01/05/08 - Ice Cube Says Blaming Gangsta Rap Is ''An Easy Solution''

J-Banks · 01-05-2008, 01:15 AM

Ice Cube Says Blaming Gangsta Rap Is ''An Easy Solution''

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."

Source-sohh

Slums The Ghettos · 01-05-2008, 01:38 AM

How many times are they going to keep it real that way? Why can't they just talk about their problems and their personalities. I know that being a gangster ain't one of them. Real talk.

Zhiwai · 01-05-2008, 01:59 AM

Props on this

Lyrical Menace · 01-05-2008, 02:37 AM

props... good shit..

can't wait for that Cube album... Laugh Now, Cry Later was dope... hope he got another Green Lantern beat on there, The Nigga Trapp is ma shit!!

Seatown · 01-05-2008, 04:14 AM

good read here

GhOmy_ · 01-05-2008, 07:06 AM

real talk right there atleast he doing his gangstarap instead of Sexual Erruption like snoop

. fo sho cant wait for Raw Footage

Gunit546 · 01-05-2008, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunit_Shady

real talk right there atleast he doing his gangstarap instead of Sexual Erruption like snoop

. fo sho cant wait for Raw Footage

co-sign

S.P.I.C. · 01-05-2008, 11:16 AM

atleast its different gangsta rap from the posers we have now. he talking about it not acting like hes doing it. thats real.

Ether Boii · 01-05-2008, 12:09 PM

Yeay-Yeayyy!!!

Propzzz

bakerE · 01-05-2008, 02:55 PM

hasent everybody been saying this for like........forever

Degenerate · 01-05-2008, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeGo Escobar

props... good shit..

can't wait for that Cube album... Laugh Now, Cry Later was dope... hope he got another Green Lantern beat on there, The Nigga Trapp is ma shit!!

co-sign

Kiddjiss · 01-05-2008, 04:49 PM

cube is the man... propz

kevin413 · 01-05-2008, 07:10 PM

i heard the songand aw the video yesterday it wa raw as fuck

FoShizzlE · 01-05-2008, 08:14 PM

laugh now,cry later was a dope album no doubt...cant wait fo this one

GMNRecordsCT3 · 01-05-2008, 10:18 PM

to the suburban parents Yung Joc is prolly gangsteR rap.

Gttm303 · 01-06-2008, 12:44 AM

Cube is gonna shit on 08

unitymama · 01-06-2008, 01:40 AM

Get e'm cube, they always trying too blame what they're doing wrong on rap!!!!!

leb · 01-06-2008, 09:08 AM

propz .. but yeah album should b good

Position of power · 01-06-2008, 12:01 PM

Ice Cube is the truth

Gmayn_Da_Bizznezz · 01-06-2008, 01:11 PM

agree wit cube

Position of power · 01-06-2008, 01:42 PM

Ice Cube is the truth

Fearless · 01-06-2008, 02:02 PM

This album is going to be dope!

wsXV3st · 01-06-2008, 02:05 PM

Good Shit, Cant Wait For This Nigga To Drop His New Shit

dimaggi7 · 01-06-2008, 09:53 PM

Propz, this album should be good.

lloydbanks216 · 01-07-2008, 03:40 AM

cant wait for cube

01-05-2008, 01:15 AM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	01/05/08 - Ice Cube Says Blaming Gangsta Rap Is ''An Easy Solution'' 01/05/08 - Ice Cube Says Blaming Gangsta Rap Is ''An Easy Solution'' Ice Cube Says Blaming Gangsta Rap Is ''An Easy Solution'' 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 bullsht. 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 bullsht. I ain't tryin to dis what people are doing, but when you know right from wrong, that's all you need to know." Source-sohh __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

01-05-2008, 01:38 AM	#2
Slums The Ghettos Keystyle Legend Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Orange, Newark, New Jersey, United States Posts: 1,897 Repped: 191 Repped 227 Times in 77 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 18 Times in 11 Posts	How many times are they going to keep it real that way? Why can't they just talk about their problems and their personalities. I know that being a gangster ain't one of them. Real talk. __________________ My reputation is so red, dudes here think that I'm blooding. But it's getting harder and harder to boot me off this website the more they do that. I mean, it I'm not leaving this site you guys.

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bakerE RaVeezy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New york Posts: 155 Repped: 101 Repped 1 Time in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	hasent everybody been saying this for like........forever __________________ R.I.P Joey Ronayne

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Zhiwai G_unit_soldier_Chang Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 9,469 Repped: 15 Repped 49 Times in 8 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Props on this

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Lyrical Menace Duh Nigga Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ima G Posts: 10,614 Repped: 3,504 Repped 482 Times in 90 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 5 Posts	props... good shit.. can't wait for that Cube album... Laugh Now, Cry Later was dope... hope he got another Green Lantern beat on there, The Nigga Trapp is ma shit!!

01-05-2008, 04:14 AM	#5
Seatown Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sea-Town Posts: 2,161 Repped: 715 Repped 49 Times in 35 Posts Neg Reps: 21 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 4 Posts	good read here

01-05-2008, 07:06 AM	#6
GhOmy_ Stupid F4t ****/GhOmy Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South America Posts: 3,145 Repped: 303 Repped 8,522 Times in 984 Posts Neg Reps: 155 Neg Repped at 99 Times in 96 Posts	real talk right there atleast he doing his gangstarap instead of Sexual Erruption like snoop . fo sho cant wait for Raw Footage

01-05-2008, 11:16 AM	#8
S.P.I.C. BITE UR TONGUE 4 NO1 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washington Heights, New York Posts: 352 Repped: 23 Repped 28 Times in 15 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	atleast its different gangsta rap from the posers we have now. he talking about it not acting like hes doing it. thats real.

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Kiddjiss Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Q_city Posts: 2,926 Repped: 435 Repped 2,665 Times in 293 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	cube is the man... propz

01-05-2008, 07:10 PM	#13
kevin413 Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Broad View Park Fort Lauderdale, FL 954 Posts: 6,631 Repped: 3,823 Repped 13 Times in 5 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i heard the songand aw the video yesterday it wa raw as fuck

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FoShizzlE FaShizzy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Born In Lisbon Livin In London Posts: 3,071 Repped: 995 Repped 261 Times in 60 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 5 Posts	laugh now,cry later was a dope album no doubt...cant wait fo this one

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Gttm303 Taking a big risk Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach,California Posts: 8,975 Repped: 2,012 Repped 25 Times in 8 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cube is gonna shit on 08

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unitymama veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA. Posts: 6,445 Repped: 1,647 Repped 73 Times in 38 Posts Blog Entries: 3 Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 8 Times in 7 Posts	Get e'm cube, they always trying too blame what they're doing wrong on rap!!!!! __________________ 50's dick feels so good in my candyshop mmm!!!!!

01-06-2008, 09:08 AM	#18
leb Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 15,231 Repped: 6,936 Repped 165 Times in 29 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	propz .. but yeah album should b good

01-06-2008, 12:01 PM	#19
Position of power Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 510 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ice Cube is the truth

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Gmayn_Da_Bizznezz Circle Of Bosses Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: REAL NIGGA HOOD Posts: 290 Repped: 70 Repped 53 Times in 11 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	agree wit cube

01-06-2008, 01:42 PM	#21
Position of power Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 510 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ice Cube is the truth

01-06-2008, 02:02 PM	#22
Fearless Cry Now Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Rock, Sweden Posts: 968 Repped: 199 Repped 11 Times in 5 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	This album is going to be dope! __________________

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wsXV3st b.EST on da w.EST Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lost Angels Posts: 2,926 Repped: 1,612 Repped 123 Times in 67 Posts Neg Reps: 67 Neg Repped at 23 Times in 23 Posts	Good Shit, Cant Wait For This Nigga To Drop His New Shit

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dimaggi7 I RUN DUCE ONE! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 169 Repped: 13 Repped 3 Times in 2 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Propz, this album should be good. __________________ Free Prepaid Cell Phones & Refill Cards "http://phonelagoon.com/?ref=6657"

01-07-2008, 03:40 AM	#25
lloydbanks216 Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 57 Repped: 1 Repped 4 Times in 2 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	cant wait for cube

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