How to Survive in South Central
1991 · Qwest 9 26643-2 · Crenshaw, California
- Artist
- Ice Cube
- Title
- How to Survive in South Central
- Release
- Boyz n the Hood
- Year
- 1991
- Label
- Qwest # 9 26643-2
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Crenshaw, California, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Ice Cube - West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, also a member of N.W.A, born 15 June 1969 in Crenshaw, California, USA. He released the Vietnam War songs "How to Survive in South Central" (1991) and "Sasquatch" (2012). He also featured on the N.W.A "The Dayz of Wayback" (1991).Soundtrack to the coming-of-age crime drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), set in South Central Los Angeles. It featured the song "How to Survive in South Central" (Qwest Records # 9 26643-2) by Ice Cube. As other songs on this list, it used Vietnam as a reference point to violence, swapping the jungle for the city's concrete: "as you enter, the concrete Vietnam, you say, the strong survive". Ice Cube returned to this theme on his 2013 single Sasquatch, discussed below.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Ice Cube - West Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, also a member of N.W.A, born 15 June 1969 in Crenshaw, California, USA. He released the Vietnam War songs "How to Survive in South Central" (1991) and "Sasquatch" (2012). He also featured on the N.W.A "The Dayz of Wayback" (1991). Soundtrack to the coming-of-age crime drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), set in South Central Los Angeles. It featur.