Ice Cube’s third solo album produced hits such as “It Was a Good Day,” “Wicked,” and “Check Yo Self” helping the album sell over 5 million copies.
The album was released seven months after the LA Roits and songs such as “We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up” and “Who Got the Camera?” gave his listeners outside of Cali the issues/problems people were facing out West.
Good mix of hip hop, jazz, rock, funk, and R&B. Props goes to Onez for this set. Info and link after the jump.
1. “Like Two People (Main Titles)” by American Me
From the motion picture American Me (1992)
Sampled in ” The First Day Of School (Intro)”
Produced by Ice Cube
2. “Oh Honey” by Delegation
From the album Promise of Love (1977)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
3. “No Vaseline” by Ice Cube
From the album Death Certificate (1991)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
4. “We Will Rock You” by Queen
From the album News of the World (1977)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
5. “Treat Her Like a Prostitute” by Slick Rick
From the album The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick (1988)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
6. “Take Me to the Mardis Gras” by Bob James
From the album Two (1975)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
7. “Grand Verbalizer, What Time is It” by X-Clan
From the album To the East, Blackwards (1990)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
8. “Giggin’ Down 103rd” by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
From the album You’re So Beautiful (1971)
Sampled in “When Will They Shoot?”
Produced by DJ Pooh
9. “Looseys” by Das EFX
From the album Dead Serious (1992)
Sampled in “Wicked”
Produced by Torcha Chamba
10. “Funky Worm” by The Ohio Players
From the album Pleasure (1972)
Sampled in “Wicked”
Produced by Torcha Chamba
11. “You Can Make It If You Try” by Sly & The Family Stone
From the album Stand (1969)
Sampled in “Wicked”
Produced by Torcha Chamba
12. “Can’t Truss It” by Public Enemy
From the album Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Sampled in “Wicked”
Produced by Torcha Chamba
13. “Welcome to the Terrordome” by Public Enemy
From the album Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
Sampled in “Wicked”
Produced by Torcha Chamba
14. “Get Out of My Life, Woman” by Solomon Burke
From the album I Wish I Knew (1968)
Sampled in “Now I Gotta Wet ‘Cha”
Produced by DJ Muggs
15. “Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)” by Parliament
From the album Motor Booty Affair (1978)
Sampled in “Now I Gotta Wet ‘Cha” & “Dirty Mack”
Produced by DJ Muggs (“Now I Gotta Wet ‘Cha”)
Produced by Mr.Woody (“Dirty Mack”)
16. “Guerillas in tha Mist” by Da Lench Mob
From the album Guerillas in tha Mist (1992)
Sampled in “Now I Gotta Wet ‘Cha”
Produced by DJ Muggs
17. “East Coast” by Das EFX
From the album Dead Serious (1992)
Sampled in “The Predator”
Produced by DJ Pooh
18. “Superman Lover” by Johnny “Guitar” Watson
From the album Ain’t That a Bitch (1976)
Sampled in “The Predator”
Produced by DJ Pooh
19. “Let’s Do It Again” by The Staple Singers
From the album Let’s Do it Again (1975)
Sampled in “It Was A Good Day”
Produced by DJ Pooh
20. “Come On Sexy Mama” by The Moments
From the album Those Sexy Moments (1974)
Sampled in “It Was A Good Day”
Produced by DJ Pooh
21. “Footsteps In the Dark” by The Isley Brothers
From the album Go for Your Guns (1977)
Sampled in “It Was A Good Day”
Produced by DJ Pooh
22. “Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk (Pay Attention- B3M)” by Parliament
From the album Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Sampled in “It Was A Good Day” & “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2″
Produced by DJ Pooh (“It Was A Good Day”)
Produced by Pocketts (“Gangsta’s Fairytale 2″)
23. “The Funeral” by Ice Cube
From the album Death Certificate (1991)
Sampled in “We Had To Tear This Mothafucka Up”
Produced by Ice Cube
24. “Get Down” by Gene Russell
From the album Listen Here (1976)
Sampled in “We Had To Tear This Mothafucka Up”
Produced by Ice Cube
25. “Subway Inn” by Duke Jordan
From the album Les Liasions Dangereuses (1997)
Sampled in “We Had To Tear This Mothafucka Up”
Produced by Ice Cube
26. “Blind Alley” by The Emotions
From the album So I Can Love You (1970)
Sampled in “We Had To Tear This Mothafucka Up”
Produced by Ice Cube
27. “P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)” by Parliament
From the album Mothership Connection (1976)
Sampled in “Dirty Mack” & “Say Hi To The Bad Guy”
Produced by Mr.Woody ( “Dirty Mack”)
Produced by Sir Jinx (“Say Hi To The Bad Guy”)
28. “Unfunky UFO” by Parliament
From the album Mothership Connection (1976)
Sampled in “Dirty Mack”
Produced by Mr.Woody
29. “Poison” by Bel Biv Devoe
From the album Poison (1990)
Sampled in “Don’t Trust ‘Em”
Produced by Rashad Smith
30. “A Bitch Iz A Bitch” by N.W.A.
From the album Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Sampled in “Don’t Trust ‘Em”
Produced by Rashad Smith
31. “Green Earrings” by Steely Dan
From the album The Royal Scam (1976)
Sampled in “Don’t Trust ‘Em”
Produced by Rashad Smith
32. “Don’t Believe the Hype” by Public Enemy
From the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Sampled in “Don’t Trust ‘Em”
Produced by Rashad Smith
33. “Distant” by A Taste of Honey
From the album A Taste of Honey (1978)
Sampled in “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2″
Produced by Pocketts
34. “Impeach the President” by The Honey Drippers
From the “Impeach the President” single (1973)
Sampled in “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2″
Produced by Pocketts
35. “Sing A Simple Song” by Sly & The Family Stone
From the album Stand (1969)
Sampled in “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2″
Produced by Pocketts
36. “Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett
From the album The Wicked Wilson Pickett (1966)
Sampled in “Check Yo Self”
Produced by DJ Muggs
37. “The New Style” by The Beastie Boys
From the album Licensed To Ill (1986)
Sampled in “Check Yo Self”
Produced by DJ Muggs
38. “Memphis Underground” by Herbie Mann
From the album Memphis Underground (1969)
Sampled in “Check Yo Self”
Produced by DJ Muggs
39. “All We Need is Another Chance” by The Escorts
From the album All We Need is Another Chance (1973)
Sampled in “Who Got The Camera?”
Produced by Sir Jinx
40. “Just a Friendly Game of Baseball” by Main Source
From the album Breaking Atoms (1991)
Sampled in “Who Got The Camera?”
Produced by Sir Jinx
41. “I Gotta Thang, You Gotta Thang, Everybody Gotta Thang” by Funkadelic
From the album Funkadelic (1970)
Sampled in “Who Got The Camera?”
Produced by Sir Jinx
42. “Good Ole Music” by Funkadelic
From the album Funkadelic (1970)
Sampled in “Who Got The Camera?”
Produced by Sir Jinx
43. “It Aint Whatcha Got” by Jimmy McGriff & Junior Parker
From the album Good Things Don’t Happen Every Day (1972)
Sampled in “Who Got The Camera?”
Produced by Sir Jinx
44. “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Sly & The Family Stone
From the album Dance To The Music (1968)
Sampled in “Say Hi To The Bad Guy”
Produced by Sir Jinx
45. “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
From the album The Message (1982)
Sampled in “Check Yo Self (The Message Remix)”
Produced by
46. “We Write The Songs” by Marley Marl
From the album In Control Volume 1 (1988)
Sampled in “24 Wit An L”
Produced by Ice Cube
47. “Papa Was Too (Live)” ” by Joe Tex
From the album Live and Lively (1968)
Sampled in “24 Wit An L”
Produced by Ice Cube
48. “Sir Psycho Sexy” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
Sampled in “U Ain’t Gonna Take My Life”
Produced by Mr.Woody
49. “I Gotcha” by Joe Tex
From the album I Gotcha (1972)
Sampled in “U Ain’t Gonna Take My Life”
Produced by Mr.Woody
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Whew! This one is a beast!
indeed.
I wonder how much he actually was paid for the album if he had to pay for all of these samples.
so…many…samples…of…dopeness. Awesome work once again.
btw, B-Real gave Cube that lighter he’s holding. It’s dope. I want one.
hahaha how did you find that out fred?
I love this… and this came later in his career after he was somewhat established some of these look easy as hell to spot though, so he probably had to shell out some cash
A good journalist never reveals his sources. I don’t either…
Yo Big up Onez. Dude, you pulling out nothing but that exqusite shit.
Back in ‘93 when i had just started boarding school in Dublin this joint and The Chronic was my soundtrack for a long time. ( till one of my boys blessed me with with a copy of whut thee album by Redman ) A lot of cats back there loved this album ( along with Ice-T, Cypress hill and of course House of pain ) and it was usually blasting out one of the dorms if cats wer’nt banging out Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
With Clearance laws now cats would be a ble to make stuff like this in the mainstream anymore.
Good looking out on this.
nice work. “u ain’t gonna take my life” was crazy.
uuuuuuuuuu weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
this one isnt in the diggin’ in the crates page :O !
Thanks alot by the way!!
that’s not a lighter it’s a pipe & apparentlt B Real had it in the studio & Cube either asked to use it or he stole it can’t remember which story B Real told but thats the story, whether it’s true at all is another thing because the story came out when they were beefing because of Cube “stealing” hooks from Cypress Hill & Others