{"id":119057,"date":"2017-06-05T15:14:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=119057"},"modified":"2017-06-04T23:28:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T21:28:44","slug":"ice-cube-only-one-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ice-cube-only-one-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cube &#8211; Only One Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"119058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ice-cube-only-one-me\/death-certificate-25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/death-certificate-25.jpeg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death-certificate-25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/death-certificate-25.jpeg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/death-certificate-25.jpeg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-119058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/death-certificate-25.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/death-certificate-25.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>West Coast veteran <strong>Ice Cube<\/strong> released a new track, <em>Only One Me<\/em>, that will be featured on his 25th anniversary reissue of <em>Death Certificate<\/em>. The reissue of <strong>Cube<\/strong>&#8216;s 1991 classic will include three new songs in total, <em>Only One Me, Dominate The Weak<\/em> and dark lead single, <em>Good Cop, Bad Cop<\/em>. In <em>Only One Me<\/em> <strong>Cube<\/strong> claims the top 3 MC spot:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Taught Tupac how to keep it gangsta<br \/>\nI showed Biggie Smalls how to release his anger<br \/>\nWho did it before me?<br \/>\nMelle Mel, Ice-T, King T, KRS, and the homie Chuck D, P.E., D.M.C.<br \/>\nNigga, know your history<br \/>\nIf Cube ain\u2019t Top 3, then you\u2019s a bitch to me<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0pZMJ4SSw9MRtbdaHlOn2H\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Death Certificate<\/em> was originally recorded in the aftermath of the Rodney King case that incited the Los Angeles riots. <strong>Ice Cube<\/strong> designed the album to reflect that &#8220;state of emergency,&#8221; as he said, and organized the 20 songs into two groups. &#8220;The Death Side is a mirror image of where we are today,&#8221; while &#8220;The Life Side represents a vision of where we need to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/hear-ice-cubes-fiery-new-song-only-one-me-w485432\" target=\"_blank\">RollingStone<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Coast veteran Ice Cube released a new track, Only One Me, that will be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-uYh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}