The Predator
by Ice Cube
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The Predator is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Ice Cube on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ice Cube is AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted which is ranked number 2756 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 572.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Predator track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Predator rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 34 Music Albums of 1992 | 5/34 | 4 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Upcoming Album Club Picks 2 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1992 | 28/56 | 3 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 45 Music Albums of 1992 | 8/45 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1992 Pt 2 | 13/27 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1992 | 28/87 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 109 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 315 | |||
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The Predator ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/15/2026 19:45 |  Brandon8 | 1,054 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2026 18:53 | Mafedere | 813 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2026 00:02 | Proto | 4,309 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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The Predator forum mentions
pedro1976 06/27/2026 10:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 03/21/2024 03:19 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 05/02/2023 14:08 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Ropin' The WindThe Predator comments
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I like the beats and funky bass, and most of the production is pretty good if not exactly inspired or edgy. Very good and hard rapping, nice flow. The constant black persecution theme gets a bit old though, even blaming bad reviews on racism ("lynch a n-word on paper", eyes roll). If more of the album could have been as musically interesting as "Dirty Mack" (best track for me), I could be a bigger fan of this album. But I still think it's a good album overall. It certainly creates an oppressive mood, and conveys the anger and violence of its time and place. (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/10/2020 03:11 | #246646 | TOP COMMENT
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When Ice Cube became better at singles and worse at albums.
Larcx13 08/20/2021 14:10 | #272673 | TOP COMMENT
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Pros: The Predator, It Was a Good Day, Check Yo Self & Gangsta's Fairytale 2
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