• Artist: Ice-T
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• Styles: Golden Age, West Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
• Track Picks: "Lethal Weapon," "Peel Their Caps Back," "You Played Yourself"
• Similar Albums: Marley Marl's House of Hits, Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five: More of the Best, Friday, A Shade of Red, Rap Beginnings, Vol. 1, Rapmasters, Vol. 8: Best of the Street, Def Jam Classics, Vol. 1, Stone Cold Rhymin', The Cactus Album, The Real Roxanne, All Hail the Queen, Straight Outta Compton [Clean], Diva, Follow the Leader, 3 Feet High and Rising, Eyes on This

Review

Ice-T threw listeners quite a curve ball with his riveting third album, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say -- arguably the closest hip-hop has come to George Orwell's 1984. Instead of focusing heavily on gangsta rap, Ice-T made First Amendment issues the CD's dominant theme. Setting the album's tone is the opener, "Shut Up, Be Happy," which finds guest Jello Biafra (former leader of punk band Dead Kennedys) envisioning an Orwellian America in which the government controls and dominates every aspect of its citizens' lives. Though there are a few examples of first-rate gangsta rap here -- including "The Hunted Child" and the chilling "Peel Their Caps Back" -- Ice's main concern this time is censorship and what he views as a widespread attack on free speech in the U.S. As angry and lyrically intense as most of The Iceberg is, Ice enjoys fun for its own sake on "My Word Is Bond" and "The Girl Tried to Kill Me" -- an insanely funny rap-rock account of an encounter with a dominatrix. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Shut up, Be Happy		Ice-T	Ice-T	(2:36)
The Iceberg		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:21)
Lethal Weapon		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:33)
You Played Yourself		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:14)
Peel Their Caps Back		Ice-T	Ice-T	(3:42)
The Girl Tried to Kill Me		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:08)
Black 'N' Decker		Ice-T	Ice-T	(1:16)
Hit the Deck		Ice-T	Ice-T	(3:46)
This One's for Me		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:33)
The Hunted Child		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:27)
What Ya Wanna Do?	...	Ice-T	Ice-T	(8:57)
Freedom of Speech		Ice-T	Ice-T	(4:11)
My Word Is Bond		Ice-T	Ice-T	(5:07)

Credits

Jello Biafra (Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part), Vachik Aghaniantz (Mixing), Ice-T (Arranger), Ice-T (Producer), Ice-T (Main Performer), Ice-T (Executive Producer), Afrika Islam (Programming), Afrika Islam (Producer), Mark Wolfson (Mixing), Mary Ann Dibs, Mary Ann Dibs (Design), Arnold Turner (Photography)