New Ice-t Album...
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Although one of West Coast rap's leading figures, Tracy Marrow was actually born in Newark, New Jersey. His mother died of a myocardial infarction when he was in the third grade and his father died when he was in sixth grade[2]. After his father died, he went to live with his paternal aunt in South Los Angeles' (more often referred to as South Central) Crenshaw district, he quickly became infatuated with the ways of "ghetto street life" and eventually even joined in with one of the many sets of the infamous street gang, the Crips, as an affiliate of the West Side Rollin 30s Original Harlem Crips.
Marrow attended Crenshaw High School, where he would become obsessed with rap, often reciting rhymes for classmates. After leaving high school, he joined the U.S. Army. He has stated he did not enjoy the experience, explaining, "I didn't like total submission to a leader other than myself." [1]
He was previously in a relationship with Darlene Ortiz who was featured on the covers of his early albums. During that relationship that broke up in 2002, they had one child together who goes by the name of Tracy Marrow, Jr. In 2004, he married model Nicole 'Coco' Austin.
After leaving the Army, Ice T began his extremely long career of recording raps for various studios on 12". These tracks were later compiled on "The Classic Collection" and also featured on disc 2 of "Legends of Hip-Hop". His first rap was "The Coldest Rap" in 1982; this was also the first hip hop record to use the words "nigga" and "ho," and could be seen as the beginning of gangsta rap.
He finally landed a deal with a major label, Sire Records, and shortly after releasing his debut album Rhyme Pays in 1987, he did the vocal arrangements for Mr. T's motivational children's video "Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool." On Rhyme Pays, he is supported by DJ Aladdin and producer Afrika Islam, who helped create the rolling, spare beats and samples that provided a backdrop for the rapper's charismatic rhymes, which were mainly party-oriented; the record wound up going gold. That same year, he recorded the theme song for Dennis Hopper's Colors, a film about inner-city life in Los Angeles. The song -- also called "Colors" -- was stronger, both lyrically and musically, with more incisive lyrics, than anything he had previously released. Ice T formed his own record label, Rhyme Syndicate (which was distributed through Sire/Warner) in 1988, and released Power. It was a more assured and impressive record, earning him strong reviews and his second gold record. Released in 1989, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say established him as a true hip-hop superstar by matching excellent abrasive music with fierce, intelligent narratives, and political commentaries, especially about hip-hop censorship.
Ice T is believed to be the first rapper to have ever performed the notorious Crip Walk (or C-Walk) up on stage, in front of cameras sometime in the '80s. This added to his already controversial fame and gave rise to the C-Walks mainstream in other videos via WC, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and other Crip-turned-rapper artists.
In 1991 he released his classic album O.G. (Original Gangster) which is regarded as one of Gangsta Rap's defining albums. It was also on this album in which he introduced us to his heavy metal band Body Count. He has released 3 other rap albums since then. His first rap album since 1999, Gangsta Rap, lands in stores on October 31.
Besides fronting his own band, Ice T has also collaborated with other Hard Rock/Metal bands, such as Slayer, Motörhead, Six Feet Under. He has also covered songs by Hardcore Punk bands, The Exploited and Black Flag.
Marrow attended Crenshaw High School, where he would become obsessed with rap, often reciting rhymes for classmates. After leaving high school, he joined the U.S. Army. He has stated he did not enjoy the experience, explaining, "I didn't like total submission to a leader other than myself." [1]
He was previously in a relationship with Darlene Ortiz who was featured on the covers of his early albums. During that relationship that broke up in 2002, they had one child together who goes by the name of Tracy Marrow, Jr. In 2004, he married model Nicole 'Coco' Austin.
After leaving the Army, Ice T began his extremely long career of recording raps for various studios on 12". These tracks were later compiled on "The Classic Collection" and also featured on disc 2 of "Legends of Hip-Hop". His first rap was "The Coldest Rap" in 1982; this was also the first hip hop record to use the words "nigga" and "ho," and could be seen as the beginning of gangsta rap.
He finally landed a deal with a major label, Sire Records, and shortly after releasing his debut album Rhyme Pays in 1987, he did the vocal arrangements for Mr. T's motivational children's video "Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool." On Rhyme Pays, he is supported by DJ Aladdin and producer Afrika Islam, who helped create the rolling, spare beats and samples that provided a backdrop for the rapper's charismatic rhymes, which were mainly party-oriented; the record wound up going gold. That same year, he recorded the theme song for Dennis Hopper's Colors, a film about inner-city life in Los Angeles. The song -- also called "Colors" -- was stronger, both lyrically and musically, with more incisive lyrics, than anything he had previously released. Ice T formed his own record label, Rhyme Syndicate (which was distributed through Sire/Warner) in 1988, and released Power. It was a more assured and impressive record, earning him strong reviews and his second gold record. Released in 1989, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say established him as a true hip-hop superstar by matching excellent abrasive music with fierce, intelligent narratives, and political commentaries, especially about hip-hop censorship.
Ice T is believed to be the first rapper to have ever performed the notorious Crip Walk (or C-Walk) up on stage, in front of cameras sometime in the '80s. This added to his already controversial fame and gave rise to the C-Walks mainstream in other videos via WC, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and other Crip-turned-rapper artists.
In 1991 he released his classic album O.G. (Original Gangster) which is regarded as one of Gangsta Rap's defining albums. It was also on this album in which he introduced us to his heavy metal band Body Count. He has released 3 other rap albums since then. His first rap album since 1999, Gangsta Rap, lands in stores on October 31.
Besides fronting his own band, Ice T has also collaborated with other Hard Rock/Metal bands, such as Slayer, Motörhead, Six Feet Under. He has also covered songs by Hardcore Punk bands, The Exploited and Black Flag.
I heard it the other day and wasnt feeling it. I only like teh first two tracks. Heres the tracklisting.
1. Gangsta Rap
2. Ridin' Low f eaturing Feddi de Marco
3. New Life
4. dear god can you hear me featuring Kryst
5. Please believe me featuring Corte & Smoothe da hustler
6. Pimp or Die
7. Pray featuring coco
8. Step your Game up featuring Mark Live
9. Real Talk featuring Kryst
10. Walking in the rain
11. The Games real featuring Marc Live, Smoothe da hustler,
12. Its all love featuring Kryst
13. Code of the streets
14. Everything is going to be alright featuring Smoothe da hustler
15. My Baby 16. Twice the Game
1. Gangsta Rap
2. Ridin' Low f eaturing Feddi de Marco
3. New Life
4. dear god can you hear me featuring Kryst
5. Please believe me featuring Corte & Smoothe da hustler
6. Pimp or Die
7. Pray featuring coco
8. Step your Game up featuring Mark Live
9. Real Talk featuring Kryst
10. Walking in the rain
11. The Games real featuring Marc Live, Smoothe da hustler,
12. Its all love featuring Kryst
13. Code of the streets
14. Everything is going to be alright featuring Smoothe da hustler
15. My Baby 16. Twice the Game
i liked everything he dropped up to album 6 return of the real dude can still rhyme hard. 6' n the mornin is a motherfuckin' classic, also I liked "drama",fuckin whole OG record was on hit,he has put out a lot of real shit and stood behind it. I remember when the city of SD asked him not to do Cop Killer here and he fuckin did it first fuckin track.
Album got some real shit on it and a few hard tracks.
Code of the streets is hard
what a rush feat kokane is coo
Ridin low is nice
I actually was raised on ice T and liked most of his albums with the exception of home invasion
Id say if you like Ice check this album out you shouldnt be too disapointed.
Code of the streets is hard
what a rush feat kokane is coo
Ridin low is nice
I actually was raised on ice T and liked most of his albums with the exception of home invasion
Id say if you like Ice check this album out you shouldnt be too disapointed.
