Ice Cube Album: “Featuring...Ice Cube [PA]”

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Personnel includes: Ice Cube, Khop, Dr. Dre, Westside Connection, George Clinton, Das EFX, Chuck D, Yo Yo, WC, The Madd Circle, Scarface, Mr. Mike, Ice T, Kool G Rap, D.J. Polo. <p>Personnel includes: Ice Cube, Khop, Dr. Dre, Westside Connection, George Clinton, Das EFX, Chuck D, Yo Yo, WC, The Madd Circle, Scarface, Mr. Mike, Ice T, Kool G Rap, D.J. Polo. <p>FEATURING..., like much of Ice Cube's work, forsakes jeep-beats and "everybody-party" lyrics in favor of an intense, focused anger spurred by the urban violence and cultural deterioration it so vividly describes. Whether or not his first-person accounts of murder and turmoil are part of a self-perpetuating downward spiral, his skills as a storyteller and sonic architect are undeniable. Ice Cube is joined on each cut by a guest artist, and he makes the most of his compatriots' contributions. On "Endangered Species" he takes advantage of Chuck D's presence to scoop up some ominous, Public Enemy-style polyphony. With some help from Yo-Yo, he pokes fun at hip-hop's ubiquitous misogyny in the long-overdue sexist parody "It's A Man's World." There are no radical stylistic departures here, just some solid, West-Coast hip-hop, as essayed by one of the genre's most adept practitioners. <p>FEATURING..., like much of Ice Cube's work, forsakes jeep-beats and "everybody-party" lyrics in favor of an intense, focused anger spurred by the urban violence and cultural deterioration it so vividly describes. Whether or not his first-person accounts of murder and turmoil are part of a self-perpetuating downward spiral, his skills as a storyteller and sonic architect are undeniable. Ice Cube is joined on each cut by a guest artist, and he makes the most of his compatriots' contributions. On "Endangered Species" he takes advantage of Chuck D's presence to scoop up some ominous, Public Enemy-style polyphony. With some help from Yo-Yo, he pokes fun at hip-hop's ubiquitous misogyny in the long-overdue sexist parody "It's A Man's World." There are no radical stylistic departures here, just some solid, West-Coast hip-hop, as essayed by one of the genre's most adept practitioners.