War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)

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.

War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)
Studio album by Ice Cube
Released	November 17, 1998
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap hardcore hip hop
Length	70:27
Label	Lench Mob Priority
Producer	Ice Cube Bud'da E-A-Ski N.O. Joe T-Mix Butch T. Walker M. Demby
Ice Cube chronology
Bow Down (1996) 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]
The Source	[8]
Spin	6/10[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[10] This became Ice Cube's fourth US top-ten album.^[10] 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.^[11]

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)[12] 68 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 141 US Billboard 200[15] 7 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200[17] 109 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[18] 37

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[19]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[11]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. War & Peace Vol. 1 at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (June 22, 1999). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. p. 144. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
3. Matt Diehl (November 20, 1998). "Ice Cube: War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)". Entertainment Weekly. No. 459. pp. 132–133. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
4. "Top Pop Albums". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1998. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
5. Wells, Steven (January 27, 2000). "Ice Cube – War And Peace: Volume One (The War Disc)". NME. Archived from the original on January 27, 2000. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
6. MtumeS (December 2, 1998). "Ice Cube :: War & Peace Vol. 1 :: Priority". RapReviews. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
7. Farr, Kathryn (December 10, 1998). "Recordings: Ice Cube – War and Peace, Vol. 1 (The War Disc)". Rolling Stone. No. 801. pp. 122, 124. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
8. Williams, Frank (December 1998). "Record Report: Ice Cube – War & Peace, Vol. 1 (War)". The Source. No. 111. New York. pp. 205–206. Archived from the original on November 28, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
9. Gross, Joe (December 1998). "Reviews: Ice Cube – War & Peace-Vol. 1 (War)". Spin. p. 180. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
10. Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
11. "American album certifications – Ice Cube – War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)". Recording Industry Association of America.
12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 134.
13. "Ice Cube Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
14. "Ice Cube | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
15. "Ice Cube Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
16. "Ice Cube Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
17. "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-46. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
18. "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
19. "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 (list of releases)