NWA broke up six months later. It was a strategic error of the highest order to diss Ice Cube. Not only was he the group's lyricist, he knew everything there was to know about them.

Ice Cube did it in one take. He is amazing. Honestly as much as I love Hit'em Up. No Vaseline hit so hard.

For the folks who didn't follow this battle in real-time, Ice Cube used to write all of Eazy-E's lyrics when he was in NWA. Cube wasn't getting paid so he left and started his own label, hooked up with Public Enemy and they hooked him up with production. In 1990 NWA released a whole album that was mostly full of Ice Cube disses (100 Miles & Running). In 1991, Cube released "Death Certificate"; this was the only song that directly referenced NWA on the whole album. He even starts it with "I think I forgot something...", like one of the greatest diss tracks ever was an afterthought LOFL.

Ice cube is absolutely incredible. Very few people can write the way he can. He is gifted

Cube is easily in the top 10 of greatest rappers ever

As an old dude, I can’t overstate the impact of this song at the time. NWA went into the “bargain bin” overnight. We kept the NWA cds/tapes in our collection but never played the music in public lol.

when ice cube left nwa, they were all bitter for many reasons, 1) because they were all homies, grew up together, they thought it was an act of disrespect to leave when they were finally making money, but ice cube knew Jerry was ripping them off, and Easy was simply all about the money. Cube was literally writing almost all the lyrics to all the songs for every person in the group, with exception to Ren who wrote alot of his own lyrics. 2) Cube knew and tried to tell them multiple times they were being shit on by Management, but again, Easy was all about that money and didnt wanna hear it. 3) this is when the insults started to fly in songs, Easy and them started it by calling out Ice Cube on multiple songs. they shouldnt have done that because Cube went HAMSANDWICH on their asses, completely destroying them in this song. all that being said, after Easy died it kinda brought them back together as friends, and im very glad today they are all cool and its all the past.........NWA is the greatest rap group ever assembled in my opinion.

When you diss N.W.A. and N.W.A. have no come back, you’ve nailed the greatest diss track ever and every other diss track is looking up to this track.

Ice Cube is a LEGEND definitely check out some of his earlier stuff from his Death Certificate and Lethal Injection Albums.

Yall are trippin lol cube is a LEGEND. You NEED to check out the war and peace albums he put out. Every single track is iconic. It's one of the greatest rap album of all time. Specifically the war album. He also wrote the lyrics and created everyone's personas in nwa.

This is considered the best diss rap song (On the same level as Hit Em Up) Cube's lyrics and FLOW are brutal. His discography is very reach, at least 20 must hear songs every hip hop fan should know. And I'm from Eastern Europe.

THIS RAP IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U SAY OUT LOUD WHAT U BEEN THINKING!!!! 😁😁😁WHAT A FLOW!!!!! 🧡💛

I still feel sorry for the new generation. 10 years ago I was talking to a 20 year old who would never heard any of the stuff but it was popping up on his Pandora and he would come to me saying have you ever heard this and I would quote it bar for bar word for word and even like damn

Ice Cube one of the greatest rappers ever. Damn near started gangsta rap genre

It's amazing people are still hearing this for the first time.

Ice Cube is not only a legend he also has the the best diss song in Hip Hop.

To give some context to those of you that may not know, the intro was actually soundbites off of an NWA song they released to Diss Ice Cube.. Which is dope with how it sets up Cube's first line..

In my humble opinion. Ice cube one of the OG MCs. Def top tier and in my top 10.

Much respect to you young brothers making a channel staying out of trouble

The benedict arnold bar is still insane today

Mad Love to you guys and your reactions videos. I understand most of you guys grew up with Cube as an actor and that's cool but remember one thing.... he is a Rap legend and will always be considered a monster behind the mic. You guys can check out other tracks from him like "Wicked", "Natural Born Killaz" featuring Dr. Dre, "Ghetto Vet" featuring Mack 10, "The World is Mine", or "Friday".....etc. Cube is a Legend 🔥 🐐, without him, than you can do away with a good percentage of Rappers that we're inspired by his tone, force, rhyme skill, and aggressiveness behind the mic 🎤 🐐🔥💯

love to to see the youth genna researching and listening to so called ole school music ,, Love it!!!!!

Cube, BIG, PAC, Wu, EM, Snoop, etc. I don’t think we get though the 80s,90s without them. Always fun to watch the next generation react to our music. Long way from my moms listening to Al Green😂

It is hilarious seeing people who know Cube and Will as actors instead of Rappers. And yes Summertime is a must.

Dudes I was 11 years old when this song came out. I barely knew about a lot of hip hop being from Oklahoma. Knew who Ice Cube was because movies. But when I heard No Vaseline, it was the first rap song I ever memorized. And did my best to hide from my parents. I still jam this song at 42 years old on my way to work lol

I love Ice Cube! Thank you! Much ❤

You gotta recognize - Cube wrote most of NWA’s lyrics. He’s the man. Period. Just like Dre is the man on the beats. I wish Dre and Cube would do an album together. That’d be THE SHIZZNIT. No doubt.

Even this old white man knows that Cube was straight fire. Hell, his music taught me things I would never see where I grew up. More importantly, it taught me that no matter what I learned, I couldn't truly know unless I lived that life. Mostly tho, my first appreciation of rap mostly came from three guys that this channel knows as actors... Ice Cube, Ice T, and LL Cool J. (That door got opened when I first heard Beastie Boys and went looking for more rap music.) Cube was perfect at the time because I was a teenager learning drums, and his music was heavy on drums with a "don't give a fuck" attitude. So it didn't matter if I knew everything he was talking about...it was the aggressive music I didn't know I needed.

Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff actually received the very first Grammy in the rap/hip hop category!

My absolute favorite rapper. Great voice and lyrical flow with great music picks.

Listen, I’m a white guy and I hated Jerry Heller. He screwed that group over again and again. He broke up one of the greatest groups to ever record. NWA was absolutely incredible!!!

If you want to see Will Smith when he was actually rapping, watch Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff - Jeff Waz On The Beat Box Live 1989. Will goes in on the 3rd verse.

I can not believe how old I am. These dudes don't know what a master of lyrics Cube was. And bro did not know Cube or Will Smith were rappers. DAMN

I'm glad to see that some of these youngsta's iz doin they homework 💯🤟🏾💯

Imagine hearing it when it first came out... I was in the 5th grade an it was playing everywhere here in SoCal EVERYWHERE !!! It was even funnier when it came out 💯

Finally something slow enough for the T.I. Lookin dude. He definitely rode the short bus to school!

One of my absolute favorite songs!

I saw Cube live on Saturday. He performed this song up until a certain point. Perfectly actually, before it got real dirty about Eazy E. I thought it was total class the way he did it. Easily one of the top 10 shows I've been to.

Y'all gotta know that Cube wrote this song as his first and last diss track to NWA. He had a full record before this one, without diss tracks, just trying to make his solo career, then NWA got another record out where they called him Benedict Arnold, basically calling him a traitor, that's when he came out with the diss song and just completely annihilated all four of them plus Jerry Caller lmao.

This is the first song I ever heard when I started to listen to 90s hip hop I was only 10, I’m 25 now And the rest is history! 90s and early 2000s hip hop for the win💪🏼 Great reaction!

Ice cube is a legend

You guys are a classic! Thanks for the vid.

Know you history this is cube being LEGENDARY. This man wrote all NWA songs and they never been the same after he left

You young fella have me crackin up. Do y'all know what a B-210 is? Keep up the good work. This is funny. Damn, I'm old.

Gangsta rap made me do it - ice cube He's a legend

LOVE HIM and LOVE this SONG. I listen to it LOUD any time I have to go anywhere where I know someone doesn't like me, or when I was working with a coach I hated. It would pump up with a ready "fuck you" if anyone messed with me. This song is RAW.

You dudes crushing it 🤘

As a 50 y/o auntie from South Central Los Angeles, you better believe all my 28 nieces and nephews know who Cube is. No disrespect tolerated. Young brothers, get your hip hop history up. Kendrick studied NWA, Cube, Snoop, DJ Quik, Suga Free, and more. Westside!

I love seeing young folks listening to rap from my youth. I wish they knew the context....

Before he was an actor he was a rap legend. Check your history bros he was the biggest for a while. Check out some of his hits like ‘you know how we do it’ and ‘what can I do’ you’ll see how dope he is

GOTTA HEAR ICE CUBES U KNOW HOW WE DO IT ANOTHER DOPE SONG

Blows me away this is the first time you've heard no vas, im a 50yo New Zealander and i grew up on this. Love all your reactions, keep up the good mahi.

Ice Cube wrote most the rhymes that the original NWA album performed. Some of lines in the song are references to old NWA songs… this is the greatest diss tape. Never have dinner with the President, is because Easy E was invited to the White House with George HW Bush.

Cube is phenomenal.

RESPECT DUE TO CUBE, THIS WAS MAD FIRE 🔥🔥🔥. ONE OF THE GREATEST, HOWEVER, IT WASN'T GREATER THAN ETHER OR THE BRIDGE IS OVER.

Just found y'all videos. It's crazy that y'all have never heard these legends and classics.

Ice Cube first two solo albums are classic albums. He said nothing bad about NWA after he first left, he just left. NWA dissed him first and he responded with this. This off the second album Death Certificate.

Just one example of many as to why the 90s are the Golden Age of Rap!

First time listening to him. I'm now a fan.

Ice Cube was the REALEST! fr... And what he said about the manager is and was COMMON when it came to our musicians in Hollyweird. The realest one in your friend bunch is the young man with the Izod shirt on. Do great thing young man and always keep it real! peace.

Happy they're open to learning that life existed before they were born.

Truly one of the best eras in gangster rap. The 90's are the best. Ice cube is legendary

Hey young brothers, keep up the good work. This was the best diss track ever

Most people still forget back in those days, not all rappers wrote their own lyrics. In fact, what is known as ghost writing was and is still heavily prevalent in hip hop. Most of the NWA songs were written by Cube Ren and others. You can tell the difference in their songs writing styles. Easy was never a rapper and generally used Cube's lyrics. As a group it was about success of the group in the beginning. Cube Dre Ren Easy all played crucial roles in the success of NWA glad to have lived through it!

One of the best diss tracks in history.

You need to peep Westside Connection. That's a monster group that Ice Cube was in. They made bangers.

Y’all are fun

The best diss song of all time is the 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle. They made it like week 4 during the bye week and backed it up. Still considered as one of the most dominating seasons of all time even after talking $hit. Dissed everyone then punched em all in the face

I saw Ice Cube when I was like 20 years old at the Mad Monk in Wilmington, NC ...I was first in line, it was a great concert, I'm 50 now lol...oh and I'm white.

I wish I could take this brother back to rap school

Greatest Diss Song Ever!!!!Checkout all his early joints. 1st 4 Solo Joints. Plus The Westside Connection Joint!!!Cube Is A Legend. Checkout the song Jackin For Beats too. Banger!!!

brutal. been there on the release. no one would ever know what it was like unless you lived it

War and peace by ice cube was the rap CD I ever bought. That album is legendary

Y'all need to check out Cubes Album 'Amerikkka's Most Wanted' - some of the hardest shit you'll ever hear!

Y’all funny! 🤣🤣🤣

Facts . No vasalene best ever . Either 2nd . Man im glad yall set it off

Cube is a legend

I would love for you guys to react to some female rappers from back in the day. MC Lyte ,Monica Love, Queen Latifah, etc.

Definitely do more Ice Cube.. #1

Wooooooow✊🏽 hello 👋🏽 from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Ice Cube forever✊🏽

NWA was held together by ice cube!! He's a GOAT

Ice Cube True O.G. !! Other rappers wish they could have come up with No Vaseline !! 🤘

Great diss... love it

I love you broke it down.

My brothas, go back and check Cube's albums history. Cube has always been in my top 5, and Death Certificate is my favorite album. His others are classic, but that one was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

That Benedict line is so hard

It's the BEST cause of the ENERGY ALONE FROM THE HEART REAL HEART

Just found you fellas love what y'all doing. Y'all need a resident OG to fill in some blanks wit y'all on 80s & 90s early stuff ahead of y'all time. Ide love to be that OG kickin' game wit da young next generation exchanging game

"Gangster Rap Made me Do It" "Life" The list goes on. Ice Cube is a legend in Hip Hop first than he's a an actor

Conan OBrian, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart help a student drive is 🔥

LMAO, ya'll are so young. Glad you opened your minds.

Really they're first time hearing it..Suuuuureee

Ice cube is the Goat 🐐 Ice cube 😎👍 Ice cube killed it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Real talk about real stuff Facts 💯‼️ I like the song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I like the video reaction

100 Miles and Running was fire and a resurgence for NWA after Cube left. Cube came out with this, they fell off.

Ice Cube got so many bangers it's incredible. WSC was dope as shit too. Loved that time

OH YEAH!!!! Take'n me back!

Yall definitely should check out some early will Smith stuff, he was in a duo called dj jazzy Jeff and the fresh prince, they were an important group, jazzy Jeff is one of the greatest djs of all time and their first album at least is Def a classic, check out the summertime video, and brand new funk would be good too 👌

Can yall do “biggie warning” next

This is the greatest period

I absolutely love Easy E an miss him ❤ I love ice cube as well .