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  "slug": "ice-cube",
  "name": "Ice Cube",
  "description": "Ice Cube appears 2 times in our G-Funk and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/ice-cube/",
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  "distinctRecordings": 1,
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    "first": 1992,
    "last": 1992
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      "trackKey": "ice-cube--it-was-a-good-day",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/ice-cube--it-was-a-good-day/",
      "title": "It Was a Good Day",
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      "label": "Priority",
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      "whyItMatters": "The Isley Brothers under a lyric that lists ordinary things not going wrong. The most affecting record in West Coast rap, and it achieves that entirely by describing an absence.",
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      "title": "It Was a Good Day",
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