Growing up as an 11-year-old white kid in the middle of a
moderate sized town in the Pacific Northwest, the first time I threw on NWA’s
seminal album Straight Outta Compton was a mind blowing
experience, one of those moments that profoundly expand your mind. A direct
result of this was that Ice Cube became the most terrifying human being alive.
In my adolescent mind, all he did was murder people and tell the cops to go
fuck themselves. Getting older I learned a few things about the realities of
the world, and realized that’s not the case. Still, the rapper-turned-actor has
maintained his edge in my mind even after making crappy family movies like “Are
We There Yet?” Sure, he may have made “The Longshots,” but even after
everything he’s still one of the few people who, when he punches an Anaconda in
the face and calls it a bitch, I still totally buy it.
