Ice Cube Was A Straight Low Life In "It Was a Good Day"

[HeruDat1]

One of funniest threads ever.

I always laughed and imitated that triple double when I play pickup.

 

[Deutsche Bank]

The older you get the more you realize most these rap dudes are lowlifes.

Shhh, don't tell these lil nikkas the truth.

 

[Ghpstface]

Always thought this about Steady Mobbin too

 

[Mowgli]

Shhh, don't tell these lil nikkas the truth.

Rap music puts the screws into black culture to make it seem like we have to be like some rapper to be a legitimate black person.

The uneducated and fatherless suffer the most

 

[King P]

The actual "Good Day" happened on November 30th, 1988

Internet Correction: Ice Cube's "Good Day" Was Actually Nov. 30, 1988

When a blogger attempted to identify the exact date rapped about in Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day," using only clues from the song, we were impressed. But a few things didn't add up about the January 20, 1992 date arrived upon. Was the Goodyear Blimp grounded that day? Did it rain in South Central?

Most importantly, Mike B. takes issue with Murk Avenue's assertion that beepers weren't commercially available until the 1990s.

He's fine with all the clues that cut the possibilities down to Nov. 30, 1988; April 4, 1989; Jan. 18, 1991; and Jan. 20, 1992 — but that's where the wheels come off.

He first eliminates the 88/89 dates, saying Cube didn't have a beeper because they weren't available until the 90s... except that in August of 1988, N.W.A. puts out "Straight Outta Compton," on which Cube himself raps about cops "fukkin with me ‘cause I'm a teenager / With a little bit of gold and a pager" — so Cube had himself a beeper, before any of those four dates. So instead of eliminating the 88/89 dates, let's look at the 91/92 dates. First, Cube is famous for being an extremely loyal, one-woman man since the time he started dating Kim — who is his wife to this day! They'd been dating for several years by then, so he wouldn't be describing her as someone he'd been trying to eff since the twelth grade. But beyond that:

Jan. 18, 1991 - NO - Kim is 8 months pregnant with their first child... she was not paging him for weed, booze, and sex that night.

Jan. 20, 1992 - NO - By this date, Cube has moved out of his mom's house (sometime in late 91) and is living with Kim — to whom he was engaged by this date — and their one-year-old son... she was not paging him that night for weed, booze, sex, and then having him drop her off somewhere before he drives home to his mom's place.

All those personal details come from VH1's "Behind the Music: Ice Cube" special, and their timeline is undeniable. The case for deciding between Nov. 30, 1988 and April 4, 1989 is a little murkier, but it comes down to the fact the on Nov. 30, 1988, "Straight Outta Compton" was just starting to move a little bit, where Ice Cube might have know he could be a star but it was still in the 'calm before the storm' period, whereas by April 4th following, N.W.A. was blowing up into national consciousness, and things would've been way too hectic for him to have such a calm, uneventful day.

Check out Mike's Tumblr for a more in-depth look at the greatest question of our time.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

 

[Sccit]

this song is probably the reason why I kept track of my stats in pickup games, and never cared about the actual game-score.

another reason is because dudes stay gunnin' in pickup games. I could care less if I win or lose, unless its league play.

I HATE PEOPLE LIKE U

 

[UserNameless]

Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp
And it read "Ice Cube's a Pimp"

Cube was delusional as fukk in that video/song. ...


But it's just a mid 20s hood guy trying to boost self esteem as much as possible in whatever somewhat , subjectively positive way that he can under the forces of.the oppressor and the capitalistic system .






Thread is jokes ... op is a nut .

 

[Coli Hoecomb]

Neg em up, neg em up, neg em up

Neg em

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Cubes Son Was Born In 91, According To That He Didn't fukk Kim Till 92

So It Can't Be That Day

Or there's more than 1 Kim in the world


This is science

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

The actual "Good Day" happened on November 30th, 1988

I can't believe people are actually out here trying to figure this fairytale out

 

[MarloStanTrill]

who gives af? i can tell OP must be havign a "good day" too clearly no job, girl, or life

 

[smoove157]

I thought cube hit a hard four and did it backhanded.

this is what it actually means

 

[8====D]

Lol TheColi never fails!

 

[Larry Lambo]

The actual "Good Day" happened on November 30th, 1988

If it was November '88, then the line about picking up a girl been trying to f**k since the 12th grade doesn't mean as much considering he graduated in 1987.