Amerikkka's Most Wanted - Ice Cube

In 1990 Ice Cube turned in one the of the greatest rap albums of all time. Previously, Cube had been the chief songwriter in N.W.A., but after the band's Manager, Jerry Heller, had tried to cut him out of money that he was rightly owed for his contribution to the group's debut LP, Straight Outta Compton, he simply up and left. In my opinion it was the greatest move Ice Cube ever made as his song writing was allowed to flourish. Almost entirely produced by Public Enemy's production team, The Bomb Squad, each track is an absolute pleasure to listen to. This was back in the day when rap music meant something and the artist in question had more freedom over which ...  Read the complete review

"AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" was released in 1990, and came as the debut solo album from Ice Cube. The West Coast rapper had just split from his group, N.W.A , and had chosen to record this one off the hype of this situation. Clearly, based on the mis-spelled title, this one indicates that he is getting rather political with this recording, whilst still retaining his Gangsta Rap side. 1. "Better Of Dead" (Intro) 2. "The N***a You Love To Hate" To start the thing off you have the rapper getting straight into some hardcore material as he just rips through everything to show that he simply doesn't care what people ...  Read the complete review