It’s been nearly seven years since Ice Cube put out his most recent album, I Am the West, focusing most of his time on a busy acting career and the occasional single. Now the entertainer has three hard-hitting new tracks that he’s releasing as a part of a 25th-anniversary reissue of his notorious 1991 album Death Certificate.
“A lot of my true fans got the record already, so to make this new version happen, why not start it off with something new and fresh?” he tells Rolling Stone in a serious tone. “It sets you up for the anniversary of the album, and it makes you appreciate the album more, ’cause you’re getting new, fresh material that is perfect for the record.”
Cube says he has some 50 new songs in various states of completion, but he chose to finish up and release these three – “Good Cop Bad Cop” and “Dominate the Weak,” both about corrupt police, and “Only One Me” – because he felt they fit the themes of Death Certificate, a vicious album that spoke loudly about mistreatment of African-Americans, released just months before the L.A. riots.
More details on the reissue, new tracks, the possibility of a new album and his thoughts on our country’s President can be found here.
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