JumpinJack AJ Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 “Hip-hop changed. The music got goofy to me. The kids started looking weird. It all turned into something I wasn’t comfortable with,” he explained. “There was a point where I was selling tons of records, then it cooled off. I felt a certain way. Ice T performing live with Body Count in 2019. CREDIT: Gina Wetzler/Redferns “Then I realised Public Enemy, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Wu-Tang Clan weren’t selling records, either. There was a paradigm shift. These kids got softer, and soft is not something I’m able to give audiences. The first word in hip-hop is “hip” so how something stays hip for over 10 years is difficult. … Besides, I still do my ‘Ice-T: Art of Rap’ shows, which is my legacy hip-hop. Think of it like seeing Frank Sinatra. You want to hear the classics.” Ice-T also discussed recently getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Asked how he’d have reacted if someone had told him he would get one, he responded: “I would have told you that was impossible.” “When I started making records, I didn’t come into the music business thinking I would be a star,” he continued. “I was just seeing if I could get a fan base. I didn’t want to be the best rapper. I just wanted to be mentioned among the greats: LL Cool J, Run-DMC. Getting any ‘star’ was way out of reach.” Ice-T confirmed earlier this week that Body Count had started working on a new album titled ‘Merciless’. https://www.nme.com/news/music/ice-t-reflects-on-mid-2000s-paradigm-shift-in-hip-hop-music-goofy-3404579?fbclid=IwAR23vW7NiRFKHiVFmfRc6Ee-NTvhDdLno8sserSij9BkwdDeKyYYdhHUuV8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dparrott Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Word. I've hated mainstream rap for 20 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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