1st amendment fueled gangster rap

Instead of focusing completely on his regular brand of gangster rap, Ice-T focuses mostly on 1st amendment issues, mainly the freedom of speech on his riveting 3rd album. Ice-T's main concern is the widespread attack on censorship in the U.S.. He delivers clear and conscious songwriting that is sure to make you pine over the issues he lays out, conveying a message that the American government dominates and controls every part of the citizen's lives.



Ice-T throws down some of his best work ever on this record. Some standouts include the brilliant stretch of tracks 4-8. "You Played Yourself", the chilling "Peel Their Caps Back", the funny and hard rockin' "The Girl Tried to Kill Me", the very disturbing skit "Black 'N' Decker" and the turntable induced "Hit the Deck". Other standouts include "Lethal Weapon" and "My Word Is Bond".



This is probably the best Ice-T album behind Original Gangster. The Iceberg includes some of Ice-T's most memorable moments ever captured. It is a must have for any fan of Ice-T or old school rap and hip-hop.

Freedom of Speech

For me Ice-T is one of the best rappers ever and I've spent long hours listening to his hardcore gangster rap. Kind of odd for a middle-aged white guy but what can I say? His in your face, pro-freedom of speech attitude is one that I hold myself. He is one of the founding fathers of gangster rap and one of it's most innovative lyricists. I've seen Ice-T do his rap act only once but have seen him with his band Body Count four times and he puts on a tremendous show.



Freedom of Speech...dropped on us in 1989 was also a time of a movement in the record industry, because of pressure by parents groups, to put an explicit lyrics label on albums. This album in a lot of ways is a reaction to that.



This album has some clever lyrics but and is entertaining, although at times it becomes a little tedious. It still rates a sold 3 stars for three songs:



Peel Their Cap Back *

Girl Tried to Kill Me *

My Word is Bond *



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Ratings: CDs are rated simply by how many good songs are on the album. Great songs get two stars, and good songs get one star. Songs that get no stars are those that I might like but not enough to give it a star or ones I find boring or actively dislike. CDs are not penalized for songs that I don't like because they are easy enough to skip over. There is no maximum number of stars a CD can get, but of course the more stars it gets, the better the CD.



As with all reviews, these are my subjective opinions on the album.

ICE-T'S BEST ALBUM

THIS IS ICE-T'S BEST ALBUM. THIS ALBUM, WHICH WAS BASICALLY DESIGNED TO DISS THE PMRC, IS ONE OF HIP-HOP'S FINEST MOMENTS! THE WHOLE ALBUM IS FILLED WITH CLEVER SONGS THAT'RE SURE TO MAKE YOU THINK AS WELL AS JAM TO THEM. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ALBUM ARE ''LETHAL WEAPON'', ''MY WORD IS BOND'', ''GIRL TRIED TO KILL ME'', ''WHAT YA WANNA DO?'', AND ''PEEL THEIR CAPS BACK''. IF YOU LIKE ICE-T OR RAP MUSIC WITH A SENSE OF DIRECTION TO IT, YOU'RE SURE TO LOVE THIS ALBUM. IF YOU WANNA HEAR THE WHOLE ALBUM TRACK FOR TRACK FOR NO CHARGE AT ALL WHENEVER YOU WANT, GO TO WWW.ICET.COM