Released December 18, 1990 Length 20:38 Release date 18 December 1990 | Recorded 1990 Artist Ice Cube Label Priority Records | |
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Kill at Will
(1990) Death Certificate
(1991) Genres Hip hop music, Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop Producers Ice Cube, Sir Jinx, Chilly Chill | ||
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Kill at Will (also known as At Will in its censored version) is the debut extended play released by Ice Cube on December 18, 1990 under Priority Records. It was released soon after AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and capitalized off Cube's newfound solo success.
Contents
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Overview
Kill at Will contains two of Ice Cube's most famous tracks, the rambunctious "Jackin' for Beats", and the soulful ode "Dead Homiez". "Dead Homiez" was Cube's second solo single/music video. The song deals with the violence, death, and social problems of the inner city neighborhoods and is essentially a dedication to all those killed through urban violence. The song was praised later on by countless rap artists and critics, and is one of the first hip hop songs to deal with the pain and loss suffered specifically by the families of black men lost to black on black violence.
"Jackin' for Beats", likewise, began the popular trend of an MC rapping over the various instrumentals of popular beats, which rotate during the course of one song. The song and its sentiment is an excellent example of plunderphonics. The EP was remastered and added to the reissue of the AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted album in 2003.
Album singles
"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)"
Later samples
Songs
1Endangered Species (Tales From the Darkside) (remix)
2Jackin' for Beats2:58
3Get Off My Dick and Tell Yo Bitch to Come Here (remix)3:38