1992: Ice Cube's third solo album, The Predator, bubbles over with the simmering rage of the 1992 L.A. Riots that ravaged the city a few months before the LP's release.

A lot of people discovered Ice Cube on his third album.. The fiery rapper from Compton had been a fixture in hip-hop since he'd emerged with N.W.A. in the late 1980s, but as notorious as The World ...