Intended to be posted a couple of hours ago, the pretty recently pre’d new album by one of the all time legends of hip hop, Ice Cube.  Thanks to WHOA, we have this almost a week before it hits the stores.  I haven’t listened to this yet, so I don’t know how well it stacks up with his classic discography.  But for hip hop fans, this is 1 of the biggest releases of the year.

O’Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), better knahwn by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, MC, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, and film director.

Regarded as one of the greatest hip hop artists of all time,^[1] he began his career as a founding member of the rap group N.W.A, & later launched a successful solo career in music and cinema. In 1992, he married Kimberly Woodruff, with whom he has four kidren.^[2] In 1992, he converted to Islam.^[3] From the mid-1990s onwards, Cube focused on acting, and his musical output has slowed down considerably. He remains one of the most visible West Coast rappers, having helped originate gangsta rap. He is particularly well-known for his incendiary raps on political topics, social relations and ethnic discrimination, particularly the mistreatment of African Americans.

Track Listing:

01 00:55 What Is A Pyroclastic Flow?
02 03:43 I Got My Locs On (featuring Young Jeezy)
03 03:26 It Takes A Nation
04 04:42 Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It
05 05:11 Hood Mentality
06 04:01 Why Me? (featuring Musiq Soulchild)
07 04:13 Cold Places
08 04:23 Jack N The Box
09 04:04 Do Ya Thang
10 05:28 Thank God
11 04:33 Here He Come (featuring Doughboy)
12 04:08 Get Money, Spend Money, No Money
13 04:25 Get Use To It (featuring WC & The Game)
14 03:41 Tomorrow
15 03:46 St& Tall
16 04:03 Take Me Away (featuring Butch Cassidy)

LABEL          -   Lench Mob Records
RIP QUALITY    -   VBRkbps  / 44.1kHz  / Joint-Stereo
RIP DATE       -   08/13/2008
RELEASE DATE   -   08/19/2008
GENRE/STYLE    -   Rap
PLAYING TIME   -   64:42 min
RELEASE SIZE   -   86.8 MB
RIPPED BY      -   Team WHOA

Release Name: Ice_Cube-Raw_Footage-2008-WHOA
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