Back to Basics With Cube (The Original Background Track to Nike's Vid)

(Property of Priority Records through usage from MTV2)

Ice Cube, the boss of bosses, ex-member of former group N.W.A., member of Westside Connection (with members W.C. and Mack 10), movie maker, and entrepreneur. Here is one of the last West Coast kings to ever grace the mic at his prime. Of course with age, one might get a bit rusty, which is evident. But here, we see a young Cube taking you through the average day of what it's like to live in Compton, exposing some of the inner thoughts of a young black male: family, money, women, 5-0, chillin', all with their recurring struggles. And note, this goes on every day (or maybe more back in the '90s), but this is just one day rolling with Ice Cube as the frontier man, separating skepticism on the life of a "gangster" and reality. Thankfully, Ice Cube is as real as it gets. WESTSIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!