Featuring...Ice Cube is a compilation album by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released on December 16, 1997, by Priority Records. The material featured on the compilation spans a length of about seven years. The earliest tracks are taken from the 1990 album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted while "Bend a Corner Wit Me" was a brand new release at the time.[2] The compilation was released while Ice Cube was enjoying notoriety from his recent success with Westside Connection. Despite the title, several of the tracks were originally released on Ice Cube's studio albums and featured other artists. The album was produced by Ice Cube with A&R and marketing by Joel Conrad Bechtolt and Greg Danylyshn for Priority Records. Featuring...Ice Cube was a Billboard Top 40 Hip-Hop/ R&B hit and went gold in 1998.
| Featuring...Ice Cube | ||||
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| Released | December 16, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Gangsta rap | |||
| Label | Priority Records | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
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Track listing
edit| Track | Title | Featured guest(s) | Length | Album | Year |
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| 1 | Bend a Corner Wit Me | Mr. Short Khop | 4:00 | Unreleased | 1997 |
| 2 | Natural Born Killaz | Dr. Dre | 4:49 | Murder Was the Case | 1994 |
| 3 | Bow Down | Westside Connection | 3:31 | Bow Down | 1996 |
| 4 | Bop Gun (One Nation) | George Clinton | 4:50 | Lethal Injection | 1993 |
| 5 | Check Yo Self | Das EFX | 3:56 | The Predator | 1992 |
| 6 | Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) | Chuck D | 3:24 | AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted | 1990 |
| 7 | Trespass | Ice-T | 2:56 | Trespass | 1993 |
| 8 | It's a Man's World | Yo-Yo | 5:29 | AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted | 1990 |
| 9 | West Up! | WC and the Maad Circle and Mack 10 | 4:47 | Curb Servin' | 1995 |
| 10 | Game Over | Scarface, Dr. Dre and Too Short | 4:03 | The Untouchable | 1997 |
| 11 | Wicked Wayz | Mr. Mike | 4:07 | Wicked Wayz | 1996 |
| 12 | Two to the Head | Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Scarface and Bushwick Bill | 4:46 | Live and Let Die | 1992 |
Charts
edit| Charts[3] | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 | #116 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | #32 |
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ allmusic: Bend a Corner Wit Me - Ice Cube, Allmusic (AMG)/Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 2008-07-30
- ^ allmusic: ((( Featuring...Ice Cube > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))), Allmusic (AMG)/Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 2008-07-30