Kill at Will


Kill at Will is an extended play by American rapper Ice Cube, released on December 19, 1990, via Priority Records. It was released soon after AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and capitalized on Cube's newfound solo success.

Critical reception

Trouser Press praised "the lighthearted 'Jackin’ for Beats' and the devastating 'Dead Homiez', in which solemnly contemplates the murder of a friend over an evocative mix of horn, guitar and piano."
Robert Christgau stated: "I don't want to claim the criticism is getting to him--still talking tough on this interim EP, he remixes 'Get Off My Dick and Tell Your Bitch To Come Here.' But he's keeping his woman problem to himself and putting the gangsta shit in perspective: 'The Product' tells a young black con's story from his pops's nut, 'Dead Homiez' cops to a sadness a lesser outlaw might consider unmanly. With Sir Jinx running the board, the beats never work up to carpet-bomb density. And if Ice Cube keeps rhyming like this, you won't care."

Track listing

Partial list of samples

"Endangered Species "
"The Product"
"I Gotta Say What Up!!!"
  • "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "Who Stole the Soul?" by Public Enemy
"Dead Homiez"
"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 " 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 Fulson
  • "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
  • "Buzzsaw" by The Turtles

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

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications