Laugh Now, Cry Later
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| Studio album by Ice Cube | ||
| Released | June 6, 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |
| Genre | West Coast hip hop Political rap |
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| Length | 64:51 | |
| Label | Lench Mob Records(US) 72914 (CD) |
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| Producer(s) | Lil Jon Scott Storch DJ Green Lantern Laylaw & D-Mac Teak & Dre Emile Sean C Sketch Budda |
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| Ice Cube chronology | ||
| Greatest Hits (2001) |
Laugh Now, Cry Later (2006) |
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Laugh Now, Cry Later is an album by Ice Cube released on June 6, 2006 on his independently owned record label Lench Mob Records. He is currently on tour promoting the album. Laugh Now, Cry Later is Ice Cube's first solo album in six years. After spending the last six years mainly doing movie projects, it could be considered a comeback album. The album debuted in the top five selling 144,000 copies in the first week.
In a recent interview, Ice Cube said: "I didn’t want to make a record that was like a history book. I wanted to make a record that does what all good hip-hop does: It makes you feel good; it kind of pumps you up, but it also shows you a part of life that you might not have been paying attention to or might not even know exists."[1]
Unlike many other albums in the genre today it is sparse with collaborate rappers, with just a few songs with West Coast hip hop rapper Snoop Dogg, as well as WC and Lil Jon.
It contains 20 tracks (17 songs), with the street single and accompanying video "Chrome & Paint" already released. The first official single is the Scott Storch produced "Why We Thugs." The follow-up single, which came out in late June 2006, is the Snoop Dogg and Lil Jon song "Go to Church".[2].
The artwork for this album contains a picture of Ice Cube holding a custom gold Colt Anaconda. The album has been certified Platinum.
Ice Cube re-released the album October 31,2006 under the name Laugh Now, Cry Later: O.G. Limited Edition. The DualDisc contains concert and backstage footage as well as a playable music video for each song. [3]
[edit] Track listing
- "Definition of a West Coast G' (Intro)"
- "Why We Thugs" (Produced by Scott Storch)
- "Smoke Some Weed" (Produced by Bud'da)
- "Dimes & Nicks (A Call from Mike Epps)"
- "Child Support" (Produced by Teak & Dre)
- "2 Decades Ago [Insert]" (Produced by Sketch)
- "Doin' What It 'Pose 2 Do" (Produced by Emile)
- "Laugh Now, Cry Later" (Produced by Sean C)
- "Stop Snitchin" (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
- "Go to Church" (featuring Snoop Dogg & Lil Jon) (Produced by Lil Jon)
- "The Nigga Trapp" (Produced by DJ Green Lantern)
- "A History of Violence [Insert]"
- "Growin' Up" (Produced by Laylaw & D-Mac)
- (Contains a sample from Marvin Gaye's song "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "Memory Lane" as performed by Minnie Ripperton.)
- "Click Clack - Get Back!" (Produced by Emile)
- (contains butu rdsustBobby Stout" as performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
- "The Game Lord" (Produced by Teak & Dre)
- "Chrome & Paint" (featuring WC) (Produced by Bud'da)
- (contains elements of "The Continental Walk" by Jerry Reed & Donald Covay)
- "Steal the Show" (Produced by Scott Storch)
- "You Gotta Lotta That" (featuring Snoop Dogg) (Produced by Lil Jon)
- "Spittin Pollaseeds" (featuring WC & Kokane) (Produced by Laylaw & D-Mac)
- (contains elements of "Baby" by Rashaan Patterson, Keith Crouch & Kipper Jones, as performed by Brandy)
- "Holla @ Cha' Boy" (Produced by Lil Jon)
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Position |
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| Billboard 200 | # 4 |
| Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | # 2 |
| Top Rap Albums | # 2 |
| UK R&B Albums Chart | # 11 |
| UK Albums Chart | # 152 |
| Ice Cube |
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| Discography |
| Albums |
| Solo albums & EPs: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted • Kill at Will • Death Certificate • The Predator • Lethal Injection • War & Peace - Vol. 1 • War & Peace - Vol. 2 • Laugh Now, Cry Later |
| Compilation albums: Bootlegs & B-Sides • Featuring... Ice Cube • Greatest Hits |
| N.W.A. albums: N.W.A. and the Posse • Straight Outta Compton • 100 Miles and Runnin' • Efil4zaggin |
| Westside Connection albums: Bow Down • Terrorist Threats |
| Singles |
| Mainstream singles: "Who's The Mack?" • "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" • "Wicked" • "It Was a Good Day" • "Check Yo Self" • "Really Doe" • "You Know How We Do It" • "Bop Gun (One Nation)" • "What Can I Do?" • "The World Is Mine" • "We Be Clubbin'" • "Pushin' Weight" • "Fuck Dyin'" • "Hello" • "You Can Do It" • "Until We Rich" • "$100 Bill Y'all" • "Chrome and Paint" • "Why We Thugs" • "Go to Church" |
| Featured songs: "Straight Outta Compton" • "Fuck Tha Police" • "Gangsta Gangsta" • "Hand Of The Dead Body" • "Natural Born Killaz" • "Bow Down" • "Gangstas Make The World Go Round" • "Chin Check" • "Let it Reign" • "It's the Holidaze" |
| Related articles |
| Ruthless • Priority • Lench Mob • Virgin Records • N.W.A. (Arabian Prince • DJ Yella • Dr. Dre • Easy-E • Krazy Dee • MC Ren • The D.O.C.) • Westside Connection |
