188. Body Count - body count

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originally uploaded by jrd550.

Even though Jemima, that's right I said Jemima, got this for me in London it still didn't have the track 'Cop Killer'. When this came out it nothing as heavy or controversial had been released yet. I'm not sure if N.W.A.'s 'Straight outta Compton' had even come out yet. This album is great, a true slice of 'pop culture' life in 92. The album starts off with the siren wielding 'Body Count's in the House' where Ice-T introduces the entire band, and just keeps repeating 'Body Count' and 'BC'. And in true metal fashion the band has a song named after themselves; 'Body Count' and 'Body Count Anthem'. Listening to the album again really puts the 'threat' that this album posed into perspective. It sounds almost comical; the band deals with white girls dating black men, drug addiction, Oprah, an evil dick that doesn't want to sleep alone and how the neighborhood goes to shit when body count moves in. The infamous 'cop killer' track has been replaced with 'Freedom of Speech'. 'Body Count' is a less clever and a more 'dumb' album with some classic moments of punk wedding metal circa 1992.

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7.5 out of 10