besides the wack ass songs with his kids and that "I rep that west" song...i am.
that album is pretty dope.
How did Ice Cube sell out?
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besides the wack ass songs with his kids and that "I rep that west" song...i am.
that album is pretty dope.
People are the same rationalizing, truth-distorting, sacred-cow-worshiping flock of sheep across race, political affiliation, social group, and genres of music and at this point you just have to laugh and be amused by how dead serious they are with the rationalizations and distortions. Ice Cube didn't sell out the same way America fights for freedom abroad. You're gonna believe it if the truth is a threat to the myth you've invested yourself in, no use debating.
DontEemTry
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Naw, Cube went from "Burn Hollywood, Burn" to making movies for little Becky and Chad.
Hov went from talkin bout money in 96 to...talkin bout money in 2013.
FOH.
Name the movie he made for little becky and chad
...u can make more of a case for Jay then Cube,there is no case to be madeDontEemTry
Superstar
Name the movie he made for little becky and chad
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6MlwT1lBk0"]public enemy - burn hollywood burn ( HQ ) - YouTube[/ame]
"Burn Hollywood Burn" is talking about movies that make black people look like total sellouts with that black face paint on.
he talked about how the kids loves him in the song "Be true to the game".
"i walk through the ghetto,and the flavors good
..........little kids jumpin on me,
but you,you wanna be white and corny..."
so why not make a movie for the kids.
He was never really about that shyt. Keep in mind during the height of that ("Death Certificate" and "The Predator") he was close friends with Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Fred.
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to each his own, but that cd was straight garbation to me.. not that the two he made before that were all that dope... but that i am the west just raised the bar on garbage as far as i'm concerned... all i remember of that wack ass i am the west cd is google me bytch...
this dude literally had a chorus that said google me bytch.... amw cube would body this new cube something fierce...
As far as the thread, here's the problem.
Cube painted himself into a corner. That's the best way to put it. When you promote yourself as pro-black, anti-America, anti-sell out, "keeping it real", fukk Uncle Sam, fukk the mainstream, shout out to Khalid Muhammad, etc etc etc. after a certain point there is virtually nothing you can do to further your career that doesn't contradict the code you set up for yourself.
Also it didn't help that he went from being a "voice in the streets" type rapper to actually trying to convince people he's a gangster with that Westside Connection shyt.
Fred.
Cube painted himself into a corner. That's the best way to put it. When you promote yourself as pro-black, anti-America, anti-sell out, "keeping it real", fukk Uncle Sam, fukk the mainstream, shout out to Khalid Muhammad, etc etc etc. after a certain point there is virtually nothing you can do to further your career that doesn't contradict the code you set up for yourself.
Also it didn't help that he went from being a "voice in the streets" type rapper to actually trying to convince people he's a gangster with that Westside Connection shyt.
Fred.
so a movie made for black familys is selling out
...I don't know what about this movie woulda had white folks with beckys and chads runnin to the theatre lol...u know that's a reach,it might be corny but its not for you but its still for black people....does he gotta make every movie he does for one demographic of black people....I guess that movie where he got the girl playin football ain't a black movie since u didn't wanna see it or probaly thought it wuz corny
And yes I Am the West wuz wack...funny we igorin LNCL and Raw Footage tho...when it wuz a war on hiphop goin on and ya fav rappers wuz goin on tv bowin down to Oprah and coppin pleas for theyself and hiphop,Cube the one made "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" and attacked Oprah.....Cube did that,not ya favorite rapper that raps that's busy tryna build they brands
and get where Cube at....Cube still goin against the system and challenging black folks own stances he sees as ignorant...sayin fuk a brand,not carin who he piss off.....is Jay doin that,Common,nah I seen u on Oprah jeffin nikka....who else did thain cubes positionto each his own, but that cd was straight garbation to me.. not that the two he made before that were all that dope... but that i am the west just raised the bar on garbage as far as i'm concerned... all i remember of that wack ass i am the west cd is google me bytch...
The old Cube would body this whole industry!
but out that "I am the West" album these songs are dope!...to me...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKwBod_Kl8]Ice Cube - Too West Coast [Official Video] - YouTube[/ame]
and he is a rapper from the 80s and still droppin heat like that.
what new rapper thats out now fukkin with those songs?
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brooklynnetsfan
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He went from being the youngest member of the NWA, to dropping albums, to being in Boyz N Da Hood, never being blackballed, never sell out, done commercials, and is still relevant in the game. PS he's against sellouts. So how dare you say he sell out? Lil Wayne sell out! Nicki Minaj sell out! Dr Dre? he done headphones but never sold out. So how dare you say Cube sell out?
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My kids like his movies and their names aren't Becky or Chad...
Now if he went from making Burn Hollywood Burn to being the lead in The Help or Driving Miss Daisy 2 then you would have a better point...
The Coors commercials are terrible and the most legit example..But 90% of the stuff people point to as sellout behavior is laughable to me...It lets me know that they looked at him as something bigger than just an entertainer (which is honestly a backhanded compliment)...
