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Although the 17-track Greatest Hits covers all phases of Ice Cube's solo career in an extremely balanced fashion, it isn't quite the last word on one of the most seminal figures in hardcore and gangsta rap. It is definitely a worthwhile purchase, since it collects all the best singles from Cube's more uneven latter-day efforts; there are also two new cuts (although "In the Late Night Hour" has a lot of rewritten N.W.A. rhymes) and a couple that have never appeared on an Ice Cube album: the soundtrack contribution "We Be Clubbin'" and the Westside Connection single "Bow Down" (which are nice for collectors but not all that essential). That occasional filler makes it all the more frustrating that the classic "Dead Homiez" is inexcusably nowhere to be found, and that it apparently wasn't possible to license Cube's duet with Dr. Dre on "Natural Born Killaz." Selection issues aside, the singles from the post-Predator era prove that in his best moments, Cube could be a credible radio-crossover artist and keep up with contemporary production trends. As a storyteller (a facet of his work that's underrepresented here), Cube had a knack for keenly observed detail, as evidenced on "Once Upon a Time in the Projects" and his laid-back masterpiece "It Was a Good Day." Still, it doesn't quite add up to a truly classic compilation. Perhaps the problem is that while Greatest Hits is a fine, listenable portrait of Ice Cube the sometime hitmaker and full-time hip-hop celebrity, it doesn't completely capture the provocative, incendiary qualities that made him an icon in the first place (for that, listeners will have to go back to AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and Death Certificate). For a fully fleshed-out picture of Cube's career, though, Greatest Hits is a very good place to go.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Joseph Johnson, Composer - Ice Cube, MainArtist - Lionel Hunt, Composer - Mr. Short Khop, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Melvin Glover, Composer - Sylvia Robinson, Composer - Edward Fletcher, Composer - Das EFX, FeaturedArtist - Ice Cube, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1993 Priority Records, LLC
Rick Cousins, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dutch, Producer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Heavyweight Records LLC
Dana Stinson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Ice Cube, MainArtist - Sir Jinx (DNU), Composer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dedrick Rolison, ComposerLyricist - WC, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Anderson, ComposerLyricist - BUD'DA, Producer - Westside Connection, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Capitol Records LLC
Lorenzo Patterson, Composer - O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Marshall Mathers, Composer - Ice Cube, MainArtist - MC Ren, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Melvin Charles Bradford, Composer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Afrika Bambaataa, ComposerLyricist - Dedrick Rolison, ComposerLyricist - John Robie, ComposerLyricist - Donald Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Miller, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist - Mack 10, FeaturedArtist - Ms. Toi, FeaturedArtist - Arthur Cecil Baker, ComposerLyricist - One Eye, Producer - ROBERT DURRELL ALLEN, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records LLC
Theodore Life, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dexter Wansel, ComposerLyricist - Snoopy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Q D III, Producer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1994 Priority Records, LLC
Marvin Isley, ComposerLyricist - C. Jasper, ComposerLyricist - H. Ray, ComposerLyricist - S. Robinson, ComposerLyricist - DJ Pooh, Producer - O. Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Isley, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist - O'Kelly Isley Jr., ComposerLyricist - Anna Harris Goodman, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1992 Priority Records LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - William Collins, Composer - George Clinton, Composer, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ice Cube, Producer, MainArtist - Walter Morrison, Composer - Garry Marshall Shider, Composer - Q D III, Producer - Jonnie Forster, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ARTHUR ROSS, ComposerLyricist - Mack 10, FeaturedArtist - The 88X Unit, Producer - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D'Maq, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Nathan Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Mychal Kae Simmons, ComposerLyricist - Lay Law, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - David L. Spradley, Composer - George Clinton, Composer - Ice Cube, MainArtist - Garry Marshall Shider, Composer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Alan Gorrie, Composer - Roger Ball, Composer - Ice Cube, MainArtist - James Hamish Stuart, Composer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Capitol Records LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Parrish Smith, Composer - William Collins, Composer - W. MORRISON, Composer - John Barbata, Composer - Mark Volman, Composer - Jim Pons, Composer - Howard Kaylan, Composer - Derrick Baker, Composer - ROGER TROUTMAN, Composer - George Clinton, Composer - Ice Cube, MainArtist - A. Nichol, Composer - Garry Marshall Shider, Composer - Erick Sermon, Composer - G. JACOBS, Composer - Teren D. Jones, Composer - Anthony D. Wheaton, Composer - W. Nichols, Composer - Allen Williams, Composer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Sadler, Composer - Ice Cube, Composer, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Sir Jinx, Producer, Co-Producer - The Bomb Squad, Producer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Chad Hugo, Composer - Eric Wright, Composer - Lorenzo Patterson, Composer - O'Shea Jackson, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pharrell, Composer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, MainArtist - Pusha T, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Dre, Composer
(C) 2001 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 1998 Priority Records, LLC
Album review
Although the 17-track Greatest Hits covers all phases of Ice Cube's solo career in an extremely balanced fashion, it isn't quite the last word on one of the most seminal figures in hardcore and gangsta rap. It is definitely a worthwhile purchase, since it collects all the best singles from Cube's more uneven latter-day efforts; there are also two new cuts (although "In the Late Night Hour" has a lot of rewritten N.W.A. rhymes) and a couple that have never appeared on an Ice Cube album: the soundtrack contribution "We Be Clubbin'" and the Westside Connection single "Bow Down" (which are nice for collectors but not all that essential). That occasional filler makes it all the more frustrating that the classic "Dead Homiez" is inexcusably nowhere to be found, and that it apparently wasn't possible to license Cube's duet with Dr. Dre on "Natural Born Killaz." Selection issues aside, the singles from the post-Predator era prove that in his best moments, Cube could be a credible radio-crossover artist and keep up with contemporary production trends. As a storyteller (a facet of his work that's underrepresented here), Cube had a knack for keenly observed detail, as evidenced on "Once Upon a Time in the Projects" and his laid-back masterpiece "It Was a Good Day." Still, it doesn't quite add up to a truly classic compilation. Perhaps the problem is that while Greatest Hits is a fine, listenable portrait of Ice Cube the sometime hitmaker and full-time hip-hop celebrity, it doesn't completely capture the provocative, incendiary qualities that made him an icon in the first place (for that, listeners will have to go back to AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and Death Certificate). For a fully fleshed-out picture of Cube's career, though, Greatest Hits is a very good place to go.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:18
- Main artists: Ice Cube
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2001 Priority Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2001 Priority Records, LLC
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