The Predator

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

The Predator is Ice Cube's third studio album and was released on 17 November 1992. It came out a few months after the Los Angeles riots of that year, and many tracks are about the tensions between black and white in the United States. In We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up he addresses the officers who walked free in the Rodney King case, and Who Got the Camera? shows how a black man is beaten by the police. The title refers in part to the film Predator 2, from which the album uses samples.

The singles were It Was a Good Day, Check Yo Self and Wicked. Now I Gotta Wet'cha gave rise to the expression It's on like Donkey Kong. The album received good reviews and, on release, stood at number one on the Billboard 200.

Listening

Track list

1. 1The First Day of School (Intro)1:20Apple Music ↗
2. 2When Will They Shoot?4:36Apple Music ↗
3. 3I'm Scared (Insert)1:32Apple Music ↗
4. 4Wicked3:56Apple Music ↗
5. 5Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha4:03Apple Music ↗
6. 6The Predator4:04Apple Music ↗
7. 7It Was a Good Day4:20Apple Music ↗
8. 8We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up4:23Apple Music ↗
9. 9Fuck 'Em (Insert)2:03Apple Music ↗
10. 10Dirty Mack4:34Apple Music ↗
11. 11Don't Trust 'Em4:06Apple Music ↗
12. 12Gangsta's Fairytale 23:19Apple Music ↗
13. 13Check Yo Self3:43Apple Music ↗
14. 14Who Got the Camera?4:36Apple Music ↗
15. 15Integration (Insert)2:32Apple Music ↗
16. 16Say Hi to the Bad Guy3:22Apple Music ↗

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