- hip hop, gangsta rap
- 55 min
- 18 tracks
- Caroline Records
I Am the West is the ninth solo studio album by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released on September 28, 2010 through Lench Mob Records, marking his third independent release following 2006's Laugh Now, Cry Later.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 62/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- HipHopDX2.5/5
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork4.4/10
- RapReviews7.5/10
- Rolling Stone2.5/5 ★
- Slant2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1A Boy Was Conceived (intro)0:26
- 2Soul on Ice3:39
- 3Life in California4:02
- 4She Couldn’t Make It on Her Own2:59
- 5Urbanian2:25
- 6Y’all Know Who I Am2:18
- 7Too West Coast2:58
- 8I Rep That West4:32
- 9Drink the Kool‐Aid3:10
- 10No Country for Young Men4:14
- 11It Is What It Is3:21
- 12Hood Robbin’3:45
- 13Your Money or Your Life3:24
- 14Nothing Like L.A.3:20
- 15All Day, Every Day2:21
- 16Fat Cat2:54
- 17Man vs. Machine2:27
- 18Pros vs. Joes2:19
18 tracks, 55 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ice Cube
- Label
- Caroline Records
- Released
- September 10, 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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