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“It Was a Good Day”—Ice Cube

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Fuck the Police by Ice Cube

The 1987 debut single from a gregarious young hustler turned rapper named easy E written by ice cube produced by dr. Dre and appearing later that year on the janky compilation nwa and the posse. Ice cube wrote most of the lyrics including fuck the police which like it or not is on the very short list of the single most consequential rap songs of all time I will try to think of something fresh and insightful to say to you about f*** the police but if I did think of something like that I probably would have said it right here instead of saying that.

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