Episode 230: Ice-T

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Ice is someone who surely needs no introduction…which won’t stop us from giving him one anyway. He got his start in music as part of L.A.s mid-1980s electro scene, emceeing and managing the stage at the noted club Radio, working with people like The Unknown DJ and Chris “The Glove” Taylor, and making a notable appearance in the 1984 film Breakin’.

Following the release of his classic song “6 in the Mornin’” and a fateful 1986 trip to New York City, Ice landed a deal with Sire Records, and began producing a string of huge-selling and groundbreaking albums like Rhyme Pays, Power, and O.G. Original Gangsta. In the 1990s, he turned his attention to acting as well, and appeared in dozens of films including New Jack City, Surviving the Game, Johnny Mnemonic, Trespass, Tank Girl, and more. Oh, and somewhere in there his rock band Body Count recorded the notorious track “Cop Killer.”

These days, Ice’s day job is starring as Detective Fin Tutuola on Law and Order: SVU. But he’s still making music, both on his own and with Body Count.

Tracks featured in this episode:

1. Ice-T Interview 1990 Slammin’ Rap Video Magazine
2. Ice-T, “Dog’n the Wax (Ya Don’t Quit Part II)”
3. Unknown DJ, “Basstronic”
4. Hen Gee & Evil E, “Lil Trig”
5. inspector gadget cartoon intro theme
6. Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew / Doug E. Fresh And M. C. Ricky D, “The Show”
7. Ice-T, “Ya Don’t Quit”
8. The Raymond Scott Quintette, “Powerhouse”
9. Ice-T, “Dog’n the Wax (Ya Don’t Quit Part II)”
10. Ice-T, “6 in the Mornin’”
11. Afrika Islam f/Ice-T, “Afrika Jam”
12. Ice-T, “M.V.P.s”
13. Boogie Down Productions, “Essays on BDP-ism”
14. Das EFX, “Real Hip-Hop”
15. Afrika & the Zulu Kings, “Cars”
16. Chris “The Glove” Taylor and David Storrs, “Tibetan Jam”
17. Early Lena Horne “I Know You Remember” from The Duke Is Tops (1938)
18. Wu-Tang Clan, “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit”
19. Fatback Band, “King Tim the Third (Personality Jock”)
20. Afrika & The Zulu Kings, “The Beach (Long Vocal Version)”
21. Afrika & The Zulu Kings, “The Beach (Long Vocal Version)”
22. Derek & the Dominos, “Layla”
23. Belle & Sebastian, “Seymour Stein”
24. Ice-T, “The Coldest Rap (Part 2)”
25. Ice Tea - Congo Rap ( SM Studio Masters Acetate 1983 ) unreleased
26. Run-DMC, “Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1)”
27. Ice-T, “You Played Yourself”
28. Ice-T, “High Rollers”
29. Suicidal Tendencies, “Institutionalized”
30. Big Bear, “Doin Thangs”
31. Ice-T, “Straight Up Nigga”
32. Ice-T, “Killers”
33. Kid Frost, “Terminator (Vocal Mix)”
34. Ice-T, “O.G. Original Gangster [Instrumental]”
35. Body Count f/Trigger, “Invisible Gangsta”
36. Ice-T Interview 1990 Slammin’ Rap Video Magazine
37. The World Class Wreckin’ Cru, “Turn off the Lights f/Michel ‘Le”
38. T.D.F., “T.D.F. Connection”
39. Toddy Tee, “Batterram”
40. Everlast, “I Got the Knack”
41. Donald D, “Notorious”
42. Divine Styler f/the Scheme Team, “Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin”
43. Divine Styler, “Tongue of Labyrinth”
44. Analog Brothers, “More Freaks”
45. Ice-T, “I’m Your Pusher/Pusherman”
46. Ice-T f/Coco, “Pray”
47. The Shadow Knows
48. Ice-T, “I’m Your Pusher/Pusherman”
49. Lemonade Not Ice T It’s Not Surprising GEICO
50. Ice-T, “My Word Is Bond”
51. Ice-T, “Message to the Soldier”
52. Ice-T, “Ya Shoulda Killed Me Last Year”
53. Ice-T, “Escape From the Killing Fields”
54. Jeezy f/Kanye West, “Put On”
55. Body Count, “Cop Killer”
56. Ice-T, “It’s On”
57. Die Pig Die
58. Guru & Solar, “Surviving the Game”
59. Falco, “Rock Me Amadeus - The Gold Mix”
60. Best Scenes from Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
61. new jack city- i wanna shoot you so bad
62. Law & Order : Special Victims Unit (Main Theme)
63. Six Feet Under f/Ice-T, “One Bullet Left”
64. Cannibal Corpse, “Hammer Smashed Face”
65. Cannibal Corpse, “I Cum Blood”
66. Six Feet Under f/Ice-T, “One Bullet Left”
67. Slayer f/Ice-T, “Disorder”
68. Motörhead f/Ice-T & Whitfield Crane, “Born to Raise Hell”
69. Body Count f/Dave Mustaine, “Civil War”
70. Ice-T, “Police Story”
71. Black Sabbath, “The Illusion of Power”
72. Body Count, “Hey Joe”
73. Ice-T, “Head”
74. Perry Farrell & Ice-T, “Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey”
75. King Sun-D Moët, “Mythological Rapper”
76. Ice-T, “Colors”
77. N.W.A., “Boyz-n-the-Hood”
78. Ice-T, “6 ‘N the Mornin’”
79. Ice-T, “Squeeze the Trigger”
80. Rick James, “Everywhere I Go (Colors)”
81. Ice-T, “Colors”
82. Ice-T - Colors (Original Video) [HQ]
83. Oprah Ice-T 1990 Part 1 of 4
84. The Cipher Episode 131: Darlene Ortiz
85. Ice-T, “Shut Up, Be Happy”
86. Dead Kennedys, “Hellnation”
87. Jello Biafra, “Message From Our Sponsor”
88. Black Sabbath, “Black Sabbath”
89. Body Count f/Dave Mustaine, “Civil War”
90. Body Count, “Black Hoodie”
91. Quincy Jones, “Back on the Block”
92. Jimmy Interviews Cardi B

Show notes:

1. IfIHavent, “Is Rap Dead ? : Ice T – Cop Killer Editorial in The Source (1992)”
2. The Rolling Stone Interview: Ice-T
3. Ice-T’s Rolling Stone cover