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Track Listing
1. Bend a Corner Wit Me - (featuring Khop)
2. Natural Born Killaz - (with Dr. Dre)
3. Bow Down - (with Westside Connection)
4. Bop Gun (One Nation) - (featuring George Clinton)
5. Check Yo Self - (featuring Das EFX)
6. Endangered Species (Tales From the Darkside) - (featuring Chuck D)
7. Trespass - (with Ice-T)
8. It's a Man's World - (featuring Yo Yo)
9. West up! - (with WC & The Madd Circle)
10. Game Over - (with Scarface/Dr. Dre)
11. Wicked Wayz - (with Mr. Mike)
12. Two to the Head - (with Kool G. Rap/D.J Polo/Scarface)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Chuck D, D.J. Polo, Das EFX, Dr. Dre, George Clinton, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Khop, Kool G. Rap, Mr. Mike, Scarface, W.C., Yo Yo | | Producer: | Scott Young (Compilation) | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ice Cube, Khop, Dr. Dre, Westside Connection, George Clinton, Das EFX, Chuck D, Yo Yo, WC, The Madd Circle, Scarface, Mr. Mike, Ice T, Kool G Rap, D.J. Polo.
FEATURING..., like much of Ice Cube's work, forsakes jeep-beats and "everybody-party" lyrics in favor of an intense, focused anger spurred by the urban violence and cultural deterioration it so vividly describes. Whether or not his first-person accounts of murder and turmoil are part of a self-perpetuating downward spiral, his skills as a storyteller and sonic architect are undeniable. Ice Cube is joined on each cut by a guest artist, and he makes the most of his compatriots' contributions. On "Endangered Species" he takes advantage of Chuck D's presence to scoop up some ominous, Public Enemy-style polyphony. With some help from Yo-Yo, he pokes fun at hip-hop's ubiquitous misogyny in the long-overdue sexist parody "It's A Man's World." There are no radical stylistic departures here, just some solid, West-Coast hip-hop, as essayed by one of the genre's most adept practitioners.
Industry Reviews
3 (out of 5) - ...this album represents the many faces of Cube as it journeys through his musical phases....FEATURING...ICE CUBE makes a statement on how far N.W.A. could have gone...
Rap Pages (04/01/1998)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...Ice Cube employs the skills of other rappers to underscore his own strengths or reveal an angle of his persona. FEATURING...is a lesson in artistry for rappers just dueting with the charts' latest darlings.
Rolling Stone (02/05/1998)
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