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today marks 30 years since ice cube dropped his solo debut, amerikkka’s most wanted.
make sure to check cube’s feed and #AMWat30 - he’s dropping pics, videos and untold stories behind the album’s creation and relesse.
look.
the making of ameriKKKa’s most wanted (via @goodroadbc)
ice cube reflects on his back-against-the-wall debut
amw turns 30 | anniversary retrospective (via @albumism)
a 30th anniversary retrospective - ameriKKKa’s most wanted (via @dart_adams)
redbull music academy x hank shocklee
hip hop nostalgia: ice cube’s 30th anniversary
source - summer, 1990 [page 1] [page 2] (words by @dancharnas)
listen.
hank shocklee x microphone check (via @nprmusic)
podcast roundup
combat jack episode: ice cube
drink champs episode 64: ice cube
watch.
abc interview (1990)
pump it up with dee barnes
dr dre x dee barnes fallout
ICE CUBE LIVE IN LA (1990)
the making of amerikka’s most wanted
Ice Cube talks about how he met up with The Bomb Squad for the making of AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.
Ice Cube talks about digging through the crates on Long Island to build the foundation of AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted.
In Part 3 of The Making of AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Cube heads to New York City to start recording the album at Greene St. Studio.
support.
framed ameriKKKa’s most wanted poster
“CUBE TAPES” sticker
bonus: AMW tee
ice cube cassette lot (5 tapes!)
1990’s priority records poster
‘92 LOLLAPALOOZA PROMO CASSETTE