Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It
"Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" is the first single from Ice Cube's studio album, Raw Footage. It was released with a music video directed by Jonathan Silver on his MySpace page on January 3, 2008 The song contains a "chopped and screwed" line from Cube's previous single Child Support ("...you niggas know my Pyroclastic flow..."). Several members of Westside Connection make cameo appearances in the video. In the song Ice Cube comments on the exploitation of gangsta rap as a scapegoat for society's problems.
| "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" | ||||
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| Single by Ice Cube | ||||
| from the album Raw Footage | ||||
| Released | January 3, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, political hip hop, comedy hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:45 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | O'Shea Jackson, Vaushaun Brooks | |||
| Producer(s) | Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks | |||
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A remix to the song was made featuring Nas and Scarface. It is featured on the soundtrack to the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
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