Rewind: Ice Cube 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' (Part 2)

Welcome to part 2 of our three part look at Ice Cube's 1990 debut album 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'.

Sir Jinx and the Bomb Squad dig deep for Betty Davis' 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him' from her sophomore album 'They Say I'm Different' for Ice Cube's 'Once Upon a Time in the Projects'. Look below in the bonus cuts section for further info on Betty Davis. The Bomb Squad pull yet another early Kool and the Gang track on 'Turn Off the Radio', which uses the 1972 album cut 'Rated X'. The track also samples Isaac Hayes' 'Truck Turner' soundtrack cut 'House of Beauty' and late 80s R&B group Guy's 'Piece of My Love'. Chuck D joins Cube on 'Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)', rhyming over the familiar 'Funky Drummer' rhythm by James Brown and the title track from Parliament's 1974 album 'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On'. The album lightens up a bit, for better or worse, with Cube's 'A Gangsta's Fairytale', which samples J.B. associate Maceo Parker's 1974 single 'Parrty' from Maceo and the Macks' album 'Us!'.

Check back for out third and final look at 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'.

The Lowdown:
Ice Cube 'Once Upon a Time in the Projects', 'Turn Off the Radio', 'Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)', and 'A Gangsta's Fairytale'
from 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' (1990) (MP3/CD)
Betty Davis 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him'
from 'They Say I'm Different' (1974) (MP3/CD not available)
Kool and the Gang 'Rated X'
from 'Good Times' (1972) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Isaac Hayes 'House of Beauty'
from 'Truck Turner' (1974) (MP3/CD)
Guy 'Piece of my Love'
from 'Guy' (1988) (MP3/CD)
James Brown 'Funky Drummer'
from 'Funky Drummer' 7" (1970) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Parliament 'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On'
from 'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On' (1974) (MP3/CD)
Maceo and the Macks 'Parrty'
from 'Us!' (1974) (MP3 not available/Import CD)

Bonus Cuts:
Extrovert ex-wife of Miles Davis, Betty Davis had a storied, but until recently relatively unknown, music career. Seattle label Light in the Attic has reissued the first two Betty Davis albums with further plans to release previously unissued tracks. Of course, heavy funk from Miles Davis' stable is hard to resist by hip-hop producers, 'Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him' sampled on 'Once Upon a Time in the Projects' was itself sampled by Redman on 'Jersey Yo!'.