A few years ago hip-hop nerds created a flow chart of Ice Cube’s classic song, “It Was A Good Day.”
Plan Your Own Good Day In L.A.
Now one music fan has taken it one step further and figured out–based on the clues given in the song–the EXACT DATE that Ice Cube’s Good Day took place.
The genius who runs the MurkAvenue Tumblr deciphered the dates, quotes and basketball schedules mentioned in the song to pin point which day in the 90s was Ice Cube’s Good Day. It’s all in fun of course but a great piece of detective work…
CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23 1993 where the Lakers beat the Super Sonics:
Nov 11 1988 114-103
Nov 30 1988 110-106
Apr 4 1989 115-97
Apr 23 1989 121-117
Jan 17 1990 100-90
Feb 28 1990 112-107
Mar 25 1990 116-94
Apr 17 1990 102-101
Jan 18 1991 105-96
Mar 24 1991 113-96
Apr 21 1991 103-100
Jan 20 1992 116-110
CLUE 4:
Dates of those Laker wins over SuperSonics where it was a clear day with no Smog:
Nov 30 1988
Apr 4 1989
Jan 18 1991
Jan 20 1992
So out of those four dates, which was it? CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER!
Funny enough, I had just been wondering which member of the New York Knicks Biggie Smalls would have hypothetically robbed on the fictional “A Story To Tell” from Life After Death. And when. I’ll share my findings on March 9th.
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