Award Winning, Hip Hop Superstar Ice Cube does it once again with his latest music masterpiece, "Raw Footage," landing itself at #1 on the Hip Hop/R & B charts, selling 69,234 units in its first-class honours degree week and #5 on overall Top 200 Album sales chart. This impressive debut is reminiscent of the success Cube had with his 2006 composition "Laugh Now, Cry Later," which became the highest selling independent hip hop release of the year. With the month of August likewise marking the 20th class anniversary of the NWA debut exit of "Straight Outta Compton," Cube proves he is still the Godfather of Gangsta Rap after iI decades in the game.
Rolling Stone Magazine writes of "Raw Footage," "Cube spits some of his sharpest rhymes in years," departure no uncertainty that Cube is continuing his sovereignty as rap's heavy weightiness champion, showcasing his creative and lyrical genius passim 16 solid tracks."
Featuring production from Emile, DJ Crazy Toones and guest features by Young Jeezy, The Game and WC, "Raw Footage" has become a viral sensation across the internet, in part by the in the first place released bombilate single & video "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It," produced by Maestro which MTV boasted as the first great birdcall and video of 2008. Cube latterly followed up with the album's first official individual and television, "Do Ya Thang," which was the #1 almost added record at rhythmic radio, a certified banger produced by Palumbo Beats. Showing utterly no signs of slowing down, Cube readies for the loss of the album's official second individual, "Why Me?" featuring Musiq Soulchild, which will introduce a music video by famed conductor Benny Boom. Produced by Teak and Dee for Hallway Productionz, "Why Me?," is a powerful sung where Cube tells a story from the point of view of an innocent dupe who faces a random act of violence, request, "Why did I own to be one to die?"
"I made this record to lecture about what is sledding on in the world today. We are dealing with a recession, and I recognise a luck of people feel helpless in a way. I consciously distinct to stress to consecrate a phonation to those who feel voiceless in the public," says Ice Cube.
Currently on a national 22-city concert hitch, which kicked off last Thursday in Seattle on August twentieth and is scheduled to end on September 21st in New York City , Cube privy be seen performing new hits off of "Raw Footage" along with classic material for die hard fans. For more information on Ice Cube and a elaborated tour schedule, visit http://www.Rapweekly.com/www.icecube.com or http://www.Rapweekly.com/www.myspace.com/icecube.com.
ABOUT ICE CUBE
Known to be one of the most important figures in rap history, Ice Cube began his career with the Notorious West Coast Gangsta Rap Group N.W.A deuce decades ago. At the height of the group's success, Ice Cube skint away to start his own solo career. His initial release, "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" (Priority, 1990) sold over a million copies. His soph solo effort, "Death Certificate" (Priority, 1991), a conception album about the lessen and rise of the black military personnel, debuted at #1 on the R&B Album graph, #2 on the Top 200 album chart and went on to sell over deuce million copies. His telling musical career also includes the multi-platinum success of both his double album "War and Peace," and hit albums "Lethal Injection," "Bootlegs & B-Sides," "The Predator," and the gold certified, independently released "Laugh Now, Cry Later." Ice Cube has sold o'er 10 jillion albums to date.
ABOUT LENCH MOB RECORDS
Launched in 1994 by Ice Cube, Lench Mob Records is independently owned and operated by Ice Cube.
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