Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Luminary Ice Cube Readies Album and Tour
| Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Luminary Ice Cube Readies Album and Tour |
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| Written by Robert ID4424 |
| Tuesday, 08 July 2008 01:59 |
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Following the 2006 release of the critically acclaimed, Laugh Now, Cry Later, Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap luminary Ice Cube, aka O'shea Jackson from South Central Los Angeles, makes his highly anticipated return to the mic with the debut of his eighth solo LP, titled ‘Raw Footage’. One of the West Coast's greatest Hip Hop / Rap lyrist is back again with ‘Raw Footage’, which will be released by Ice Cube's independently owned label, Lench Mob Records. The album will hit shelves and online on August 19th. WIth production from producers such as Maestro, Emile, DJ Crazy Toones, Teak "Da Beatsmith" Underdue and Dee Underdue and featuring hip hop and rap guests Musiq Soulchild, Young Jeezy, The Game and WC, Ice Cube is looking to continue his reign as rap's heavy weight champion, showcasing his creative and lyrical genius throughout 17 solid tracks. The first release ‘buzz’ single "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It," which MTV boasted as the first great song and video of 2008, was released earlier in the year. Now Ice Cube follows up with the album's first official single and video, "Do Ya Thang." You can check it out at www.icecube.com As he readies for the highly anticipated release of Raw Footage, Cube will kick off an International tour on July 11th in Leipzig, Germany for 11 dates which will lead into his US tour starting on August 21st in Seattle and ending on September 21st in New York City . Watch for ‘Raw Footage’ by Ice Cube to drop August 19th. Ice Cube Tour Dates are as follows: July 2008 11 – Leipzig , Germany – Splash Festival 12 – Frauenfeld , Switzerland – Openair Frauenfeld 14 – London , UK – Electric Ballroom 15 – Tilburg , Netherlands – 013 16 – Amsterdam , Holland – Melkweg 18 – Dour, Belgium – Dour Music Festival 19 – Stuttgart , Germany – MTV Hip Hop Open 21 – Stockholm , Sweden – Kagelbanan 23 – Helsinki , Finland – Helsinki Icehall 25 – Copenhagen , Denmark – KB Hallen 26 – Oslo , Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall August 2008 21 - Seattle , WA - Showbox at the Market 22 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot 26 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore 27 - Bakersfield , CA - The Fox 29 - Anaheim , CA - The Grove 30 - Las Vegas , NV - House of Blues September 2008 1 - West Hollywood , CA - House of Blues 2 - San Diego , CA - 4th and B 3 - Tempe , AZ - Marquee Theatre 5 - Albuquerque , NM - Sunshine Theatre 6 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen 7 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 9 - North Kansas City, MO - Harrah's North Kansas City/Voodoo Lounge 10 - St. Paul, MN - Myth 12 - Fort Wayne, IN - Piere's 13 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues 14 - Cleveland , OH - House of Blues 16 - Mt. Clemens , MI - Emerald Theatre 17 - Johnson City , NY - Magic City Music Hall 19 - Philadelphia , PA - The Fillmore at Theater of Living Arts 21 - New York , NY - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza |
