Editing Ice Cube (section)

===2006–2012: ''Laugh Now, Cry Later'', ''Raw Footage'', and ''I Am the West''===
In 2006, Cube released his seventh solo album, ''[[Laugh Now, Cry Later]]'', selling 144,000 units in the first week.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Cube – Billboard Albums|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p48/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|website=Allmusic|year=2007|access-date=February 13, 2008}}</ref> [[Lil Jon]] and [[Scott Storch]] produced the lead single, "[[Why We Thugs]]". In October, Ice Cube was honored at VH1's Annual Hip Hop Honors, and performed it and also the track "Go to Church". Cube soon toured globally in the Straight Outta Compton Tour—accompanied by rapper WC from the Westside Connection—playing in America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

Amid Cube's many features and brief collaborations, September 2007 brought ''[[In the Movies]]'', a compilation album of Ice Cube songs on soundtracks.<ref>Jeffries, David. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1188999|pure_url=yes}} "In the Movies" – Overview]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved September 7, 2007.</ref>

Cube's eighth studio album, ''[[Raw Footage]]'', arrived on August 19, 2008, yielding the singles "[[Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It]]" and "[[Do Ya Thang (Ice Cube song)|Do Ya Thang]]". Also in 2008, Cube helped on [[Tech N9ne]]'s song "[[Killer (Tech N9ne album)|Blackboy]]", and was featured on [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]'s song "[[LAX (album)|State of Emergency]]".

As a fan of the [[NFL]] football team the Raiders, Cube released in October 2009 a tribute song, "Raider Nation".<ref>{{cite web|title=Raider Nation!|url=http://icecube.com/news/5743/|publisher=Ice Cube|access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Ice Cube performed at the [[Gathering of the Juggalos]], and returned to perform at the 2011 festival.<ref>{{youTube|5gKE67L97SA|2011 Gathering Of The Juggalos Infomercial}}</ref>

[[File:Ice cube c.jpg|thumb|right|Ice Cube performing at Metro City Concert Club in October 2010]]
On September 28, 2010, his ninth solo album, ''[[I Am the West]]'', arrived with, Cube says, a direction different from any one of his other albums. Its producers include West Coast veterans like [[DJ Quik]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[E-A-Ski]], and, after nearly 20 years, again Cube's onetime C.I.A groupmate [[Sir Jinx]]. Offering the single "I Rep That West", the album debuted at #22 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and sold 22,000 copies in its first week. Also in 2010, Cube signed up-and-coming recording artist named 7Tre The Ghost, deemed likely to be either skipped or given the cookie-cutter treatment by most record companies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Cube Blogs About "I Am The West", Mack 10 &#124; Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10858/title.ice-cube-blogs-about-i-am-the-west-mack-10|last=Jacobs|first=Allen|date=March 19, 2010|publisher=HipHop DX|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926011839/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10858/title.ice-cube-blogs-about-i-am-the-west-mack-10|archive-date=September 26, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, Cube featured on [[Daz Dillinger]]'s [[D.A.Z. (album)|song "Iz You Ready to Die"]] and on [[DJ Quik]]'s song "Boogie Till You Conk Out".

In 2012, Ice Cube recorded a verse for a remix of the [[Insane Clown Posse]] song "[[Chris Benoit (song)|Chris Benoit]]", from ICP's ''[[The Mighty Death Pop!]]'' album, appearing on the album ''[[Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grapevine: ICP, Ice Cube team up on new album &#124; The Detroit News|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120517/ENT09/205170387|date=May 17, 2012|publisher=detroitnews.com|access-date=May 27, 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

In September 2012, during [[Pepsi]]'s NFL Anthems campaign, Cube released his second Raiders anthem "Come and Get It".<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Cube – Come And Get It [New Song]|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ice-cube-come-and-get-it-song.996144.html|last1=Lilah|first1=Rose|website=HotNewHipHop|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=April 7, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145021/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ice-cube-come-and-get-it-song.996144.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>