Genius Meanings
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Ice Cube (Ft. DOM KENNEDY) – That New Funkadelic
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The song shows that it’s like Funkadelic’s music, only more modern. This makes sense as the song contains a sample of Funkadelic themselves.
The song is third on Ice Cube’s tenth
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Ice Cube – Givin’ Up the Nappy Dug Out
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The hook for this song comes from a Big Daddy Kane lyric. Cube’s premise is a bit more targeted than Kane’s though. The title is a reference to Funkadelic’s 1973 song, “Nappy
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Ice Cube – Rollin’ Wit The Lench Mob
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Over the bassline from The J.B.’s “Givin' Up Food For Funk,” Cube shouts out his associates in the Lench Mob—all the performers on the album. Da Lench Mob would later become a rap
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Ice Cube – No Vaseline
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“No Vaseline” is Ice Cube’s diss track about his former group N.W.A and their manager, Jerry Heller.
Cube left N.W.A in 1989 over financial issues, and the group took shots at him
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Funkadelic (Ft. George Clinton, Ice Cube & Kendrick Lamar) – Ain’t That Funkin Kinda Hard On You? (We Ain’t Never Gonna Stop Remix)
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Kendrick Lamar and Ice Cube remix the popular hit “Ain’t that Funking Kinda Hard On You?” by George Clinton.
Kendrick has remixed this before, the duo have collaborated before on
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Ice Cube – The Wrong Nigga To Fuck Wit
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[Verse 1: Ice Cube] / Goddamn, it's a brand new payback / From the straight gangsta mack in straight gangsta black / How many motherfuckers gotta pay? / Went to the shelf and
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Funkadelic – (Not Just) Knee Deep Interpolations
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See all of “(Not Just) Knee Deep” by Funkadelic’s interpolations
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Ice Cube (Ft. Chuck D) – Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside)
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Ice Cube and Chuck D collaborate on a track about the perils of life young Black men face, from police brutality to crimes within their neighborhoods.
Cube provided background
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Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (Ft. Geto Boys & Ice Cube) – Two to the Head
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This song was important as it showed harmony exists between East Coast, West Coast, and Southern MCs.
The sample used is an interpretation of the Funkadelic song “Mommy, What’s A
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Ice Cube – True To The Game
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As a political and powerful MC, Ice Cube comes at those who would rather follow fads and trends than remain true to themselves.
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Kid Sensation – Seatown Funk
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I know you gonna dig this / Yeah / Uh! / [Verse 1] / Back in the nine-five with a new cut / To make myself gold kind of like King Tut / A checkup from the neck up, I hope you can
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Ice Cube (Ft. George Clinton) – Bop Gun (One Nation)
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Samples George Clinton, who also sings on the song and appears prominently in the music video.
The song is both an ode to the work of George Clinton, as well as a party song with a
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Erick Sermon (Ft. Ice Cube & Kam) – The Ill Shit
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[Hook] / ("With the boom, ping-ping! / Listen to the ill shit that I bring-bring!") / ("With the boom, ping-ping! / Listen to the ill shit that I bring-bring!") / ("With the boom
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Ice Cube – When Will They Shoot?
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A slammin' opening track, containing a skillfully mixed collection of samples:
Queen’s “We Will Rock You” (stomp-stomp CLAP)
Delegation’s “Oh Honey”
Slick Rick’s “Treat Her Like
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Funkadelic – I'll Bet You
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Wooo! / Come on, huh! / Woo-ooh! / Ice cubes on a red hot stove will melt, and I bet ya / A drowning man's very first words is help, I bet you / If you bet on a horse and the horse
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Del the Funky Homosapien – Dr. Bombay (Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Mistadobalina is a jackass, much like a donkey / And I'ma pin the tale on the funky / Has anybody seen Del's head swell? / 'Cause I get paid well, kickin' much tail
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Funkadelic – (Not Just) Knee Deep
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This song was from the album Uncle Jam Wants You from 1979.
An edited version of the song, appearing as Side A on the single release, reached number one on the Billboard Black
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Ice Cube – Dirty Mack
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Dirty Mack: The act of setting up an angle on someone to make a move on that someone’s boyfriend/girlfriend, fiancee or spouse.
Or: To speak negative about, or slander ones
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Skull Snaps – It's A New Day Samples
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See all of “It's A New Day” by Skull Snaps’s samples
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Funkadelic – Mommy, What’s A Funkadelic?
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[Intro: Eddie Hazel] / If you will suck my soul / I will lick your funky emotions / (Hey baby, hey...had something last night...man, it was strange...it taste so good...it was some
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Ice Cube – The Nigga Ya Love To Hate
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Ice Cube’s classic (and often-borrowed; see here and here) polemical theme: you love to hate him! You hate to love him!
Ice Cube provided some background for this track:
That
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Ft. Duke Bootee & Grandmaster Melle Mel) – The Message
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it, had
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Ice Cube – Arrest The President
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As a former member of N.W.A., Ice Cube is no stranger to politically charged lyrics. The West Coast rapper pushed the envelope with records that addressed issues in America such as
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Ice Cube (Ft. Don Jagwarr) – Wicked
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[Intro: Don Jagwarr] / Now dis one dedicated to di man dem call MacGyver (Buck) / And all double-oh-seven James Bond spy man is from di area (Gunshot, gunshot) / Maximum respect to
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2 Live Crew – The Funk Shop
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Cleaner version of “The Fuck Shop” from As Nasty As They Wanna Be. This version peaked at #14 on the US Rap Chart in the spring of 1990.
The song samples Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin
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