A Bitch Iz a Bitch

This fantastically gangster track from Ice Cube is featured on N.W.A’s famous Ruthless Records release, as a Bonus Track.

This track is narrated by a very white-sounding man, making it a perfect response to outsider attacks on hip-hop for being misogynist and also to feminists that condone using the word “bitch” to describe women as completely inappropriate and unacceptable.

Ice Cube, however, offers a counter: his definition of a “bitch” is not what you think. He is not saying all women are bitches, he simply believes that sometimes, a bitch iz a bitch. He describes it as a “disease plaguing their character”, almost making women victims in the situation.

Acting like a bitch involves any combination of acting conniving, using men for money, dissing men, gossiping about friends, wearing scandalous clothing, being stuck-up, and wearing contacts. Ice Cube does not blame women for being that way, as it is only the natural. But he will not hesitate calling out women for acting in this manner.