Better Off Dead
Ice Cube * Track #1 On AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
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Album AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
- #1Better Off Dead
Ice Cube
- #2The Nigga Ya Love To Hate
Ice Cube
- #3
AmeriKKKa’s Most WantedIce Cube
- #4What They Hittin’ Foe?
Ice Cube
- #5You Can’t Fade Me / JD’s Gafflin’
Ice Cube
- #6
Once Upon A Time In The ProjectsIce Cube
- #7Turn Off The Radio
Ice Cube
- #8Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside)
Ice Cube & Chuck D
- #9A Gangsta’s Fairytale
Ice Cube &
- #10I’m Only Out For One Thang
Ice Cube & Flavor Flav
- #11Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here
Ice Cube
- #12The Drive-By
Ice Cube
- #13Rollin’ Wit The Lench Mob
Ice Cube
- #14Who’s The Mack?
Ice Cube
- #15
It’s A Man’s WorldIce Cube & Yo-Yo
- #16The Bomb
Ice Cube
Better Off Dead by Ice Cube
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The intro to Ice Cube’s debut album, Amerikkka’s Most Wanted, finds him being sent to the electric chair and executed.
Producer Hank Shocklee used skits to engage the listener and keep them hooked throughout the album. While Amerikkka’s Most Wanted was noted for the production of The Bomb Squad, Cu...
Better Off Dead Lyrics
[Skit: Prison Guard, Ice Cube, Julian Bond]
(Yeah, got him now)
Hey, Cube! Cube, boy!
What, what? Whattup?
Get your ass UP!
(Ohh, shit)
Time to go!
Ooh, man, shit
We goin' for a 'little walk
(Close 7!)
'Ey, man. 'Ey, man!
What?
I never did like you
Open it up!
Strap him in! All right, calm down. You got any last words?
Yeah. Yeah, I got some last words... fuck all y'all!
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Was America willing to maintain order, no matter what the cost?
Better Off Dead Q&A
Who wrote Better Off Dead's ?
Better Off Dead was written by Ice Cube.
Who produced Better Off Dead's ?
Better Off Dead was produced by Sir Jinx & Ice Cube & Eric Sadler.
When did Ice Cube release Better Off Dead?
Ice Cube released Better Off Dead on Wed May 16 1990.
What did Ice Cube say about "Better Off Dead"?
Hank Shocklee, of The Bomb Squad, said this about the skits on the album:
It was important to me that the album had glue to it. The most underrated part of that album was the skits….Everything should just meld together into each other, you can’t let anything die down. Once you’ve got the listener...