Track Listing

1. Definition Of A West Coast G (Intro)
2. Why We Thugs
3. Smoke Some Weed
4. Dimes & Nicks (A Call From Mike Epps)
5. Child Support
6. 2 Decades Ago (insert)
7. Doin' What It 'Pose 2Do
8. Laugh Now, Cry Later
9. Stop Snitchin'
10. Go To Church (featuring Snoop Dogg & Lil Jon)
11. The N***a Trapp
12. A History Of Violence
13. Growin' Up
14. Click, Clack - Get Back!
15. The Game Lord
16. Chrome & Paint (featuring WC)
17. Steal The Show
18. You Gotta Lotta That (featuring Snoop Dogg)
19. Spittin' Pollaseeds (featuring WC & Kokane)
20. Holla @ Cha' Boy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37394 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.com
We all know that Ice Cube, founding member of NWA and former "hardcore gangster rapper," performs in family-friendly fluff comedy flicks aimed at the most mainstream of family audiences, but no one with any sense cuts him serious flack for that. Not only are the Friday and Barber Shop movies pretty great, but do you have any idea how big his bank account is by now? When it comes to music, what is the dude to do? It's obviously his first love, but he has about three choices: to work with the Neptunes and try to update himself; to go completely middle America and do a Broadway revue or something; or he can do what he's always done: flex his lyrical muscles, squint a lot, bark out some hardcore lines on top of slick hip-hop--you know, to try and restore his cred. A glance at the song titles will tell you which choice he made. It's interesting to know that the very rich still have problems ("Child Support") and even millionaires have to convince us all that they're tough just like they did when they were broke-ass ("Why We Thugs"). There's some real political commentary here, but it gets lost in uninspired beats and that super-dated style, genre... everything. It would seem that Cube's producers forgot to tell him that no one really cares for that '92 stuff anymore. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description
"Laugh Now Cry Later" features guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, WC from Westside Connection, and Kokane. Production by Scott Scorch, Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon, Green Lantern and more.

Customer Reviews

Ni**a of the Centery
Best Rapper to touch the mic, don't beleive look it up and dont front. Nothing but a classic. NWA, WSCG n Lench Mob. Thats heavy. Dont deny a man his dues n dont wait to his dead to say he was great. Real talk

Another Cube Classic
Ice Cube proves once again why he is the father of Gangsta rap and hardcore hip hop. His productions are off the chain and his lyrical skills are still as fresh as they were decades ago. With blazing tracks such as Child Support and Go To Church, Cube delivers gritty yet conscientious flows to the industry. Ice Cube has NOT gone Hollywood and remains to be one the best MCs on the mic today. I strongly recommend adding this album to your collection.


Hot Tracks:
Child Support
Smoke Some Weed
Go To Church
Laugh Now, Cry Later
You Got A Lotta That

(4.5) best album of '06
After a long hiatus (I believe almost 10 years) Ice Cube was back with "Laugh Now, Cry Later". The result? the best album of last year in my opinion. This cd got everything u need in order to enjoy it!!!