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...going to pour out a little liquor for Ice Cube??he’s dead...
From the vague clarifications given by Cube??s handler—bodyguard, translator, press-relations officer—I’m pretty sure that means Dr. Cube is a former plastic surgeon who was so insecure about his own looks that he decided to operate on himself. The attempt went horribly, horribly wrong, driving him mad and inspiring a maniacal plan to take over the world—and hide his face from...
...dancing happily. Yet subsumed in tidal waves of studio effects, their voices ride the uncomfortable line between being reduced to cogs in the machine and struggling to stay afloat. Tricky, whose unearthly growl once spoke volumes, sounds here like an incomprehensible animal. Only the weathered grain of Ice Cube??s voice manages to triumph somewhat against Oakenfold’s ponderous vision. By the end of its 51 long minutes, Bunkka, grandiose and spotless, strikes one as the musical equivalent of Pearl Harbor—it’s the hollow, echoing sound of big budget, big names...
...what separates The Wash from other rap soundtracks isn’t that the big stars deliver, it’s that the relative unknowns hold their own. Toi, who sang the hook on Ice Cube??s “You Can Do It,” proves her solo worth with two R&B tracks. Even Knoc-turn’al, who made two mediocre appearances on Dre’s 2001 album, single-handedly holds together the otherwise tired beat of “Str8 West Coast.” At long last, there...