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''The Predator'' is the third studio album by Ice Cube. Released within months of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, many songs comment on the racial tensions. The title is in part reference to the movie ''Predator 2'', and the album itself includes samples from the film. Though not his most critically successful album, commercially ''The Predator'' is Ice Cube's most successful album, reaching 2x platinum status in the United States, also containing his most successful single, "It Was a Good Day." ''The Predator'' is his only number one album on the ''Billboard'' 200 to date, selling 193,000 copies in its first week. As of 2008 it has sold over 2 million copies in the USA, according to Nielsen Soundscan. == Overview == In the opening song, "When Will They Shoot," Ice Cube addressed criticisms of anti-Semitism he received for his last effort, ''Death Certificate'': :White man is something I tried to study, :But I got my hands bloody, yeah. :They say I can sing like a jaybird :But, nigga, don’t say the j-word Elsewhere "We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up" is directed at the LA Police officers acquitted in the Rodney King trial, an event that ignited the 1992 LA Riots. The similarly themed "Who Got the Camera?" imagines a scenario in which a black man is subjected to police brutality. The songs are broken up by interludes involving interviews with Ice Cube and what appears to be a debate between members of a congregation or talk-show audience. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Predator」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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