Ice Cupe (Raw Footage)

[Slim Zaddy]

Released: August 19, 2008
Recorded 2007–2008
Genre: West Coast hip hop ,Gangsta rap, Political hip hop, Hardcore hip hop
Length :64:34
Label :Lench Mob
Producer Ice Cube (exec.)
David "Dizmix" Lopez, DJ Crazy Toones, pNo, Djay Cas, Emile, Embeatz, Maestro, Polumbo Beats, Teak & Dee Underdue, Tha Bizness, Warren Campbell, Symphony, Yung Fokus.

overview:
Raw Footage is the eighth studio album by rapper Ice Cube, released on August 19, 2008.[1][2] The first single, "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It", has been released with a music video appearing on his MySpace page on January 3, 2008.[3] It has also been released via the iTunes Store on February 12, 2008. The second single is "Do Ya Thang"; Ice Cube has already shot and released the video for this song. The third single is "Why Me". Guests on the album included The Game, Butch Cassidy, Musiq Soulchild, Young Jeezy and WC. The album is much more political than his last album, Laugh Now, Cry Later.

Singles:
The first single released from the album, "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It", was released January 3, 2008. The single became available on iTunes on February 12, 2008. The single was available for 99 cents and came free with the music video. The music video contained cameos by WC and DJ Crazy Toones.
The second single was Do Ya Thang. A music video was released. The single was released on June 24, 2008 at the iTunes store.
The song "It Takes A Nation" was released onto the iTunes Store on May 27, 2008. It was never officially released as a single.
The video for the song "Why Me?".[4] was released on BET on September 24, 2008.

music video :
1."Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It"
2."Why Me?"


tracks list:
1 "What Is a Pyroclastic Flow?" John Murphy Keith David 0:55
2 "I Got My Locs On" [[ P-no The Matrikks Productions Young Jeezy 3:43
3 "It Takes a Nation" Emile 3:26
4 "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" Maestro 4:41
5 "Hood Mentality" Teak "Da Beatsmith" Underdue & Dee Underdue for Hallway Productionz Keith David (Intro) 5:11
6 "Why Me?" Teak "Da Beatsmith" Underdue & Dee Underdue for Hallway Productionz Musiq Soulchild 4:01
7 "Cold Places" Teak "Da Beatsmith" Underdue & Dee Underdue for Hallway Productionz 4:13
8 "Jack N the Box" Tha Bizness Keith David (intro) 4:23
9 "Do Ya Thang" Palumbo Beats 4:04
10 "Thank God" Teak "Da Beatsmith" Underdue & Dee Underdue for Hallway Productionz 5:28
11 "Here He Come" Symphony Doughboy 4:33
12 "Get Money, Spend Money, No Money" Emile 4:08
13 "Get Use to It" Augustine 'Embeatz' Sumo WC and The Game
Keith David (outro) 4:25
14 "Tomorrow" Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell 3:41
15 "Stand Tall" DJ Crazy Toones & David 'Dizmix' Lopez 3:46
16 "Take Me Away" Yung Fokus & Djay Cas Butch Cassidy 4:03
17 "Believe It or Not" (iTunes bonus track) Emile 3:11
18 "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (Remix)" (iTunes bonus track) Maestro Nas and Scarface 4:52
19 "Don't Make Me Hurt Ya Feelings" (Best Buy pre-order) Swizz Beatz 2:47
20 "Crack Baby?" (Best Buy pre-order) DJ Felli Fel 2:59
21 "Why We Thugs (Live)" (Best Buy pre-order) Scott Storch WC 3:37

Credits:
Tom Brock :Engineer
Bruce Buechner :Engineer
Sandra Campbell: Coordination
Warryn Campbell :Instrumentation
Keith David: Voiceover
DJ Reflex :Coordination
DeVere Duckett :Vocals (bckgr)
Will Ragland: Art Direction
Madeleine Smith :Music Clearance
Eric Williams: Photography
Barbara Wilson :Vocals (bckgr)

Chart & Awards :
U.S. Billboard 200 #5
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums #1
Canadian Albums Chart #15
Billboard Singles
2008 Do Ya Thang Rhythmic Top 40 31
2008 Do Your Thang Rhythmic Top 40 34

My Review:
Dealing with the good, the bad, and especially the ugly, Raw Footage is an appropriate title for Ice Cube's eighth album. Some kind of subtitle that mentioned the yin and yang of life would have made it perfect because the tracks here are as inclined to paradoxes as the man himself and offer just as few excuses.The album's guiding principle, "only thing I expect is self-check," is dropped in "Get Money, Spend Money, No Money," but the great news is that all these standoffish and self-serving rhymes are written with that whipsmart wit and sit on a bed of wonderfully minimal beats from lesser knowns like Young Fokus and Emile. The only time things sound slick are when an Eddie Kendricks sample meets Angie Stone's vocals on "Hood Mentality," or when the so-big-in-2008 Young Jeezy shows up for the disappointing and out of place "I Got My Locs On." The bombastic intro and interludes with Keith David could go too, but otherwise this no-answers, gritty ego trip will satisfy his fans while pushing everyone else away even further. this album is much more into poltics and these staff so next album it's going to be on different subject matter.