ICE-T ON PRICE OF POLITICAL SPEECH, OVERTHINKING HIP HOP, AND UNCOVENTIONAL MEANS TO HELP UNCONVENTIONAL YOUTH (MF GALAXY 070)
WHOSE OPINIONS ARE IRRELEVANT TO HIM, THOUGHTS ON WILL SMITH, WHAT HE DOESN’T PUT INTO HIS BODY, BEING AT THE MILLION MAN MARCH, RELATIONSHIP WITH FEMALE CRIMINALS LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Ice-T is one of the best-known artists from what is now widely known as the golden era of hip hop—the 1986 to 1992 span that saw the widest assortment of lyrical content and the climax of political and Africentric work. West coast artist Ice-T brought a mixture of allegedly autobiographical stories and fictional ballads named “crime rhymes,” while also engaging in incisive social commentary against racism, media, and government. In 1992, Ice-T’s musical career nearly imploded under attacks from White police, Charlton Heston, Al Gore’s wife Tipper, US vice president Dan Quayle, and President George H.W. Bush. Ice-T’s heavy metal band Body Count released the revenge fantasy ballad “Cop Killer,” about brutal and murderous racist police. Having survived the onslaught with the support of The National ...