#lench mob

He went so far to the right, he could mumble in an interview a few harsh words at major labels which pushed out political rap and wanted only hip hop for the dance floor and hip hop about riches, yet on his new CD he puts a dance floor track “Especially You” and a song with the telling title “Let’s Get Money Together.” He’s even toned down the cussing on most of his songs (a thing he would never do in the 1980s) to get more radio play. Is that the same Ice Cube who was never afraid to speak out the truth with the most appropriate words?

The song “Talkin' Bout These Rappers” provides the most striking example of Ice Cube’s degradation. He says: “Talkin' 'bout these rappers on the internet \ Google up these nuts, bitch, I been a vet \ I don't give a fuck what's on the internet.” Unfortunately, he does. Otherwise he wouldn’t act like a little girl himself with the lyrics like:

Look at that girl livin' frugal Use her noodle, learn to Google Fuck your cat and your poodle And your science 'cause it's pseudo.

An artist who three decades ago spoke out for bigger truth and against deep injustices now dedicates a song to teenagers who thrash him on X. And that seems to him like the cruelest injustice in the world.

Sadly, the title Man Down is literally about Ice Cube himself. We lost him as an artist.