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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 off, and Ice didn't hesitate to speak his mind about the harsh realities of inner-city life. On "Drama," "Soul on Ice" (an homage to his idol Iceberg Slim), "High Rollers," and other gangsta rap gems, Ice embraces a first-person format and raps with brutal honesty about the lives of gang members, players, and hustlers. Ice's detractors took the songs out of context, arguing that he was glorifying crime. But he countered that, in fact, he was sending out an anti-crime message in a subliminal fashion and stressed that the criminals he portrayed ended up dead or behind bars. Another track that some misconstrued was "I'm Your Pusher," an interpretation of Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" that doesn't promote the use of drugs, but uses double entendres to make an anti-drug statement. (Ice has always been vehemently outspoken in his opposition to drugs.) In the next few years, gangsta rap would degenerate into nothing more than cheap exploitation and empty clichés, but in Ice's hands, it was as informative as it was captivating.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, MixingEngineer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Producer, Writer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wilson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Producer, Writer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Curtis Mayfield, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, MixingEngineer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Producer, Writer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Ice-T, Lyricist, Producer - Afrika Islam, Lyricist, Producer - Ice T, MainArtist
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company
Ice-T, Producer, Writer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1987 Sire Records Company.
Ice-T, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Afrika Islam, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ice T, MainArtist - Mark (Full Moon) Wolfson, Mixer
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Album review
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 off, and Ice didn't hesitate to speak his mind about the harsh realities of inner-city life. On "Drama," "Soul on Ice" (an homage to his idol Iceberg Slim), "High Rollers," and other gangsta rap gems, Ice embraces a first-person format and raps with brutal honesty about the lives of gang members, players, and hustlers. Ice's detractors took the songs out of context, arguing that he was glorifying crime. But he countered that, in fact, he was sending out an anti-crime message in a subliminal fashion and stressed that the criminals he portrayed ended up dead or behind bars. Another track that some misconstrued was "I'm Your Pusher," an interpretation of Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" that doesn't promote the use of drugs, but uses double entendres to make an anti-drug statement. (Ice has always been vehemently outspoken in his opposition to drugs.) In the next few years, gangsta rap would degenerate into nothing more than cheap exploitation and empty clichés, but in Ice's hands, it was as informative as it was captivating.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:57
- Main artists: ICE T
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire, a label of Warner Records Inc., manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company
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