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 Published on December 22nd 2006
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Fred durst wacks off to this cd every night Just got this and I think it's pretty strong. Granted they've moved from the more or less punk sound of their self titled to more metal/hardcore with Murder 4 Hire. "The Passion of Christ" is amazing, easily the strongest track on the album, "Dirty Bombs" is also really good. i think as far as pushing rapmetal into the mainstream you have to mention the judgement night soundtrack. that really seemed to put the idea of rap and metal co-exisiting into a lot of people's heads, as well as the onyx/ biohazard remix of slam Definitely do not consider RATM rap metal. When I think of good rap metal, I think of the Quicksand song "Omission". Rage was all over the place..to label them rap metal is kind of insulting. "Body Count" the song has always reminded me a ton of Suicidal Tendencies, the band didn't really come from a vacuum. I wouldn't even consider Rage rap metal, though. Maybe it's splitting hairs, but I didn't hear much metal from that band at all. Whatever their hybrid would be considered is irrelevant though, because they ruled. Rap Metal is not a bad concept...it's just been execute, for the most part, very poorly and superficially. I mean, there were some great bands- Rage Against the Machine for example. It's a shame Limp Bizkit, Korn, and fuck knows how many others had to rape it for all it's worth before it could even form an underground version. Ha Ha! Ha ha ha, go check out the cover art for Ice-T's new album "Gangsta Rap". According to wikipedia, Mooseman, the band's original bassist, was shot in a drive by while working for Iggy Pop of all people. What the fish? The first Body Count record has some good songs, unfortunately, it has some serious filler as well. Remember 'Voodoo'? cop killer! Public Enemy sampled Slayer too. Actually, you can blame Faith No More for the rap/metal genre. Kinda sucks since FNM only had one rap/metal song, and it just happened to be their biggest hit. he plays a COP on Law and Order!! ironic?? the album title reminds me of that simpsons episode where the "murder-4-life" tour comes through springfield.HA! score is for Biohazard reference. I thought Suicidal Tendacies started rapmetal. Body Count is great and this is why- the band is TOUNGE IN CHEEK, is that so hard to understand? It's great and fun music.....and btw Ice T is NOT a homophobe, as a matter of fact he has written many rap songs denouncing the prevalent homophobia present in the genre. This album would have been good, but it suffers from very poor production values. scratch that, he's on law and order. ha, yeah. he's made a pretty impressive transition from cop-killin' gangsta rap to primetime television. i thought Suicidal Tendacies started rapmetal. isn't Ice-T on CSI? No, really, he reeks of Hendrix. Earlier this year i catched them on a festival and they played for 55 minutes on their 45 minute-slot and then came out and jammed some hendrix for atleast 25 minutes and staff were afraid to tell them to stop. Ice-T is hilarious. Ice-T is a homosexual, for real yo. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Every Body Count song ever: you only compared him to hendrix cause they are both black. i haven't heard this, but their 1992 self-titled debut was great. The song "Body Count" had a great influence on the way i grew to perceive society in a different way as the middle-class white kid from Iowa i was. Score is for Body Count. ICE PICK PUNK BITCH BLOOD IN THE MOSH PIT I really have mixed feelings about this band and I feel this review sums it up. |
