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Late 1994, Ice Cube releases a collection of songs and remixes on Bootlegs and B-Sides. Many songs are not on any of his original albums, and several are remixes of joints from 1992's The Predator and 1993's Lethal Injection, and most of them are fire. The only one I don't like is the remix for "It Was A Good Day" because the beat was lacking for some reason the magic that the original had. The 1994 remix for "You Know How We Do It" remixed by Cube himself (originally produced by legend QD3) is just as slammin and has a slightly different G-Funk beat and loses ther potent, loud whiny synth of the original and replaces it with a much softer one in the hook. The remix to 1993's "When I Get To Heaven" is bouncier and funkier than the smooth original, is remixed QD3, and has a good deep groove to it. I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers sample in "You Ain't Gonna Take My Life" which is another dope gangsta boogie beat dealing with crooked and violent cops. "Robbin' Hood (Cause It Ain't All Good)" may have a humorous title, but is serious and adrenaline paced with a neat funky beat and whiny keyboard loop. "Chack Ya' Self (Remix)" features boom bap legends Das EFX over a bouncy funk sample and features cool battle raps by Cube. Das only appears in the hooks unfortunately, but still a dope old-school inflected jammer for the lowrider. I love the cool, bouncy remix to "What Can I Do" perfect L.A. soundtrack music. "Can't F--- Wit These" is an unreleased 1993 pre-g-funk banger with heated lyrics he is famous for. At the end, there is a cool mega-mix sampler of many of Cube's classics giving 30 about seconds of songs like "Ghetto Bird" (1993), "Who's The Mack" 1990, "Wicked" (1992), "You Know How We Do It" 1993 that mix in and lead in from one another smoothly, a fitting tribute to Cube's already legendary status. This may not be an album per-se, but definitely represents Ice Cube as a legend in the rap game and has some classic jams and remixes.
April 8, 2007Excellent rap depicting the West Coast life style. Ice Cube is one of the originals from the West Coast and one of the best lyicist/rapper/actor today. His description of LA is absolutely great!
January 10, 2007| | | The last great project from the Ice Cube we love | |
Even this album is like a lost tapes album, it has a lot of gems in it. Standout Tracks: ROBBIN HOOD, WHAT CAN I DO REMIX, 24 WIT AN L, YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT REMIX, CHECK YO SELF REMIX, YOU DONT WANNA F*** WIT THESE, LIL A** GEE REMIX, MY SKIN IS MY SIN(WC busts the best verse of his rap career on this one), U AINT GONNA TAKE MY LIFE, WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN REMIX etc. Filler: None. Bottom Line: Even though this album is mostly remixes and unreleased tracks it is still a classic worth picking up. Robbin Hood, 24 Wit An L, My Skin Is My Sin, U Aint Gonna Take My Life etc are all classic replay material. If you can find this album you make it a part of your collection.
December 19, 2006For those of us who have known Ice Cube for years, who are just now getting into him this is by far a great album. I'm not going to go into which songs are good and which are not, that is all just an opinion. If you like him today or yesterday pick it up for sure!
June 6, 2006you guys are insane, this CD is BOMB. it's some old school classic Ice Cube. and if you don't like this CD, then get the hell out.
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