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“It Was a Good Day”—Ice Cube

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Easy E's Boys in the Hood

In 2015 nwa got a semi blockbuster biopic also called straight out of Compton ice cube was played by ice cube son mochay Jackson jr who inherited his father's scowl. The scene in the movie where easy e records this song holding ice cubes lyric sheet with dr dray egging him on and basically turning easy into a superstar rapper in real time that's the second best scene in the film after the kung pao chicken. I can sum it up a memory from high school I'm like 15 and my good friend Jason one day just starts wrapping boys in the hood to me acapella while we're playing tech mobile or whatever in suburban oh hi all I should add

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