''War & Peace Volume 1 (The War Disc)'' is the fifth
studio album
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by American rapper
Ice Cube
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. It was released on November 17, 1998, through
Lench Mob Records
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and
Priority Records
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. The album features production by
Bud'da
Stephen Anderson, better known as Bud'da, is an American producer, songwriter, composer and rapper for artists such as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Xzibit and Aaliyah. Through the successful Westside Connection stint, and the mutual acquaintance of fello ...
,
E-A-Ski
Shon Adams (born September 17, 1968), better known by his stage name E-A-Ski, is an American rapper and producer from Oakland, California. He served as both a rapper and producer for No Limit Records, producing on Master P's early records and ...
,
Ice Cube
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,
K-Mac
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,
N.O. Joe and
T-Mix
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. It is the first part from the two-album project ''War & Peace'', the subsequent volume, ''
War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)'' was released in 2000.
This album was Cube's first album in five years since his last album, ''
Lethal Injection
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'', while he was working on other projects. The album received generally mixed reviews and debuted at number seven on the US
''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in the first week.
Content
It moves from intense street-oriented jams to
rap-metal
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History Origins and earl ...
fusions, such as the
Korn
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Originally formed in 1993 ...
featured song "Fuck Dying", to social commentary such as "Ghetto Vet". "Greed" was included on the album from
Gang Related
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, released the previous year.
Commercial performance
''War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)'' debuted at number seven on the US
''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in the first week.
This became Ice Cube's fourth US top-ten album.
On January 25, 1999, the album was certified
platinum
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by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.
Ice Cube performed on the 1998 edition of
Family Values Tour
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, alongside
Korn
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Originally formed in 1993 ...
,
Rammstein
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,
Limp Bizkit
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and
Orgy
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. Ice Cube performed as the third act between Rammstein & Limp Bizkit, and was there all the way up until the last five shows where he left to start filming
Next Friday
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, with
Incubus
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replacing him.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
External links
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War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)' at
Discogs
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Ice Cube albums
1998 albums
Albums produced by Bud'da
Albums produced by E-A-Ski
Albums produced by N.O. Joe
Priority Records albums