War & Peace, Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Ice Cube, released March 21, 2000, on his own label Lench Mob Records with distribution by Priority Records. It is the second part from the two-album project War & Peace; the previous volume, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) was released in 1998. This was Ice Cube's final album under Priority Records and his last until the release of Laugh Now, Cry Later in 2006.
The album received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 185,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in May 2000. The club song "You Can Do It", which then later re-released in 2004, was a UK number two for Ice Cube.
Commercial performance War & Peace, Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 185,000 copies in its first week. This became Ice Cube's fifth US top-ten album. The album also debuted at number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On May 31, 2000, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.
Track listing Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Samples Until We Rich "Show Me" by Glenn Jones Record Company Pimpin "Riding High" by Faze-O "Please Listen to My Demo" by EPMD Hello "The Watcher" by Dr. Dre Waitin' ta Hate "Public Enemy No. 1" by Public Enemy "So Wat Cha Sayin'" by EPMD You Can Do It "I Dream of Jeannie" by Hugo Montenegro "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force "I Wanna Rock" by Luke Gotta Be Insanity "Keep It Hot" by Cameo "The What" by the Notorious B.I.G. Mackin' & Driving "Pushin' Weight" by Ice Cube
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2000) PeakpositionCanadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)10
Year-end charts Chart (2000)PositionCanadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 113US Billboard 20099US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)44 Chart (2001)PositionCanadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)153
Certifications
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 2000 (U.S.)
References
External links War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) at Discogs War & Peace, Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) at MusicBrainz War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) at Tower Records