Recording

It Was a Good Day
Ice Cube

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1992

Label

Priority

On

G-Funk and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 02

   Ranked No. 2 in G-Funk

   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.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

   A list of ordinary things not going wrong, over an Isley Brothers loop. Rap's most affecting record achieves it entirely by describing an absence.