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  Type Album
  Artist Ice Cube
  Cover Ice Cube-Death Certificate (album cover)jpg
  Background orange
  Released November 5 , 1991
  Recorded 1991
  Genre Hip-Hop , Political
  Length 61:08
  Label Priority
  Producer Da Lench Mob
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  Last Album ''''' AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted ''''' <br /> (1990)
  This Album ''Death Certificate'' <br /> (1991)
  Next Album ''''' The Predator ''''' <br /> (1992)


''Death Certificate'' was the second solo album from rapper Ice Cube , released on November 5, 1991. He released the album after joining the Nation Of Islam . Comprised of two sides, The "Death Side" was a critique on the current state of the black community in America, while The "Life Side" which followed it was an instruction on the direction needed to pull said community out of the mire of violence and economic ruin depicted on the Death side.

The album garnered critical acclaim and controversy in equal amounts for such powerful and evocative songs as "Horny Lil Devil," a savage attack of sexual harassment by White Male employers against African-American females, and "Black Korea," an indictment of the growing trend of Korean and Asian store owners in Black neighborhoods. Perhaps the album's most insightful track, "Us," explains Ice Cube's stance on what the African-American race must do to reach the "Life Side."

The album is also famous for the bonus track "No Vaseline," a vicious " Dis track" aimed at Ice Cube's former N.W.A bandmates. This track was considered so vitriolic at the time that it was removed from the original European release of the album. In 2003, Priority Records re-released ''Death Certificate'' with one bonus track, "How to Survive in South Central", originally appearing on the '' Boyz N The Hood '' soundtrack. The album spawned the chart single and music video ''Steady Mobbin'''.


TRACK LISTING

#The Funeral
#The Wrong Nigga To Fuck Wit
#My Summer Vacation
#Steady Mobbin'
#Robin Lench
#Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out
#Look Who Burnin'
#A Bird In The Hand
#Man's Best Friend
#Alive On Arrival
#Death
#The Birth
#I Wanna Kill Sam
#Horny Lil' Devil
#Black Korea
#True To The Game
#Color Blind
#Doing Dumb Shit
#Us
#No Vaseline


TRIVIA

  • As a result of the controversy over ''Death Certificate'', in 1992 the state of Oregon declared any display of Ice Cube's image in retail stores throughout the state illegal. This ban also included advertisements for St. Ides Malt Liquor, which Ice Cube endorsed at the time.


  • The word " Jew " was censored out on the album in certain versions including the explicit versions of the album itself.



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