No vaseline

1989年底，Ice Cube懷疑Eazy-E和他的經紀人傑瑞·海勒（Jerry Heller）控制了N.W.A的收入（同樣的，也因為他認為自己寫了很多歌詞，卻沒有得到應有的回報），提出了索賠請求，並且於1990年初正式離隊，並且還控告傑瑞·海勒向其他成員隱瞞了這件事。不過，令人感到驚奇的是，Ice Cube在處子專輯《AmeriKKKa Most Wanted》中並沒有直接攻擊N.W.A，雖然還是有一些隱晦的攻擊。

Ice Cube在1990年7月1日發行了EP專輯《Kill At Will》，對這件事大肆宣揚，包括了 《Jackin' For Beats"》和 《I Gotta Say What Up!!!》。在 《I Gotta Say What Up!!!》中，Ice Cube高度讚揚了同時期的說唱同行，包括Pubic Enemy，Geto Boys，Sir Jinx，Kool Moe Dee，LL Cool J，Africa Bambaataa，EPMD，King Tee，Yo-Yo，Ice-T，Compton's Most Wanted，Too Short，Stretch，King Sun，Busy Bee，Run-D.M.C.，Big Daddy Kane，DJ Pooh，The Bomb Squad，Digital Underground，他的堂弟Del the Funky Homosapien等等，而在歌曲最後，有一段類似與採訪的音頻，Ice Cube被這樣問道：“自從你單飛后，你以前的隊友怎麼樣了？（Since you went solo, whatever happened to the rest of your crew?）隨後採訪便突然被掐斷了。

1990年，N.W.A在他們的發行的EP專輯《100 Miles and Runnin'》中的同名歌曲包含了一段對Ice Cube的侮辱，“我們以五個人開始，但一個人不能繼續堅毅；所以現在是四個人，因為第五個不能繼續做專輯。（We started with five, but yo / One couldn't take it—So now it's four / Cuz the fifth couldn't make it .）”歌曲的MV臨近結尾處有一幅畫面描繪了N.W.A的四個成員在一個形似Ice Cube的釋放的時候被警察逮住關在監獄中，並最終逃脫。EP中的另一首歌曲《Real Niggaz》則可以說是對Ice Cube的辱罵的全面爆發，N.W.A剩下的4個成員斥責了Ice Cube的懦弱，真實性，歌曲的長壽度和獨創性：“你覺得一個說唱藝人該怎樣繼續？哦，是要像你一樣放著屁說著過去；搞搞清楚，你的歌軟弱無力！趕快滾，你這中途逃離的狗屁！”（How the fuck you think a rapper lasts / With your ass sayin' shit that was said in the past / Yo, be original, your shit is sloppy / Get off the dick, you motherfuckin' carbon-copy," ）和“我們開始時有著太多的人，現在我很慶幸拜託了你這個本篤·阿諾德（本篤·阿諾德，一個美國獨立戰爭時靠攏英國的叛徒），喲！”（ "We started out with too much cargo / So I'm glad we got rid of Benedict Arnold, yo）

在1990年9月，Ruthless旗下的團體Above the Law在位於紐約的時代廣場（Time's Square）的馬奎斯萬豪酒店的年度新音樂研討會（New Music Seminar）上與Ice Cube的團體Da Lench Mod發生衝突，並且迫使後者狼狽地逃離現場。

而N.W.A的第二張正式專輯《Niggaz4Life》中便更加直白。在插曲《A Message To B.A.》中，N.W.A.成員把Ice Cube比作Benedict Arnold（本篤·阿諾德），一名美國革命時期American Revolution的叛徒，並在結尾處破口大罵。同時，對Ice Cube計劃自己的處子專輯《AmeriKKKa Most Wanted》的製作團隊將是來自紐約長島的The Bomb Squad（同時也是Public Enemy當時的御用製作組）一事進行了諷刺，稱其是“舔紐約人的陰莖”（"...sucking New York dick",）。插曲 《A Message to B.A."》同時也回應了回應了《AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted》中的《Turn Off the Radio》的開頭。Ice Cube一開始還只是被稱為本篤·阿諾德，後來更是被N.W.A剩下的成員和N.W.A的粉絲大肆辱罵，包括MC Ren在插曲結尾的這一段話：當門看見你（的黑皮股）是，我么剪斷你的頭髮並用掃帚猛揍你。怎麼樣？蠢貨？（When we see yo' ass, we gon' cut yo' hair off and fuck you with a broomstick. Think about it, punk muthafucka）1991年，Ice Cube在電影《Boyz N the Hood》中擔任主角。他嚮導演約翰·辛格頓（John Singleton）建議，把一個綁架犯綁架兩個青少年的場面中的綁架犯進行綁架時的髮型變成傑瑞捲髮（Jheri curl，Eazy-E的髮型，流行於二十世紀八十年代的非裔黑人中），並且加上一副墨鏡和《We Want Eazy》的宣傳衫。　I

Ice Cube和N.W.A的紛爭最開始升級，包括歌曲和現實當中。《AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted》這張專輯中，Ice Cube避免了和N.W.A剩下成員的衝突，但他的第二張正式專輯中，《Death Certificate》，Ice Cube開始了他的報復。他採樣並嘲笑了插曲《A Message to B.A."》，並在臭名昭著的辱罵歌曲——《No Vaseline》中採樣后使用。Ice Cube在歌詞中猛烈地報復了N.W.A：“你們看起來就像魯莽的笨蛋，我發現了所以我就單幹；我有了自己的公司，你們就開始嫉妒，但我是真漢子，沒人可以像我一樣急速。（You lookin' like straight bozos / I saw it comin' that's why I went solo / You got jealous when I got my own company / But I'm a man, and ain't nobody humpin' me”）”Ice Cube同樣回應了《100 Miles and Runnin‘》：“一開始有太多無用的貨，我丟下四個黑鬼；於是我賺到了所有的傢伙。（ I started off with too much cargo, dropped four niggaz / And now I'm makin' all the dou）”而Eazy-E，Dr. Dre，MC Ren分別被Ice Cube用同性戀隱喻了他們與經紀人傑瑞·海勒（Jerry Heller）之間的關係：輕鬆地擺脫那惡魔，瞄準他的顳顬；你們不能成為“黑鬼人生”的團隊，因為告訴你們怎麼做的人是個白猶太。（Get rid of that devil real simple / Put a bullet to his temple / Cuz you can't be the 'Niggaz 4 Life' crew / With a white Jew tellin' you what to do.）”他還把N.W.A的成員稱為騙子"phonies"，還宣稱Eazy-E打小報告（"snitch"）。歌曲因為他的基於對海勒的宗教信仰的反猶太主義（antisemitism）而備受爭議（即指責Ice Cube與伊斯蘭國度的從屬關係）。這首歌在英國發行專輯時被去掉，製作了它的審核后版本。

這一紛爭由Ice Cube的大獲全勝告終，換來了自己的名聲大噪和N.W.A的解散。

Got damn, i'm glad ya'll set it off.

Used to be hard, now you're just wet and soft.

First you was down with the ak,

And now i see you on a video with michel'le?

Lookin' like straight bozos.

I saw it comin', that's why i went solo.

And kept on stompin',

When ya'll mothafuckers moved straight outta compton.

Livin' with the whites, one big house,

And not another nigga in site.

I started off with too much cargo,

Dropped four niggas now i'm makin' all the dough.

White man just rulin'.

The niggas with attitudes -- who ya foolin'?

Ya'll niggas just phony,

I put that on my mama and my dead homeys.

Yella boy's on your team, so you're losin';

Ay yo dre, stick to producin'.

Callin' me arnold, but you been-a-dick;

Eazy e saw your ass and went in it quick.

You got jealous when i got my own company,

But i'm a man, and ain't nobody helpin' me.

Tryin' to sound like amerikkka's most,

You could yell all day but you don't come close.

Cuz you know i'm the one that flown,

Ya done run 100 miles, but you still got one to go.

With the l-e-n-c-h m-o-b, and ya'll disgrace the c-p-t.

Cuz you're gettin' fucked out your green by a white boy,

With no vaseline...

[refrain] (l.l. sample: 'now you're gettin' done without vaseline...')　3x

(biz markie sample: 'damn, it feels good to see people...on it')

The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin',

Who gives a fuck about a punk-ass villain?

You're gettin' fucked real quick,

And eazy's dick, is smellin' like mc ren's shit.

Tried to tell you a year ago,

But willie d told me to let a hoe be a hoe, so

I couldn't stop you from gettin' ganked,

Now let's play big-bank-take-little-bank.

Tried to dis ice cube, it wasn't worth it

Cuz the broomstick fit your ass so perfect.

Cut my hair and i'll cut them balls,

Cuz i heard you're, like, givin' up the drawers.

Gang-banged by your manager, fella,

Gettin' money out your ass, like a mothafuckin' ready teller.

Givin' up the dollar bills,

Now they got the villain with a purse and high-heels.

So don't believe what ren say,

Cuz he's goin' out like kunte kinte,

But i got a whip for ya toby;

Used to be my homey, now you act like you don't know me.

It's a case of divide-and-conquer,

Cuz you let a jew break up my crew.

House nigga gotta run and hide,

Yellin' compton, but you moved to riverside.

So don't front, mc ren, cuz i remember when you drove a b 2-10.

Broke as a mothafuckin' joke.

Let you on the scene to back up the verse team.

It ain't my fault, one nigga got smart,

And they rippin' your asshole apart.

By takin' your green, oh yeah,

The villain does get fucked with no vaseline.

[refrain scratched]

I never have dinner with the president.

I never have dinner with the president.

I never have dinner with the president.

And when i see your ass again, i'll be hesitant.

Now i think you a snitch,

Throw a house nigga in a ditch.

Half-pint bitch, fuckin' your homeboys.

You little maggot; eazy e turned faggot.

With your manager, fella,

Fuckin' mc ren, dr. dre, and yella.

But if they were smart as me,

Eazy e would be hangin' from a tree.

With no vaseline, just a match and a little bit of gasoline.

Light 'em up, burn 'em up, flame on...

Till that jheri curl is gone.

On a permanent vacation, off the massa plantation.

Heard you both got the same bank account,

Dumb nigga, what you thinkin' bout?

Get rid of that devil real simple, put a bullet in his temple.

Cuz you can't be the nigga 4 life crew

With a white jew tellin' you what to do.

Pullin' wools with your scams, now i gotta play the silence of the lambs.

With a midget who's a punk too,

Tryin' to fuck me, but i'd rather fuck you.

Eric wright, punk, always into somethin', gettin' fucked at night.

By mista shitpacker, bend over for the gotdamn cracker, no vaseline...

作為美國洛杉磯著名說唱組合N.W.A的核心成員之一，Ice Cube也是該組合中最早宣布單飛而謀求個人發展的成員。在離開N.W.A組合之後，Ice Cube逐漸成長為美國Hip-Hop音樂界最優秀同時也是最具爭議的歌手之一。Ice Cube在他個人發展之後的專輯中表現出了更為尖銳的政治和社會觀點，這也使得他頗為引人注目的前兩張個人專輯《AmeriKKKa??s Most Wanted》和《Death Certificate》毀譽參半。後來，Ice Cube開始和Cypress Hill等後輩說唱樂團合作，其本人的影響力雖略有下降，但Ice Cube在整個美國說唱界的地位卻從未改變。在上世紀90年代，Ice Cube一直都是最耀眼的說唱歌手之一。與眾多家境貧寒，從小便浪跡街頭的說唱歌手相比，Ice Cube的家境算是比較好的了。原名O??Shea Jackson的Ice Cube從小生活在洛杉磯的中南部，父母都在加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）工作，而少年時期的Ice Cube也一直都是個好孩子。到了上中學的時候，Ice Cube才開始創作Rap，而他在這個時期創作的歌曲包括了與搭檔 Sir Jinx合作寫出的《Boyz-n-the Hood》。隨著創作水平的不斷提高，由Ice Cube領銜的二人說唱組合“CIA”開始在Dr.Dre舉辦的排隊上演出。很快，Ice Cube就通過Dr.Dre結識了當時還在HBO組合的Eazy-E。隨後，Eazy-E決定離開HBO。事實上，在這個時候，Eazy-E，Dr.Dre和Ice Cube三人已經構成了N.W.A組合的雛形。1987年，Ice Cube前往菲尼克斯學習建築。1988年，在拿到了一年制的學位之後，Ice Cube重新回到了洛杉磯。而Ice Cube的這次回歸正是時候，因為他正好趕上了N.W.A組合首張專輯《Straight Outta Compton》的錄製。最終，《Straight Outta Compton》在1988年末發行並成為1989年美國地下說唱圈中的熱門專輯。專輯歌詞中的極端內容得到了各界的關注，其中最引人注目的是美國聯邦調查局（FBI）對本張專輯的關注。由於Ice Cube和N.W.A的經紀人有著很嚴重的分歧，因此他在1989年末的時候選擇了離隊。