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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
Ice Cube
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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
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They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And for rap, trying to get recognition, and be seen as a regular form of music like anything else. I mean, the Soul, R&B, Rock 'N Roll, they would dis the hell out of rap when it first came out.
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I've never really taken myself too serious. That's everybody else, listening to the music or whatever. I've always said what I've felt, said what I thought was right, but I've always had a comedic bone.
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When you have a good movie, it's hard to categorize it. It's everything. It makes you laugh, makes you cry and makes you think.
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You can't boycott something you never went to anyway,so why put energy into it?
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Brothers keep asking Ice Cube, 'Yo, when will you bust?' They surround me and make a big fuss
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I know I ain't too old. I always think of my fans about 10 years older and 10 years younger than me.
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I love makin' music, so whether I'ma make money at it or not, I'ma still do it. The thing is, I've gotten to a point where I don't have to use music to make a livin', so I can do it for fun like I used to when I was young.
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The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting to flood the neighborhoods. And then you had hip hop, which was something new, other than what we were doing, which was sports, playing football, basketball, baseball. And I was excited.
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There's rumors in the Twittersphere. If I find out that any of my officer is giving out drug and alcohol I send their ass to prison with a snorkel duct-taped to their mouth and me s***ing down that Snorkel
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I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.
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I'm a good counter comedian. I can just work it off with looks, or have something crazy to say back. That works for me.
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The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it's already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!
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You don't have to spend $200 million or $100 million to make a great movie.
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Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.
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Don't talk about death, I've got too much life to live, To many orders to give.
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You become a writer on a television show, and you see yourself doing bigger and better things, you don't wait till they tell you, Here's the way to do bigger and better things, you start writing. You start writing that material that you might be doing off to the side. Nobody's going to be paying you for that, but it could turn into something b
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Money comes and goes, but your inner feelings, your gut feelings, your manhood, your womanhood, whatever, that stays with you. That don't go anywhere. So you either proud of who you are and how you handle situations or you not. If you handle a situation wrong, you, it will haunt you.
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I think that my Let's get it done! Let's have fun! Let's make a great movie! attitude helped. I rarely have problems on my movies with egos and attitudes.
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For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
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