''Everythang's Corrupt'' is the tenth studio album by American rapper

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, released on December 7, 2018, by Lench Mob and

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. It is his first studio album since 2010's ''

I Am the West ''I Am the West'' is the ninth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released on September 28, 2010 by Lench Mob Records and EMI. Background Ice Cube said this album would be different from any one of his others, having a different ...

'' and was originally set for release in 2015.

Singles

The album's first single, "Everythang's Corrupt", was released to

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on October 31, 2012, then to digital retailers as a single on January 1, 2013. The album's second single, " Arrest the President", was released on November 9, 2018. The third single, "That New Funkadelic", was released on December 4, 2018.

Commercial performance

''Everythang's Corrupt'' debuted at number 62 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 14,000

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s of which 8,000 were pure album sales.

Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Ice Cube's lyrical delivery. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 79, based on 5 reviews. Michael Pementel of ''

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'' said, "Cube still embarks with this same purpose, and the effort proves to be one of the best albums in the latter half of his career". Kyle Mullin of ''

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'' praised the album stating, "Cube's vigorous delivery puts the album over, along with his willingness to adopt flows you wouldn't expect from an MC so long in the tooth".

Track listing

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. In addition, " Sic Them Youngins on 'Em" and " Drop Girl" (both released in 2014) were originally planned to appear on the album, but this was abandoned when its release date was changed from 2015 to 2018.

Charts

References

External links

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