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" When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out. "
Ice Cube
Good
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People
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" Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy. "
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" Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time. "
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" Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit. "
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" With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am. "
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" Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things. "
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People
" I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them! "
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" It's not like I'm the first man ever to do this, y'know? You gotta go back to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis Jr. Those are people who've done music well and movies well, and y'know, Frank Sinatra and Elvis and all these dudes have made the transition. I don't know about Elvis, 'bout doin' 'em good, y'know? It's nothin' new. "
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Man
Know
" I think I'm unique to the game 'cause of my versatility. "
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Versatility
Game
Cause
" Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public. "
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Cube
Away
Me
" Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with. "
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Black
White
School
" My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them. "
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Two
You
Son
" If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say. "
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Money
People
Me
" I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat. "
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Video Games
Try
Think
" Anything that got to do with a pig, I ain't eatin'. "
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Got
Anything
Pig
" I think, to me, reality is better than being fake. "
Ice Cube
Think
Better
Fake
" When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me. "
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Business
Me
Money
" I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that. "
Ice Cube
You
World
Respect
" South Central is just who I am. Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. "
Ice Cube
I Am
Generation
Family
" I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work. "
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Man
Father
Now
" I used to game a lot, you know, back in the day. My gaming time done got so short that my skills ain't where they need to be to be online, you know what I'm saying? I just got that Xbox One. I gotta get my skills back, up the par to call myself a gamer. "
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Time
Day
Game
" What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out. "
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Family
Work
You
" I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art. "
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Art
Me
Perspective
" It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?' "
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Think
You
People
" The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles. "
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Silver
Black
Home
" The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody. "
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Family
Wake Up
You
" You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided. "
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You
Woman
She
" I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket. "
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Star
Basketball
Got
" But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time. "
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Seeing
" There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in. "
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City
Back
" My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in earshot of any adults, or you're in trouble.' "
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Tell
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