Kill at Will

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FieldValue
nameKill at Will
typeEP
artistIce Cube
coverIcecubekillatwill.jpg
releasedDecember 19, 1990
recorded1990
genre
length21:53
labelPriority
producer
prev_titleAmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
prev_year1990
next_titleDeath Certificate
next_year1991
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| name = Kill at Will | type = EP | artist = Ice Cube | cover = Icecubekillatwill.jpg | alt = | released = December 19, 1990 | recorded = 1990 | studio = | genre = | length = 21:53 | label = Priority | producer = | prev_title = AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Death Certificate | next_year = 1991 Kill at Will (titled At Will in its censored version) is an extended play by American rapper Ice Cube, released on December 19, 1990, via Priority Records. It was released soon after AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and capitalized on Cube's newfound solo success.

Critical reception

|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2Score = A− |rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev3score = |rev4 = Entertainment Weekly |rev4Score = C+ |rev5 = NME |rev5score = 7/10 |rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide |rev6score = |rev7 = The Source |rev7score = |rev8 = The Washington Post |rev8score = (favorable) Trouser Press praised "the lighthearted 'Jackin’ for Beats' (which bites EPMD, PE, Digital Underground, LL Cool J and others) and the devastating 'Dead Homiez', in which [Cube] solemnly contemplates the murder of a friend over an evocative mix of horn, guitar and piano."

Robert Christgau stated: "I don't want to claim the criticism is getting to him--still talking tough on this interim EP, he remixes 'Get Off My Dick and Tell Your Bitch To Come Here.' But he's keeping his woman problem to himself and putting the gangsta shit in perspective: 'The Product' tells a young black con's story from his pops's nut, 'Dead Homiez' cops to a sadness a lesser outlaw might consider unmanly. With Sir Jinx running the board, the beats never work up to carpet-bomb density. And if Ice Cube keeps rhyming like this, you won't care."

Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) (Remix) | note1 = featuring Chuck D | extra1 = Sir Jinx | length1 = 4:11 | title2 = Jackin' for Beats | extra2 = Chilly Chill | length2 = 2:57 | title3 = Get off My Dick and Tell Yo Bitch to Come Here (Remix) | extra3 = Sir Jinx | length3 = 3:38 | title4 = The Product | extra4 = Sir Jinx | length4 = 3:35 | title5 = Dead Homiez | extra5 = Ice Cube | length5 = 3:55 | title6 = JD’s Gaffilin’ (Part 2) | length6 = 0:36 | title7 = I Gotta Say What Up!!! | extra7 = Sir Jinx | length7 = 3:06

Partial list of samples

"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) (Remix)"

"The Product"

"I Gotta Say What Up!!!"

"Dead Homiez"

Later samples

Album singles

"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)"

  • Released: 1990
  • B-side: "Dead Homiez"

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1991) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1991)PositionUS Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
38
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Certifications

References

References

  1. "Kill at Will - Ice Cube {{!}} Release Info".
  2. [{{AllMusic
  3. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Ice+Cube Robert Christgau review]
  4. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
  5. "Entertainment Weekly review".
  6. "NME review".
  7. (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
  8. [http://rapresearcharchive.blogspot.com.br/search/label/Review%20Source%20magazine%20February%201991%20EPMD%20%22Business%20As%20Usual%22%20%22Ice%20Cube%22%20%22Kill%20At%20Will%22%20gangstarr%20%22step%20in%20to%20the%20arena%22%20hwa%20%22hoes%20with%20attitude%22%20%22livin%20in%20hoe%20house%22%20%22movement%20ex%22%20rating%20rate The Source review]
  9. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103113936/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1066551.html The Washington Post review]
  10. "Ice Cube".
  11. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard.

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