1992's The Predator was just as cacophonous -- recorded in the aftermath of the L.A. uprisings, it had to be -- but it also sported such hits as the rap verite "It Was a Good Day." Lethal Injection shows Cube trying to catch up with his one-time groupmate Dr. Dre on G-funk tracks such as "Bop Gun." After Lethal Injection, Cube focused his energies on a part of Los Angeles just as shady as South Central -- Hollywood -- and his later albums suffered for it. But Cube's Tinseltown clout made him one of hip-hop's most powerful figures in media. On 1990's "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate," he says, "You wanna sweep a nigga like me up under the rug." Not bloody likely.
JON CARAMANICA
(From RS 918, March 20, 2003)
(Posted: Feb 25, 2003)
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