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Replacing 2001's Greatest Hits, Ice Cube's 2008 compilation The Essentials sticks with the post-N.W.A solo releases -- no Westside Connection tracks here -- and updates with tracks from the West Coast legend's later releases. The bad news is that "Cold Pieces" is chosen off 2008's Raw Footage instead of the superior "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It," plus the great "Bop Gun" is missing -- but that's it for big blunders. "It Was a Good Day," "Check Yo Self," and the early burner "Dead Homiez" are all here, along with the slept-on classic "Greed" and the fan favorite "Rollin' with the Lench Mob." Release dates are shuffled into a running order that makes sense and while the liner notes are minimal, the essay from hip-hop writer Soren Baker is informed and insightful. Buy this along with the 2007 collection In the Movies and you've got a great portable collection, but the problem with compiling Cubes discography are the three vital albums -- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, and The Predator -- that kicked off his solo career. Put a box around those three, throw in a disc of singles, and you've got the real essentials -- but this will do in a pinch.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2006 Lench Mob Records, Inc.
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2008 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Stephen Anderson, Composer - Fred Maher, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, MainArtist - BUD'DA, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mack 10, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bud-da, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Hunt, Composer - Lamont Hyde, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mr. Short Khop, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2007 Capitol Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Traci Nelson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Anderson, Composer - Fred Maher, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CARLOS WARLICK, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bud-da, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Wilson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bud'da For Lock Down Productions, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1998 Best Side LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Carl "Chucky" Thompson, Composer, Producer - Loren Hill, Composer, Producer - Woody Cunningham, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, MainArtist - Rich Nice, Producer - Richard Shelton, Composer
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2008 Capitol Records LLC
DJ Pooh, Producer - Ice Cube, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - WC, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kipper Jones, ComposerLyricist - Keith Crouch, ComposerLyricist - Kokane, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Long, ComposerLyricist - RAHSAAN PATTERSON, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2006 Cube Vision/Interscope Records
William Collins, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Shocklee, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Worrell, ComposerLyricist - Sir Jinx, Producer, Co-Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Bomb Squad, Producer - Al "Purple" Hayes, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J Dee, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2006 Lench Mob Records, Inc.
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2008 Capitol Records LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Melvin Glover, Composer - Sylvia Robinson, Composer - DJ Pooh, Producer - Edward Fletcher, Composer - Ice Cube, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ARTHUR ROSS, ComposerLyricist - The 88 X Unit, Producer - Victor Nathan Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Mychal Kae Simmons, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2008 Capitol Records LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Traci Nelson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Stefani, Composer - Stephen Anderson, Composer - Fred Maher, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CARLOS WARLICK, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Butch, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BUD'DA, Producer - GWEN STEFANI, Composer - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bud-da, Producer - Emmanuel, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Hyde, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2008 Capitol Records LLC
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC
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(C) 2008 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2008 Cube Vision/Interscope Records
Album review
Replacing 2001's Greatest Hits, Ice Cube's 2008 compilation The Essentials sticks with the post-N.W.A solo releases -- no Westside Connection tracks here -- and updates with tracks from the West Coast legend's later releases. The bad news is that "Cold Pieces" is chosen off 2008's Raw Footage instead of the superior "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It," plus the great "Bop Gun" is missing -- but that's it for big blunders. "It Was a Good Day," "Check Yo Self," and the early burner "Dead Homiez" are all here, along with the slept-on classic "Greed" and the fan favorite "Rollin' with the Lench Mob." Release dates are shuffled into a running order that makes sense and while the liner notes are minimal, the essay from hip-hop writer Soren Baker is informed and insightful. Buy this along with the 2007 collection In the Movies and you've got a great portable collection, but the problem with compiling Cubes discography are the three vital albums -- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, and The Predator -- that kicked off his solo career. Put a box around those three, throw in a disc of singles, and you've got the real essentials -- but this will do in a pinch.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:51
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ice Cube
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2008 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2008 Capitol Records, LLC
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