Description: Death Certificate by Ice Cube [Reissue] [PA] [CD] Track Listing: 1 The Funeral2 The Wrong Nigga To F*** Wit3 My Summer Vacation4 Steady Mobbin'5 Robin Lench6 Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out7 Look Who's Burnin'8 A Bird In The Hand9 Man's Best Friend10 Alive On Arrival11 Death12 The Birth13 I Wanna Kill Sam14 Horny Lil' Devil15 Black Korea16 True To The Game17 Color Blind18 Doing Dumb S***19 Us20 No VasalineReissue. Death Certificate was the second studio album from Ice Cube, it was highly anticipated with over one million advanced orders, the album was certified platinum in sales within two months. Due to some of its racially charged content, and Ice Cube's acerbic statements on drug dealing, racial profiling, and the right to keep and bear arms, Death Certificate was the source of much controversy upon its release. --- If Ice Cube's debut was a shocking attack that proved the N.W.A. legacy would be stronger divided, his sophomore effort was a new kind of superstar pulling off the miraculous, a follow-up that equals its classic predecessor and tops it in some people's books. With a million copies of Death Certificate preordered, Cube was no longer the rock critics' darling. A million people listening was dangerous, especially since he was now slithering his influence into the suburbs. If the black rage didn't get you, the misogyny of "I'm gonna do my thing, with your daughter" probably would. Here, one of rap's greatest storytellers is able to draw hatred in under a minute with the short and direct "Black Korea," an angry protest song concerning Korean grocers that got him dubbed "racist" and "Ice KKKube" by some. The track is an extreme representation of how a much sharper and cutting this album is when compared with his debut, and even though the intro announces the full-length is divided into a "Death Side" and "Life Side," both are equally bleak. With the CD format, the two sides are indistinguishable and run over the listener with fast tales of drug dealing, drive-by shootings, and women who go from "Ms. Thing to Ms. Gonorrhea." This would be numbing if it weren't for the rapper's amazing lyrics, ground-shaking delivery, and insight like when "A Bird in the Hand" deals with the irony of selling crap to buy diapers ("Gotta serve you food that might give you cancer/Cuz my son doesn't take no for answer"). A bit of sweet relief comes with the brightness of the great single "Steady Mobbin'" and with the nostalgia and slow tempo of "Doing Dumb Shit." "True to the Game" ("Ain't that a bitch/They hate to see a young nigga rich") is arguably the quintessential Cube track and if all this weren't enough already, the N.W.A. diss "No Vaseline" hangs off the album like a crowd-pleasing, Brick-sampling encore. Although next year’s Predator would be a bigger hit, Death Certificate brings to a close the man's trilogy of perfect albums that began with N.W.A.’s Compton and explodes into a supernova right here. ~ David Jeffries, AllMusic Shipping^ - Order typically "ships" within a business day after receipt of cleared payment ("Delivery" information provided below). "FREE Shipping" via USPS Media Mail** (Per US Postal Service [USPS] delivery may take up to 3-4 weeks. Other delivery options available at check out.*). 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Price: 15.95 USD
Location: Tarzana, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Album
Original Album Release Year: 1991
Language: English
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Custom Bundle: No
Style: Gangsta Rap, Golden Age, Hardcore Rap, West Coast Rap
Features: Sealed
Edition: Parental Advisory, Reissue
Artist: Ice Cube
Record Label: Priority Records
Format: CD
Release Year: 2015
Release Title: Death Certificate
Genre: Rap & Hip-hop/Hip Hop