Kill at Will

Kill at Will (titled At Will in its censored version) is the debut and only extended play by American rapper Ice Cube released on December 18, 1990 under Priority Records.[1] It was released soon after AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and capitalized off Cube's newfound solo success.

Kill at Will
EP by Ice Cube
Released	December 18, 1990
Recorded	1990
Genre	Hip hop
Length	21:53
Label	Lench Mob Priority
Producer	Ice Cube Sir Jinx Chilly Chill
Ice Cube chronology
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990) Kill at Will (1990) Death Certificate (1991)

The last track contains a diss to N.W.A, who had recently dissed Ice Cube on their 100 Miles and Runnin' EP. Ice Cube gives credit to virtually every rapper active at the time but does not mention N.W.A, and then finishes with "And to all the motherfuckers I forgot, Y'all ain't did shit anyway!" and then a phone message of someone asking what happened to the other members of the group being cut off.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	A−[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]
NME	(7/10)[5]
The Source	[6]
The Washington Post	(favorable)[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) (Remix)" (featuring Chuck D)	Sir Jinx	4:11
2.	"Jackin' for Beats"	Sir Jinx	2:57
3.	"Get off My Dick and Tell Yo Bitch to Come Here (Remix)"	Sir Jinx	3:38
4.	"The Product"	Sir Jinx	3:35
5.	"Dead Homiez"	Ice Cube	3:55
6.	"JD’s Gaffilin’ (Part 2)"		0:36
7.	"I Gotta Say What Up!!!"	Sir Jinx	3:06

Partial list of samples

"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) (Remix)" "The Payback" by James Brown "Funky Drummer" by James Brown "Standin' on the Verge of Gettin' It On" by Funkadelic "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)" by Parliament "Straight Outta Compton (Extended Mix)" by N.W.A "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy "The Product" "Good Times" by Kool and the Gang "Rated X" by Kool and the Gang "Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang "You Can Make It If You Try" by Sly & the Family Stone "Train Sequence", narrated by Geoffrey Sumner "Funky Drummer" by James Brown "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate" by Ice Cube "Illegal Search" by LL Cool J "I Gotta Say What Up!!!" "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss "Who Stole the Soul?" by Public Enemy "Dead Homiez" "Rollin' Wit the Lench Mob" by Ice Cube "Do Like I Do" by Smokey Robinson

"Jackin' for Beats" "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown "The Payback" by James Brown "Funky President" by James Brown "Funky Drummer" by James Brown "I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd "Hot Pants - I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" by Bobby Byrd "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)" by Parliament "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone "Big Ole Butt" by LL Cool J "So Wat Cha Sayin'" by EPMD "Heed the Word of the Brother" by X-Clan "They Call Me D-Nice" by D-Nice "Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers "Bon Bon Vie" by T.S. Monk "Tramp" by Lowell Fulsom "Psychedelic Shack" by The Temptations "Hector" by Village Callers "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier "The Haunted House", narrated by Laura Olsher "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy "100 Miles and Runnin" by N.W.A

Later samples

• "Dead Homiez"
  • "Young Black Male" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now
• "The Product"
  • "Young Black Male" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now

Album singles

"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)"

• Released: 1990
• B-side: "Dead Homiez"

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	34
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums[8]	5

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9]	Platinum	500,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Ice Cube | hiphop.sh". 2007-10-15. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2017-03-04.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
2. Allmusic review
3. Robert Christgau review
4. Entertainment Weekly review
5. NME review
6. The Source review
7. The Washington Post review
8. "Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums - February 23, 1991". Billboard.
9. "American album certifications – Ice Cube – Kill At Will". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.