download ice cube everything is corrupt album Ice Cube :: Everythangs Corrupt. It’s possible in 2019 that more people know O’Shea Jackson as an actor than as a rapper. I don’t have personal knowledge of how Ice Cube thinks, but I’d dare say that doesn’t bother him very much, because he wouldn’t have gone eight years between albums if it did. During that span Mr. Jackson could be seen in both “21” and “22 Jump Street” plus buddy cop comedies “Ride Along” and “Ride Along 2”, while his son could be seen portraying HIM in the based-on-a-true-story motion picture “Straight Outta Compton“. Acting is definitely in the Jackson family’s blood. Lest we forget that Cube cut his teeth creating hip-hop classics in the 1980’s and 1990’s, and continued to score hits throughout the 2000’s, Mr. Jackson is back with “Everythangs Corrupt” to prove there’s no such thing as retirement from hip-hop OR professional wrestling. The timing was initially confusing given the long drought between 2010 and 2018 before this album came out, but as the album’s opening song “Arrest the President” shows, Jackson has plenty of motivation to rap again. There’s little doubt who he’s talking about. “Let’s meet at the White House Run in and turn the lights out Man, they treat it like a traphouse Deez motherf—ers never take the trash out They just cash out and mash out Nigga take your drugs and pass out” It just goes to show that the only thing necessary to bring Ice Cube back to the mic was the most racist, vile and corrupt U.S. President in American history. I’m sure it was only a matter of time before Cube had a full album’s worth of material to release, but having to see POTUS 45 every day on the news undoubtedly sped up the process. Having producers like Shawnski to work with didn’t hurt either. The heavy ivory keys and booming funk of “Arrest the President” harken back to some classic Westside Connection s–t. While Beau James doesn’t bang quite as hard on “Chase Down the Bully”, it’s an equally politically motivated song as Cube vows to hunt down “all you evil forces, with your tiki torches” . Once again the target of his rage isn’t hard to grasp. Cube keeps his album firmly rooted in Cali with the beats, rhymes and the lone guest star Too $hort on “Ain’t Got No Haters”. The song borrows heavily from Delegation’s “Oh Honey” which for some will provoke memories of R&B hits by Total and Puff Daddy, but for me it will always be first and best remember as the backdrop of the seminal Geto Boys classic “Quickie“. DJ Pooh does the song as much as justice as anybody else to loop this smooth track over the years, and $hort’s boisterous bars include lines like “I don’t shop for bargains, f–k a pre-sale” . Word. If there’s one other song on here that’s automatically worth the price of admission besides those already mentioned, it’s lead single “The New Funkadelic” without a doubt. The name is not a coincidence — T-Mix borrows heavily from Funkadelic’s “(Not Just) Knee Deep” and lets Jackson update it for the 21st century with his flow. With so much time having elapsed between audio appearances by O’Shea Jackson, just having damn near 60 minutes of Ice Cube rapping is a treat. Of course just hearing him rap isn’t enough — the music and the lyrics have to be right. Whether it’s Teak Da Beatsmith hitting it hard on “Non Believers” (with an appropriate Flavor Flav sample) and “Can You Dig It?”, T-Mix throwing down on “Good Cop Bad Cop” and Fredwreck getting wreck on the title track, the albums thumps hard 90% of the time. The other 10% would be “Fire Water” and “Don’t Bring Me No Bag”, both of which seem to be going through the motions. It’s also important to note that even though O’Shea is okay when he’s fired up, at other times he seems out of step with the times. “Have you acting strange like the dog with the mange” is not what I’d call a good punchline on the too aptly named “Bad Dope”. On the WHOLE “Everythangs Corrupt” is a very welcome return, but we’re never getting back to the “Death Certificate” era again — this is as good as it gets. Ice Cube Details New Song "Everythang's Corrupt" & Album, Praises Kendrick Lamar. In an illustrious career that spans over two decades and half a dozen facets of the entertainment industry, Ice Cube’s loyalties will also reside in Hip Hop. Ever since breaking mainstream ground with Straight Outta Compton and former group N.W.A., the veteran Los Angeles rapper has been an adamant fixture in challenging the status quo, and the same should hold true for his upcoming album Everythang’s Corrupt . Lead by the title- track, Everythang’s Corrupt will shed light on today’s cultural hypocrisy in a way only Cube could illustrate. Speaking with HipHopDX last week, Ice Cube discussed the approach he took in making Everythang’s Corrupt and why he’s refrained from littering his album with unnecessary features. A gatekeeper of the West Coast scene, Cube also commended Kendrick Lamar’s latest efforts and explained how N.W.A. set the tone for more creative freedom within the industry. HipHopDX: You’re fittingly releasing the record and video “Everythang’s Corrupt” from the new album by the same name on the eve of the 2012 election. It has the tagline in the hook, “For my birthday, buy me a politician.” Was it a conscious decision to open up your new album campaign with this record? Ice Cube: You know, this record is for the political heads. This to me is more a leak at the right time, in time, to drop it. We could have dropped a more catchier tune, but the time wouldn’t have been right. The time is right for “Everythang’s Corrupt,” so that’s what we wanted to do. We wanted to drop it at this point and time, and then come with a visual to highlight what we’re saying in the music. DX: Hearing Rage Against The Machine’s guitarist Tom Morello shredding in the background really brings a raw yet refreshing vibe to the record that I think wouldn’t have been present if it were just simply done on a computer program. With both of you sharing similar identities when it comes to socio-political views, what took so long for you guys to hook up on a track? Ice Cube: It’s just one of those things where we ain’t really cross each other’s path. I’m one of those artists who thinks we have to get a bond before you can really jump in there and do something cool. I haven’t really been into record companies throwing things together, so that’s why things don’t happen. He’s cool so it was only right, and I’m hoping we can do more stuff. DX: With your last album I Am West released in 2010, and looking at some of the other track list titles you have for this album, “One For The Money,” “The Big Show,” “Can I Get Some Of That West Coast Shit,” what else has O’Shea Jackson seen in the last three years that you’re bringing to the table with Everythang’s Corrupt ? Ice Cube: Well you know, I got a song on there called “Dominate The Weak,” which is really what you feel sometimes from being in America. Sometimes it feels like a police state in a lot of ways. I wrote that record when a lot of that whole 99% thing was going on and the crackdowns that were starting to happen. It just kind of made me think of that record. That’s one of those political songs to me that’s vintage Ice Cube. DX: Earlier this year you said the album was a little over halfway done. With the projected scheduled release date for January 2013, who else have you gotten a chance to work with on this new album? Ice Cube: Really, a lot of the producers that I’ve been working with, and I got my sons [OMG and Doughboy] on the record. When I go to do a record, the last thing I’m thinking about is who else I can work on it with. I really think I’m a throwback when it comes to that. I think when you buy an Ice Cube record, that’s what you should get. I don’t really like doing these compilation-type records, I don’t really like hearing them either. That’s what I try to do when I do a record, to make sure it’s my internal thoughts and feelings and really getting a slice of me and not just a bunch of features. DX: Defintely. I think you can say the same thing about a buzzing artist from the West Coast in Kendrick Lamar. It’s clear as a veteran emcee who’s been an integral part of laying down a foundation for Los Angeles rappers, that’s still evident today as well with Kendrick. He’s even named Death Certificate as one of the essential albums he listened to growing up.