Hip-Hop Classic #10: Ice Cube - A Gangsta's Fairytale (Chosen by Mystro)

All words by Mystro: 'A Gangsta's Fairytale' is taken from Ice Cube's debut solo album, Amerikkka's Most Wanted, which was released in 1990 on Priority and was his first release after departing from the legendary N.W.A. I'll admit because I was so young I never fully understood everything he was saying but I knew it was some real street narration, using nursery rhymes and cartoon characters I was very familiar with - that alone had me in awe.

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