Ice Cube - Once Upon A Time In The Projects

[wildchildrm74]

This is a pure example of rap as a story-tellin' instrument. I grew up off this kinda music, that's why it hurts to see the state of rap in the year 2012. That's why i prefer to listen to old school.

[MershaL90]

i don't care what ya say,Ice Cube IS THE BEST RAPPER EVER LIVED.

[doryendo77]

So I beat the rap but that aint the point I had a warrant so I spent 2 weeks in the joint...now the story you heard has 1 little object....DONT FUCK WITH A BITCH FROM THE PROJECTS!!!! lol

[TheMrPOTHEAD420]

123 098!! not even close to recognition this beat deserves. i guess its reserved for the ones who still know wat Rap is.

[TomHagan812]

Someone help me here but did I read somewhere that Cube intended many songs from this album to be on Eazy's 2nd solo album...before the split of course. I can hear Eazy rapping this one and Tales from the Hood

[TomHagan812]

Best part of the song 0:00-3:42.

[marselluswallace6]

FUCK U GIANTS!

[sidneyatkins6969]

@marselluswallace6 FUCK U 2

[jukka4president]

"i dont like to feel that im put in a rut, by a young nigga that need to pull his pants up" i never sag, always pulled up and gotta belt. fuck these little clowns thinking that theyre hard when they sag. the sign of a true punk

[unc75503]

"Lookin' at a fucked up black and white!!!!!!.....Took a shit in his little drawers...Mama walked in with a joint in her mouth....Only 13 and already pregnant"... This song is still so relevant!

[goat76]

My favorite line.  "I said, A yo bitch you better tell him something" classic

[FlowIsDeep]

i like to be remained of that to at 00:30 to 00:38 :)

[xPUNISHER84x]

She had another brother that was 3yrs old and had a bad case of the runny nose' he asked me who I was and had to pause...It smelled like he took a shit in his little draws....LMFAO!!!

[qncybose]

I GRABBED MY FORTY OUT THE BAG AND TOOK A SWIG CAUSE I WAS GETTIN OVERWHELMED BY BAY BAY KIDS!  CLASSIC

[wlsfergo]

then i put my nikes on the coffee table

[Dogfacesoulja8582]

"I SAID BITCH I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A CRACKHOUSE"

[lafonzogates187]

All comments are good nothing Neg. Proves ice cube is one of coldest

[1276tony]

This mother f**kers nice he wrote 96% of n.w.a. and eazy-e I still have the tape all his shit is hot.

BOSTON MA, DORCHESTER APOCALYPSE. DUDLEY 94

[mrman3810]

this shit is very funny lol

[still20dollas]

Cuz I had on a shirt that said I was dope...

He thought I was sellin base and couldn't hear my case!

[malikkuwait89]

ice cube could never tell me a bed time story lmaooo i love this song tho

[determined2835]

DAMN. HE'S AS COLD AS ICE



[TheBroly007]

best story...im gonna make short film out of this

[bigpotent]

this album was hot

[willy5321]

Mom got 12 gauge mossburg haha

[shakethegame23]

Bitch I didnt know this was a crack house!

[bossman55ify]

real music!!

[tobybrown1988]

"Once upon a time in the projects, yo

I damn near had to wreck a ho"

Those two lines always kills me!

[DFLOODyeaa]

Birch you didn't tell me this was a crack house!

[ClooneyThunder]

@DFLOODyeaa ha ou said biRch lol

[DjDestinyChicago]

She made the drop, and got the twenty dollars, from a smoked out fool with ring around the collar!

[Gukuthegreat]

Good Song!!!

[Shizzle544]

Ice Cube's shit was the BEST back in the day bar none.

[EddieErion929]

@Shizzle544 for real my dude-evry song was good

[dimeofweed12]

@Shizzle544 Hell yeah he was i was only a baby when the movie friday came out but i remember hearing his music...i pick him over any rapper any day

[MrGreenbagz]

yea give it up for the golden age of rap 1991 one of my favorite raps of all time peace to the west coast real hiphop lives forever dj shawneed reping annapolis md dmv

[Aceleesauce]

Ice cube gangsta raps @ its finest ! {£}

[rundpg]

yeah tight...

[meloyelo76]

one of the best storylines!!

[lzepp2]

cube aint the best but he makes southern rhymes by weezy, ludacris, or jeezy look dumb and lazy

[doox420]

@lzepp2 cube is the best story teller. its like a fuckin movie. he wrote boyz n the hood. thats like a fuckin movie right lol. cube is the best. who else is there?

[lzepp2]

'..her sister who really needs her ass kicked. only 13 and already pregnant' lol sadly still true

[trevonoatis]

Tha rattz will whoop yo ass....lol. Classic Cube!!

[hopkinsgervan]

this is real music and everyone talking about lil wayne cube is the shittttttt

[youssefkhababa]

magnifique les enfants de brown

[msdavis2311]

20yrs later and this shit still go hard!..Justin who?

[emerpus01]

"the whole scenery remind me of 'Good Times' "

[paintballislife19]

t.i's version is better imo

[narghora]

So go and eat some fucking cornbread SAMBO and stop trying to act like you know what the fuck your talking about. Fucking KAFFIR!!!!!!!!!!

[MsLiftdresearchgroup]

im young as heck and this stuff is all i litsen to this some real rap these ppl dnt know

[getguakboy]

One of the dopest albums of all time...Ice Cube dispelled the myth that West Coast mc's had lyrical ability...Peep the storytelling in this rhyme...Damn I miss this kind of rap music...Smh...

[RockaGun]

@ 1:44 I have a 12ga mossberg

[ozdavillain310]

West Coast Klassic!!!

[chance2517]

ughh i hate baebae kids!

[Ajtori93]

Cube snapped on this cut.This song is the real truth!!!

[narghora]

This was by far the best song on this albulm. The rest of the songs were shit.

[getguakboy]

@narghora You sound dumb as hell!!!...You're either young or don't know shit about "Amerikkka's Most Wanted"...

[narghora]

@getguakboy Ahhh yes. I sound very dumb yes?? Let me tell you something Mr. Muzik Expert. Only reason I said that song was any good in the frist fucking place was because of the old muzik he used for it. Its what made the song worth listening 2. Just like all of these dumb ass rap artist do. Sample. Sample. And more Samples. They are so un original. They never can create theyre own muzik can they???? Ice Cubes It WAs A Good Day is another example smart guy. Sampled Muzik once again.

[ownagenoobs1]

@narghora stfu u herp derp. first off id like to see u rap as good as this legend cube fuck face. second u dont know shit about music so again stfu than u bitch

[narghora]

@ownagenoobs1 Fuck you!!! You piece of Shit. You stupid assholes get real offended when someone talks about your stupid nigger music. I know music you son of a bitch. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,Sha Rukh Kahn, Rabbi. Now thats real music motherfucka!!! Real Indian music. Na sumb ass nigger amerikan music. You coon!!! LOL

[ownagenoobs1]

@narghora wowoowwww bitchhhhhhhhhhhhh u callin m a nigger? bitch im latino for one, second im goin swag out so if ur taking this personal, its a small world, see me when u see me. see me when u see me. third u must be pundi chicken shit muther fucker, so u best shut the fuck up and stop hating on me, like i said, this is a small world, see me when u see me.

[ownagenoobs1]

@narghora and forth u curry mutherfucker, u should check urself before i whoop ur mutherfucken ass and make u bite the curb and stomp ur head in

[narghora]

@ownagenoobs1 oooooooo. Im so scared. You sound like one of them nigger spic boricua sons of bitches. Kool. I love to stomp the shit out of them. Yes yu spic motherfucker. Im makuing this personal. Ill beat the shit out of your monkey ass. you fuckin frijol. Ha,ha,ha.

[ownagenoobs1]

@narghora btw u dumb shit mutherfucker, if ur reading this then i hope u know if u said this to somebody then they would whoop ur mutherfuckin ass bitch ass nigga

[MrDbzking123]

Raped the replay button

[klimax702]

west side bitch

[DJRenee]

Remember the first time I heard this.....1460AM IN Baton Rouge,LA...

[DineAmazigh]

0 "Lil G'z" of Ruthless don't like this song :D

[Geo2zAp]

thumbs up for no dislikes

[RockaGun]

@Geo2zAp I just dislike because of this comment

[gwal31]

fukin bangin song

[breaker2341]

no kurwa! :D POLSKA

[18bzyko]

Polska Skurwysynu!!!!

[WASSnROLL]

the album..5 mics all day.

[SIAVEK]

cube is the best at makin a blind man see it all with ONLY words. u can see, smell, & touch HIS STORIES. and be emotionally attached without seeing a video. HE WAS MAKIN MOVIES BEFORE HE WAS MAKIN MOVIES!!!!! peace.

[killacam139]

@SIAVEK exactly..one of the best story tellers ever



[Lemaj420]

@SIAVEK and slick rick!!!

[7undreissig]

what set u claimin? i dont bang i rock them good rhymes! no more colorz!

[LosAses1]

0 Dislikes speak for themselves ;) Tha SHIT!!

[falaahk]

......looking at a FUCKED UP black & white, her mom bitching cause her county check wasn't right! This is the cube I love not that don mega bullshit!

[demonethagreat]

pass tha 4 o there aint no real rap like this no mo.

[Martothe111]

The music reminds me of rhcp..

[pagola]

nice song but sad that to this very day blacks live in the project

[blessedpat77]

it is so sad too that more whites live in the trailer home and on welfare

[leedafreak1]

Cube,him n Redman,my fave rappers of alltime!!

[IAmYungJerzey]

AMERIKKKA'S LMFAOOO!!

[EBtheDopeman]

i grabbed my 40 out the bag and took a swigg, cause i was getting overwhelmed by beybey kids!

lol

CLASSIC

[drieey]

Absolutely positively one of the greatest rappers of alltime!!! He had the industry on lock from like '89 to '92.

[phoneke]

Cube's flow used to ride the Funk groove hard back in the day!!

[IFazeeeHD]

AYO BITCH YOUD BETTER TELL EM SUTTEN LOL

[gamsandyams]

like ice cubes and redmans rendison

[SECtennesseeSEC]

great story teller...

[MrEpic100]

Once again its onnn

[TheRealHookz]

Ice Cube IS the best story telling rapper ever.

[GarrettLewisMusic]

Not a single dislike so far... respect.

[fuckgill1]

The flow... unreal. Brings me waaaay back. tellin it like it is ... I miss this shit.

[ern363]

this album is a under rated classisick

note: i know classic spell wrong play with words

[drieey]

@ern363 One of my fave Cube songs. but this album and song was NOT underrated. everybody used to bump this! Did you mean as far as todays industry looking back and not giving respect? If so i agree because Cube should all ways be mentioned as one of the GOATS with jigga and pac biggy etc on back to the old school greats.

[Alithecomedian]

@drieey well said

[mrwhatthepho2012]

i saw her sister who really needs her ass kicked, only 13 and already pregnant!

[COKECUTTER]

I Don't Bang.. I Rock the Good Rhyms

[omglolJU]

@COKECUTTER  The whole scenery reminded me of GOODTIMES. lol

[busteroo7]

 still relevent

[Dreils99]

I said "bitch, I didn't know this was a crack house!" LOL

[fooloof]

one of the best rap stories ever told. takes you right into the crack den.

classic Ice Cube shit.

[MsL0vie]

wow. look how young he was on that album cover.

[toterola451]

My vote for best rap album ever!

[russskates26]

This record has to be the best of 1990

[kharymasai]

@russskates26 best period

[russskates26]

@kharymasai yeah 90-97 imo

[SDcaliBoy619]

"here comes here brother he was 3 years old and had a bad case of the runny noise"....lol cube good at story tellin like slick Rick

[siliconboy187]

Beat is STILL ahead of its time! Hot

[oksooner405]

Man! This is Really was a Day In The Projects I grew up in back in the day.. CUBE is THE Greatest!!

[DJMAGICMIKE101]

NWA THOUGHT CUBE WAS GONNA FAIL AFTER HE LEFT THE GROUP!!!! WRONG

[ChicanoTattooArt]

@DJMAGICMIKE101 yea but he got better when he left nwa and still way more on top then any of them. what happend to mc ren? what happend to the new nwa? lol

[Jedimonk]

Dope dope shit

[JaymanDaKing]

imagine if they made a video to this song ... woulda been a classic

[fuegodude70]

This song reminds me of half of my childhood back in Spanish Harlem!! LOL

[babyjames8]

He asked me who I was then I had to pause

It smelled like he took a shit in his little drawers

LOL FUCKING HILARIOUS I had this album in 1995....badass

[bertrandshoberg]

@babyjames8 i got this album in 1989 lol

[eiysmh24]

@bertrandshoberg Didn't come out till 1990...time traveler?

[bertrandshoberg]

@eiysmh24 yeah thats what the almubcocer says, i was bum;in this in the fall of 89 lol, I am 32 yrs old not just 18, this record is older that YOU lol

[eiysmh24]

@bertrandsDon't mean I can't enjoy the album it ain't my fault I'm growin up in shitty times & I stand by my statement that this album came out in 1990. I saw an interview in 89' where Cube was sayin the group is his priority and this and that and then an interview a year later in 90' talkin bout the recent success of the album

[bertrandshoberg]

@eiysmh24 I aint hateing on you mane! I grew up on Cube! Just a bad ass kid with a skate board n boom box lol hiding the tape from my mom, (yeah I said tape lol). We all good, check out my vids and you will find that influance in my music one love

[butcherbloc2]

@babyjames8  yea buddy

[butcherbloc2]

Respond to this video... yea buddy

[ThatdealTV]

@babyjames8 This album came out in 91

[dexxxhunt]

@ThatdealTV Naw 1990

[dp2531]

this is storytellin at its finest

[jbjonesboro71251]

HUH! GREAT ARTIST HUH!

[KernowDer]

Once again it's on...this was always my favourite track off this amazing album

[AWSH17]

great song, really paints a picture of what was going on and is still going on.

[xxxMrBligexxx]

I heard this song on Music Choice on the Hip-Hop Classics channel.. ever since this song is so dope to me...

[jerrylo21]

This album is when Cube left nwa and came too NYC and got with the prodction crew the Bomb Squad...the same kats that was producing Public Enemy albums

[straightupkid]

CLASSIC, Love this Funk shit

[kap5rlrn]

True shit...From Raeigh Nc dont fuck wit them project broads

[saucylatino]

Also producing cats like K-Dee, Da LenchMob and Kausion. Kam...I think as well?!?

Cube was runnin shit in the 90's!

[cavaelus]

classic cube nigga,,,,best rapper inda early 90's, doubt it if u want. who else was fucking wit him ask ya self that question. story telling ona project bitch! Lol!

[dp2531]

@cavaelus he's number 3 on my list behind pac and big