Ice Cube To Aim For The Hardcore Hip Hop Fan With Raw Footage
by on January 8th, 2008
Gangsta rap pioneer Ice cube is getting ready to tackle both box office and Hip Hop charts in '08 with his upcoming film, "First Sunday", which will hit theaters on January 11th, and 9th solo LP, "Raw Footage," set for release this summer.
Cube, who says the new album will be more politically driven than past releases, recently debuted the first single entitled, "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It."
In a recent interview with Complex Magazine, Cube says he wants to release something for the intelligent, hardcore, and mature Hip-Hop fan.
"I just hate the commercialized game, I hate being worried about what the program director's thinking. All that kind of stuff doesn't make any difference. What makes the difference is what the fans think, what the intelligent hardcore, mature Hip-Hop fan wants to hear. Get it to them and let's make music. I'm at a point where I'm not just grinding at this record, like "Yo, I got to eat off this," so I could have more fun with it, and do what I feel and not do it for other reasons. When you're on the record label, they are worried about that kind of stuff. You know, like where's the single? Where's the single? You just want to give them a single kick in the ass, and tell them to get the fuck out of the studio [laughs]. I'm just going back to the essence, doing it from the heart, doing it from the gut, and being happy with the results. " He tells Complex Mag.
The West Coast legend also expressed his frustration with Mainstream Media and their bastardization of hip hop.
"What it is is that they kind of pushed escapism rap, and they pushed
the political rap to the back. Political rap is more of a threat than
shake-ya-ass, titties, get drunk, take an X pill, whatever the hell
type of music-so that's what they wanted people to be focused on. They
didn't like things were said in the early '90s, late '80s,that have
been lost until now. In the late '90s there was no market for this kind
of rap. Now through YouTube and people getting their own information
through the computer and things like that, people are getting what they
really want and they're not being programmed. This kind of music that's
coming back is real. There was a wave to stomp it out. But it never
went all the way out."
You can check out the entire interview here.



























LAX, DETOX, RAW FOOTAGE, SNOOP
If all 4 of theese are hard as shit, might be a global shift. no bullshit
Dre still feeding us that bulls***…
anyways the new cube is a breath of fresh air..im only 18 but i still bang amerikkkas most wanted,death certificate(ma uncle need 2 give me dat back tho!) predator etc. cube is a legend hands down
On the real cube’s last album was heavy, I also like the fact that son don’t gota eat of this music shit, he puts out hwat he wants When he wants. Niggaz should pick up homies CD, show him true love,…and to you other lames till Cube comes out Pick up that Joell Ortiz, Redman, Ghost Face,…some of the albums y’all should have listened to by now
‘GANGSTA RAP MADE ME DO IT’….DAT SINGLE ALONE BY ITSELF IS A FUCKIN CLASSIC AND THE ALBUM IS GOING TO BE A GUARANTEED CLASSIC
1. Ice Cube( He be spittin sum real shit whether it’s political or social shit.tru legend)
2. Nas (he don’t give a fuck wat people think about his album title)
3. Andre 3000(Spit sum of the best verses thruout this whole year.
4. Saigon(Hope his album is worth the hype)
5. Kanye West(Check out his blog)
6. Lupe Fiasco(Check his feud wit Rhymefest, too smart for these cats out there)
BUT, it ain’t gon happen, Chris Tucker got too much pride. He just got paid like 20 mill + for doing Rush Hour 3, you really think Cube could match that for a new Friday movie. HELL NO! Cube got money but he ain’t gon pay that nigga that much.
i fuck with that “real shit” way harder then the new shit that comes out, but yall are hating to hard on shit that comes out now. someofits real crack
This time he says he’s “Coming out Feeling about 10lbs lighter”
I Fucks wit Cube! Cant wait
BARSQUAD BABY!