Bootlegs & B-Sides

Bootlegs & B-Sides
Compilation album by Ice Cube
Released	November 22, 1994
Recorded	1992 - 1994
Genre	West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, G-Funk, Political Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Label	Priority Records
Producer	QD3, Madness 4 Real, Sir Jinx, Ice Cube
Ice Cube chronology
Lethal Injection (1993) Bootlegs & B-Sides (1994) Featuring Ice Cube (1997)

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Bootlegs & B-sides is a compilation album by Ice Cube, released on November 22, 1994.

Overview

Bootlegs & B-sides is the sixth studio album collection of b-sides and remixes compiled from various Ice Cube 12"s, originally recorded between 1992-1994. It includes the remix of the hit single "Check Yo Self", originally on The Predator album, and its b-side "24 Wit' An L". Production-wise, much of the album is very similar to the Lethal Injection album.

Content

The compilation contains Cube's usual barrage of fiery social commentary, such as on the track "My Skin Is My Sin" where he raps:

See you devils are all the same

You'll gun down a congregation in Jesus' name

Using me as a scapegoat, well cracker don't sleep

Far from a goat, more like a black sheep

Lamb of God, and its odd

That Allah is a man that don't need a tan

The oddly titled "D'Voidofpopniggafiedmegamix" (a title which is a reference to a character, Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk in a Parliament comic which appeared in their Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome album) is a mix of several tracks taken from Ice Cube's first four albums. The title could be considered a reference to D'voidoffunk from the P-Funk mythology.

Many of the song versions were later included on later remastered proper Ice Cube albums.

Track listing

1. "Robbin' Hood (Cause It Ain't All Good)"
2. "What Can I Do? (Remix)" (featuring Mack 10)
3. "24 Wit' An L"
4. "You Know How We Do It (Remix)"
5. "2 N The Morning"
6. "Check Yo Self (Remix)" (featuring Das EFX)
7. "You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit These (Unreleased '93 Shit)"
8. "Lil Ass Gee (Eerie Gumbo Remix)"
9. "My Skin Is My Sin" (featuring WC)
10. "It Was A Good Day (Remix)"
11. "U Ain't Gonna Take My Life"
12. "When I Get To Heaven (Remix)"
13. "D'Voidofpopniggafiedmegamix"

Charts

Album singles

"Check Yo Self (Remix)"'

• Released: 1993
• B-side: 24 Wit' An L

"What Can I Do? (Remix)"'

• Released: 1994
• B-side:

References