Rewind: Ice Cube 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' (Part 3)

Welcome to our third and final look at Ice Cube's 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' and its sample sources.

Da Lench Mob make an early appearance on Ice Cube's aptly titled 'Rollin' wit' the Lench Mob' produced by the Bomb Squad, Sir Jinx, and Cube. The team dips into Parliament's 'Motor-Booty Affair' again for the single 'Aquaboogie (Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)'. Ice Cube rhymes over a barrage of heavily sampled breaks on the single 'Who's the Mack?' including Sly and the Family Stone's 'Sing a Simple Song', Marvin Gaye's 'T Stands for Trouble', The Honey Drippers' classic 'Impeach the President', and 'I Wanna Get Down' by Fred and The New J.B.'s. Sir Jinx and Ice Cube share production credits for Cube's duet with Yo-Yo: 'It's a Man's World'. The song samples and interpolates James Brown's breakthrough single 'It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World' and also samples Roy Ayers' 'Brother Green (The Disco King)' from his 1974 album 'Mystic Voyage'. Finally, the track 'The Bomb' seems like Sir Jinx and the Bomb Squad laying the groundwork for West Coast rap to come by sampling the Soul Searchers' 1974 cut 'Funk to the Folks' and Zapp's forever low rider banging 'More Bounce to the Ounce' from their 1979 self titled album.

'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' was only the start for Ice Cube, who released a series of popular and controversial albums throughout the mid-90s leading to burgeoning movie career and several attempts at a credible comeback including his 2008 album 'Raw Footage'.

The Lowdown:
Ice Cube 'Rollin' wit' the Lench Mob', 'Who's the Mack?', 'It's a Man's World', and 'The Bomb'
from 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' (1990) (MP3/CD)
Parliament 'Aquaboogie (Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)'
from 'Motor-Booty Affair' (1977) (MP3/CD)
Sly and the Family Stone 'Sing a Simple Song'
from 'Stand!' (1969) (MP3/CD)
Marvin Gaye 'T Stands for Trouble'
from 'Trouble Man' (1972) (MP3/CD)
The Honey Drippers 'Impeach the President'
from 'Impeach the President' 7" (1973) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Fred and The New J.B.'s 'I Wanna Get Down'
from 'Breakin' Bread' (1974) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
James Brown 'It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World'
from 'It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World' (1966) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Roy Ayers 'Brother Green (The Disco King)'
from 'Mystic Voyage' (1974) (MP3/CD)
Soul Searchers 'Funk to the Folks'
from 'Salt of the Earth' (1974) (MP3 not available/Import CD)
Zapp 'More Bounce to the Ounce'
from 'Zapp' (1979) (MP3/CD)

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Source Material: Marvin Gaye 'Trouble Man'