All u young bucks this is dope but not even close to the first shit ever. New York started it all. T la rock n what about Africa bambatta in 1979. Do your history.
I remember listening to this on kiss 104 out of atlanta back in the day. I thought it was the Beastie Boys at first. But I remember them doing a short interview and letting everyone know who they were.
Dude, this kinda proves that Ice Cube is the best rapper ever. He made this shit in the 80's and he made an album in the late 2000's. I don't think anybody can say they been around longer than him.
Actually, no. It was a style of rapping back then. The '80's were still growing pains for hip hop artists either following a style and/or creating their own identity. CIA was like a makeshift crew on yet another makeshift record company for hip hop artists of that era. I think all the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC samples made it sound like they wanted to be like the aforementioned. This was early 1987, while Dr. Dre was in between his World Class Wreckin' Cru indentity and N.W.A. project.
@russdascrub1 ice t wasn't in a group with melle mel he did a song with melle mel ice t use to roll with africa islam and donald d their from the bronx that's why ice t always had love in ny where ever ur gettin ur hip hop history stop gettin form there cause it's wrong
@ekeb1 cube been trash for a while I don't know if ur old enough to remember after cube left nwa he came to ny to make his first and best album then he run up outta here after he stole king sun song wicked
Ice T was born in New Jersey and raised in L.A. I didn't know he was in a group with Melle Mel. Melle Mel was in Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in the late 1970's and early 1980's
@russdascrub1 I don't kno' 'bout him bein' in a group wit' Melle Mel in the 80s, unless U refer'n to the Zulu Kings wit' Afrika Bambaataa, Afrika Islam, etc. True indeed, Ice is from the Brick City aka Newark, NJ, 'n attended schools out in Summit, NJ!!!
Cheers for the capital rap show, my twin deck stereo with mad equaliser and detachable speakers, vinyl mat and nike wind cheater memories oyu just gave me :D
while the rap revolution was taking place in the east coast (PE, BdP, Rakim,BDK,Ultra,Marley,Shan,etc), we had to listen to this, outdated rapping, and tired beats. it would be some time before dre, cube got my respect. As far as image, and content, they were ahead of the game.
Yeah, they started it, West Coast extended it and kept it because east coast didn't have to many rappers.
They got Beastie's and ll cool j and some other dudes. west got Ice-T, DOC, NWA, Eazy E, Arabian Prince, 2pac and so on. I ain't sayin east never got any shit. Biggie and DMX got it kickin
They had mobb deep, smif n wessun, triple six mafia, bone thugs, WU TANG.
Those are not just no name acts kid. Learn your shit. East is way better then west. Not saying I don't like some west coast but east kept it gangsta. West brought rap into commercialization which was it's downfall.
Gangstarr and Nas is dope, but Mobb sucks. Man you say MY opinion sucks?
West got The DOC, Dr. Dre, Snoop, had Eazy E and 2pac, Ice Cube, Ice-T, King Tee, Jay Tee, E-40, Too $hort, Xzibit, NWA, Coolio, MC Hammer, The Game and more, if I took time to think about it.
Eastside also got MOP and Rakim, though. I ain't saying I hate eastside, I just say west is better.
For one when was the last good Ice Cube album ? D.O C lost his voice .. NWA broke up years ago .. Who the F is arabian prince. Pac has been dead for a while... You are obviously someone who is still living inwest coasts raps hey day but that rein is been over.
Ice Cubes last good album was 2008: Raw Footage. DOC still got his lyrics. Arabian Prince? If u don't know who that is, sorry u ain't able to discuss hip-hop. Pac still realisin good shit, though he's dead. And the rest of those I mentioned u obviously gave bright fuck about, cuz u know I'm right. Anyway, last time a good hip-hop/rap song was made was in 2004! Except Ice Cubes new album, Eminem and Nas'. and the ol' days are always better then the shit dat comes out nowa days
Ice cube is doing kiddie movies , Arabian prince Isn't he from dude from wack ass wrecking crew... Pac is good because he was actually from the east coast first . I can only agree with you on 1 thing ...the old school stuff is way better than the crap today..But what do you know about oldschool ? Oldschool is anything before the 90's in my opinion..These cats today are saying everything the've said in 88 .. Money cars and women... That's why I would download this bs rather than buy it ..
Further more, I have been dj ing since 15 yrs old and know what I am talking about. You mentioned some from the west what about Mc eit , Dj quick, King Tee , Rappin fortay, The luniz, Pharcyde, Get a clue cuz... I know more about this music than you do . You cant fuck with me man..lol
@theone8th means nothing where pac was from,hell dj premier is from texas so i guess that means the south owns the east when it comes to production with your logic right? yell
@BOX5 Nah it doesn't matter where the fuck you are from but people here seem to think they know about these people and don't even realize where they originally came from but I guess you had to read the previous comments to understand what we were talking about..
The west coast sound was dope until everybody started sounding the same using the same g-funk sounds with the high-pitch synthesizer and talking about the same gangsta shit over & over after the classic albums "The Chronic" & "Doggy Style" came out, after that I tuned out and got all into the underground Hip-Hop sound from the East & West Coast, some of the greatest Hip-Hop to ever come out, 1990-1999!!! Wu-Tang, Gang Starr, etc!
witch ones ice cube?
Myninjahoe 3 weeks ago
@Myninjahoe The very first one to rap....just listen he says "ICE CUBE!".
20DeeJayEl 3 weeks ago
@20DeeJayEl Holy crap he sounds like a white boy
Myninjahoe 3 weeks ago
@Myninjahoe Lol. I saw his "Behind the Music" and heard this song and had to look it up, because I couldn't believe it was him.
20DeeJayEl 2 weeks ago
those were times, WCWC and CIA have been da shit
Xmacka 1 month ago
who were the Wick Boyz?
elanoism 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for C.I.A.
ice cube is the greatest rapper alive now that tupac and biggie smalls dead.
mrtwocool99 1 month ago
STRONG AS A OX, FRESH OUT THE BOX, THE CROWD IS SO LIVE THEY'RE COMING IN FLOCKS
durr21 1 month ago
All u young bucks this is dope but not even close to the first shit ever. New York started it all. T la rock n what about Africa bambatta in 1979. Do your history.
rahsun29 2 months ago
DEEP roots on Cube and Dre here. Pretty awesome.
jomomma193 3 months ago
ice cubes only 18 when doin this shit :)
PuffTheDutchStuff09 3 months ago
no shit... they truly sound like Beastie Boys!
johnrogowskee 3 months ago
old skool 4 life. keep it live
Addiky 5 months ago
@Addiky like :)
henripopa 3 months ago
Dr Dre should produce for Beastie Boys. Then they could be cool again haha
reelphresh 5 months ago
Ice Cube 1st Offical Verse!
TheIffy316 6 months ago
very best!
tocksk8 6 months ago
ill!
OFAbOzOe 7 months ago
dis hard af!!
suwoo1000 7 months ago
This track is so DOPE it's classified MKULTRA HARD!
YFLOInternational 7 months ago
thumps up if you here because of behind the music with ice cube
thenewjord50 7 months ago
wow dre got better as a producer
hockeynahal 7 months ago
I remember listening to this on kiss 104 out of atlanta back in the day. I thought it was the Beastie Boys at first. But I remember them doing a short interview and letting everyone know who they were.
phoneke 8 months ago
It's very Bestie Boy-ish. but any young rapper is very influenced at first
RuthlessCriminal408 8 months ago
Dude, this kinda proves that Ice Cube is the best rapper ever. He made this shit in the 80's and he made an album in the late 2000's. I don't think anybody can say they been around longer than him.
Imsupafly420 9 months ago
@Imsupafly420 L.L cool J
inkz900 3 months ago
@Imsupafly420 LL cool J has been around for a long time also.
rexboogie 2 months ago
damn, he was so different in his voice, his larynx hadnt fully matured yet, he was still great.
GodzillaXAbudAwwal 9 months ago
Ha, never heard this...
PIOSystems 9 months ago
Can anyone say Dre Dre Dre Dre?
iRSxANDROiiD 9 months ago
This is kind of an early nwa.
ice cube rhymes and raps, and dr dre produced and was the dj
Sugarhillgangfan1 1 year ago
OMG. Ice cube hadn't hit puberty yet.
CKBeats09 1 year ago
@CKBeats09 yeah he def sounded different as a 17 year old...no 40-a-day voice yet :P
ElScorpio101 11 months ago
Yo i dont know what the fuck you guys are talkin about, this shit is from the 80's
It's with his first group CIA
warrcrew 1 year ago
sounds like hes sayin pussys gettin big
50n0fd4k1n6 1 year ago
Dre wants everything to sound like someone elses.
ImBigOnFlavour 1 year ago
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ImBigOnFlavour 1 year ago
lol ice cube doin old school rao
GodzillaXAbudAwwal 1 year ago
Lol, Ice Cube tries to be Ad-Rock, he said it himself. Dre wanted the group to sound like Beastie Boys and that's why the song is like it is.
fleshnbone187 1 year ago
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666lilnickY 1 year ago
CLASSIC!!!
deeruck2 1 year ago
I haven't heard this shit since I had the 12" when I was about 14---FUCKIN' DOPE---gotta love the Beastie's sample----
Qtipword 1 year ago
This was Ice Cube's avenue into Dr. Dre's and Eazy-E's N.W.A. going into late 1987.
ehbautista 1 year ago
@ehbautista Well Cube and Dre did shows together thats how they ended up knowing Eazy
DaManzMoney 1 year ago
Actually, no. It was a style of rapping back then. The '80's were still growing pains for hip hop artists either following a style and/or creating their own identity. CIA was like a makeshift crew on yet another makeshift record company for hip hop artists of that era. I think all the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC samples made it sound like they wanted to be like the aforementioned. This was early 1987, while Dr. Dre was in between his World Class Wreckin' Cru indentity and N.W.A. project.
ehbautista 1 year ago
I remember this. They were trying to sound like the Beastie Boys. Back then everyone used to "bite" rhymes and sounds of more famous groups.
MPA2000 1 year ago
This came out way before dopeman by ice cube and eazy e
spcruggs 1 year ago
theres definetly some beastie boys / run dmc influence in this
jimmyfundboy 1 year ago
did dr.dre produce the whole album?
ogfunk187 1 year ago
@ogfunk187 yeah, the WHOLE album, ALL THREE tracks!!
BeatPerfection 1 year ago
@russdascrub1 ice t wasn't in a group with melle mel he did a song with melle mel ice t use to roll with africa islam and donald d their from the bronx that's why ice t always had love in ny where ever ur gettin ur hip hop history stop gettin form there cause it's wrong
MrWARBUCKS24 1 year ago
@ekeb1 cube been trash for a while I don't know if ur old enough to remember after cube left nwa he came to ny to make his first and best album then he run up outta here after he stole king sun song wicked
MrWARBUCKS24 1 year ago
Is my memory crap or is there a dub version of this track somewhere? I remember hearing it on the radio without the lyrics.
pommieknight 1 year ago
they had to be influence by the beastie boys
TVprovider1206 1 year ago
sounds like DOPEMAN BY eazy e and cube
Dan12AZ 1 year ago
hardcore ass motherfuckin got damn shit!!!jam box special
oldschoolhunter 1 year ago
Yo much PROPS for putting this up!!! Anywhere I can cop this? even a download till I snatch up the vinyl.. ?
710Psycho 1 year ago
thank so much...dang, this Ep changed hip hop for us in the dark UK....same time as the House Calls Ep, with Cabbage Patch...fresh....
projectcee 2 years ago
Dam dude ice cube sounds crazy! Haha
JAMJIZZLEcorp 2 years ago
hhahha young ice cube sounds good
zaantjedam123 2 years ago
Know your history in rap music.. Ice t was actually from Ny and was in a group with melle mel in the early 80's
theone8th 2 years ago
Ice T was born in New Jersey and raised in L.A. I didn't know he was in a group with Melle Mel. Melle Mel was in Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in the late 1970's and early 1980's
russdascrub1 2 years ago
@russdascrub1 I don't kno' 'bout him bein' in a group wit' Melle Mel in the 80s, unless U refer'n to the Zulu Kings wit' Afrika Bambaataa, Afrika Islam, etc. True indeed, Ice is from the Brick City aka Newark, NJ, 'n attended schools out in Summit, NJ!!!
meechamaka411 1 year ago
lol ice cube sounds funny on this classic shit..
LilJonChannel 2 years ago
Classic shit, 22 years! Dayum!!
GSoldierNWA 2 years ago
Cheers for the capital rap show, my twin deck stereo with mad equaliser and detachable speakers, vinyl mat and nike wind cheater memories oyu just gave me :D
xenon6543 2 years ago
hahahaha ice cube sounds like a clown
goromesh 2 years ago
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ekeb1 2 years ago
mannn... after 20yrs + later it still sounds DOPE!
LuGu1971 2 years ago
i first remember hearing this in maybe 1987- 98..... loved it then, love it now, imaginemy surprise when i heard n.wa and the words "ice cube"!! lol
ICE CUBE IN EFFECT, AND IM THE POSSE LEADER / LOVE MY WOOFER BUT HATE MY TWEETER"!!! superb!
bluescousa 2 years ago
I find it awesome how they sound almost exactly like the Beastie Boys on this track. :)
BigLupeRakimDee 2 years ago
it even samples the beasties on this ep!
crieff405 2 years ago
yeah I thought the same thing when I heard this song
SouthOx 2 years ago
this is the shit...
meechamaka411 2 years ago
Daaaaamn
Muthaphuckka 2 years ago
while the rap revolution was taking place in the east coast (PE, BdP, Rakim,BDK,Ultra,Marley,Shan,etc), we had to listen to this, outdated rapping, and tired beats. it would be some time before dre, cube got my respect. As far as image, and content, they were ahead of the game.
anthillmob 2 years ago
east coast ain't got shit. West coast fo evah!
ekeb1 2 years ago
They sound like the Bastie Boys. And I think the Beastie are from New York.
rexboogie 2 years ago
No east coast no rap N***A
theone8th 2 years ago
Yeah, they started it, West Coast extended it and kept it because east coast didn't have to many rappers.
They got Beastie's and ll cool j and some other dudes. west got Ice-T, DOC, NWA, Eazy E, Arabian Prince, 2pac and so on. I ain't sayin east never got any shit. Biggie and DMX got it kickin
ekeb1 2 years ago
uhhh... beastie and "some other dudes"?
They had mobb deep, smif n wessun, triple six mafia, bone thugs, WU TANG.
Those are not just no name acts kid. Learn your shit. East is way better then west. Not saying I don't like some west coast but east kept it gangsta. West brought rap into commercialization which was it's downfall.
Misc4Lyfe 2 years ago
Oh Wu-Tang yeah. I don't like any of those others. Bone Thugs was from midwest?
But hey, it's a mather of opinion.
ekeb1 2 years ago
bone thugs are from Cleveland, Ohio which is deff close to east cost.
ya it is a matter of opinion and yer opinion sucks!
cant believe u dun like mobb deep, especially the infamous album.... dun forget about Big L, nas, gangstarr.... east shits all over west
Misc4Lyfe 2 years ago
Gangstarr and Nas is dope, but Mobb sucks. Man you say MY opinion sucks?
West got The DOC, Dr. Dre, Snoop, had Eazy E and 2pac, Ice Cube, Ice-T, King Tee, Jay Tee, E-40, Too $hort, Xzibit, NWA, Coolio, MC Hammer, The Game and more, if I took time to think about it.
Eastside also got MOP and Rakim, though. I ain't saying I hate eastside, I just say west is better.
ekeb1 2 years ago
With you Ekeb, Also let's go back earlier....that eary electro hip hop sound was fresh....Unknown, Big Beat, Techno Hop...awesome ish baby!!!!
projectcee 2 years ago
For one when was the last good Ice Cube album ? D.O C lost his voice .. NWA broke up years ago .. Who the F is arabian prince. Pac has been dead for a while... You are obviously someone who is still living inwest coasts raps hey day but that rein is been over.
theone8th 2 years ago
Ice Cubes last good album was 2008: Raw Footage. DOC still got his lyrics. Arabian Prince? If u don't know who that is, sorry u ain't able to discuss hip-hop. Pac still realisin good shit, though he's dead. And the rest of those I mentioned u obviously gave bright fuck about, cuz u know I'm right. Anyway, last time a good hip-hop/rap song was made was in 2004! Except Ice Cubes new album, Eminem and Nas'. and the ol' days are always better then the shit dat comes out nowa days
ekeb1 2 years ago
Ice cube is doing kiddie movies , Arabian prince Isn't he from dude from wack ass wrecking crew... Pac is good because he was actually from the east coast first . I can only agree with you on 1 thing ...the old school stuff is way better than the crap today..But what do you know about oldschool ? Oldschool is anything before the 90's in my opinion..These cats today are saying everything the've said in 88 .. Money cars and women... That's why I would download this bs rather than buy it ..
theone8th 2 years ago
Further more, I have been dj ing since 15 yrs old and know what I am talking about. You mentioned some from the west what about Mc eit , Dj quick, King Tee , Rappin fortay, The luniz, Pharcyde, Get a clue cuz... I know more about this music than you do . You cant fuck with me man..lol
theone8th 2 years ago
@theone8th means nothing where pac was from,hell dj premier is from texas so i guess that means the south owns the east when it comes to production with your logic right? yell
BOX5 1 year ago
@BOX5 Nah it doesn't matter where the fuck you are from but people here seem to think they know about these people and don't even realize where they originally came from but I guess you had to read the previous comments to understand what we were talking about..
theone8th 1 year ago
Dope comment BOX5
"It ain't where you from it's where you at!"
The west coast sound was dope until everybody started sounding the same using the same g-funk sounds with the high-pitch synthesizer and talking about the same gangsta shit over & over after the classic albums "The Chronic" & "Doggy Style" came out, after that I tuned out and got all into the underground Hip-Hop sound from the East & West Coast, some of the greatest Hip-Hop to ever come out, 1990-1999!!! Wu-Tang, Gang Starr, etc!
DJDAMIAN72 1 year ago
first time i heard this song good song
mmak1989 2 years ago
Miss the god ol days...
graphstyle 3 years ago
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ekeb1 2 years ago
was this ever realesed on cd?
Bacdafucup99 3 years ago
damn, this must be one of the most expensive vinyls u can find
lvngdead 3 years ago
lol :)
HaRdTiKkA69 3 years ago
take me bac to 1987
415philthyrichmobb 3 years ago
Oldskool shit. I like it!
ProZionLinke 3 years ago
Yeah My Posse CIA
Ice Cube 4-ever
RooklynRecords 3 years ago
Alot of people don't know shit about this jam/group! Excellent Post
coolassdad68 3 years ago
i was bumpin this when i was a kid
checkitout369 3 years ago
classic banger- b-4 nwa was born
optimysta16 3 years ago