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War & Peace, Vol. 1 (The War Disc) (1998)

Where the lyrics of War & Peace, Vol. 1 (The War Disc) take you, and where it was really made.

Only half of a planned pair: this 1998 album is the first volume of War & Peace, and the second volume followed in 2000.

Key places

Recording in Houston (1998)

Recording site Foam Box Recordings — Several tracks on the album were recorded here. The point marks the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Burbank (1998)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — One track on the album was recorded here. The point marks the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Los Angeles (1998)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — One track on the album was recorded here. The point marks the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Glendale (1998)

Recording site Echo Sound — One track on the album was recorded here. The point marks the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Oakland (1998)

Recording site Studio 880 — One track on the album was recorded here. The point marks the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• War & Peace, Vol. 1 (The War Disc): fifth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube
• Released November 17, 1998 through Lench Mob Records and Priority Records
• Production credits: Bud'da, E-A-Ski, Ice Cube, K-Mac, N.O. Joe and T-Mix
• First part of the two-album project War & Peace
• The second volume, War & Peace, Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc), followed in 2000
• Content moves from intense street-oriented jams to rap-metal fusions
• 'Fuck Dying' is a song featuring Korn in the rap-metal style
• Social commentary includes 'Ghetto Vet'
• 'Greed' was included from Gang Related, released the previous year

Background

• First album by Cube in five years, since his last album, Lethal Injection
• Cube was working on other projects during the gap
• The album was released in the same period as the 1998 Family Values Tour, where Cube performed with Korn, Rammstein, Limp Bizkit and Orgy
• Cube left the tour for the last five shows to start filming Next Friday, and Incubus replaced him

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

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.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Reviews were generally mixed when the album came out
• Critics did not receive it well, but it was a commercial success
• It was the first album by Cube in five years, since Lethal Injection
• The album is the first part of the two-album project War & Peace

Records

• Debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart
• Sold 180,000 copies in the first week
• Became Ice Cube's fourth US top-ten album
• RIAA certified platinum on January 25, 1999, for sales of over a million copies in the United States
• Total sales of 1,057,243 copies
• Sales figures are based on the Billboard chart debut and the RIAA certification

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

Trivia

• The Korn-featured track 'Fuck Dying' pushes the album into rap-metal territory
• 'Greed' on the album was carried over from Gang Related, released the year before
• At the 1998 Family Values Tour, Cube played third, between Rammstein and Limp Bizkit
• Cube left for the final five shows to film Next Friday, and Incubus replaced him
• The samples list places 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five under the track Extradition

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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