Ice Cube - Amerikkka’s Most Wanted

Same musical energy as Public Enemy, but with much more focus on self promoting of crime credentials than social commentary. It’s like a middle school playground version of the Public Enemy album, all “me me me” with no focus on the outside world.

This aged far less well. The lyrics speak of bitches and street deeds and abortions and the fact that it is, in this album’s worldview, a man’s world.

We should just forget this album entirely, in my opinion. Let me know where I find the instrumental version and I might be back in. It’s a shame because Ice Cube has a great voice and delivery, he just spends this entire album using it to deliver complete bullshit. Perhaps it was inventive at the time, and the beats are undeniably great, but it’s not something I’ll play for my grandkids when boring them to death with stories about the golden age of hip hop.

From the roundup Jamwise #36 - Best Albums of 1990.