Ice Cube recounts the day he decided to leave N.W.A | Juan EP is Life

[@jesserapkin2660]

14yrs old at the time, visiting my father in Queens for vacation and I see the Most Wanted tape in the record store, which had just come out that week. Asked him to buy it and the man actually allowed me to play it in the car on the ride home. I hope I will be as supportive of my kid's taste in music as he was. .....and what an album it is.

[@catalinojacques9138]

Good way to see life's future with a personal touch. I use to listen to some heavy beats with my son who passed 10 years ago at age 39. I'd give anything to listen to his flavor in music with him. Definitely, included NWA.

[@EpisodeCJSII]

My favorite all time album

[@elcabrito21]

Ice Cube the only person who looks happy/annoyed/pondering/bored all at the same time lol

[@ShaniLee-vd5pe]

Yes😂❤

[@Gemneye6]

A GEMINI 💪🏾♊️💪🏾

[@AlmondGlazedSunrise]

@@Gemneye6 Cube, Ren and Arabian Prince are Geminis, each born a day apart.

[@kingcc2]

😂😂

[@bryancox2838]

You know what’s interesting? While Cube was in NYC making an album, LL Cool J was in LA making “Bigger And Deffer”. CRAZY!

[@icecreambeats101]

BAD came out in 1987. Bad was recorded in New York City son. In Chung King House of Metal. Ice Cube album Amerikkkas Most Wanted came out in 1990 in New York City at Green Street Studio son. Get your facts straight son.

[@bearable55]

​@icecreambeats101 I was like, what? My man's timeline is way off.😂😂

[@MarvinHayden-lg2hd]

Facts

[@DigitalOdyssey3001]

Ice Cube is intelligent, talented and super courageous. This interview is great even though there are times things went way over their heads. Cube is truly one of the greatest writers, activists and businessmen in entertainment.

[@wilfredoesqueda]

🤣😂

[@JohnWhiteECU]

yeah, these guys weren't born right or maybe babies during this time frame

[@javier77th]

Can’t be that smart to turn down $9 million dollars just because he didn’t want to get a covid shot. Had he been poor and still living on Crenshaw, He probably would have done different.

[@porque3265]

Not an activist in any way shape or form

[@luisjrrodriguez1721]

Dude I got better lyrics than still dre. That's just some mumble bullshit I heard that junk already it's poopies

[@OgDj2024]

Amazing story! ICE CUBE is one of my all time favorite rap artists

[@thankesusbeats3522]

Ice Cube is a certified Genius and has been since a teenager. Everything he accomplished was by Design, not Luck...straight from his brain on to Wax and in to Films, Give this man his GOAT status!!

[@adamdaye]

Exactly, doesn't get half the respect he deserves for essentially writing most of nwa's lyrics (obv the DOC contributed massively)

[@HermanIngram]

😂

[@HermanIngram]

He is certainly one of the great racists.

[@thankesusbeats3522]

@@HermanIngram save those white tears so Cube can drink them

[@HermanIngram]

@@thankesusbeats3522 No tears. The people he hates will continue to live rent-free in his head. He is a perpetual victim.

[@stephenp2174]

Imagine interrupting Ice Cube. Let the man speak.

[@kuunami]

Some of these radio guys think people care more about them than the artist they're interviewing.

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Word

[@MarkTBeats]

@@kuunami ''And now the interviewers are interviewing the interviewers They wanna be stars more than the artists they're in view of'' - Locksmith

[@Jason_Voorhees.]

Truth

[@DigitalOdyssey3001]

Facts 💯

[@SotaSlim612]

Dope, I want to hear the rest of this interview

[@puffandpass7438]

Ice Cube is the reason I love gangsta rap I culdn't get enough of it and I still can't

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

As a 17 year old white boy from England listening to NWA in the late 80s then my whole conception of ice cube changed when I sat down and watched boys in the hood his acting skills blew me away, I still pump Jockin for Beats ep 🙏🏼

[@ZexyAL.]

that wasn't actually cube in straight outta compton it was his son playing him

[@johnniec2861]

@@ZexyAL. hes talkin about boyz in the hood that came out in back in the 80s , totally different movie

[@gracehenderson4339]

​@@johnniec2861🎉

[@handeif]

Man, I absolutely love the Cube! Would really appreciate to see the whole thing 🤞🏽 He has been one of my favorites since I was a kid, and Amerikkkas... is still to this day very high on my list 🔥

[@icecreambeats101]

I’m glad he mentioned Arabian Prince because it felt like they tried to make him seem like he wasn’t in the group.

[@MarkMoore-my7cp]

Especially, since he was the FIRST ONE to call Jerry Heller on his bullshit

[@MonicaMariaMcLean]

Only reason why a raven and Prince don't Mo rapping. No more is because he was in a car accident and he can't rap anymore. Cause he lost his voice.

[@MarkMoore-my7cp]

@@MonicaMariaMcLean D.O.C. was in the accident, which crushed his larynx

[@RomeyB]

When the NWA/Ice Cube feud started happening, I immediately took Ice Cube's side. I knew he was going to be big!

[@kirbyaugustine761]

The opening skit of the electric chair execution was fire... and then the beat dropped with Cube screaming " I heard payback's a motherf**king ni@@a. Just dope. I jammed that cassette ( yes, cassette) hard in the 90 Corolla. Still one of my favorite albums from the legendary Ice Cube.

[@FentySeroquel]

One of the best openers on an album ngl

[@sfrank8687]

Just listen to that album yesterday!!! My top 5 of all time

[@Gemneye6]

I’m TIRED GETTING TREATED LIKE A MFKN STEPCHILD FUCC A PUNK CAUSE I AIN’T HIM YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH THE 9 DOUBLE M

[@Muppetbabies1602]

Cube and Bomb Squad together changed the game

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Sure did

[@Gemneye6]

The BOMB WUZZ 🔥

[@BurtoniousPrime]

I LOVE THIS! When i was a young buck in San Diego, i loved East Coast hip Hop, and hearing Cube tell this story! Awesome.

[@shunsmith3451]

I feel exactly were u comin from I'm originally from"Mississippi",but I stayed in "San Diego" but I luv da history of da "West and East Coast"!!!

[@cavalierthompson9743]

Mad love for Ice Cube from day 1, been killing his music since my early teens right on, out of NWA, it was always Cube because of the fact that he was smart enough to see through the Jerry Hella BS and all his solo's from then on were 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MrSweets50]

Cube my Top 5 Dead or Alive

[@primeminister66]

INDEED

[@henryfeatherstone7795]

Ice Cube's lyrics and personality at the time attracted East coast hip-hop headz.

[@fowlkeskm]

Facts!

[@wardatkins1320]

His body of work is impeccable "premium lyrics" Grand finale to Drop the bomb and more ....

[@desmondcharles]

Ice Cube often gets overlooked when talking about the greatest MC’s of all time , but this guy was so much better than he gets credit for .

[@LouieOcean2]

Other than pac I can’t think of a west coast rapper who has a better discography

[@mccleandazza4618]

No one overlooks cube ...like no one 😂 suprised We didn't get the "Cube underrated" comment

[@HighPlainsDrifter53]

Cube was never underrated. Don't get that reference

[@jackazzhole1]

Nahh, not true older folks know about Ice cube

[@samsonokoro5036]

​@@LouieOcean2he has a better discography than PAC. PAC only has 2 incredible albums and Cube has 4 masterpieces. PAC didn't even blow until he was with Deathrow, Cube is top 5 emcees/lyricists of all time

[@lyriktehuti]

“I said I was gonna go to the east coast and get my beats and folks on the west coast laughed.” “They laughed?” Bomb squad took that……personally.

[@jaska138]

Never knew cube wanted Sam Sewer to produce for him, that would be dope too. Love 3rd Bass Cactus album

[@sjb3240]

I heard that story before. Sam Sever not being available is one of the biggest missed opportunity moments like Freddie Foxx missing the meeting with Eric B and Marley Marl.

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Me either

[@moehammondmedia]

One of the greatest interviews ever. Ice Cube LEGENDARY!!!!!

[@Daddyc1684]

Back in Ice Cube early years he was untouchable! Him and Scarface ran the 90's as solo hip hop artists💪🏼

[@8Bitorbust]

Indeed they did. I was big on Nas and Biggie then too. Once the mid 90s rolled around I got into the ATL scene with Outkast and Goodie Mob. But all during that time, Cube is still dropping banging solo albums.

[@deadlystylzcal2913]

Meanwhile….2 PAC Stans began cracking their knuckles from around the world in preparation of rebuking such a wild claim. 😁

[@seedsowersofisrael.4660]

No Vaseline still is 1 of the best diss records to date, hands down.

[@davidgibson5120]

I love Cube & NWA but its more amazing what he was able to accomplish in Hollywood and his business ventures.

[@40yrs]

The moment I heard this dude when he was with NWA, I said he should be solo because he was more talented lyrically then the other members. So it was known before his solo career that he was that dude. His first 5 releases are all classics. I don't remember not liking one song from any of them. Kill at Will (EP), America's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator and Lethal Injection.

[@j2323j]

Facts But I still like war and peace 1

[@jamesoblivion]

Ironically, he was also writing verses for Eazy and Dre on the early NWA records. So really, he was just saving his best lyricism for himself. 😆 For real, though, after Cube left, the whole NWA vibe shifted. The beats got nastier, which I appreciated, but lyrically, they were rarely on the same insightful level. Because the guy who wrote the majority of their dopest rhymes was off doing it on his own solo joints.

[@StreetsofATL_19]

I will give you the first 4 (Kill At Will was just an EP) Lethal Injection……. Naw, I wasn’t feeling the “Bop Gun”!😅

[@StreetsofATL_19]

I’m so glad Ice Cube mentioned “100 Miles and Running” and “Kill At Will”. Only people who was around during that time bumping these two EP cassette tapes in their boom boxes remember them!

[@RyanKuebel]

@@StreetsofATL_19 efil 4 zaggin

[@aaronj.brooks1977]

I hope there’s more from this interview with ICE-CUBE everything was just getting interesting I love to hear the rest of it and so on and so on

[@lopez6617]

How the hell have I heard this timeline a million times and still get hype when cube adds more details 30 years later. 😎

[@omniosi]

Beautiful to hear this from Cube''s point of view.

[@ArtisticAutisticandAiling]

I knew I ran to listen to AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted after hearing how The Bomb Squad were mad scientists, as Ice Cube said. Ice Cube kicks ass! :D I heard he supports Autism and that made me feel much better about having Autism/Aspergers since 1996. God Bless him :) After listening to that album; Now I'm on the look for either an E-MU Emax I SE or E-MU SP-12 or SP-1200 sampler. That album is one of my favourites. And so is this KZbin video. Thank you both :D

[@mattsheezy5469]

This is so interesting… so many details I’ve never heard 🤔

[@orlandrioussullivan9139]

As a kid, Ice cube was my favorite rapper at that time, when cube stop rapper, eight ball from Memphis, TN was my next favorite and now slim thug is now one of my favorite at the age of 46 years old. These three guys are my top 3. I love these guys.

[@sladehildebrand7518]

Love the love for Eightball. ❤ I grew up on eight all and MJG.

[@leftydrizel1842]

Ice 🧊 Cube MJG Then UGK

[@fastloudrules]

"Amerikkkas most wanted" was the best rap album ive heard and I still listen to it and love it...and im a white punk rocker who likes all music even if its not my favorite genre...as long as it jams...turn that shit up loud.

[@neo8802]

Honesty...Passing off baton between artists is a gift u can't teach. It's love in the community. Musicians and producers...in allignment. It still happens. Leaders make it happen.

[@Goatchild90]

Cube's 'fro is fresh

[@SnakeyD8468]

Is it real at this point? 🤣🤣

[@tkblouch6745]

@@SnakeyD8468 cube always had good hair.

[@SnakeyD8468]

@@tkblouch6745 yea I kno but he bout 54 or so too..nobody really keeps cutting it and growing it back out at that age 🤣

[@DLotheDoctor]

@@SnakeyD8468 this video was like ten years ago

[@tonyoliver5537]

Krazy-Dee left first he wrote "panic zone" with Arabian Prince he was Latino, it was originally called 'Hispanic Zone" but Dre Dre told him "nobody is gonna buy a song called "Hispanic Zone" so they changed the name and soon after Arabian Prince left who brought J.J. Fad to Ruthless Records.

[@dboigamedboigame9947]

True dat

[@GeeMoney843]

I remember when this came out and wishing it was longer.. true juan ep classic. The originators

[@carlo192]

I remember telling ppl about Juan Ep podcast back in the day and most ppl would say what’s a podcast 😂

[@stephenkinq5425]

Dope Story Cube ... Glad the Borough's was able to give you nd The West early flowers .. Majority of Stories about NYC , is always a Depressing one , on how Est Coast has/is always salty about other artist [from different regions] shout Out Chuck D nd Bomb Squad

[@chaplainwin154]

Amerikkka Most Wanted , Ice Cube , and The Formula , DOC, was the two most amazing introduction albums of that era

[@twilitezn]

I agree.....The DOC is soooooooooo forgotten....(The album title is "No One Can DO IT Better" btw, but I got you!)

[@1eljugo]

King of kings and lord of lords!!!!

[@johnniec2861]

@@twilitezn still got my cassette to this day . play it all the time i bought a used 1995 taurus last yr and it had the original everything and a cassette player on the radio, Jam it all the time

[@Jovi_Wan_Shinobi]

“You let a Jew break up my crew.” Ice 🧊 Cube to Eazy-E. Cube spoke nothing but FACTS!💯

[@adamdaye]

Even the bit about the smell of Eazy-e's dick hahahaa?

[@chefaonthe1719]

No Vaseline was the Mother of disses gotta be one of top 5 diss tracks of all time!

[@icecreambeats101]

MC Ren to me was underrated in the group and so was Arabian Prince

[@adamdaye]

Breaks my heart that people like Ren, Yella, DOC and dogg pound are not multi millionaires, these mumble rappers have 1 hit and a tour and they make more than ren did his whole career, tragic

[@johnniec2861]

@@adamdaye problem is with todays industry , thats all it is,, lets get one big hit out and get paid, no soul no feeling , no real passion to the music, just lyrics over a computerized beat, Rappers in the ole school was all about making it work, the lyrics the beats the message and of course they all want to be paid but so much of a different Charisma then

[@adamdaye]

@Johnnie C yep true, If only streaming was around then they could of all just been independent or get much more revenue

[@garyscott9364]

Out in Queens NY and Long Island we all knew Ice Cube was the man from Straight outta Compton.

[@susanfit47]

After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Cube left N.W.A in late 1989, teaming with New York artists and launching a solo rap career a year later in 1990.

[@A3sTheU]

Who would've thought the same person who was shown that much love and became part of a historically significant collaboration would also be a part of something as divisive as the Westside Connection? Now that they're elder statesmen, I'd like to see another collaboration between Ice Cube and The Bomb Squad. The youngsters could use their guidance.

[@davidaldridge5716]

The gangsta the killa and the dope deala

[@jonathanmebane3782]

best interview ever. just incredible

[@beno1219]

Juan ep is the first pod I ever got invested in. And it was because stories like this. And I remember joe budden coming on this and pete telling Joe he needs to start a pod and a few weeks later Joe and Marisa start episode 1 of I’ll name this podcast later. Juan ep is goated in my book

[@adamalrashid9044]

Ice cubes the man glad he left the right when he realized who Jerry really is!

[@donovanswa87]

Story’s like this why I will never stop loving this thing called hip hop!!! Salute Ice Cube!!

[@diggzdinero9785]

Cube always look da same man fountain of youth for real …GodBless da OG

[@selfpaidmedia85]

That’s why he’s The 🐐 in my eyes no one besides 50 has crossed coast like that!!!

[@aluubaluu]

Well there you have it. Ice Cube has always been my favorite, it doesn’t surprise me that he wrote the hit songs..

[@calioumarx4289]

my favor mc off all time ice cube

[@Wallace4461]

Cube's story is the most compelling, his movie should be next, based on his journey after NWA....Good piece here!!!

[@harleyfowler7736]

No Vaseline number one diss record of all time💪🏿💪🏿🤜🏿🤛🏿🙌🏾

[@Twizzledoc187]

I agree

[@krump743]

The only thing u could say that didnt fit was the beat. Beat was ok, but it could of been better.

[@ford0073]

As a kid, that 1st album... "A Gansta's Fairytale" - Got the most thump!!!

[@96-markyktv12]

Cube got the Longshots and First Sunday afro

[@tristinhall1275]

Because of how much ice cube and Busta rhymes and LL Cool J mean to the culture and their relative youth sometimes I forget that these niggas are super duper OG's in hip hop. These niggas were literally around next to the pioneers before some of the niggas that we hold on a pedestal in hip hop. They were before Wu-Tang Nas Tupac biggie Jay z DMX Eminem. Them niggas been around but cube LL and busta been around round. Sometimes you forget that these niggas was just 17 18 when they first albums dropped.

[@Duval-Dame]

Busta don't means Nothing to the culture!

[@romant142]

@@Duval-Dame how not?

[@mathsrodrigues667]

@@Duval-Dame you’re DELUSIONAL

[@albertdaley9093]

@@Duval-Dame you sound like a 🤡🤡🤡

[@albertdaley9093]

@@romant142 dont listen to him that guy a 🤡🤡

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

All these years, but never knew the origin story of Cube and the Bomb Squad. Just knew they hooked up for that classic album, but not the details. I liked the Straight Outta Compton movie, but don't feel that big-screen format does justice to a story like Cube's. He's needs a definitive autobiography, or a Netflix-style series detailing his life and career. As GOATed as Cube is, I'm still not sure if hip hop, as a culture, really realizes how much of a pioneer this man was and still is. Ditto for Rakim.

[@kingsransom4172]

I thought he had problems with Eazy, but it was really Jerry. And I thought cube had a relationship with PE prior to recording amerikkkas most wanted ice cube still one of the hardest in the game to me.

[@NemesisEnforcer4937]

Cube was my favorite rapper in N.W.A and then when he linked up with the East coast WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shonuff4323]

Cube is the best. I remember being really bummed when he left the group. But then when Amerikkka's Most Wanted came out.... Sick!!

[@EMBASSYENTV]

Cube Is A Rapper's Rapper!! 💯

[@DarrickandLeslie]

Great Cube interview!!!!!!!!

[@kurir000]

Wow! This is amazing. Thanks. Full video please?

[@royaljai5009]

Man I wish Dre would have produced ice cube album when he left.

[@prettylaurynn]

Prolly best he didn’t . It would of sounded no different than a nwa project

[@issiahsilva]

@@prettylaurynn Dre was already changing his production on NWA’s last album. 🤣🤣🤣 It would have been dope

[@DaveyJonesLocka]

I love hearing big names in The industry give props to 3rd Bass.

[@DefSquadFan]

Sam Sever not 3rd Bass.

[@TheUnknownSharpShooter]

Fuck 3rd Bass. Appropiators.

[@Skorpio420]

And Stetsasonic

[@edwardlewis8758]

​@DefSquadFan Cube wanted 2 work w/ Sam Sever ( people SLEPT on Downtown Science..... ) AFTER he heard "The Catcus Album"

[@BooseJuice]

🙏 Juan Ep has learned how to do this internet thing *and make a reel/short of it asap

[@anthonyodenbaugh2692]

Cube had a little soul glow 🌟 in that fro

[@looseassociation]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tunderabouin2598]

'Amerikka's Most Wanted' is in my top 5 hip hop albums of ALL time.

[@bryantnonya8704]

Eazy-E was all about Eazy-E and you can see that when he appeared on arsenio Hall. Arsenio was just trying to get a little diplomacy out of easy but he wanted to just take these shots at Dr Dre so I think he was instrumental in causing the breakup of NWA...

[@cryptolord9826]

Living legend his correct about public enemy run dmc was the first albums I was listning to then I started to listen to nwa and mostly was into Texas rap because nothing beat there street stories

[@visionairetv149]

The way Jerry was talking to Cube was a sign for Cube to leave NWA.

[@RWAC685]

Cube And E Were Always Cool, Just The Business Side Of Things. A Great Man Once Said It’s Not Personal, It’s Strictly Business.

[@timothynoble8179]

The Grandrising King 👑 Ice Cube Is Keeping It Real 💯💪💪

[@albertdaley9093]

Ice cube was real hip hop

[@shann_on225]

That studio was in Hempstead, NY(Long Island)

[@novalove4790]

I love stories like this.

[@mdotcom09]

I love people that love to post about how they love stories like this

[@SVTShane361]

Ice Cube top 3 greatest of all time.

[@brian1291]

Ice cube forever be looking young. Dude 53 looking 33

[@mr206gohawks8]

I think this interview was years ago

[@BadTV1993]

Cube lookin like Higher Learning Cube again lol,,they need a reboot of that movie, RIP J singleton

[@djones3700]

If cube ain’t the coldest he literally wrote everything

[@altonotis1975]

Lyrical genius 🔥

[@lloydavery2and2make5]

Great questions and letting the man speak.

[@roddrickd.haynes2801]

Cube is one of the most polarizing MC of all time!

[@lucasm3879]

The is so interesting for old school heads to hear how he got with The Bomb Squad 👌

[@Ty-wy9he]

It’s ironic the parallels between ice and pac in how they crisscrossed coasts to reconnect and find their relevancy in the rap game. What a collaboration the meeting of these two great minds could’ve been in hip hop, acting, and politics.

[@SixTenVisuals]

Hah! Redman didn't just meet you Cube...he was takin crazy notes!

[@AnonymousC-lm6tc]

The deal was structured so that Ruthless got a little off the top, and the band split the rest equally. So they split $375,000 five ways, which is $75,000 apiece. That was an astronomical amount of money, and everybody signed their contracts except for Ice Cube. He had a good lawyer, Lee Young, Jr., who used to be the head of business affairs at Motown and a guy that I have done business with over the years and his parents were well educated. Ruthless also had lawyers that looked over everything” Cube received $32,700 in royalties in addition to the $75,000 he wanted, totaling an initial $107,700 in cash. In the years since, all group members have accrued millions in royalties from album sales, preformances and re-releases. To insure that his finances were secure, Ice Cube also enlisted various law firms to inspect the books at Ruthless Records, yet nothing suspect ever appeared in their findings. “I treat my artists real good, I give them fair deals. I start them off at 12 points, with escelation at every 500,000. In the publishing a 50-50 split. Most people take 100% of the artists’ publishing. I know a lot of people who have sold 4 million records and ain’t even seen a million dollars. That ain’t no record deal. Now, I’m not trying to give out any big advances because that’s recoupable, that’s your own money. If you take a big advance you’ll have to pay that back if you don’t sell enough units.” ~Eazy E; January 1995

[@QR_Code]

nice throwback...

[@williambotner2317]

Cube all day

[@shannondbrown1552]

My Number 2 rapper of all time, dead or alive….I love this dude, so talented and smart. So glad he didn’t let Jerry screw him with no Vaseline……

[@orvillewooten6982]

Ice Cube is a Icon….’

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Cube and Bomb Squad was a Perfect Marriage 💪🏿💪🏿💯🙏🏿

[@josephgonsoulin4744]

FACTS

[@ndeamonk24]

Lord knows the Bomb Squad and Cube made a classic. They were made

[@bugsy1781]

I’m remember when easy E, use to shop baby formula at market basket in paramount. That bracelet would pop, EASY E.

[@JPatelLive]

"it was a Good Day!" - @0:53