The Ice Opinion, originally a book written by Ice-T, was also released as an audio book in a three-disc set -- titled "Who Gives a F**k," "A Pimp's Guide to Sex, Rap and...
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The face of rap seemed to change in the three years since Ice's previous. Now more an elder statesman than young troublemaker, Ice no longer seems new and threatening,...
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Cold As Ever collects a number of Ice-T's earliest releases, drawn mainly from the 12-inches he recorded before signing to Sire in 1987. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music...
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Below Utopia was a low-budget thriller starring Ice-T and Alyssa Milano. Ice-T wrote a hip-hop score for the film, but director Kurt Voss rejected the music, settling for a...
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Before Ice-T's ascension, L.A. rappers were known primarily for a synthesizer-dominated sound indebted to Kraftwerk's innovations as well as Africa Bambaataa's 1982 hit,...
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Ice-T, the self-proclaimed "original gangster" of rap, is one of the few hip-hop artists who truly deserves a greatest-hits compilation. In a genre marked by overnight...
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A few standout tracks ("Gotta Lotta Love," "Ice M.F. T") aside, this record doesn't grab and hold like standard Ice-T fair. It sounds like he had more on his mind than...
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Given the fact that most of Home Invasion was recorded during and after the "Cop Killer" media firestorm, it comes as no surprise that the album is an uneven, muddled...
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Considered by many Ice's masterpiece, and indeed a rap milestone. Though he hails from the "Home Of The Bodybag," Ice survives, and announces at the end of the journey that...
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One of gangsta rap's defining albums, O.G. Original Gangster is a sprawling masterpiece that stands far and away as Ice-T's finest hour. Taken track by track, O.G. might not...
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A seamless mega-mix style ride that includes sex raps that would alarm Rudy Ray Moore, cops 'n' gangsta dramas and a cool update of Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman." An album...
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As riveting as Rhyme Pays was, Ice-T did hold back a little and avoided being too consistently sociopolitical. But with the outstanding Power, the gloves came all the way...
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Another thrill ride from start to finish. Jello Biafra contributes the sardonic "Shut Up, Be Happy" speech, and "This Girl Tried to Kill Me" is an early flirtation with...
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Ice-T threw listeners quite a curve ball with his riveting third album, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say -- arguably the closest hip-hop has come to...
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From N.W.A. to Snoop Dogg to Above the Law, any West Coast rapper who has embraced gangsta rap -- or hardcore rap period -- owes a major debt of gratitude to Ice-T. Rhyme...
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With artwork straight out of David Fincher's seminal 1995 serial killer flick Seven, Ice-T's seventh album 7th Deadly Sin looks curiously out of place in 1999, and it has a...
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No doubt one of the most sociologically charged boxed sets ever, Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America finds the prolific Rhino label at its best. Rhino looks...
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