02. Ice Cube - The Nigga Ya Love to Hate

[@TheOneWhoDings]

Cube had crazy ass run, force of NWA, 4 classic solos back to back, 2 classic movies, and a classic group album (W.C). Definitely owned the 90s.

[@bignonce7493]

Bro was the 90s

[@australium7374]

Nas too his first 2 albums were great and his other 2 had some good personal songs

[@dauntebullbear9187]

he was there rapping before most of the greats

[@toxicton7057]

last chance to look at me hector

[@eritz412]

@@toxicton7057 ok kid named finger

[@garrettwilson2626]

I like how back in the 90s, cube was just like "fuck everybody"

[@Jm-ek8th]

😂😂

[@-roejogan-]

@Truth but how long do i have to wait before i can leave the house again? im going, im hurryingg omg omg

[@shandajohnson8825]

Lol

[@derekminns2332]

Exactly

[@LITTLE1994]

Well, keep in mind, when he made this, he just left NWA.

[@damonwashington7205]

Greatest Ice Cube Track Ever. No Debating.

[@caseywalker1714]

That's tuff. My summer Vacation is crazy

[@damonwashington7205]

@@caseywalker1714 My Summer Vacation was dope no question!

[@JAMESJOHNSON-oo5fw]

"When will they shoot?" Classic too.

[@desthelegend9353]

No Vaseline

[@londani4792]

No vasiline straight outta compton?

[@AzNgiftedkid]

1:06-1:08 Superb example of sampling at its finest. That line from Gangsta Gangsta was perfectly placed.

[@cjsolution]

Yeah it was

[@rickrolledtruth5834]

EASTCOAST PRODUCED. Cube knew he had to COMEAST to MAKE HIS DEBUT ALBUM FIRE)))))))))

[@christiansimpson5289]

Exactly what I thought

[@nachoherrera5678]

The Bomb Squad were and still are the greatest

[@panoan124]

@@rickrolledtruth5834 xxxxx

[@dashuntas.m4045]

Crazy to think he dropped 4 certified classics in a row when he went solo

[@TheMasterQuests]

That’s how you know he was hungry

[@newyoutubehandle]

Cube's a legend

[@Sconechoc]

@@TheMasterQuests EAZY starved him

[@TheMasterQuests]

@@Sconechoc Jerry*

[@kan50805]

3

[@MarsVee123]

That switch up from *1:08** to **1:14* is still filthy. TILL THIS DAY! 🔥🔥🔥

[@akstorm]

fo sho!

[@osublimefamosotiosamryder4612]

who sample it man? i want to find it

[@adolfyacov2021]

Word

[@BlackHawk-nh1gv]

@@osublimefamosotiosamryder4612That sample came from a song called Breast Stroke by Monk Higgins

[@osublimefamosotiosamryder4612]

@@BlackHawk-nh1gv wow is true

[@johngerstner2030]

Something about cubes me vs everybody attitude in the 90’s was so captivating

[@txmchis]

0:40 That “You wanna sweep a n**ga like me up under the rug?” Gives me chills every time.

[@jamesduckery]

Then... 🦶🏾 shit called street knowledge, why more niggas in the pen then in college!

[@drsolaris909]

I wasn’t even alive when this album came out. It’s so different from NWA, and this track is a fuckin monster. This is my favorite track from Cube by far.

[@DaytimeNitemare]

Cube had a bigger effect on Hip Hop when he dropped solo. Monster singles..... Ppl don't understand this.

[@junclassic]

i LOVE how Cube set this shit off! Opening Line Crazy.

[@craigwilliams5157]

it was a special moment in hip-hop when Cube took the belt, crown, title as best rapper. he ruled with a iron fist 4real and he was gansta and dropped knowledge. really he is 1 of the best ever. youngens go do yo homework and listen to his 1st 4 albums💯👌

[@jaytee3217]

yep. Youngstaz these days don't realise how big Cube was back in the early 90s. Every album he dropped was the shit. If they has KZbin back then, he'd get a billion views within a month easy. He was the King back then.

[@TheHumanBallsack]

@@jaytee3217 Nowadays only the very worst (Justin Beaver, Eminem, Drake) surpasses a one billion mark. Mainly because little kids and bitches watch that wack shit.

[@owi9548]

@@TheHumanBallsack So if im listening to eminem im a little kid, idiot or something like that? I am listening to most 90s rap like eazye, dre, cube, tupac, mcren, biggie, obviously whole nwa (i kno it is from 80s), dmx, snoop, busta rhymes and more. And I am listening to 00s and modern hip hop (not that shit with autotune, the real ones) like eminem, 50 cent, the game, kendrick, j cole, denzel curry, sometimes kanye, royce da 59 (which imma big fan), pusha t, big sean, jay rock, asap rocky, asap ferg, ski mask, dax, wiz khalifa and more and im proud of it. Im just open minded and I really don't think that hip hop died. I see that you are ignorant bcuz you probably didn't listened to modern rap songs, you just heard that mainstream shit and you think that whole nowadays hiphop looks like dat. Check yo self

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

@@TheHumanBallsack Kendrick listens to Eminem.

[@anthonythompson2724]

I couldn't have said it better than the way you just put it, Respect Brother...

[@elvyfoster7455]

God damn this hits as hard today as when it first came out. This is a must listen for anyone who loves great music.

[@nightraven5760]

you can tell this song is what cube wanted gangsta gangsta to be. The original "weak at the knees" beat, the gangsta gangsta sample, and the overall flow

[@michellebolden3143]

Yassss...Weak at da knees.... Love 💕💕💕

[@simmsive71is]

Facts Cube freak this track by Steve Arlington and atomic dog beat bomb squad was dope

[@nate7434]

First time hearing this song.....the first 5 seconds put a smile on my face and I was hooked.

[@daehnihc]

literally one of his best songs. he should seriously bring this sound back

[@FrankFlucas-u3x]

In 2023 still bumping this

[@geraldfer]

2024🎉🎉🎉🎉‼️‼️‼️

[@kurtemden1907]

Sometimes I have to play this album when im in this type of mood.

[@sideaccount6198]

gym music - this and Amerikkka Most Wanted make you wanna fight someone

[@YouGotOptions2]

SAME

[@Soraviel]

​​@@sideaccount6198or pack someone in (hard 😂😂😂)

[@johnnyodom6915]

Me too! “You don’t like how I’m living then fuck you!”

[@atltweezy2531]

Man cube snatched your soul out with this album I was shocked to see a west coast rapper head to the East for this classic But this just shows that in the words of the Black Panther “More unites us than divides us” 30 years old damn!

[@MESHOCANDY]

this nigga was tha one who gave that Gangsta shit 2 the world the original OG gangster King Ice Cube much love bro

[@patboy9048]

MESHO CANDY AKA TONE TONE 5,000 og means original gangster so there's no such thing as og ganster

[@MESHOCANDY]

man you 2 young 2 have a clue but if you life 2 get older I pay you do one love young pimp

[@patboy9048]

It has nothing to do with age....let's act like we have some form of education. "OG" means original gangster, so saying an OG Gangster is false because that would mean "Original Gangster Gangster". Now we both know that doesn't make any since right? Use proper sentence structure, crazy how the young buck just schooled you...sir.

[@NateThaGreat187]

That beat tho they don’t make beats like those nowadays like the beat switch comes in so clean

[@tonyojiambo5875]

Bcoz today's rappers are so lame

[@Sonicshad]

@@tonyojiambo5875fr

[@sacredgeometry4196]

@@tonyojiambo5875 they are so unskilled they can only rap on 1 type of beat.. thats the thing people dont like to talk about.. 99 percent of rappers all rap on 3-4 different type of beats.. easy..no range of showcasing actual rap skill..

[@StalinkTz]

@@sacredgeometry4196 tell that to kendrick lamar... you're really missing out in music if you think there's nothing of value to find in today's rap. i'll argue today's BEST rap is better than 90's best rap.

[@meechy9166]

CLASSIC!!!! And amazing production by the legendary Bomb Squad!!!

[@colonel_koopa]

this beat man. this album man. this style of aggressive boom bap with the rough vocals is what makes some west coast stuff so good. personally ive always been an east coast kinda guy, but man this shit is dope

[@maxwellc2065]

Ice cube and snoop were the kings of the west no question as well as Dre, those three were just plain different

[@colonel_koopa]

@Mitch P I remember I wrote my comment before i read about the production of the album, I was shocked that the bomb squad of all people were on this, plus the whole relationship between ice and PE at the time. Made me appreciate the album even more!

[@matthewtate6599]

sounds like Jay z money ain't a thing beat.

[@dionne681]

I got goosebumps when they showed Cube spitting this in the studio on Straight Outta Compton this his most underated song Bombsquad killed this with the funkadelic sound.

[@aneesahblanchette2181]

Ice cube preaching 👏

[@webertisaias8622]

🎈

[@HighNoon23]

The Bomb Squad KILLED this album....What up Nason!

[@HighNoon23]

@P X-101 Yeah they were master's at track arrangement, too!

[@johngerstner2030]

GOAT SHIT!

[@Qmorrison1017]

This beat is sick🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@adolfyacov2021]

I know wright word

[@xtremeridez]

I was born in the 2000s and this is my favorite music

[@korolperezalivov]

+++

[@kumailmurtaza802]

Same

[@josephcrawford7922]

Same

[@SpookiSandwich]

Agreed

[@fatherkarl9291]

No way mfs still saying this type of corny shit.

[@stewiegriffin6555]

This is a very underrated track

[@amberwilson5769]

Agreed Stewie.

[@nwagugsta9912]

Stewie spittin fax

[@Scarface1148]

I saw the movie straight outta Compton and I think this is the first song he made after he split from NWA and went solo and sold millions of CDs and he became even more famous

[@SEANLJOHNSONSR]

How

[@sideaccount6198]

This is one of his hottest tracks wut u talkin bout?

[@Cwdidit_]

2021 and this still one of the best songs out 💯

[@mihirpatel8924]

Ice cube has done more positive to all communities than you can lie about! Keep it up cube!

[@ronburgundinho3929]

"Why more n's in the pen than in college" because of that line I might be your cell mate... 🔥 Cube one of the greatest to pick up a pen. If he don't make your top 5 you don't know the game.

[@done1675]

The Bomb Squad fucking KILLED it on this record. the best Ice Cube lyrics I've ever heard. Insightful and hysterical at the same time.

[@daeone1514]

Who produced this madness???? Im 2023 its still fire

[@patc1839]

OMG in in 2019 bouncing just as hard as did when i first heard this in 1990

[@shemarmitchell524]

The production quality of this is soooooo fucking clean😭😭😭😭

[@kayj616]

This is why Ice cube is my favorite rapper

[@1uprashi]

The beat just goes🔥‼️

[@lamontbarnett8221]

He flow so sweet on this one it was like he was singing 👍

[@existentialthreat6187]

I DON'T WANNA SEE NO DANCIN IM SICK OF DAT SHIT..LISTEN TO THE HIT...CLASSIC.

[@Scratchingforcash]

Shootin out the window of a drop top bro-ham Best line ever

[@kwalker7303]

Ice Cube always been cold. Legendary 🔥🔥🔥

[@Marvelous_and_Mystical]

Even though I listen to new rap music, I still love old rap music

[@Heezbungus]

real

[@larrymacdougall.7944]

I remember when this shit came out.

[@Jaystro_texn]

Larry MacDougall. Damn you in your 40'z to?

[@ApocalypseLater8]

Sup ol' head.

[@nem3668]

It was like BOOM!

[@smd_semih1853]

ok boomer

[@e.m.p.3394]

@@smd_semih1853 That's dumb They aren't boomers

[@davidnash4616]

Ice Cube's lyrics and beats burnt the mic to ash, envy and betrayal was the juice that powered Cube Up 2 spit pure fire .

[@clintonalleyne7560]

What a way to start a rap!!

[@Anrealdiamondguitar]

Love this.. Takes me back to being 14.. Weak at the knees sample is mint.... Still remember all the lyrics to the whole album.

[@memphistigers777]

If anyone wonders why Ice Cube was successful, it's because he's a genius. Way ahead of his time. And thank God 👍👍👍

[@crocodylusniloticus4389]

What a fucking dope album

[@TheTRZA1973]

What an album. Thought when he left NWA that would be the end but he smashed it on his own. He always was the best MC in the worlds most dangerous group and my enforced that when he went solo. NWA were lost after he left although 100 miles and running and Efil Rof Zaggin were decent it just wasn't the same. If he ain't in your top 10 MCs you know jack about rap music. Lyrical monster on the microphone one of the greatest to ever do it

[@godscience7821]

Bomb squad baby. Hip hop classic, groundbreaking

[@nerd885]

The bomb squad 👌🏽

[@Wynton-o2q]

2024 still bangin

[@Vandalio_Saez]

Cube top 10 lyricist all time 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@blackpawnbeats]

Bomb Squad's peak; those beat switches and transitions were revolutionary at the time and still hold up today. the later parts of the track sound like they made a funk band off the samples that almost feels like a live instrumental

[@marciusboggs8855]

One of the top OG's💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tucko11]

Ice Cube = Rolling Stones of Gangster Rap

[@geraldfer]

Damn...Im here for the toast and po up...Ice Cube..One Of The G. O. A. T!!! Makes me wanna look at folks like🤬😡😡😡🤬😂🤣😂🤣

[@TheAccessFoundation]

One of the most important albums of all time! The Bomb Squad produced THIS and Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Million..” in 90 days. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. AND they did BBD’s Poison album a short time after.

[@marqueslewis81]

Just heard this for the first on raising kanan and it switched to the next show automatically so I had to go back and find the beginning and fast forward once again to get the words for this song to find on YT . sheeeeeesh I'm glad I did. This has been added to my life's Playlist

[@kb357bk]

Not only is a classic hip hop LP...It was the collision of the original writer for NWA with the Bomb Squad(PE). He came to New York & lived here for 3 months and they put some of the greatest music for this LP. 🔥 🔥

[@Dwayne81193]

One of the best opening verses ever

[@cosmothecourageous4580]

I either heard this one raising kanan or atlanta but 🔥🔥🔥

[@alchavous9547]

Classic album

[@dewelr121]

I like the beat!

[@moontens]

this beat is dope maaannnn

[@johngerstner2030]

The Bomb Squad was it!

[@grantvlcek2998]

Still years later I watch this video. And I still years later I pause whatever I'm doing every single time when this man speaks!

[@marlonwebber4952]

That chorus always gets me 🤣😂

[@dexterroberts631]

Yeah, Redman bit this for one his songs

[@Treny5000]

Ice Cube actually put himself in everyone's top 10 after this dropped. 💯 🤔 Let's argue.

[@Treny5000]

After pinning most of the N.W.A. & Eazy-Z joints... Stop playing

[@BruceWayne760]

I would agree. Arguably top 10

[@jerrymartin3457]

No argument

[@jasonsmith8549]

Classic Ice Cube 💙

[@abdulkhafidsulaymaan]

Where were you when you first heart this song? Logistically, mentally, spiritually? I know where I was. I was about seventeen. It was a tough time. I was caught in between three defining factors of my life, I was nearing adulthood, my father was dying and Crack was taking over. I remember those were the main three things that were on my mind at the time. I really have to say this music had a positive effect on me. I used to take time out a listen to the message Cube had and if you listen to this song right now today you will hear some extremely provocative ideas. Because of this song I learned that anything that is man-made can be changed but before this song I did think that was true because I have always been a believe in the sanctity of laws, and rules. I don't feel like that anymore unless that law or rule is from Allah. As a writer I am often conflicting with the rule and law of grammar, English grammar, the slave master's language. But I've come to accept that this language of our oppressor is not perfect, it does not have to be respected or even accepted. Think about the part the correct grammar be it spoken or written play in our conditioning as a people who were programmed to deem the white man as superior, think about that. That is why so many of us put so much effort into how we articulate ourselves- most of this shit ain't for me and it ain't for my counterparts and compatriots, this correct grammar is for white people because most of the time (most of them) will listen when you sound like them... This is one of the things that I learned from Cube.

[@desthelegend9353]

I wasn’t even formed in my moms stomach yet

[@lincolnfinley2230]

Everything begins from KUSH.....ALL religions of this planet are man made spiritual disciplines.....created to control the mindsets of the populous in accordance to the rulers agenda. When you are in search for truth and wisdom.....where to look is the obvious...yet hidden ....and that is in all that THE GRAND CREATOR.....has created. From earth to the universe ....the celestial alignment in perfect form and motion and performs consistently right before your eyes, holds the key to unlocking the God Force that resides in all of humanity. Simplify.......land animals, water animals, plants and humanity....share one thing in common.....we are all life forms with life cycles. We suppose to be the most intelligent, yet we compromise our gift of life with, money ....war ....and religion. Notice other life forms have no use for those things....they just flow with nature until death....in which we are all guaranteed. My point is....I pay more attention and respect NATURE....than I do...MAN'S word.....NATURE IS THE MESSAGE AND ORDER OF THE GRAND CREATOR OF ALL THINGS>>>>>from Earth to the Universe!!!!!.....PEACE!!!!

[@dnewma04]

I was on my way to a basketball game against a neighboring school and just borrowed the tape from a friend.

[@johnwalter5875]

Cube...Like Most Prophets, the One they dont wanna hear from....But the Truth is the Truth...Straight Up

[@AB3L30NE]

One of the best tracks ever!

[@mikes7292]

😆One of My favorite Albums 😎

[@zzzzoom6387]

*I never tell you to get down it's all about COMING UP* 🙋🏾‍♀️WORD To those who say they to Black throw em overseas and they'll be begging to come back... 🙋🏾‍♀️This aged very well with all this killing today😌 Love each other daily and stop Hating because it only takes *one* day for somebody to wake up feeling like these lyrics out of frustration...Keep God First and Block the wicked✨ Happy Friday 🦅

[@Justcallmyname75]

I never told you to get down, it’s all about coming up 🌟

[@Ryan-yn1cz]

My favorite song of all time

[@BruceWayne760]

0:08 "Just think/If n*ggas decide to retaliate" A line also used by Tupac in "I wonder if Heaven got a Ghetto" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@35js]

'Bomb squad' helped make this the banger it is, perfect match with Ice.

[@BayandaMelody]

This beat is so crazy

[@cwharris773]

This beat would eat up most emcees. Cube rode the hell out of it. A true emcee.

[@일옥-i3x]

Shit...that is good

[@starrcompany3275]

Oh I smell a youngster in hear...lol

[@vlonetiller1539]

@@starrcompany3275 i’m young and i listen to old stuff all the time this is a 10/10

[@jeremybeck3879]

I was born in 1992 and would rather hear this vs most of the modern music this is real 😅

[@barryromano0451]

This shit is ridiculous, I remember hearing this when I was 15 and years later this song still fucking slaps.

[@thurlonhill4898]

I'LL. NEVER TELL YOU TO GET DOWN.. IT'S ALL ABOUT COMING UP!

[@TheSpankytank]

I bought this on tape then Album. One of the best x

[@kevinbrown8678]

Best song on the album 🔥🔥

[@BeggarsNight]

God I have no idea what’s happening or what’s being sampled at 2:29 during the Arsenio line, but I love it and need to know.

[@franklinmilligan3642]

TOP 10 RAPPER ALL TIME MY GUY ICE CUBE! HIS FLOW WAS MAD CRAZY

[@Ty._.TheOne]

I like how cube really said “fuck everyone and what they stand on” back then. He didn’t gaf what anyone thought abt him

[@tymr.t3645]

Never gets old. I still rock it 2021 and beyond The don't have hip hop hard @@#$ like this anymore 🤗🙏👍

[@Zan_zelee]

Definitely top 3 Hip Hop Album of all time.

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

WHAAAAT! Crenshaw anthem right here. This came out the same time my boy got his first set of Daytons and cut his 78 Coupe Deville. You could not tell us sheeeit!

[@robbanks707]

Raising kanan brought me back here

[@jddiesel2385]

🔥🔥🔥 my favorite Cube joint. This shit is N.W.A. hard!!! Imagine this shit was on 100 miles and Runnin ep🤔?🤯🤯🤯

[@fannysludge]

The vibe is immense on this track. I wish I was in the 90 s to some house parties in the USA . Jealous .

[@N.W.A.3290]

that’ why he is the Goat the Goat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@N.W.A.3290]

Closed.

[@AdrikSavala-tw2sh]

I was watching straight outta Compton and I am 11 and when the recording of Ice Cube putting on the n**** you love the hate I was jamming to that song bro and I ain't being like those like kids to green screens I ain't like that I just listen to NWA and again I am 11 my favorite movie is Straight Outta Compton best movie that ever came out rest in peace to Eazy-E The Godfather of gangster rap

[@robgaldamez8935]

dope beat lava hot rhymes East Coast (The Bomb Squad) West Coast (Don Ice Cube) match made in heaven.

[@skupe714]

2024 still slappin

[@Goboy759]

The fact that the start is most replayed just tells how much people replay this

[@Sehmer48]

No radio play, 4 months and it's platinum. Cube Vs Amerikkka