1998 studio album by Ice Cube
War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)
Released November 17, 1998
Genre
Length 70 :27
Label
Producer
"
Pushin' Weight " Released: October 27, 1998
"Fuck Dying" Released: 1999
War & Peace Volume 1 (The War Disc) is the fifth
studio album by American rapper
Ice Cube . It was released on November 17, 1998, through
Lench Mob Records and
Priority Records . The album features production by
Bud'da ,
E-A-Ski ,
Ice Cube ,
K-Mac ,
N.O. Joe and
T-Mix . It is the first part from the two-album project War & Peace , the subsequent volume,
War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) was released in 2000.
This album was Cube's first album in five years since his last album,
Lethal Injection , while he was working on other projects. The album received generally mixed reviews and debuted at number seven on the US
Billboard 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in the first week.
[9]
Content
It moves from intense street-oriented jams to
rap-metal fusions, such as the
Korn featured song "Fuck Dying", to social commentary such as "Ghetto Vet". "Greed" was included on the album from
Gang Related , released the previous year.
Commercial performance
War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) debuted at number seven on the US
Billboard 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in the first week.
[9] This became Ice Cube's fourth US top-ten album.
[9] On January 25, 1999, the album was certified
platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.
[10]
Ice Cube performed on the 1998 edition of
Family Values Tour , alongside
Korn ,
Rammstein ,
Limp Bizkit and
Orgy . Ice Cube performed as the third act between Rammstein & Limp Bizkit, and was there all the way up until the last five shows where he left to start filming
Next Friday , with
Incubus replacing him.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Ask About Me" O'Shea Jackson Tristan Jones T-Mix 3:06 2. "
Pushin' Weight " (featuring
Mr. Short Khop ) Joseph Johnson Jackson Lionel Hunt N.O. Joe 4:38 3. "Dr. Frankenstein" Jackson Johnson Joseph Hearne N.O. Joe, Ice Cube, Joe Joe 4:54 4. "Fuck Dying" (featuring
Korn ) Ice Cube 4:03 5. "War & Peace" Bud'da, Ice Cube 3:18 6. "Ghetto Vet" (featuring
Mack 10 and Mr. Short Khop) Bud'da 5:05 7. "Greed" Ice Cube 4:29 8. "MP" (skit)
Vyshonn Miller 0:49 9. "Cash Over Ass" Ice Cube 4:21 10. "The Curse of Money" (featuring Mack 10) Jackson Johnson Hearne Dedrick Rolison N.O. Joe, Ice Cube, Joe Joe 3:39 11. "The Peckin' Order" Ice Cube, Deep Fried Damp 3:21 12. "Limos, Demos & Bimbos" (featuring Mr. Short Khop) Jackson Hunt Andy Summers Richard Cousins Rick Dutch Cousin 3:51 13. "Once Upon a Time in the Projects 2" Ice Cube 3:05 14. "If I Was Fuckin' You" (featuring Mr. Short Khop &
K-Mac ) Jackson Hunt Gardner Kelly Garmon Butch 3:28 15. "X-Bitches" N.O. Joe 4:59 16. "Extradition" Ice Cube, Bud'da 4:38 17. "3 Strikes You In" Jackson Johnson Hearne Kevin Gulley Jerry Long Gregory Hutchinson N.O. Joe, Ice Cube 4:34 18. "Penitentiary" Jackson Mark Ogleton Shon Adams E-A-Ski, Ice Cube 4:12 Total length: 70:27
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
^
AllMusic review
^
"Robert Christgau review" . Robertchristgau.com. 1991-12-17.
Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-03-14 .
^ Matt Diehl (1998-11-20).
"Entertainment Weekly review" . Ew.com.
Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-03-14 .
^
"Top Pop Albums" .
Los Angeles Times . December 3, 1998.
Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-14 .
^ Wells, Steven (27 January 2000).
"ICE CUBE - War And Peace: Volume One (The War Disc)" .
NME . Archived from
the original on 2000-01-27. Retrieved 2 March 2023 .
^
"RapReviews review" . Rapreviews.com. 1998-12-02.
Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-14 .
^
"Rolling Stone review" .
Rolling Stone . 2009-01-14. Archived from
the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-14 .
^ Gross, Joe (December 1, 2000).
"SPIN Dec 1998" .
Spin . Retrieved 2 March 2023 .
^
a
b
c
Billboard . Retrieved 2012-03-14 .
^
a
b
"American album certifications – Ice Cube – War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)" .
Recording Industry Association of America .
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 134.
^
"Ice Cube Chart History (Canadian Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^
"Ice Cube | Artist | Official Charts" .
UK Albums Chart . Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^
"Ice Cube Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^
"Ice Cube Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^
"1999 The Year in Music" . Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-46. Retrieved May 15, 2021 .
^
"1999 The Year in Music" . Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 15, 2021 .
^
"Canadian album certifications – Ice Cube – War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)" .
Music Canada .
External links
Studio albums Extended plays Compilations Singles Featured singles Other songs Related articles