In a recent interview with a hip-hop website, Los Angeles representative, Ice Cube, discusses his new album, new video and a possible upcoming collaboration that could become a classic.
The rapper/actor/director spoke about his new album saying, "I knew with Laugh Now, Cry Later it was more of a reintroduction. I wasn’t sure if all the antennas would be up to listen to what I really had to say...I had to make a record to show I could more or less still rap on that tip. On this one I could give more of that street knowledge. The timing of the presidential election just fell into place.”
The 3rd single off of the album, titled "Why Me", produced a video that portrays the emotions of innocent murder victims as well as how the problem of gun violence reaches and affects people all over the world. He explains, "What I wanted to do [in the video] was use real people, not a whole bunch of actors. I wanted to show people who were really victims of that kind of violence...So once I knew I was gonna do that I knew the video had the ability to be powerful once we tied it together. We had different scenes of the hood, Somalia, and the Middle East to show it wasn’t a hood issue, but a world problem. And with (director) Benny Boom it would be hard to mess that concept up.”
While Houston rapper Scarface had announced last week that his next album Emiritus would be his last, he mentioned that he had a strong desire to craft one final album...a dream supergroup project between himself, Nas, and Ice Cube.
Cube, who was visibly excited about the idea said, “Of course, I wouldn’t even think twice about doing that…hell yeah!....I think the album would be crazy, lyrics would be sick, and Hip-Hop would love it. It’s just making that business happen, that’s the part that gets funky. I ain’t never turned down these kind of projects, they just don’t happen for whatever reasons. But I’m up for some s**t like this because I know we can make a dope record.”
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NWA BEST RAP GROUP EVER!
If Nas & Scarface did an album together, whew, wow.... That's all I can really say is, "Wowww!"
co-sign NWA invented gangsta rap
this shit gon be classic
nwa is a great group, but the best group ever, hands down Run D.M.C.
That new Ice Cube is a hot album......... As far as that supergroup, that would be FIRE! 3 legends from each region. That would be sick......... I could only imagine.....
would love to see it happen but for some reason don't think it will.
i see the c word is gettin thrown around again. lets wait til this one drops before you start throwin around words like classic all loosly.
big props to nas and cube for scarface saying he wants them in his supergroup.. it looks like he is trying to get the best from all over... you know scarface thinks hes the best from the south.. must think cube is the best from the west and nas is the best from the east.. it would be an amazing album
are you crazy how can a album wiht Cube, Face and Nas on a album not be a classic, Three legends from the East Coast, WestCoast and Down South all you need is eminem on a feature and Dre on the beats!
shit crazy
Public Enemy or A Tribe Called Quest for my favorite rap group of all time. But then again I'm from Strong Island.
I don't know how the topic switched to best group ever but the answer is Wu-Tang Clan without a doubt. Nas, Face and Cube? That is another album I would spend money on. PEACE Come check out The Livin' Large Morning Show Hip-Hop/N.F.L. Special w/ Bobby Livin', and Tony Large Sundays 11am-1pm EST at www.clubmegamix.com.
damn man the kings of their respective regions teamin up huh? that would b some raw shit n nothing like that has really ever been done outside of mixtapes that r just pieced together. unfortunately i dont c it happening, kinda like i cant feel my face, cuz they all on different labels n they r the ones that really r in control of what is put out. i doubt 3 different labels could come together n agree on something cuz as we all know big corporations r the shit holes of our world n business. they r the diahrea of music. so even tho 3 dope artists would b more than happy to do it record labels would not allow it.
i think yall have forgotten that Run D.M.C. paved the way for all these new niggas. the first hip hop group to go platinum, look it up. they were also the first to get a commercial endorcement deal with adidas. true innovators. they are the GREATEST ever period, only other group on their level is Public Enemy.
Nas is 100x better than Scarface...
trash me i dont care
best fucking group of all time is bone thugs. they enter the rap game with a style that most rappers these days are biting off of. and krayzie has no comparasion.
That cube, Nas, Face collab would be epic.
Of course, they were dope as shit on the Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It Remix...but check out Favor for a Favor off of Nas' I Am album...that shit is CLASSIC.
Guamation, The album isn't but that song and Nas Is Like are classics. PEACE Come check out The Livin' Large Morning Show Hip-Hop/N.F.L. Special w/ Bobby Livin', and Tony Large Sundays 11am-1pm EST at www.clubmegamix.com.
Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It - Ice Cube feat. Nas and Scarface
Favor for a Favor - Nas feat. Scarface
Hand of the Dead Body - Scarface feat. Ice Cube and Devin the Dude
Game Over - Scarface feat. Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Too Short
Definition of Real - Scarface feat. Ice Cube and Z-Ro
They were made for an album.
They need to make that happen. That would be one of the most anticipated albums we have seen a minute. Definitely will be a tight ass album..... Candler Road Biatch
NWA - gangsta rap reborn for a final epic amazin album - tru makers takin that last step. definitly gonna be FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
If those three get together I see no way they fail to make an instant classic.
Yo I FEEL you, I am just so scared to use that word cuz 2 me it is sacred. Anything can happen, I don't have to point out other "instant classic"/What the hell hapened?? albums. While this could very well be Nasty Nas - AmeriKKKa's Worst Nightmare Cube - Geto Boys Face, it could be Nas Escobar - Are We There Yet Cube - Well, fuck it there is no time in Face's career that I am disappointed in. That may not = Classic. I do hope it does though. PEACE Come check out The Livin' Large Morning Show Hip-Hop/N.F.L. Special w/ Bobby Livin', and Tony Large Sundays 11am-1pm EST at www.clubmegamix.com.
they could easily change the game with that cd, that collabo is sick on a lame beat just imagine if the production is in line, omg
I'll buy 10 copies of a Scarface/Nas/Cube album. I see the logistics on the business side being kind of sticky, but if they can make it happen, it could possibly be one of(if not the) best hiphop albums EVER. YES niggas, EVER
co-sign that, on their own they drop classics, together??? that shits crazy to think about
Those 3 on an album would be nastyyyy.
That album will be great. Maybe a classic, only the time will prove that. Preemo and Dre must put them hands there. than u will see the best hip hop album of 00´s.
Shows how much you respect these legends and how much you know about hip hop: NOTHING! Ice Cube wrote the majority of NWA's (except MC Ren's) lyrics, put out classics such as Amerika's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator, and The War Disc. Scarface, being one of my favorite rappers (so I'm obviously offended) created the Geto Boys, held, and still is holding along with Bun B, Rap-A-Lot Records, and dropped classics such as The Diary, The Untouchable, My Homies, The Last of a Dying Breed, and The Fix. And Nas put out possibly the greatest hip-hop album of all-time in Illmatic, as well as other classics such as It Was Written, I Am... (I don't care what anyone says, this album was great and Scarface and DMX were on it too), Stillmatic, God's Son, Hip Hop Is Dead, and Untitled. All three are highly respected and highly revered. Out of these guys, Scarface is my favorite. Honestly, who is your favorite rapper? And you better not say Tupac or Biggie because some of the three guys I mentioned are better than the both of them. Rakim is better than the both of them! You can't tell me that Ice Cube, Nas, and Scarface are washed up or fallen off. I bought Laugh Now, Cry Later and enjoyed it. I bought Hip Hop Is Dead and Untitled and loved both of them. And I got three Scarface albums (The Diary, The Untouchable, and MADE) and had to buy The Fix after hearing On My Block. These men deserved their respect, especially from you with your duhhhhhhhhhhhh comment. Away with you, mark.
ur a fucking idiot chosen one. all 3 MADE the 90s. nas in my opinion started the golden age. cubes dropped a couple good albums this decade, face hasnt really been relevant but nas struggling to remain relevant?
u must b a 50 dick rider or somethin. who u think is holdin down the south lil flip or plies or lil wayne or somethin u dumb faggot. next ill hear u say jay z is washed up n bp3 is gonna suck. shut ur mouth, dont read articles n post just to hate, u already knew what the fucking story was about before u read it so for u to just come in here just to say that ur a real bitch, a huge one, go grab a tampon n some yogurt pussy
Ice Cube + Nas + Scarface = Hip Hop Classic. They don't suck complete sack on the mic, they have creative minds, and they can make their own beats. Maybe one of the top three rap groups ever.
Nas/Scarface that would be the shit
forget about it !! an album with those 3 would be a fuckin dream come true no doubt about it. ice cube the originator of gangsta rap scarface the king of the south and nas the king of ny what more could u ask for ?? i wonder what nas thinks of the collaboration because if they really want to do it it'll be done.
i disagree, i think Scarface should keep it trill, n go with bun b, scarface/bun b album thats what they need to do, but nas is pretty decent, no matter what, it is is going to be off the chain Scarface King Of the South baby
yea but face n bun have worked together mad n still can whenever they want. an album by 2 guys from the same city wouldnt b half as big from the kings of all the regions. but i agree a scarface n bun b album would b dope but not as raw as these 3 dudes
if dis happen it be a good look for hip hop....
nas and scarface would be one of the best collabos favor for a favor and in bewteen us were both great songs .
damn i didnt see that last part about cube on there to shit . that would be a classic
so...we're waiting on Nas' response now...
WOW Cube, Nas & Scarface, an album together ? That would be sick ! The remix of Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It was bananas! Shit, three lyrical monsters from the West, East and South, how real is that ?
yea datz my nigga, don mega realest nigga alive. I be waiting on this album must be sick.
Nas+Scarface+Ice Cube.... Crazy Talk
HIPHOP PERIOD NEEDS THIS ALBUM, HANDS DOWN PEOPLE WILL GO SUPPORT, AND IF THEY DONT, IM WHIPPING ASS LOL, BUT I WOULD BUY 3 COPIES, FOR ALL THEM NICCAS, REAL TALK!!!!!!!!
yo that shit would be fuckin classic and an masterpiece and if it did happen it couldnt be nobody but classic producers like premo ,large profeessor dre dre and maybe a few tomp tracks could make it sick but the damn buisness would be complicated tho this is my era of oldschool hip hop so i would go nuts alot of young niggas wouldnt understand tho
nas, cube and scarface album wow dat would be a monster album gangsta rap made me do it remix was already hot enough but if they can come together and do an album it'd be hot
Damn an album like that!! Sounds soo good it'll make you Slap yo Mama!!!
ya'll aint ready for nas and scarface, flat out, come holla at the ill hip hop spot
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