https://modestwalrus.com/tags/ice-cube/Recent content in Ice Cube on Modest WalrusHugoen-usMon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/it-was-a-good-day-by-ice-cube/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/it-was-a-good-day-by-ice-cube/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>It&rsquo;s one of the smoothest hip-hop songs ever made and it never gets old.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h4UqMyldS7Q?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;It Was A Good Day&rdquo; appears on The Predator, Ice Cube&rsquo;s 1992 album, and was released as a single in 1993. Produced by DJ Pooh, it&rsquo;s built on a sample of The Isley Brothers&rsquo; &ldquo;Footsteps in the Dark.&rdquo; Instead of the anger that defined much of his earlier work, Ice Cube walks through a single day in South Central Los Angeles where, for once, everything goes right.</p>