Put "Are we there yet?" out of your mind, because this is the real Ice Cube. Angry, confident, justifiably enraged. Predator was released following the acquittal of police responsible for the on-camera beating of Rodney King, and the album certainly takes a look at racism and the police.
The production is bassy, beaty and interesting, with a number of collaborators (including Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs) involved. A number of dialogue samples are mixed in, joining it all together and giving it a feeling like a whole 'album' as opposed to just a collection of songs. All in all, another interesting early 90s rap album
Fun fact: this album is believed to be the origin of the phrase "it's on like donkey-kong".
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