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Ice Cube (Rapper)

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Before Hip-Hop Squares: Eight Links Between Rap Music and TV Game Shows

    A game show that people have ever cared about -- even a little bit -- can go down, but it will never truly be out. Know the Dick Clark version of Pyramid that started in the 1970s and continued throughout the decade? No? Well, you've probably encountered the Bill Cullen version (also from the '70s), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup: Deltron 3030, E-40, and Too $hort Rep the Bay

    Deltron 3030 (the trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala) and the powerhouse duo of E-40 and Too $hort are the local names representing the Bay Area at this year's hip-hop megafest Rock The Bells, which returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre this August 25-26. This year's lin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Celebrate Four Years of Debaser With This Exclusive Boyz n the Hood-Themed Mix

    Editor's note: Ahead of the four-year anniversary of beloved '90s party Debaser, we invited party DJs Jamie Jams and Stab Master Arson to make a mix of some of the songs we can expect to hear at Saturday's party. What follows is their mix and commentary. By JAMIE GUZZI Hip-hop historians note that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Trombone Shorty on New Orleans Attitude, Growing Up With Hip-Hop, and Covering Lil Wayne

    Trombone Shorty plays Friday and Saturday at the Fillmore.​ "I've been hearing hip-hop music since I was born." So says Trombone Shorty, the brass-playing band leader who grew up in the Tremé district of New Orleans' 6th Ward and has already amassed a Grammy nomination for his debut jazz albu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    'James Hetfield Is a Rapper,' and Other Awesomely Blasphemous Metallica Mashups

    Onemoredisco.comOne More Disco's Metallica remix contest drew intriguing entries.​ See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Metallica Brings Out Lou Reed, Kid Rock, Mercyful Fate, and More as the 30th Anniversary Party Continues Author Brian Lew on the Early Days of Metallica and the Bay Ar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 7, 2011

    Know Thy Parasites

    Onemoredisco.comOne More Disco's Metallica remix contest drew intriguing entries.​ See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Metallica Brings Out Lou Reed, Kid Rock, Mercyful Fate, and More as the 30th Anniversary Party Continues Author Brian Lew on the Early Days of Metallica and the Bay Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Iggy Pop on Making Kill City, Life in '70s Los Angeles, and the Jim Jarmusch Stooges Doc

    Earlier this year, before Iggy Pop was aware that he'd broken his foot during a Stooges show in Romania, he had a delightful, cuss-filled conversation with us from his home in the Cayman Islands. Afterward, when Pop found out that his foot was seriously busted, the band rescheduled its S.F. dates to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Top Five Hip-Hop Songs That Shout Out and Give Thanks

    Hip-hop isn't exactly the most festive or friendly music in the world. Yeah, there's a smattering of Christmas rap songs -- although Run-DMC's "Christmas In Hollis" really isn't that good -- but on the whole, the genre has shunned the lure of the extended holiday season. But don't despair! Rappers n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Justin BUA's Top Five Illustrated Hip-Hop Album Covers

    "Historically, artists painted the court and the aristocracy. I'm the court painter of hip-hop -- the artists are that important." So says Justin BUA, the hip-hop generation artist who celebrates the release of his new book The Legends Of Hip-Hop with a signing session at Booksmith this Friday start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Souls of Mischief's A-Plus Reviews His Own Discography

    A-Plus​As part of the mighty Souls of Mischief crew, A-Plus ushered in a new style of Bay Area rap with the group's breezy and effortless "'93 'Til Infinity" anthem. Also a mainstay in the Hieroglyphics movement, the rapper and producer has been involved with releases from Del, Pep Love, and C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    In Defense of the Game -- Our Last Honest Gangsta Rapper

    The Game performs at Regency Ballroom this week.​ Lately, The Game, who performs at the Regency Ballroom on Thursday (Oct. 27), has been psychoanalyzed as some sort of rapping mentalist. Armchair critics are quick to characterize him as an artist constantly putting out desperate cries for atte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    The Top 10 New Jack Swing Anthems of All Time

    This Thursday, one-time New Edition member and new jack swing icon Johnny Gill will be performing a set at Yoshi's. Credited as the creation of Teddy Riley, new jack swing saw R&B vocals being fused with uptempo beats coated in the bumptious attitude of hip-hop. At the subgenre's height in the '90s, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Here's What Would Happen if You Remade Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" in S.F. Today

    Angry Birds on the iPad. Does this look familiar?​ We can say with near-total confidence that Jello Biafra will hate the people in this video. You tech-employed, indie-pop loving Twitter users might just love it, though. This none-too-subtle advertisement for a new wireless speaker is a music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    A Father's Day Wishlist: Kiss Hilarity, Glen Hansard Busking, My Bloody Valentine Humming, and More

    Cake Picture Gallery​ Lou Reed set the bar rather low with his idea of the perfect day: sips of sangria in the park, a trip to the zoo, a movie. "It Was a Good Day" also kept it simple, with Ice Cube's ideal 24 hours consisting of mom's home cooking, playing craps, and a Lakers victory. Nigeri ... More >>

  • Music

    April 20, 2011

    Del the Funky Homosapien Recalls the Past, Skips Nostalgia

    Cake Picture Gallery​ Lou Reed set the bar rather low with his idea of the perfect day: sips of sangria in the park, a trip to the zoo, a movie. "It Was a Good Day" also kept it simple, with Ice Cube's ideal 24 hours consisting of mom's home cooking, playing craps, and a Lakers victory. Nigeri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    In Print: the Subversive Beauty of tUnE-yArDs, Del the Funky Homosapien's Trip to Hip-Hop's Past, and More

    Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs​ From SF Weekly's latest print music section: On tUnE-yArDs: Welcome to the edge of experimental pop in 2011. Garbus has just seen the release of tUne-yArDs' second album, w h o k i l l, which seems all but certain to accelerate her rise from DIY curiosity into one o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Please Don't Hurt 'Em: Hammer Beefs With Jay-Z

    Now that we've made short work of Texas, it's apparently time to revive that age-old rap rivalry between the East and the West. So who's bringing the vitriol for the Left Coast? The Game? Ice Cube? Lil B? 2Pac's stepbrother Mopreme? Nope! It's Oakland rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, reality TV star, ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    Freddie Gibbs shows gangsta rap's limitations

    Now that we've made short work of Texas, it's apparently time to revive that age-old rap rivalry between the East and the West. So who's bringing the vitriol for the Left Coast? The Game? Ice Cube? Lil B? 2Pac's stepbrother Mopreme? Nope! It's Oakland rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, reality TV star, ... More >>

  • Film

    August 18, 2010

    "Lottery Ticket": Bow Wow strikes it rich in the hood

    Now that we've made short work of Texas, it's apparently time to revive that age-old rap rivalry between the East and the West. So who's bringing the vitriol for the Left Coast? The Game? Ice Cube? Lil B? 2Pac's stepbrother Mopreme? Nope! It's Oakland rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, reality TV star, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Exclusive: '90s R&B Mini-Mix by Debaser's Jamie Jams

    Chris BrennanJamie Jams​One thing I've always greatly respected about Jamie Jams and the other fellas that run the 'SF Weekly Best of 2010' Debaser club is their unending wealth of knowledge about the music they love. Obviously, they know their way around '90s alt-rock hits, but it's a pleasant su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    The 10 Worst Answers to 'What Kind of Music Do You Listen To?"

    BrokeNCYDE: All your fears about the younger generation, realized.​It's a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible question. And a necessary one. Why necessary? Hell, we need some way to talk about the stuff. And it's terrible, obviously, because there's no successful way to answer it ... More >>

  • Music

    June 16, 2010

    Herbal Melodies

    Choice moments in the surprising history of medical marijuana and music

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Why The Critics Are Wrong: Rap Albums You Probably Don't Know But Should, Part II

    ​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. Here's an alternative to the critical consensus on rap. Yesterday, we ... More >>

  • Film

    May 19, 2010

    (100) Days of Summer Movies

    ​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. Here's an alternative to the critical consensus on rap. Yesterday, we ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2009

    WiLD 94.9 the Bomb

    ​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. Here's an alternative to the critical consensus on rap. Yesterday, we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Hard Truth Soldiers Tour Takes Over SF, Major American Cities

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2008

    Cube with Attitude

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Ice Cube at the Fillmore 8.26

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Music

    February 13, 2008

    Italians Always Do It Better: Joakim and Glass Candy

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Del's 'The 11th Hour' CD - Review and Del Interview

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Film

    January 9, 2008

    Church Boys

    Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan get religion in First Sunday

  • Music

    April 25, 2007

    It's ladies' afternoon at El Rio

    Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan get religion in First Sunday

  • Music

    April 19, 2006

    Diamonds in the rock; Ice Cube reigns supreme

    Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan get religion in First Sunday

  • Music

    November 30, 2005

    Katy St. Clair weighs in on pee-pee, poo-poo, and the Casanova

    Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan get religion in First Sunday

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    JT the Bigga Figga

    Who Grind Like Us?

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Louder Than Bombs

    For MC Immortal Technique, planting the seeds of revolution ain't nothin' but a g-thang

  • Film

    March 30, 2005

    Cut and Paste

    Beauty Shop is clipped straight from its predecessors

  • Film

    January 19, 2005

    Is It Over Yet?

    Ice Cube's family movie may make you long for the 'hood

  • Film

    February 4, 2004

    Gettin' Windy in the City

    The Chicago clip crew gleefully gabs on in Barbershop 2

  • Music

    December 18, 2002

    Oakenfold

    Bunkka

  • Film

    September 11, 2002

    Cut Rate

    The intentions outweigh the execution in Ice Cube's Barbershop

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    California Loved

    Roger Troutman and his family brought funk to West Coast hip hop and influenced everyone from Ice Cube to Tupac Shakur. Then his older brother put four bullets in him.

  • Film

    August 16, 2000

    Reel World

    2001: A Space Odyssey; Up the Down Staircase; The Blackboard Jungle

  • Music

    March 1, 2000

    Having it Both Ways

    Del the Funky Homosapien has moved out of the shadow of his famous cousin -- and every musical cliché -- to help lead Bay Area hip hop

  • Film

    September 29, 1999

    War Is Heck

    Del the Funky Homosapien has moved out of the shadow of his famous cousin -- and every musical cliché -- to help lead Bay Area hip hop

  • Calendar

    May 6, 1998

    That Giant Sucking Sound

    Del the Funky Homosapien has moved out of the shadow of his famous cousin -- and every musical cliché -- to help lead Bay Area hip hop

  • Music

    November 1, 1995

    Samples

    Del the Funky Homosapien has moved out of the shadow of his famous cousin -- and every musical cliché -- to help lead Bay Area hip hop

  • Music

    September 20, 1995

    Jazzoetry

    The return of the legendary Last Poets

  • Music

    April 12, 1995

    Samples

    The return of the legendary Last Poets

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