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Ice Cube: The Essentials

By Mike Joseph

It’s hard to give a thumbs-up to an album that calls itself The Essentials when there’s so much essential material missing. [26 November 2008]

Ice Cube: Laugh Now, Cry Later

By Quentin B. Huff

Ice Cube's been livin' large off his gangsta boogie and movies like Boyz-N-the-Hood and Friday. So why does he want to be a "microphone master"? [7 July 2006]