bigted Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 SOHH Exclusive: Ice Cube Says Blaming Gangsta Rap Is ''An Easy Solution'' written by Lauren Carter Saturday - January 5, 2008 As the godfather of gangsta rap, Ice Cube helped to shape a movement that challenged norms and brought forgotten issues to light. In this SOHH exclusive, the rapper, actor and film director tells us about his new crime comedy, First Sunday, personal responsibility vs. organized religion, and why so many people are jumping on the "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" bandwagon. "It's an easy solution, you know, it's an easy target," Cube told SOHH about blaming gangsta rap for society's problems, which he satirizes in the video for his new lead single, "Gangsta Rap made Me Do It." [Watch video below] "Gangsta rap usually talks about the good, the bad and the ugly of what really happens, every day, not no made-up stuff," he said. "Even the lyrics that are just more or less kind of comic book style are coming from a real place. We just kind of tell it like it is ... so we get blamed. It's like blaming the messenger, or blaming the mirror because you're ugly. You're gonna get nowhere doing that." The former N.W.A member says he believes in personal responsibility, not blaming decisions on a song. "People do what they want to do, when they want to do it, how they want to do it, regardless of what they've seen and heard," he said. "Everybody knows right from wrong, I don't care how crazy you are." "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" is the lead single off Cube's lastest album, Raw Footage, a "strictly for the Ice Cube fans" joint slated to drop this summer. "It's strictly for the mature, intelligent hip-hop fans who want it how they used to get it," he said. "I'm not really expecting no commercial success off this record at all. It's dope lyrics, dope beats. No gimmicks, no bullsh*t. Keepin' it real." Cube will take a slightly more lighthearted approach on First Sunday, the new crime comedy due in theatres next Friday (Jan. 11), which he will star in alongside Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan and Regina Hall. Despite the title, the flick is not a continuation of Cube's hugely popular Friday franchise, but a story about two partners in crime who decide to rob a church and learn some unexpected lessons in the process. "The movie's really funny ... but it's also making a social statement on what churches are to the community," he said. "If somebody would rob a church, evidently they don't respect it for some reason. So that right there is speakin' to a real issue that churches are dealing with today - apathy amongst young people, especially males, going to church." When it comes to religion, Cube, who just launched an Internet network at uvntv.com with DJ Pooh, said he believes in a higher power, but that's where the devotion ends. "I don't really care for religion," he said. "To me it's a big mess ... I believe in God, and everything else to me is bullsh*t. I ain't tryin to dis what people are doing, but when you know right from wrong, that's all you need to know." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart5 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 The video is dope!! I think its a good message, and a great song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnazz Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 New Ice Cube!!! I'm diggen the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I checked the video the day he put it up on his myspace. I like it alot. I hope it turns out 2 be a hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Negro please, don't come with keep it real. You went to Phoenix Institute of Technology and never did anything that makes you gangsta! You 38 years and singing why we thugs! get a life! **** you ice cube! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hip-Hop/Rap Contact Posted January 6, 2008 Members Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 i like ice cubes flow most of the time. i saw this video and i broke out laughing "im ugly as hell and did 2 kiddy movies// aint notin to it gangsta rap made me do it//" honestly if hes done wit it he just needs to come out and say it, instead of making excuses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hip-Hop/Rap Contact Posted January 6, 2008 Members Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Negro please, don't come with keep it real. You went to Phoenix Institute of Technology and never did anything that makes you gangsta! You 38 years and singing why we thugs! get a life! **** you ice cube! If your refering to the university of Phonix? thats a home school college, if not it may not be gangsta but it was smart. and hes only 38? thought he was like 50? or is that 2 $hort? ok im a lil confused, just sayin hes an idiot but hes a smart idiot :yeahthat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I love Ice Cube's music, but he shouldn't critize beeing a gimmick, when he's himself one...same goes for Dr. Dre! Ice Cube one of the most talented gangster rappers of all-time, but it's time to grow up that gangsta **** is played out. And gangsta rap isn't always "reality" rap, 99 % of them watch Scarface and then are fascinated rap about that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon20 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 At least he agrees that blaming gangsta rap IS A solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnazz Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hahaha, "Wrong! Compton was a nature preserve for bunny rabbits!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 roflmao...nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Whats up with the hatin on Ice Cube? Thats one of the realest Rappers out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 who is hating on him? he got skillz, but he ain't real! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lambertj3 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 who is hating on him? he got skillz, but he ain't real! HES AS real as they come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Ice Cube = one of the best. Definitely the most consistent West Coast emcee EVER. To diss him for some of the movies he's done is just as bad as FP's critics dissing him for his movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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