BODY COUNT (Ice T) - Self Titled LP
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Body Count - Self Titled LP (1992, Sire Records)
Original release which includes "Cop Killer".
Maybe no one saw the humour, but rapper Ice-T's heavy metal group launched a hurricane of publicity with their self-titled debut album, Body Count, one of the 20th Century's most controversial releases. Ice-T's music had been hard as heavy metal for a number of years, and on 1991's landmark OG Original Gangster, he recorded the speed metal / hip-hop fusion "Body Count" with his band of the same name. Body Count's lineup included Ernie-C (guitar), D-Roe (guitar), Mooseman (bass), and Beatmaster V (drums), all of whom attended Crenshaw High School in South Central Los Angeles. On the 1991 Lollapalooza tour, Ice-T performed with Body Count and earned a substantial amount of fans and praise. "Body Count" was a highlight of OG and, not coincidentally, it was the most serious and best song on their 1992 album.
After the album had been out for a couple of months, fury over the song "Cop Killer" made the album a symbol for everything that was wrong with popular culture. After several months of constant bad publicity, Warner Brothers and Ice-T pulled the song from the album; several months later, he parted ways with the record company.
This is an original pressing of the album, with "Cop Killer" included.
Full track listing:
Smoked Pork / Body Count's In The House / Now Sports / Body Count / A Statistic / Bowels of the Devil / The Real Problem / KKK Bitch / C Note / Voodoo / The Winner Loses / There Goes the Neighbourhood / Oprah / Evil Dick / Body Count Anthem / Momma's Gotta Die Tonight / Out in the Parking Lot / Cop Killer
Condition:
Sleeve and vinyl both in very good condition. Original insert included.
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