The production is slightly dated, but otherwise this is a powerhouse rap album. Ice-T has some serious charisma going on, best exemplified by the brief acapella track "Prepared to die" where T's biting, spitting voice feels like a fully produced track in and of itself.
T addresses a number of rap's go-to's, trying to offset the claims of misogyny with "Bitches 2" where he reasons that a 'bitch' can be a man or a woman. He also attacks the glamourisation of ghetto life, pointing out that this is less a choice, and more due to wealth inequality.
The album features an early appearance of T's hard-rock band Body Count, whose album would be released the next year. This interest in heavy guitar music also shows through in the Black Sabbath sample that track "Midnight" is largely built from. Track "the Tower" is based around John Carpenter's theme from the "Halloween" film, so the range of influences wanders well outside the usual funk samples.
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