![]() (What Does It Mean?),’ so it was in that vein of telling a story. They didn’t understand what I was talking about so they rejected it and then Dre convinced Eazy to do it.”Ĭube also reveals the storytelling raps that inspired his own rhymes for “Boyz N The Hood.” “It was in the nature of ‘6 in the Mornin’,’ ‘P.S.K. ‘You talking another language, man.’ And I was. The group, called Homeboys Only, was flabbergasted by the lyrics because, as Cube says, “The lyrics was foreign to them. One topic of discussion was Cube’s stint as the writer for much of NWA’s early material, including Eazy-E‘s signature song, “Boyz N The Hood.” Cube says he initially wrote the cinematic rhymes for a group from New York, but that they didn’t understand the song at all. ![]() The interview covers a lot of ground for the West Coast hip-hop icon, from his Big 3 basketball league to his impact on the culture at large. Gansta rap pioneer Ice Cube stopped by the Uproxx office in Los Angeles recently to chat with Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh for the latest episode of People’s Party With Talib Kweli.
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