Ice Cube's debut album tells a lot about the life in the projects and it introduces a catchy sound of hip hop that uses rap. While the beats and raps are interesting there is also a ton of sexism in the album that upholds a lot of negative connotations about the genre. To referring to women with a lot of sexist terms and sometimes just downright in a sexually degrading way. As a woman it's just not something that is empowering to listen to as a woman. It has some culture value though and the beats are hard to deny as catchy.
History: The album released with very little promotion, so when it hit charts at #2 it came as a surprise critical and commercial success. The album is met with controversy as it attacks Arsenio Hall for acting "white", and refers to people of black and white heritage as "oreos". It does mix in a lot of social content to showcase how rampant racism still is though with newscast mixed into the music.
