Bootlegs & B-Sides

For the compilation album by Luniz, see Bootlegs & B-Sides (Luniz album).

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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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

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

Charts

Charts	Peak position
US Billboard 200	19
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	3

Album singles

"Check Yo Self (Remix)"'

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

"What Can I Do? (Remix)"'

Released: 1994
B-side:

References

↑ Allmusic review

Ice Cube

Studio albums	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Death Certificate The Predator Lethal Injection War & Peace Vol. 1 War & Peace Vol. 2 Laugh Now, Cry Later Raw Footage I Am the West

Extended plays	Kill at Will

Compilations	Bootlegs & B-Sides Featuring...Ice Cube Greatest Hits In the Movies The Essentials

Singles	"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)" "Steady Mobbin'" "True to the Game" "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'" "Men of Steel" "Pushin' Weight" "Hello" "You Can Do It" "Until We Rich" "$100 Bill Y'all" "Why We Thugs" "Go to Church" "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" "Do Ya Thang" "I Rep That West" "Sic Them Youngins On 'Em"

Other songs	"No Vaseline"

Related articles	Discography N.W.A Westside Connection C.I.A. Da Lench Mob Lench Mob Records

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