No Vaseline

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“No Vaseline”
Song by Ice Cube
Album Death Certificate
Released 1991
Recorded 1991
Genre Hip hop
Length 5:13
Label Priority
Writer Ice Cube
Producer Ice Cube, Sir Jinx
Death Certificate track listing
"Us"
(19)		 “No Vaseline”
(20)		 "How to Survive in South Central"
(21)


"No Vaseline" was a highly controversial song by Ice Cube from his second album, Death Certificate. The song was produced by Ice Cube and Sir Jinx. In the UK release of Death Certificate, this song, along with the 46-second long "Black Korea", were removed due to their violation of the laws.[1]

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The song was a diss track aimed towards his former bandmates, N.W.A and their manager, Jerry Heller. Ice Cube recorded this song after the comments N.W.A made towards him in their albums 100 Miles and Runnin' and Efil4zaggin. The first minute of the song is a reference to N.W.A's, "Message to B.A.", in which they call Ice Cube "Benedict Arnold" who was a traitor to the United States, Ice Cube then begins his full-blown "diss" on the group and manager.

Cube addresses Eazy-E and Heller with particularly harsh words, criticizing Eazy's decision to align himself with Heller ("Heard you both got the same bank account!/Dumb nigga, What you thinkin' about?!/Get rid of that devil real simple, put a bullet in his temple.") and accusing both Eazy-E and Heller of unfairly exploiting the rest of the group ("You little maggot, Eazy E-turned-faggot/With your manager, fella - fuckin' MC Ren, Dr. Dre, and Yella.")

N.W.A never responded to the song, because soon after the release they broke up. It was revealed that Heller and Eazy were stealing money from the group, just as Cube observed. This led to the group's dissolution and its members went on to start their solo careers. Dr. Dre and his protégé Snoop Dogg later dissed Eazy-E in the song "Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" and Jerry Heller in the video with Eazy-E retaliating himself.

The song appears on the Death Row Greatest Hits compilation album. The word "Jew" is censored on the album although it is not on Death Certificate. The introduction is also removed. No Vaseline was track number 20 in the tracklisting of "Death Certificate" and was the b-side for the album single, "Steady Mobbin'".

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  1. ^ Death Certificate controversy.
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