That is the eleventh full-length studio LP from Los Angeles emcee, songwriter, actor, movie producer, CubeVision founder & BIG3 founder Ice Dice. The cousin of Del the Funky Homosapien & Kam, he began as a part of the C.I.A. gained notoriety as a member of N.W.A till departing after their historic debut Straight Outta Compton. Dice later acquired his personal Precedence Information deal as a solo artist, teaming with The Bomb Squad for his personal debut AmeriKKKa’s Most Needed & later Kill at Will. Dying Certificates went on to grow to be one other west coast hip hop landmark resulting from a few of its racially & politically charged content material, along with his Lench Mob Information debut The Predator primarily addressing a whole lot of on racial tensions in the US on the time. Deadly Injection was extra g-funk heavy and the Battle & Peace double-disc effort marked the top of the previous Westside Connection member’s Precedence contract. Chortle Now, Cry Later distributed by Virgin Music & EMI Information was a stable comeback in ‘06 after primarily specializing in performing throughout the first half of the 2000s & then Uncooked Footage had it’s highlights though it was first rate as a complete. I’m the West turned his most negatively obtained physique of labor & the Interscope Information-distributed Everythang’s Corrupt confirmed to be an enchancment though nonetheless common, so listening to Man Down could be a I’m the West sequel had me hoping it will be far superior to the unique.
“Rollin’ at Twilight” begins with a entice intro that Cassius Jay laced seeking to make highlights along with his actual ones whereas “It’s My Ego” takes the g-funk route instrumentally because of E-A-Ski speaking about giving an illustration in entrance of the nation. “So Delicate” was the weakest single of the three decently giving Dice’s tackle gender & fashionable etiquette, however then Mount Westmore will get collectively for the funky pop rap banger “She’s Sanctified” discussing ladies.
Nottz offers “Not Like Them” extra of a conventional west coast vibe to the beat feeling just like the world doesn’t make sense at the present time in age whereas “5150” aggressively talks about this bitch being loopy. “No Cap” that includes Ishadon must be one of the underwhelming moments regardless of the Zaytoven beat & the theme of everybody doin’ boss strikes in a cesspool simply earlier than the commercial/entice crossover “3 Lil Piggies” talks about 3 cops.
“Ghetto Story” strips the drums utterly discovering his glory & doing all of it for the streets to get his bag whereas “Info” that includes J-Dee of Da Lench Mob finds the two reuniting to allow them to speak about mobbin’. “Combating for My Life in Paradise” that includes Kurupt hops over a soul pattern explaining how good it feels dwelling the lives that they do whereas the boisterous “Let’s Get Cash Collectively” that includes B-Actual goes again & forth with one another as they make paper.
As for “I’mma Burn Rubber”, we have now Dice going from 0 to 100 over a hyphy instrumental previous to the self-produced “Particularly You” hooking up some distinguished synthesizers speaking about needing everybody to go for the dance flooring. “Break the Mirror” that includes Xzibit hyperlinks up the pair for a hardcore west coast heater declaring that no one desires the reality anymore whereas “Talkin’ ‘Bout These Rappers” takes a jab at wack MCs over a Lil Jon beat.
“Scary Film” pushes in the direction of the top of Man Down by tapping in with Lench Mob Information in-house producers Hallway Productionz promising that breaking your shit is for certain whereas “Take Me to Your Chief” strikes like an eagle wanting regal on prime of a vocal pattern that David Banner gives. The nearer “Ego Maniacs” that includes Busta Rhymes & Killer Mike wraps all of it up with an insane sequel to “It’s My Ego”.
Chortle Now, Cry Later was in all probability the final Ice Dice album that I loved persistently prime to backside & Man Down over 18 years later as a dedication for all his Day 1s improves on his few LPs since 2008. The extra constant manufacturing than a few of his previous current materials eclectically ranges from g-funk to hyphy, entice & drumless enlisting a decent record of friends to assist reaffirm his standing as a west coast veteran.
Rating: 8/10
