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24th May 2013

Link reblogged from The Best of Underground Hip-Hop with 18,940 notes

Finding the exact date of the day Ice Cube refers to in his classic song "Today Was A Good Day" →

hiphopfightsback:

CLUE 1:
     “Went to Short Dog’s house,
       They was watching Yo MTV RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
               Aug 6th 1988

CLUE 2:
Ice Cube’s single Today Was A Good Day was released on:
               Feb 23 1993

CLUE 3:
      ”The Lakers beat the SuperSonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23 1993 where the Lakers beat the SuperSonics:
      Nov 11 1988    114-103
      Nov 30 1988    110-106
      Apr    4 1989    115-97
      Apr  23 1989    121-117
      Jan  17 1990    100-90
      Feb  28 1990    112-107
      Mar  25 1990    116-94
      Apr  17  1990    102-101
      Jan  18  1991    105-96
      Mar  24  1991    113-96
      Apr  21  1991    103-100
      Jan  20  1992    116-110

CLUE 4:
Dates of those Lakers won over SuperSonics where it was a clear day with no Smog:
                Nov 30 1988
                Apr   4  1989
                Jan 18  1991
                Jan 20  1992

CLUE 5:
     “Got a beep from Kim, and
         She can fuck all night”
Beepers weren’t adopted by mobile phone companies until the 1990s. Dates left where mobile beepers were available to public:
                 Jan 18 1991
                 Jan 20 1992

CLUE 6:
Ice Cube starred in the film “Boyz in the Hood” that released late Summer of 1991, but was being filmed mid-late 1990 early 1991 and Ice Cube was busy on set filming the movie Jan 18 1991, too busy to be lounging around the streets with no plans. Ladies and Gentlemen….

The ONLY day where:

• Yo MTV Raps was on air

• It was a clear and smogless day

• Beepers were commercially sold

• Lakers beat the SuperSonics

• and Ice Cube had no events to attend to was…

    —- JANUARY 20, 1992 —-
      National Good Day Day

(Data was collected by murkavenue)