The song marks Ice Cube's first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 55. On March 23, 1993, the single went certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 copies in the US alone.
Limp Bizkit has also covered the song in concert,[5] while KoЯn have performed this song live on several occasions with Deftones frontman Chino Moreno, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst and Ice Cube himself (along with "Children of the Korn").
American nu metal band KoЯn recorded a cover of "Wicked" for their second album Life Is Peachy (1996), featuring guest vocals by Chino Moreno of Deftones. Sources describe the recording as part of the 1990s rap-metal and nu-metal crossover movement.[12][13]
The cover became one of the most widely discussed reinterpretations on Life Is Peachy and marked the first official collaboration between Ice Cube and Korn, preceding Cube's later participation in the band's 1998 Family Values Tour.[13]
Critical reception
Revolver praised the interplay between Jonathan Davis and Chino Moreno, describing the track as a raw, loose, and unusually intimate tribute to Ice Cube's original.[14]
Kerrang! highlighted Davis's chorus as one of his most unrestrained early scatting performances, emblematic of his emerging nu-metal vocal style.[15]
Louder further noted that the cover served as an important bridge between hip-hop and heavy music during the decade, helping introduce Ice Cube to the nu-metal generation.[13]
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