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It's official, Ice Cube's screenplay for a fourth installment in the Friday franchise has the green light. The original is fresh and funny - a true comic classic - but I bailed on the sequel and didn't even touch the third. Sometimes you have to leave well enough alone. At least we'll always have this....

So much to say about this track. Eazy's solo debut, Eazy Duz It, was realeased in the fall of 1988 - but I don't think I got my hands on it until the following summer. We were all attracted to his voice and general gangsta-ness but it wasn't until later that we realized he couldn't rap (or write...most of his verses were ghostwritten by Ice Cube, MC Ren and The D.O.C.). The fake interview bits are terrible but this is as good as it gets for an Eazy track. I think the thing I love most about it these days are the number of lists in the song. Check it....

"I specalize in gankin' whites, mexicans, brothers and others"

"Brother don't you know that you can't trust a theif or thug, convict, hoodlum or criminal"

"Anybody gettin' on my nerves will get beat, ganked, broke and served"

"Fill the boy, homeboy, don't lag - I want money, beer and a pack of zig-zags"

Ice Cube defected from N.W.A. in 1989 over desputes with their manager (Jerry Heller) and founder (Eazy E).  In 1990 he dropped his stellar solo debut, Amerikkka's Most Wanted.  It's a gem (albiet a little misogynistic).  I heard this cut a few weeks ago and it's been dancing around my head since.

The cop busted in/I had a Mack 10
pointed at my dome/and I said to myself
once again it's on 

Sticking with the Compton theme again this week, this time focusing on Ice Cube's 1993 classic "Today Was A Good Day".  O'Shea waxes poetic about the day he's having and how it all seems to go his way.  But late in the first verse he says, "called up the homies and I'm askin y'all/which park are y'all playin basketball/get me on the court and I'm trouble/last week fucked around and got a triple double!"  Ok... I played basketball in high school and a little college ball and A LOT of pick up ball.  For those who don't know, a "triple double" is when a player accumulates 3 separate stats in double figures (10 or over).  This year in the NCAA Tournament, Michigan State star Draymond Green had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in thier loss to UCLA.  Now... I can tell you for a fact that no one, NO ONE at the park is keeping track of assists.  Or rebounds for that matter.  I always get a kick out of imagining statisticians armed with clipboards sitting on the park benches.  Still a good song, Cube.  Now go make some more of that TBS money.