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The album was originally released with 20 songs but was re-released in 2006 with 3 bonus tracks. Released on Priority Records on October 29, 1991, it was the second studio album by Ice Cube. While most speculated that Cube had gone soft, Death Certificate was the antithesis of passivity. Rap continued to evolve in this period as it began establishing its cultural and economic prowess as one of the most dominant music forms that would go on to define the 90’s. Cool J, Vanilla Ice, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Kid ‘N Play, and Digital Underground cemented rap at the top of the charts. In-between 1989 upon Cube’s leave and Death Certificate’s release in 1991, rap music had started to explode, vacillating between its pop & punk moments. Two years later, he would cement his legacy in the rap world with his 20-track magnum opus (11 for life and 9 for death), Death Certificate. Though this marked the death of his tenure as the group’s brains and chief lyricist for their self-proclaimed “World’s Dangerous Album”, his “Straight Outta Compton”, NWA’s debut album, written with MC Ren escalated to platinum status.Ĭube was still living with his parents at that time, and his lyrics for “Fuck the police” solicited the FBI’s attention earlier that year over police misinterpretation. It also holds up as one of the most controversial albums in the history of rap.

What a time.ģ0 years later, the message of the album still stands and remains a classic through the ages.

I played it on my boom box as a suburbanite as evidence that I was anti-establishment. Looking back, I was filled with teenage angst, and wildin’ out every time I heard hardcore hip hop got me through a lot of tough days. Mad! Exactly how Ice Cube’s Death Certificate made me feel when it was released in 1991.

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