Showing posts with label Ice Cube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice Cube. Show all posts
Monday, August 22, 2011
Winner!! :: "Good Day" - Ice Cube :: Best early 90's throw-back hip-hop
Your votes are in, and it was a close race (see poll to the right). Victorious by 1 vote was "Good Day" by Ice cube. While many of you mentioned that the competition was fierce, and the full Ice Cube catalog does not quite compare to the likes of Tupac, Tribe, or Pharcyde, it seems this track holds a special place in the annals of hip-hop history. 
According to the source of all sources (Wikipedia!!), Ice Cube commented on the concept behind the song stating, "The inspiration was my life at the time ... I was at the top of the rap game. It was the summer of ’92 and I was in a hotel room, really in a state of euphoria. I had all the money I had dreamed of. I was in a good frame of mind. And I remember thinking, ‘Okay, there’s been the riots, people know I will deal with that. That’s a given. But I rap all this gangsta stuff – what about all the good days I had?" While the original version blew my mind with that Isley Brothers "Footsteps in the Dark" sample, my good friend Tijana reminded me how awesome the "Good Day (Remix)" is. So, in honor of the winning track, here is the remix for y'all (courtesy of my Bootlegs and B-sides CD from 1994 !!) And here is the Isley Brothers hit used on the original:
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Throw-back 90's Hip-hop:: Vote on your favorite in our latest poll (to the right)
Remember the early 90's? Good times. I had one of those shaved-underneath haircuts, wore ridiculously huge baggy jean-shorts, and pretended I knew how to skate. I also used to play sick to skip school, order Domino's, watch Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, and memorize tons of hip-hop lyrics. Below you will find a few of my favorites from that era. If you are anything like me, most should be familiar. I am sure some of you even take deep pride in knowing them word for word. This is both awesome and impressive. To be true, I fell in love with my wife again that night in 2007 when she (somewhat disturbingly) revealed she knew every line to "Gimme that Nut" by Eazy-E during a campfire sing-along. This was truly a time of great, great, music...