Subject: Ice Cube (Rapper)

• N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton Turns 20, Gets Deluxe Reissue

  The album that launched Left Coast gangsta rap into white suburban consciousness and mainstream culture, N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton, will be reissued Dec. 4 with a bonus live track and covers by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Snoop Dogg and C-Murder, Mack 10, and WC to anticipate its 20th anniversary. Marked by more profanity than a Richard Pryor LP and provoking almost as many laughs as same, Compton established Dr. Dre as a production savant, Ice Cube as a lyrical humorist par excellence and Eaz

  October 9, 2007

• InDELible: An Interview with Del the Funky Homosapien

  Del, in his more bizarre days. [We didn’t have space in the paper to run this feature by Ben Westhoff, but we think it’s worth posting on Heard Mentality in advance of West Coast underground-rap luminary Del’s appearance Wed. Feb. 20 at the Vault 350.] Richmond, California emcee Del The Funky Homosapien was a weird rapper long before Lil Wayne, Andre 3000 and Kool Keith made it, well, kool. He’s not quite so bizarre these days, and that’s a shame. The release of his fifth solo albu

  February 19, 2008

• Looking Ahead to South by Southwest

  The annual sonic bacchanal known as South by Southwest goes down March 12-16. Every year, several thousand music-biz types, musicians and ordinary mortals with more money than sense descend upon downtown Austin, Texas, cramming five months of musical activity into five days. I'll be blogging about all the awesome and heinous stuff I see/hear while I'm there, but for now, here's a lil' sneak preview of the festivities. OC/LBC bands making the trek to the Lone Star state's capital include Free th

  March 3, 2008

• This Week in The OC Weekly

  In this week's issue: Daffodil J. Altan follows Alfonso Guerrero and Manuel Chavez on their wedding day in "Eat Drink and Be Gay Married: After 27 years together, one couple finally has its big, fat, Mexican, recovering-drug-addict, HIV-positive, ex-transgender gay wedding" Rich Kane offers some from the scene perspective on the gay weddings in "We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Registered at Crate & Barrel: Notes from a gayer-than-usual Tuesday at the old courthouse in Santa Ana" R. Scot

  June 20, 2008

• Del the Funkee HomosapienBoth Sides of the BrainHiero Imperium

  May 18, 2000

• Get Out!

  June 22, 2006

• Paint the White House Black!

  Dated (circa 1993), yet timely -- George Clinton, with special guests Ice Cube, the Chili Peppers, Dr. Dre, etc.

  November 5, 2008

• The Curious Case of Triple S

  There was once a Sizzler on Newport Blvd. in Tustin, beneath the shadow of the 5 Freeway overpass. Then around October of last year the owners severed their ties to the company. They decided that they would rebrand themselves "Triple S". Why "Triple S"? Well because they would serve "Steak, Seafood and Salad", of course -- just like they did when they were a Sizzler. But this time, they'd be independent. When I saw the change, I chuckled at the name. I don't know. It reminded me of that bad V

  January 13, 2009

• I Ain't Tha One

  I work with this girl. I'll call her Mandy. Two days ago, Mandy was telling me some story about a dude she went to Sizzler with. When she told him there was nothing between them, he broke down in the parking lot.Apparently, homeboy didn't have enough paper for Mandy's tastes.My co-worker began telling me how she needs a man with cash to buy her stuff. She rattled off all sorts of brand names that she wanted and I failed to recognize any of them. Just so I could add something mo

  April 3, 2009

• Del the Funky Homosapien Gives It Up for Free

  April 2, 2009

• [Feedback 2008] Greyboy Looks to Make a Name for Himself With a New Best-of Compilation

  November 27, 2008

• Ruling and Regulating

  October 30, 2008

• Hugs Not Thugs

  July 3, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,' 'Boyz N the Hood,' More

  July 3, 2008

• Ice Cube's Powerhouse Show at Honda Center Will Show If He's Still Got Game

  June 19, 2008

• [Web Exclusive!] Summer Grows Up: The Season of Big-Budget Bangs Uses Its Brain

  May 15, 2008

• [CD Review] Del the Funky Homosapien, 11th Hour (Definitive Jux)

  February 14, 2008

• Real People

  January 10, 2008

• Church Boys

  Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan get religion in First Sunday

  January 10, 2008

• Busybody

  Mike Sager peeks in on the lives of our times

  December 20, 2007

• Hova-rated

  Jay-Z’s American Gangster Proves He Ain’t All That—and Never Was

  November 8, 2007

• Aural Reports

  What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County?

  March 30, 2000

• Ice Cube Isn't Done Yet, Apparently

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  April 19, 2007

• New Reviews

  Are We Done Yet?; Firehouse Dog; The Page Turner; The Reaping; The TV Set

  April 5, 2007

• Standing Erect

  September 28, 2006

• Walk the Line

  May 18, 2006

• Hope for Hip-Hop

  April 13, 2006

• Get Out!

  April 13, 2006

• Get Out!

  December 22, 2005

• Bo$$ Dogg

  August 25, 2005

• Nude Naked Adult Lindsay Lohan

  July 14, 2005

• From Homeless To Fat

  December 4, 2003

• Chaos Brings Order

  November 27, 2003

• Clipped Wings

  September 19, 2002

• Mousetown Schools

  December 13, 2001

• Bad Rap

  March 15, 2001

• Big Respect

  June 22, 2000

• Not So Hed, Not so (pe)

  November 25, 1999

• Jon Halperin

  October 7, 1999

• The Kid Is Innocent

  September 23, 1999

• Gabriel San Roman's Thoughts From Inside Michael Jackson's Memorial Service

  Gabriel San RomanBY GABRIEL SAN ROMANIt's been 12 incomprehensible days since the shocking news that Michael Jackson died. Since that time, the prevailing feeling was that the immensity that is the King of Pop's musical legacy hadn't been properly or adequately paid tribute to...until today.I was one of the fortunate few to be awarded a gold bracelet and ticket to the Staples Center memorial service, out of the 1.6 million people who registered online. After spending less than 10 minutes yesterd

  July 7, 2009

• Before It Gets Old: 2009 Gathering of the Juggalos

  OK, so this has been floating around for a bit, so it may already be "old," but if you haven't seen it yet, is truly is worth a look. It's so hard to figure out the Best Part: the comedy stylings of Rowdy Roddy Piper? The inexplicable presence of Ice Cube? Helicopter Rides? (Smart money's on that one.) More information on the sure to be scintillating 2009 Gathering of hte Juggalos here, and don't snooze on the involvement of Orange County's own Kottonmouth Kings.

  July 31, 2009

• Incoming: Ice Cube, David Archuleta, a Lot More at the Grove of Anaheim

  ​De-cem-ber thir-teenth, much more bayyyyyounce, Ice Cube's coming with a half-ounce. (Or not, potentially. Just wanted to be lyrical.) Sure, Ice Cube may not be as "cool" as he once was, what with his starring in a slew of mediocre-at-best family films like The Longshots (directed by Fred Durst!) and Are We There Yet? (not to mention the surely stellar follow-up, Are We Done Yet?); all the while trying to retain some semblance of street cred with songs like last year's "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do

  October 20, 2009