like jay z he had to sell his sole to get hot not cube he did it himself you haters need to go jack off to new boys or 50 cent cause 50 cent is gay now
@mixtape1456
you sound uneducated…and the fact that you brought up 50 Cent and New Boyz for no reason makes your opinion a joke to me…
@DMVrollin
all im tryna say is ice cube is better than alot of rappers
This is all marketing for Cube…it’s basically SHOCK VALUE…just like his name-checking & soft jabs to Dr. Dre & Eminem on “Don’t Drink the Koolaid”…he knows this will bring more attention to his upcoming LP…if you think about…he’s doing a soft combination of Game’s (name-checking) & 50 cent’s (semi-psuedo-beef before his album drops) antics, which I really don’t care for…RAW FOOTAGE was his BEST lp in a very long time & that project didn’t need any shock value-name checking marketing..
they both old as fuck —-40 sumthing still wanna rap about the street struggle when they both living like punk bitches
a few points i wanna make
1-cube is a legend, jay is a legend
2- jay will mop the floor wit cube on the mic
3-empire state of mind, with its rnb melody is hotter lyrically than anything cube has dropped in the last 10yrs
4-rnb or pop music money is no different than goin to get disney money. so jay dont do movies he do radio friendly music, cube does family friendly movies
its all just shock value and its pathetic,
only time they exciting is when they mentioning sean
Ice Cube would murk Jay-z lyrically are you kidding me? do the words no vaseline ring a bell? fuck outta here, Ice cube drops knowledge, jay-z drops some of the worst shit and trys to put his 40 yr old swag to it and most you new york niggas bite it…. fuck out here with that bullshit, read a book, you fuckin monkeys
Cube is a legend true but he better stop playing himself. Even the chicks on daytime tv know he raps about being a gangsta but is a family man. Jay the top of the top that’s y mcs always keep his name in they mouth.
It doesn’t matter cause Jay won’t respond to it. So I guess that leaves the job up to you stans and so far you guys have done a good job.
Look a nigga gotta do what he gotta do to feed his family. Cube with his Movie, n Jay with his raps. i dont knocc nobody. Happy, Joy-Joy chit sell. Thats way a nigga like Crooked I Who i believe is da best rapper out right now cant both feet n da game. Then u gotta nigga like drake who go hard, but his last rap sound like his first one. he rap about da same shit, it aint shoot em up bang-bang on every track. but its girl this, love that. but its still da same shit on every song. but thats whats sellin right now. n if i was in there shoes i do da same. n if you really digg deep u go find sum bitch shit on everybody. all it takes is one hater. CALI4YA LOVe
What I cant understand is How the fuck 50 got in this? Damn ya’ll niggaz are bonifide haters because lat time I check thos was about Ice cube not 50! I truly believe majority of these comments are by nigel himself and to whoever said cube wack……..NIGGA KILL YOUR DAMN SELF!Amerikkka’s Most Wanted>>every thing Lil wayne has made
Where is all the hate coming from? Cube and Jay are both legends. BOTH of them have used R&B in their compositions. Come on, look up “What You Wanna Do?” with Ice Cube and Kausion. Then look at Jay-Z and Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind”. Music is music. It’s all about getting a point across, no matter what form of music you use.
I hate when the first thing people say about cube is “are we there yet”. as far as a lyrics dont forget the albums he has written for others. He’s made all this money independantly. albums go platinum and diamond with crazy radio play wich somthing cube never got or gets to this day cause he like ugk are underground artist. cube done put in hella work. nigga was doughboy. that go hella hard in its own. west up baby
peopla also piss me off with that bullshit they aint in the hood living in they big house. you dam right look what happing to jay in his own studio in his own hood cause some stupid ass niggas. greed hate envy. people need to think before they talk shit.
all these NYC niggaz gon talk sht bcuz w/out Jay they ain’t nobody.
It’s not a jab a Jay, he’s making a statement to the radio programming directors, & the label A&R’s. He’s just using Jay as an example.
Alicia Keys on Epmire State Of Mind softened alot of the hash realities in the song: prostitution, drug sells/usage, and failure to survive in a major city.
The question of the day is would Empire State Of Mind been as big of a hit if there wasn’t a R&B hook?
these jay stans reacted like flys on shit on this one,
ice cube=legend
and hes not average maybe now but back in the day he could rap and his shit had substance
not all about money and lame shit…
lets put it this way if big and pac didnt die jay wouldnt have a career lol
dont hate in ice cubes grind with the movie business…
hes 60 year old rapper & irrelevant in the game rite now. the best his album can do is around 25k first week
Cuba was murderd by Eazy, then by Cypress, then by Common, then by Method Man but he’s still standing & Jay got murderd by Nas and Game but never has any clue how to battle a beef.. Im bumping CUBE since the early 90ties, West stand up! -miss Dre again though..
A lot of rappers that what sum attention will try to diss the hottest nigga out. That shit dont work wit Jay-z, he jus keeps it movin. C’mon Son…Cube u be doin these family friendly movies. NWA and all them guns, who did u shoot. Just rap and stop the 50 beef tatics
he rap like its 1990 on some songs. step ya game up. The beats is pretty ameaturish
Jay-z would rap circles around cube. Cube was hot back in the day but he’s washed up now. All u cocksuckers keep talkin bout how good cube was 10 years ago. What about right now? U must b the biggest jay-z hater if u think cube is fuckin wit Hov. There r only a couple of guys that can fuck with hov (1 of’em is dead) but cube ain’t 1 of’em. Lol at how upset niggas r at jay-z’s success…it makes u sick that he’s the goat…lol
ICE Cube is a Legend HANDS DOWN AND So is JAY-Z. cUBE HASN’T BEEN RELEVANT WITH THE MUSIC SINCE THE 90′S…..hIS REAL HITS ARE FROM THE MID TO EARLY 90′S…..eVRYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN STRAIGHT GARBAGE…
Man wtf is niggas serious? Ice Cube? lmao!! ice cube has some of the weakest lyrics i’ve ever heard, he has the most basic lyrics, i will never call ice cube a legend cause hes not lyrical at all he just sits there and rhyme basic words together and we call it “rap” im not from the nwa era thats probably why ya’ll call him a legend but never that in my eyes he wasnt even a real gangsta hes always been a studio gangsta check his background, i put it on everything soulja boy would wipe the floor with ice cubes so i know jay-z will, im not hating listen to this soft nigga ice cube lyrics hes basic AF
Aye, Cube you talking about Hova making an Rnb record with alicia. At least that nigga ain’t do a fucking Disney movie you fuckin SELLOUT
Cube better than Jay-z??? that’s like saying Pipen was better than Jordan…If Cube mentioned Jay-z in his raps is because he listens to Jay’s music…no one in the rap game has ever been as sucessful as Jay-z…if there is someone out there show me!!!
@ thetruth if it wasnt for cube he wouldnt be rappin
Jay-Z is one of the greatest lyricists of all time. Ice Cube is a ledgend but he’s old and washed up. Jay might be old as hell but he can still drop some knowledge on more than half of these wack rap niggas out right now. Ice Cube don’t got any skills no more he should retire. And yall dumb asses keep sayin Jay is new school and he been rappin since the 80′s.
lol….. ice cube won the I am hip hop award FROMM BET, THEY ONLY LOVEE mainstream hip hop… look what cube has done HE AND N.W.A MADE GANGSTA RAP, HE influenced 2pac, HE influenced so many rappers, HE doesnt even need to do songs right now, HE does it for the love of rap, NOT for the money, this guy has his own comapany called cube vision he produces movies. Cube is better then jay z lyrically and in business. Seriosly.. cube is 40 years old hes married of course hes gonna do movies, so calm down.. at least hes not fake and does what ever he wants to wether the government likes it or not. But oh wiat, jay z IS the government with his dumb ass record label which is connected to bigger major labels which the government controls and puts out what ever lyrics they want not what the rapper wants to. So thats the difference between cube and jay z, cube is not fake, hes real and kept it gangsta the whole time, jay z, is a coward, people use him so he can get famous.
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ICE chose not to use the record company…Jay-z sucked biggies dick he sucks…lil wayne got picked on at school…red rags dont make you a badass they make you look liek a pussy…. anyone dissin cube…the 4th greatest rapper your a little white pussy dork on ur laptop..grow balls in RL and standup for urself PUSSY…you cant rap…ur juz pussies dont know shit bout rap..white cracker trash rich boys