Ice Cube reissues revisit rap with a message

An argument can be made that Ice Cube, not Dr. Dre, is the most successful former member of N.W.A. The remastered versions of Cube's first five albums, Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Kill at Will, Death Certificate, The Predator and Lethal Injection, show Cube at his best. He has since passed from hardcore, politically motivated gangsta rap to much more catchy club hits ("We Be Clubbin'," "Friday" and "You Can Do It").\nWhile Cube has taken a detour from South Central to Hollywood, he left a legacy of mind-expanding, hardcore, West Coast gangsta rap that nobody has been able to touch since. He was the voice of the disenfranchised black youth of the early to mid-nineties and spoke about everything from black unity to police brutality to the harm that drug dealers caused in urban areas of the country. It was hip-hop with a message, not just catchy beats and lines like "I think my butt gettin' big." \nStraight up and down, you will not find hip-hop like this anymore. Cube is giving listeners the last chance to hear the dead art of rap with a message. Pick these up immediately and learn yourself something.