Man Down (album)

Man Down was Ice Cube's first solo studio album in nearly 6 years after ''Everythang's Corrupt''. The album cover for "Man Down" shows a black teenager in Los Angeles walking on a sidewalk while looking to his left at a dead body. On the road, a construction worker, police officer, and pedestrian are all dead while lying down. == Promotion and release ==

On October 18, Ice Cube released "It's My Ego," a single for the album. The single was teased a few weeks before release on September 23. On November 11, Ice Cube released his other single "Ego Maniacs," which featured Busta Rhymes and Killer Mike. On November 11, Ice Cube announced the album's release date alongside its album cover. A day later, he performed his single "It's My Ego" live in Phoenix, Arizona. == Commercial performance ==

Man Down debuted at number 48 on the Billboard 200 and number 12 the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with 20,000 equivalent album units and 5,000 of those units deriving from streaming sectors. == Critical reception ==

AllMusic's review described the album as a "nostalgic ride through familiar but welcome sounds, lyrical themes, and the unfiltered gangster personality Cube's been giving us since the dawn of gangsta rap." ==Track listing==

• Ice Cube – vocals (all tracks), mixing (tracks 1, 3–18) • Gavin Finn – mixing (tracks 1, 3–5, 7–18), engineering (all tracks) • The Almighty E-A-Ski – mixing (tracks 2, 19), engineering (2) • David Lopez – mixing (track 6) • Hellfire – mixing (track 19) • Ekzakt – engineering (track 4) • Emari Stevens – engineering (track 4) • Frank Vasquez – engineering (track 4) • Andrey Paschenoko – engineering (tracks 10–13) • Kyle Oueis – engineering (tracks 11, 18) • Young Slade – engineering (track 16) ==Charts==