06. Ice Cube - Once Upon a Time in the Projects

[@marchill4668]

Storytelling is a lost art in rap and Cube is one of the best at it. Hence, this timeless classic banger

[@trae4791]

Marc Hill Ice Cube Kool G Rap Slick Rick Chuck D when it comes to storytelling. An as of late checkout Starlito & Don Trip Good Cop Bad Cop.

[@diatragaston9988]

Yes cause listening to this u can actually visualize this shit happening... Southwick and Cotter homes

[@teddysoprano21]

Marc Hill SCARFACE

[@DickieP619]

True! I feel sad for this generation. They all sound the same!💩🌽

[@russ86743]

Today is nothing but rich little brats hanging on the threads of the music I grew up on and love.

[@dred2040]

Ice Cube and Scarface the best storytellers

[@BigDapPacino]

Cube showed how versatile he was...one of the best voices in the game!

[@tobiasfarragut292]

BigDapPacino he make you believe that black and white TV was fucked up lol

[@KevinP32270]

one of the best tapes i've ever had. and i'm 50 now.

[@frankgonzalez4216]

Tape's what is that

[@hatueybattle334]

Cube Is A Goat....Him And A Few West Coast Rappers. His Ability To Release Music To Paint A West Coast Picture Is Unmatchable

[@KevinP32270]

@@frankgonzalez4216 lolol

[@mrkoolhimselfmrkoolhimself8847]

Sho" nuff!

[@mrkoolhimselfmrkoolhimself8847]

@@frankgonzalez4216 it ain't for you yunstas 😎

[@anitamatias3233]

Bought this tape Jr. year of high school, to this day some of the dopest shit ever!

[@rcfresh4345]

Facts

[@devastator5607]

Me too!! OMG doesn't feel like it was that long ago, miss real rap and hip hop

[@ryanejhinger5331]

B4 Rappers all rapped about they FEELINGS N SHIT

[@paulgabbard7543]

Like all old school hip-hop rap music old school hip-hop mix music old school hip-hop jam music old school 90s music old school hip-hop ICE CUBE MUSIC

[@rickysanders7792]

Straight Classic 🔥🔥 One of His First Story 💯👍🏾👍🏾

[@shaquilleshalom]

Now this is storytelling at its finest pure classic!

[@mikewelch4899]

This album is a Holy Grail in my collection

[@majorpaiyne2124]

This song and most of all Cubes songs show that his imagination was vivid and he was destined to be a director or a story writer.

[@logicalblackman8228]

This is a really good point. I’ve always admired his gift of storytelling, but never made the connection between that and his later filmmaking. Nice comment👍🏾

[@MichaelArbuckleJr-d6z]

Stay winning Ice Cube. This is Michael Bigg Ten Arbuckle Jr. I pray that you and Mount Westmore do another album. Stay blessed Ice Cube bless you and your family.

[@brickbreaking6400]

One of them songs that needed a video. My most favorite 🧊 song ever

[@meechy9166]

One of the greatest Hip Hop tracks ever created!!! Storytelling at it's very finest!!! That voice and charisma!!! Cube forever one of the staples of Hip Hop!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪💪

[@traphouseadmin9751]

Cube was NWA the whole time & when the rats came out of their holes he burned the house down... Top-10

[@robgaldamez8935]

damn i love this song man. the beat is just sooo fly funky sound to it then there's the MC the lyrics man top #10 rap songs easily. story telling that is on another level.

[@louburgunde9719]

Word!

[@Strafuzz]

Betty Davis. Fire beat!

[@brucekrom8197]

I remember I was 15 back in 1990, and went straight to the store and bought this tape. I remember seein him on that rap video show pump it up with Dee I think it was. These were the good old days :)

[@dred2040]

2024 still rolling

[@SUGEKNIGHT-sr2dn]

Classic this new generation need to learn how a story is told. Thanks Cube

[@deletingyoutube2306]

No we don't, we have alot of artist who are still great story tellers

[@ryanward3822]

one of the dopest hip hop tracks eva!

[@lightweightslim]

I just learned this beat was originally for Tajai and A-Plus from Souls of Mischief when they were a kid's group back in the Kriss Kross era. Hip Hop history is fascinating-

[@timothydavis6216]

Yes sir Radio one underground B side Remembers the Great ones Who pave the way for Hip Hop Artists

[@olujimix_official]

April 2024 classic and still jamming it

[@dawolf4274]

"BITCH I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A CRACK HOUSE?!? " "A' yo bitch, you better tell 'em sumthin ' !" CLASSIC track... CLASSIC!

[@Arsenal8999]

The best track on the album

[@trunnardwashington8101]

But u can let this album none stop without skipping a song

[@logicalblackman8228]

It’s a great track, but there is a lot of competition. In my opinion, it’s the nigga you love to hate. That’s his very best song, ever. He is so angry, but so on point with his critique of society.

[@carldaniels3974]

Classic 💪💪💪💪💪THA 90'S RAP ERA IS PRICELESS 👊👊👊

[@macdabluepanther]

Brushing up on great hip-hop producers and mc gems! 2020 and still Fiyah!!!

[@Ladysugarshaft]

I wore this cassette tape out! 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@jackswing-ep7cf]

You know. I played soo Damn much the tape said fuck it. I'm busted out

[@lewisjones4130]

SO DID I

[@leonardcarter198]

Ice cube top 3 best storytellers of all time

[@sith06]

Cube, Scarface, and Jay-Z

[@leonardcarter198]

@@sith06 SLICK RICK IS THE BEST STORYTELLER OF ALL TIME.

[@sith06]

@@leonardcarter198 He's not. People just have a need for him to be. I think it's the accent.

[@leonardcarter198]

@@sith06 Dude learn ur rap history!! We talking back to '85 not the mid 90s, I'll give Cube his props and I like Scarface he made one of favorite song..Far as story telling ask ur peers. Lyrics Slick Rick.

[@sith06]

@@leonardcarter198 I know the history, that's why I said a pioneer. He isn't better than the three I named. I know exactly how huge La Di Da Di and the Show were. I am not ruled by nostalgia. Cube, Face, and Jigga are much better. Slick Rick is a different era and was great in his era.

[@charlesjones6708]

Cube, Biggie, Scarface, MC EIHT are some serious storytellers.

[@MikeP518]

Throw Spice 1 in there as well.

[@sith06]

Jay-Z is up there as a storyteller.

[@BrandonSeattle]

First here for Chicago PD. 2:18 reminds me of Hank Voight. 2:41 reminds me of Wilinsky. It's one of Ice Cubes best songs.

[@logicalblackman8228]

Hey yo Brandon. Where do you live, yo? I grew up in Madrona. Up to block from Garfield.

[@oliverrando6463]

this song and album from cube was so dope

[@sambanelly25]

Now I understand why Bigg Gipp from Goodie Mob doesn't understand why Biggie is considered a better rapper than Ice Cube. 🔥 Ice Cube is the King of The West Coast. 🖖🏿

[@TheBerkeleyBeauty]

Awwwwww SHIT! This was the SHIT back in the damn day! Memories.

[@seanparson3091]

Yes.

[@joejohnson538]

This album is so underrated especially since it was the time he just left nwa and people's was sleeping on cube

[@cheapskatedamack]

2018!! I'm still here

[@ronnelreddic1365]

His first two Albums was dope, classic ice cube, at his best

[@MultiBthompson]

Whole album smashed it

[@johnwalter5875]

Man, I was 20yrs...Things I would do over...Good Times..WOKE NOW !

[@JoeCool-fb7uf]

“Now I beat the rap but that ain’t the point”…a lot of us have a story like this.

[@YouTubeBBQ]

ICE CUBE BEEN HAVING ME BLAZE THE GRILL SINCE HE WAS 19😊

[@paulgabbard6743]

OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP RAP ICE CUBE UPON A TIME IN THE PROJECTS MUSIC 😀 😀 👍 👍

[@jamesmoore8336]

story time with cube...

[@Arsenal8999]

Take a seat 💺

[@amyongiri8104]

The Betty Davis sample in this is so good

[@DrDetroit_]

Unfuckwithable. Cube the real godfather of rap.

[@raytwilight]

This was that track that had me wanting to write them ryhmes.

[@blackaspades807]

Yo I thought it was just me

[@carlbanks8380]

Yup

[@joshuadurham1257]

Ice cube is the greatest adventures storyline telling about the fairytale world throughout the society and walt disney classic industry of the characters like snow white and the dwarfs, robin hood, and cinderella story was magic stars entertainment planet and great time. I love this song!!!! Tho. Yeah!!!! Go! Dub nations 4 life!!!! Westside nations 4 life!!!! West coast Los Angeles Beverly hills Hollywood california gangsta rap history all time. Ice cube.

[@keniasanchez2444]

Who's watching this in 2199

[@kahgritty5643]

Kenia Sanchez 2017

[@shamaryahudah5847]

Kenia Sanchez 😂

[@profesae]

TheDwarfyDwarf nah I’m watching this in the year 10000

[@geraldjohnson3216]

Im with u sanchez

[@M1CHAELMARGIELA]

2021

[@johnnyz5095]

Fired up the Ses.. cause it was Ses .. no doubt ! Classic jam right here !

[@elizabethrose1596]

i was the only kid bumpin ice cube amerikkkas most wanted in my school. my walkman burned a hole through the cd almost lol

[@iyamwhite3931]

Ice Cube is nice,but once his eyebrows go into the Falcon in flight mode,you had better run for your life.

[@seanlewis1148]

Lolololol.......yup, NOW THIS was the Ice Cube THAT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE WANTED TO SEE

[@JDDavis-ef9wv]

Hey Throw Back Monday night Music Mix

[@your_alfaaz4771]

Once upon a time in the projects, yo I damn near had to wreck a ho I knocked on the door, "Who is it?" It's Ice Cube, come to pay a little visit to ya And what's up with the niggas in the parking lot She said "Fuck em, cause they get sparked a lot" I sat on the couch but it wasn't stable And then I put my Nike's on the coffee table Her brother came in, he's into gang-bangin' Cause he walked up and said "What set you claimin'?" I don't bang, I write the good rhymes The whole scenery reminded me of Good Times I don't like to feel that I'm put in a rut By a young nigga that needs to pull his pants up He threw up a set and then he was gone I'm thinkin' to myself, won't this bitch bring her ass on? Her mother came in with a joint in her mouth And fired up the sess, it was sess no doubt She said, "Please excuse my house," and all that I said, "Yeah," 'cause I was buzzed from the contact Lookin' at a fucked up black and white Her mom's bitchin' cause the county check wasn't right She had another brother that was three years old And had a bad case of the runny nose He asked me who I was then I had to pause It smelled like he took a shit in his little drawers I saw her sister who really needs her ass kicked Only thirteen and already pregnant I grabbed my forty out the bag and took a swig Cause I was getting overwhelmed by BeBe Kids They was runnin' and yellin' and playin' and cussin' and tellin' And look at this young punk bailin' I heard a knock on the door without the password And her mom's got the twelve gauge Mossberg The nigga said "Yo, what's for sale?" (Yo, what's for sale, man?) And the bitch came out with a bag of yayo She made the drop and got the twenty dollars From a smoked-out fool with ring around the collar The girl I was waiting for came out I said, "Bitch, I didn't know this was a crack house" I got my coat, and suddenly [Segue] "Stop, the police, don't move! Freeze! I'll kill ya!" [Verse 2] The cop busted in and had a Mac-10 pointed at my dome And I said to myself, "Once again, it's on" He threw me on the carpet and wasn't cuttin' no slack Jumped on my head and put his knee in my back First he tried to slap me up, wrap me up, rough me up They couldn't do it so they cuffed me up I said, "fuck, how much abuse can a nigga take" Hey yo officer you're making a big mistake Since I had on a shirt that said I was dope He thought I was selling base and couldn't hear my case He said, "get out my face" and musta had a grudge His reply, "Tell that bullshit to the judge" The girl I was with wasn't sayin nothin' I said "Aiyyo bitch you better tell em somethin'" She started draggin' and all of a sudden We all got tossed in the paddy wagon Now I beat the rap but that ain't the point I had a warrant so I spent two weeks in the joint Now the story you heard has one little object Don't fuck with a bitch from the projects

[@delontegrooms1762]

I put my nikes on the coffee table!!!!

[@Arsenal8999]

Uh uh, don't do that!

[@clashclay]

The sound quality on Apple Music sucks so here I am banging one of the best hip hop albums ever in 2020

[@dj41510]

Bought this tape the day it came out at wherehouse records. Inside my tape case, ice cube's was next to nwa's tape. use to keep

[@fredgonzales42]

i remember being 15 n 1990 rolling around with my homie in his 79 monte picture us rollin

[@MoneyDonTubing]

shit so dope bring back memories

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

i love this song !!!

[@ovaeastdoe6776]

Best Story I can relate to...and I'm from Baltimore

[@newbabyparker1703]

i luv cube then and now

[@kingcaprice74]

“A Yo B**** you betta tell ‘em sumthin!!”

[@dalewimbish1435]

65 n december this is still poppin

[@MichaelSmith-em7pv]

Me too 65 Oct 12th💯

[@Eastside313JeffersonAve]

Top 10 album of all times.

[@larsandersen6852]

No doubt

[@wickaaa3]

ahead of its time ...

[@TheRealZJE313]

I have original CD for that time and still bang this and let the young ones here this

[@sleepys3097]

Cube all ways was and is to me the best rapper.

[@carvellidavis4672]

I wanted a video to this song soooo bad! PEACE 7

[@gudu12321]

Samee

[@massaysteria5465]

My Nicca Darren Baker AKA Doughboy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@solojohnson5765]

Best story Teller of all time,no had me in the projects of California before cube. Bro Stop it. On telling stories , come on now don't let us start talking facts.

[@raheinturner6139]

Legendary album classical work

[@brinkybrinkz]

Ice Cube thank You!

[@alantoler8266]

When HARD was HARD....this is the first example of it...example of the time

[@ronnelreddic1365]

Mc Donald’s. Was my spot, straight jacking!

[@jackswing-ep7cf]

You Know. I played that Soo Damn Much The Tape Said Fuck it. I'm Busted The fuck out

[@dericbrewster9959]

2020 est.1972... Ole school😎

[@deecraig8019]

32 yrs old today! )))-2022->🔥🥳😎👊🏾

[@kutabreezeaglesquad4348]

classic album

[@rashidanelms7483]

This Memories!!!!!!!

[@RobertBrim-o6y]

Hat back Mac hit a missile oh it was a 10 ppr slpiff ya'll🧡🔥🐝🥸😎😵 ?

[@zegumazim6107]

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DON'T MOVE ...FREEZE OR I'LLKILL YA ! .....dang what a nice man .😥👮‍♂

[@badazzdisciple5268]

I dont bang i rock da good rhymez!!!!

[@ashyknuckles410]

Biggie was cool but he wasn't seeing cube with levar burton star trek visor

[@mrsamuraiist]

My favorite ice cube beat

[@timothywright2082]

Love it

[@antoniogambardella785]

respect ice ☝️🔥💣🎤🔝🎧✌🙏

[@perryaaron36]

Yo I love this song listen to on my cd back in 99

[@tobiasfarragut292]

AA Ron I am and that shit was 9yrs old and already a throwback Thursday classic

[@bernardhfox]

Classic when I was 16yr old

[@RobertBrim-o6y]

Ayo crippin Brooklyn NY

[@daisyandtulip1236]

Ol school Cube✊🏿

[@theoriginalkilox7592]

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."

[@HappyGuy2011]

Still hot in 2020!

[@edjimenez7107]

When NWA broke up. I listen to ice cube.

[@shaunspillane2105]

Legendary.

[@paulgabbard7543]

Like all old school hip-hop rap music old school hip-hop mix music old school hip-hop jam music old school hip-hop 90s music old school hip-hop ICE CUBE MUSIC

[@miltonlee1848]

2024

[@creightonwilliams4562]

2021

[@andreriddles7689]

I've been in a similar situation!!!

[@B4rkiin]

looks like the music is on 0.75x compared to other cube songs

[@nefermutshai9920]

YEAYYEAY 2020

[@YOUBITcHYOu-lf3dn]

I WAS HORRIBLE IN THESE DAYS

[@christian8434]

This shit dope

[@andresanders5744]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍