southsider2k5 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 http://murkavenue.tumblr.com/post/16553509...-cubes-good-day I FOUND ICE CUBES ‘GOOD DAY’ CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23 1993 where the Lakers beat the Super Sonics: Nov 11 1988 114-103 Nov 30 1988 110-106 Apr 4 1989 115-97 Apr 23 1989 121-117 Jan 17 1990 100-90 Feb 28 1990 112-107 Mar 25 1990 116-94 Apr 17 1990 102-101 Jan 18 1991 105-96 Mar 24 1991 113-96 Apr 21 1991 103-100 Jan 20 1992 116-110 CLUE 4: Dates of those Laker wins over SuperSonics where it was a clear day with no Smog: Nov 30 1988 Apr 4 1989 Jan 18 1991 Jan 20 1992 CLUE 5: “Got a beep from Kim, and she can f*** all night” beepers weren’t adopted by mobile phone companies until the 1990s. Dates left where mobile beepers were availible to public: Jan 18 1991 Jan 20 1992 CLUE 6: Ice Cube starred in the film “Boyz in the hood” that released late Summer of 1991, but was being filmed mid-late 1990 early 1991 and Ice Cube was busy on set filming the movie Jan 18 1991 too busy to be lounging around the streets with no plans. Ladies and Gentlemen.. The ONLY day where: Yo MTV Raps was on air It was a clear and smogless day Beepers were commercially sold Lakers beat the SuperSonics and Ice Cube had no events to attend was… JANUARY 20 1992 National Good Day Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 ........Well I'm completely lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 07:42 PM) ........Well I'm completely lost. Oh jeez. I worry about you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Ha, this reminds me of the one where they figured out which Cubs game Ferris Bueller attended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I think this is one of the last cassette tapes I purchased. Great album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 10:43 PM) Oh jeez. I worry about you. I got it now, but I don't listen to Ice Cube, nor was I familiar w/ his songs, so it took me until I clicked the link to realize those were song lyrics he was referencing. Still don't get the one about the weather on that day though. He didn't include a lyric that mentioned it. Was it just in the video or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 28, 2012 -> 11:46 PM) I got it now, but I don't listen to Ice Cube, nor was I familiar w/ his songs, so it took me until I clicked the link to realize those were song lyrics he was referencing. Still don't get the one about the weather on that day though. He didn't include a lyric that mentioned it. Was it just in the video or something? It's like the 3rd line of the song. "No barking from the dog, no smog" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 29, 2012 -> 01:00 AM) It's like the 3rd line of the song. "No barking from the dog, no smog" Oh, the guy must have just forgot to include that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 This is some nice research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is why the internet is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 well, thanks for posting this too late to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ice Cube's Good Day!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ice Cube has been through a lot, from NWA to Benedict Arnold to movie career. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 30, 2012 -> 03:57 PM) Ice Cube has been through a lot, from NWA to Benedict Arnold to movie career. Go figure. Benedict Arnold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 When Ice Cube left NWA they went after him and in Real n****z called him "Benedict Arnold" in one of their lines, he replies in a song called "No Vaseline", it just is kind of a stark contract to the Ice Cube of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 30, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) When Ice Cube left NWA they went after him and in Real n****z called him "Benedict Arnold" in one of their lines, he replies in a song called "No Vaseline", it just is kind of a stark contract to the Ice Cube of today. I know "No Vaseline" actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 In that song he refers to the Benedict Arnold line, No Vaseline (imo) kind of made Ice Cube because he just kills it and disses NWA at the same time (also NWA dissolves soon after so Ice Cube arguably got the last word in the beef). It may be my one of favorite Ice Cube songs because its just hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 On second glance, January 20, 1992 is wrong. The Good Day was actually November 30, 1988. When a blogger attempted to identify the exact date rapped about in Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day," using only clues from the song, we were impressed. But a few things didn't add up about the January 20, 1992 date arrived upon. Was the Goodyear Blimp grounded that day? Did it rain in South Central? Most importantly, Mike B. takes issue with Murk Avenue's assertion that beepers weren't commercially available until the 1990s. He's fine with all the clues that cut the possibilities down to Nov. 30, 1988; April 4, 1989; Jan. 18, 1991; and Jan. 20, 1992 — but that's where the wheels come off. He first eliminates the 88/89 dates, saying Cube didn't have a beeper because they weren't available until the 90s... except that in August of 1988, N.W.A. puts out "Straight Outta Compton," on which Cube himself raps about cops "f***in with me ‘cause I'm a teenager / With a little bit of gold and a pager" — so Cube had himself a beeper, before any of those four dates. So instead of eliminating the 88/89 dates, let's look at the 91/92 dates. First, Cube is famous for being an extremely loyal, one-woman man since the time he started dating Kim — who is his wife to this day! They'd been dating for several years by then, so he wouldn't be describing her as someone he'd been trying to eff since the twelth grade. But beyond that: Jan. 18, 1991 - NO - Kim is 8 months pregnant with their first child... she was not paging him for weed, booze, and sex that night. Jan. 20, 1992 - NO - By this date, Cube has moved out of his mom's house (sometime in late 91) and is living with Kim — to whom he was engaged by this date — and their one-year-old son... she was not paging him that night for weed, booze, sex, and then having him drop her off somewhere before he drives home to his mom's place. All those personal details come from VH1's "Behind the Music: Ice Cube" special, and their timeline is undeniable. The case for deciding between Nov. 30, 1988 and April 4, 1989 is a little murkier, but it comes down to the fact the on Nov. 30, 1988, "Straight Outta Compton" was just starting to move a little bit, where Ice Cube might have know he could be a star but it was still in the 'calm before the storm' period, whereas by April 4th following, N.W.A. was blowing up into national consciousness, and things would've been way too hectic for him to have such a calm, uneventful day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Well that guys argument is somewhat contradictory. Right from the song: "I got a beep from Kim". Unfortunately Good Day is just a mindset, not a real day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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