Onstage Monday night, Ice Cube took pains to remind all the folks packed into Moda Center that he’s been in the hip-hop game for a full four decades, a stretch that has seen the 56-year-old go from Public Enemy No.1 to family-friendly movie star. No small achievement considering how many of his contemporaries are no longer with us or have faded from cultural view. That level of stature has afforded Cube the ability to walk out onto a minimally decorated stage all alone with nothing but a microphone and his ego to support him.

That turned out to be more than enough. For two-plus hours, Cube walked us through the highlights of his long career, rolling from “Fuck Tha Police,” the incendiary track he made as a member of N.W.A to much less controversial fare like “We Be Clubbin’.” He commanded

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