DON’T LIKE gangsta rap? Blame it on Ice Cube, ’cause he said it gets funky when you got a subject and a predicate. But what you can’t blame the Cube for, according to his new single, is your own baggage. Thus the fairly vicious sarcasm of “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It,” in which he plants his foot up the ass of the blame-society defense: “If I call you a nigga, ain’t nothin to it, gangsta rap made me do it/ I can act like an animal ain’t nothin to it, gangsta rap made me do it.” Ice Cube’s rhythms are as clever and catchy as ever (witness the clap-ocalypse of “Why We Thugs” from Laugh Now, Cry Later) and on his last tour he was even doing “Straight Outta Compton” from the NWA days. If he brings those crazy inflatable hands throwing “Westside” again, it’s gonna be a hell of a show. Del Tha Funky Homosapien opens.
Saturday, Sept 25
$50
