honestly, i can see how people would contest with that but ice cube made a big impact in a big way. not only was he the leading force with nwa, but buddy was smart enough to take his west coast sound and story telling and mix it with the boom east coast producing group at the time, the bomb squad. between the period of amerikkka's most wanted, the kill at will ep and death certificate not many dudes could fuck with ice cube.

during his prime, cube always seemed to be a step ahead of a lot of other mc's in terms of business and style. he may not be your favourite but he has to get credit for what he accomplished, his early shit is pretty crazy.