Raw Footage has Bonus Tracks

Ey people.  If you go to your local Best Buy.  Mr. Cube was nice enough to give Best Buy the CD with the bonus tracks.  And I must say they're pretty good lil' songs, worth the extra few dollars.  To bad you don't have my employee discount, HAH!  

Bonus Tracks :

17. Don't Make Me Hurt Ya Feelings

18. Crack Baby?

19. Why We Thugs [Live]

BUY THE DAMN CD! SUPPORT GOOD HIIIIP  HOP.  Assholes.

The Game- LAX Tracks (Letter to the King, More)

A Few Tracks THE WHOLE DAMN ALBUM is leaking. The levees are failing.

* The Game - Letter to the King f. Nas (prod. Hi-Tek)
* The Game - Angel f. Common
* The Game - Ya Heard f. Ludacris (prod. Nottz)
* The Game - Bulletproof Diaries f. Raekwon
* The Game - State of Emergency f. Ice Cube
* The Game - Gentleman’s Affair f. Ne-Yo


Shout out to the NMC for all these.

A Fresh Breakdown - Ice Cube: Raw Footage

"Here comes another rapper with a song about hope/ all you wanna hear is a song about dope / and how a nigga got more money than the pope / but he'll never tell you when he drop the soap, no...  "

Yeeea, that's the man who's been goin' at Uncle Sam since he was able to put his voice on a record.  The same man who was in hood favorite "Boyz In The Hood," and starred in "Friday."  The same man who brought you the testy series "Black And White," and probably the 1st rapper to say "Fuck Oprah," lol.  Anyway, the rap legend came back on the scenes this year with the song "Gangster Rap Made Me Do It."  Of course he wasn't shy about talkin' about White America blamin' hip-hop for everything.  And he also assisted Big Mike on his track "Pressure," that was on the same type of tip.  But can the OG still bring that FONK like he did back in the day?

One thing that most older rappers have to do when puttin' together an album these days is to try not sound like it's still the early 90s.  So, they hafta adjust their style to these new beats, and still hafta make a good album.  And if you're not pushin' albums out on a consistent basis like say: Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, OutKast, or a Busta Rhymes..  It may be alil' difficult to get out that old mind state.  Even the great Ice Cube has alil' problem adjustin' to the 2008 as far as how he throws his bars out, n some of the songs he has.  For instance, his intro song with Young Jeezy, it's not a bad song, but you can tell that that type of beat and style of spittin' is real foreign to him.   A few songs are pretty average, like Jack In The Box, I understand the concept, sayin' what he has gave him the big head, but it's kinda like he's tryin' to hard to do sumthin' new to keep current.  Now one thing that's REALLY new, it's a track on there that's "rumored" to be the new WC Connection.  Now, it's bad enough Mac-10 ain't part of it, but what really bothers me is that he picked The Game to fill in the rest of the trio.  (And if you wanna go through the list of reasons of whats wrong with The Game, holla at me, n I'll post a shit-load of stuff.)  Anyway, it's not a bad track, and The Game does what he usually does, name names, and jock a style.  But I gotta admit, him tryna sound like Ice Cube ain't sound to bad.

"Still The Only Rapper Who Wants To Fist Fight The President!"

Now it's one thing Ice Cube won't do in any album, sell out.  Cube stays true to his roots and takes it to Uncle Sam's ass and does what he can to make "pop-followin' " niggas to wake up by throwin' insults their way, or jus straight up tellin' 'em the real deal.  One song is pretty much a big slap in the face where he says "It takes a nation of niggas to hold us back."  Or sayin' shit like "You muthafuckas worry 'bout flossin' so much, you don't know the fundamentals, you forgot how to brush, These 32 teeth will give you ass grief, bite you like a fat burger if you got beef, so who's it gone be, you favorite MC, you scared of the government, they scared of me!"  Now he does go into bigger reality checks, one song in particular "Hood Mentality," he talks in 1st person like he's a myspace nigga who wanna chase those rap / dope dreams.  And while he's doin' so, he's showin' you how ignorant they sound.  But he did have a pretty smooth few lines on there.  "I got the heart of a Pittsburgh Steeler, black nigga draped in gold wit a nine milla, love money, love jail, love that penitentiary mail, love tha way them niggas smell, keep comin' back, can't you tell?"  He also has a song where he's talkin as a person who got shot and killed for no real reason with Musiq SoulChild on the hook.  Now Ice Cube is a favorite of mine, so I can dissect alot of songs here, so I'll jus say he has quite a few jems on this cd.

Now as far as the whole project, it's definitely a bangin' CD.  For those hard-core Ice Cube fans, a bit of a let-down cuz he's not pissed off the whole CD, but in these days in times it's a breath of fresh air. The CD does compliment the Killer Mike and Nas CDs pretty well, as far as subject matter.  It's definately not a CD for the lightweights.

"Ice Cube Is here to drop you a note / cuz some of our people use to hang from a rope / some of our people use you hang from trees / now the only thing that's hanging mu'fucka is these " 

Album Ratin' - 4.2

Worth buyin' - Yep

Fav Songs -   It Takes a Nation, Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It, hood Mentality, Why Me, Get Money Spend Money No Money, Tomorrow, Stand Tall, Take Me Away

I love Ice Cube

Raw Footage coming soon..

That's when a volcano blow...hahahahah. Red HOT LAVA mixed wit SALIVA!
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DJ Greg Street ft Nappy Roots - Good Day Video

Not quite Ice Cube, but good anthem potential. Always loved Nappy Roots.

Soulful Sundays: Killer Mike feat. Ice Cube - PUT THE PRESSURE ON EM!

SHIT CHYEA.
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Hollywood Divorce: The Longshots

Feat. Ice Cube!

Looks like it might be aight. Less comedy more real, bit of a change for Cube.
Based on a True Story. Directed by....FRED DURST!?!??! BELIEVE IT!!!

Droppin BOMBS!! *Double Drop* Fabriclive 38 and 39

JUST discovered these Mixtapes on accident, A BOMB FELL ON MY HEAD SUCKA! Anyway, Fabric is a nightclub in London. By the looks at it they have some pretty dope Scenesters come through there. Since November 2001 they've been dropping compilation mixtapes done by their fav guest DJ's. These are the two newest editions, to the Fabriclive series.

Fabriclive 38, done up by DJ Craze, is HELLA DOPE. With features by the Cool Kids, Pase Rock, Bangers and Cash(Spank Rock and Benny Blanco), Chromeo, and Kid Sister just to name a few, this is obviously a dope ass, vulgar ass, wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-after-you-talk-to-me-like-that mixtape! Shit's dope. Rite up my alley. It's a REAL good mix of hip-hop, electro, rock, Drum N Bass, and a lil BUST IT music("BUST IT" music is stuff mixed with everything that you just Do WHATEVER to).



Fabriclive 39 just dropped this month, it was mixed by DJ Yoda. I haven't got a chance to listen to this one yet, but please believe I'm gonna be on it like I'ma a ghost and it's haunted, heh. Here's the tracklisting for now:

Tracklist: DJ Yoda - FabricLive. 39
01 The Thunderclaps – Judgement Day (Donkey Work Re-Edit)
02 Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
03 Skibadee – Tika Toc
04 Handsome Boy Modeling School – Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
05 Ice Cube – Jackin’ For Beats
06 Ghost – It’s All Love
07 Jurassic 5 – Swing Set
08 The Hot 8 Brass Band – Sexual Healing
09 D Nice – Crumbs On The Table
10 Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep
11 Jean Jacques Perry – EVA
** DJ Yoda & Herve – Bonus Beats
12 The Chemical Brothers – Salmon Dance
13 The Coral – In The Morning
14 Bell Biv Devoe – Poison
** Tittsworth – Bonus Beats
15 Run DMC – It’s Tricky
16 Salt N Pepa – Push It
** Scottie B - Bonus Beats
17 DJ Class – Tear Da Club Up
18 Bonde Do Role – Marina Gasolina
19 Minnie Ripperton – Lovin’ You
** Bamabounce Bonus Beats
20 Collie Buddz – Come Around
21 DJ Yoda Ft. Sway – Chatterbox
22 Adam F – Circles
23 DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter
24 Wiley – Gangsters
** Skream – Make Me
25 Lord Kitchener – London Is The Place For Me

GO COP! Another BOMB DROP from Fabriclive is issue 33 DJ'd by Spank Rock.

FUX WIT IT!
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Sample of the Week!

Writer: Johnny Guitar Watson - We're No Exception




Biter: Talib Kweli - Hot Thing




Any excuse to post this AWESOME music video from an AMAZING album.

Talib Kweli - Hot Thing/In The Mood (MTV)
Uploaded by Yannicklord

Also According to Wikipedia:

his music was sampled by Redman (He based his Sooperman Luva saga on Johnny "Guitar" Watson's Superman Lover song),Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Mary J. Blige. He sometimes would enter the studio with rappers, at their request. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre borrowed P-Funk's adaptation of Watson's catchphrase "Bow Wow Wow yippi-yo yippi-yay" for Snoop's hit "What's My Name."

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Ice Cube- It Takes a Nation

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Tracks like these gives me hope for Hip-Hop. People are seeing the light, no longer fooled by the camera tricks these fruit loops pullin.

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Sample of the Week!

WRITERS

Riding High by Faze O

BITERS

Please Listen to My Demo - EPMD


Record Company Pimpin - Ice Cube


Killa Lipstick - Ghostface Killah


Also sampled by Ice Cube's Cousin "KAM" on "Hang 'Um High" but that's not on Imeem, so here's a youtube link.

Enjoy your weekend Everybody.

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P.S. Feel free to post up your own samples in the comments every friday. Let's keep the juices flowing. Or if you've got ideas for a really cool sample of the week, email me and if I like it, I might use it one day.

Ice Cube ft. Scarface, Nas - Gangster Rap Made Me Do It (REMIX)

Hot! Download.

Sample Of The Day!

Biter: NWA - Express Yourself


Writer: Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.


***Top Billin SOTD***

Biter: Mary J Blige - Real Love



Writer: Audio Two- Top Billin


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Sample Of The Day

One of my favorite things is being somewhere random and hearing a song come on that sounds familiar but not all the way. Then I recognize that it's a sample from a well known song. I suppose everything is easily looked up from Wikipedia these days, but that's kind of cheating.

So from now on, I'm gonna try to do this every day that I remember.

Since it's the first day, we'll do two.

This one, I was sitting at work listening to Pandora. (Sidebar - If you haven't heard about or visited Pandora.com, do that. It's DOPE!) and this song popped on. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out where I knew it from.


Biter: Ice Cube - Today was a good day (remix)


Writer: Blackgirl - Let's do it Again



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Bonus Round:

This one's just easy. There's got to be some sort of statistics on this, but this HAS to be the top sampled song in history. I only post it because Mike and I quote this song every day. People look at us funny. BUT I GET THE PAPER SO I DON'T CARE! Lol. See what I mean?

Onward-


Biter(s): This list is endless, but I'll stick with the most obvious recent one. (Maybe I'll add a new song that samples this song every day too. lol. That would be an accomplishment. I guarantee I've got a song to last a few weeks at least)

50 Cent- I Get Money


Writer: Top Billin - Audio Two


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Rap Is Evil: Ice Cube - Gangster Rap Made Me Do It [Video]