Kill At Will

Following the release of his debut solo album Amerikkka’s Most Wanted on May 15, 1990, Ice Cube comes back seven months later to release the seven-track Kill at Will EP on December 18, 1990. Sir Jinx, who co-produced and oversaw production on Cube’s debut album, is the primary producer/remixer of this project, with additional production from Chilly Chill and Ice Cube. The EP features three new songs, two interludes, and two remixed tracks from Amerikkka’s Most Wanted.

The EP achieved platinum status with support from the singles “Dead Homiez” and the lead single “Jackin' For Beats,” which saw Cube rapping over several popular hip-hop instrumentals and taking a shot at his former group N.W.A. at the end of the song in response to their jabs at him on their EP 100 Miles and Runnin'.

Producer Sir Jinx revealed the reason for the EP:

When we did Kill At Will, [it] was just the remixes of the songs from AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted. [Because] ‘Jackin’ For Beats’ had so many samples in it, it couldn’t be on a record with no other song [due to publishing splits]. So that’s why we made an EP.