War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)

Studio album by

Ice Cube

Released

November 17, 1998

Genre

Length

70:27

Label

Producer

Ice Cube
Bud'da
E-A-Ski
N.O. Joe
T-Mix
Butch
T. Walker
M. Demby

Ice Cube chronology

Lethal Injection
(1993)

War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)
(1998)

War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
(2000)

Singles from War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)

"Pushin' Weight"
Released: October 27, 1998
"Fuck Dying"
Released: 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
NME	6/10^[5]
RapReviews	5/10^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
Spin	6/10^[8]

War & Peace Volume 1 (The War Disc) is the fifth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube. It was released on November 17, 1998, through Lench Mob Records and Priority Records. The album features production by Bud'da, E-A-Ski, Ice Cube, K-Mac, N.O. Joe and T-Mix. 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, 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.^[9]

YouTube Encyclopedic

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Transcription

Content

It moves from intense street-oriented jams to rap-metal fusions, such as the Korn featured song "Fuck Dying", to social commentary such as "Ghetto Vet". "Greed" was included on the album from Gang Related, 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.^[9] This became Ice Cube's fourth US top-ten album.^[9] On January 25, 1999, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.^[10]

Ice Cube performed on the 1998 edition of Family Values Tour, alongside Korn, Rammstein, Limp Bizkit and Orgy. 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, with Incubus replacing him.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ask About Me"	O'Shea Jackson Tristan Jones	T-Mix	3:06
2.	"Pushin' Weight" (featuring Mr. Short Khop)	Joseph Johnson Jackson Lionel Hunt	N.O. Joe	4:38
3.	"Dr. Frankenstein"	Jackson Johnson Joseph Hearne	N.O. Joe, Ice Cube, Joe Joe	4:54
4.	"Fuck Dying" (featuring Korn)	Jackson Stephen Anderson	Ice Cube	4:03
5.	"War & Peace"	Jackson Anderson Gwen Renée Stefani Eric Matthew Stefani	Bud'da, Ice Cube	3:18
6.	"Ghetto Vet" (featuring Mack 10 and Mr. Short Khop)	Jackson Hunt Anderson	Bud'da	5:05
7.	"Greed"	Jackson Anderson	Ice Cube	4:29
8.	"MP" (skit)	Vyshonn Miller		0:49
9.	"Cash Over Ass"	Jackson Ryan Gardner	Ice Cube	4:21
10.	"The Curse of Money" (featuring Mack 10)	Jackson Johnson Hearne Dedrick Rolison	N.O. Joe, Ice Cube, Joe Joe	3:39
11.	"The Peckin' Order"	Jackson Gerald Goffin Michael Masser Timothy Walker Marlin Demby	Ice Cube, Deep Fried Damp	3:21
12.	"Limos, Demos & Bimbos" (featuring Mr. Short Khop)	Jackson Hunt Andy Summers Richard Cousins	Rick Dutch Cousin	3:51
13.	"Once Upon a Time in the Projects 2"	Jackson Anthony Wheaton Betty Davis	Ice Cube	3:05
14.	"If I Was Fuckin' You" (featuring Mr. Short Khop & K-Mac)	Jackson Hunt Gardner Kelly Garmon	Butch	3:28
15.	"X-Bitches"	Jackson Johnson Hearne	N.O. Joe	4:59
16.	"Extradition"	Jackson Anderson	Ice Cube, Bud'da	4:38
17.	"3 Strikes You In"	Jackson Johnson Hearne Kevin Gulley Jerry Long Gregory Hutchinson	N.O. Joe, Ice Cube	4:34
18.	"Penitentiary"	Jackson Mark Ogleton Shon Adams	E-A-Ski, Ice Cube	4:12
Total length:				70:27

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[11]	68
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[12]	13
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	141
US Billboard 200^[14]	7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[15]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard 200^[16]	109
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[17]	37

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[18]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ AllMusic review
^ "Robert Christgau review". Robertchristgau.com. 1991-12-17. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
^ Matt Diehl (1998-11-20). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
^ "Top Pop Albums". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1998. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
^ Wells, Steven (27 January 2000). "ICE CUBE - War And Peace: Volume One (The War Disc)". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-01-27. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "RapReviews review". Rapreviews.com. 1998-12-02. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. 2009-01-14. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
^ Gross, Joe (December 1, 2000). "SPIN Dec 1998". Spin. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Ice Cube – War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 134.
^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "Ice Cube | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-46. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Ice Cube – War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)". Music Canada.

External links

War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) at Discogs

v t e Ice Cube
Discography
Studio albums	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Death Certificate The Predator Lethal Injection War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) Laugh Now, Cry Later Raw Footage I Am the West Everythang's Corrupt
Extended plays	Kill at Will
Compilations	Bootlegs & B-Sides Featuring...Ice Cube Greatest Hits In the Movies The Essentials Icon
Singles	"Steady Mobbin'" "True to the Game" "Wicked" "It Was a Good Day" "Check Yo Self" "Really Doe" "You Know How We Do It" "Bop Gun (One Nation)" "The World Is Mine" "We Be Clubbin'" "Men of Steel" "Pushin' Weight" "Hello" "You Can Do It" "Until We Rich" "Why We Thugs" "Go to Church" "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" "Do Ya Thang" "I Rep That West" "Good Cop, Bad Cop" "Arrest the President"
Featured singles	"Connected for Life"
Other songs	"No Vaseline"
Related articles	N.W.A Westside Connection C.I.A. Da Lench Mob Lench Mob Records Cube Vision O'Shea Jackson Jr.

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