Ice Cube's New Album - "Laugh Now Cry Later" <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Before he was an actor, before he made TV shows and movies with his own production company, before he had a record label, Ice Cube was a rapper. Cube was just a kid in 1988 when he and NWA helped launch the gangsta rap genre with "Straight Outta Compton," a raw collection of catchy rhymes about inner-city injustices that appealed to audiences of all kinds. Now he's returning to his rap roots with his first solo album in six years, "Laugh Now, Cry Later," out June 6. In it, Cube unleashes a 20-track blend of bass-thumping beats and social commentary, with a dash of silliness thrown in for good measure. "I didn't want to make a record that was like a history book," the 36-year-old says, sitting inside his Cube Vision office, the walls dotted with posters that include Muhammad Ali and the movie "Scarface." "I wanted to make a record that does what all good hip-hop do. It makes you feel good, it kinda pumps you up but it also shows you a part of life that you might not have been paying attention to or might not even know exists." On "Laugh Now, Cry Later," the targets of Cube's lyrical fire include George W. Bush, money-drenched gangsta rappers, racial stereotypes and his own evolution as an artist. Rap sends a message, he says. "That's really the essence of the music," he says. "Yeah, it's got ego and macho and all that stuff, but at the end of the day, it's music that you can learn from." </div> link: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ws/14727871.htm what are everyones thoughts on this? personally, im glad that ice cube is returning to the rap scene. i am a big fan of his, but i dont know what to expect of this album. his single was hot, but can that be said about all the songs? ice cube's single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaT5u2-Eml0&search=ice%20cube
the single from the ablum is "Why we Thugs". I like it a lot and I think this will be an awesome album.
From what I've heard the album is okay....I'm a HUGE Cube fan, so I'll probably pick it up.....I'm not expecting anything great (the singles he has out are very average), but it might be worth my money to pick up.
