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Everythang's Corrupt (2018)

Where the lyrics of Everythang's Corrupt take you, and where it was really made.

The album was first set for release in 2015 but came out in 2018, and two tracks planned for it were dropped.

Key places

Recorded at Lench Mob Studios (2018)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album's recording is credited to Lench Mob Studios in Los Angeles. The point marks the city centre, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Everythang's Corrupt (also stylized Everythangs Corrupt): tenth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube
• Released December 7, 2018 by Lench Mob and Interscope Records
• Features a sole appearance by Too Short
• First studio album since 2010's I Am the West
• Originally set for release in 2015; the release date was moved to 2018

Background

• Before this album, Ice Cube focused on other projects, including film work such as the production of NWA: Straight Outta Compton, a biographical film about his former group NWA
• Title track "Everythang's Corrupt" released to YouTube on October 31, 2012, then to digital retailers as a single on January 1, 2013
• Two 2014 releases, "Sic Them Youngins on 'Em" and "Drop Girl", were originally planned for the album but dropped
• Second single "Arrest the President" released November 9, 2018
• Third single "That New Funkadelic" released December 4, 2018

Recording

• Recording credited to Lench Mob Studios in Los Angeles, California

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Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Born O'Shea Jackson in Los Angeles on June 15, 1969; stage name from his older brother's teasing.
• Formed the trio C.I.A. in 1986 at age 16, then joined N.W.A.
• Left N.W.A in late 1989 over a monetary dispute with the group's management.

Career

• Lead rapper and main lyricist of N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton (1989), shaping gangsta rap's early identity.
• Solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991) and The Predator (1992) were critically and commercially successful; The Predator debuted at No. 1 on both the R&B/hip-hop and pop charts.
• Co-founded the Westside Connection with Mack 10 and WC in 1995.
• Acting career from 1991's Boyz n the Hood; co-wrote and starred in Friday (1995) and directed The Players Club (1998).
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an N.W.A member in 2016.

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Reception

At release

• The album received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Ice Cube's lyrical delivery
• Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, gave it an average score of 79
• The Metacritic score is based on 5 reviews
• Consequence of Sound: Michael Pementel said Cube still embarks with the same purpose, and that the effort proves to be one of the best albums in the latter half of his career
• Exclaim!: Kyle Mullin praised Cube's vigorous delivery and his willingness to adopt flows you would not expect from an MC so long in the tooth

Records

• Debuted at number 62 on the Billboard 200
• First-week total of 14,000 album-equivalent units, of which 8,000 were pure album sales

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Too Short is the only guest on the album.
• The album was first set for 2015 but released in 2018.
• 'Sic Them Youngins on 'Em' and 'Drop Girl', both released in 2014, were planned for the album but dropped after the date change.
• The second single 'Arrest the President' is an anti-Donald Trump track that does not name the president directly.
• The third single 'That New Funkadelic' came out four days before the album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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