![]() ![]() With the release of Rhyme Pays, the West Coast was well on its way to becoming a crucial part of hip-hop. On "Squeeze the Trigger," "Pain," and a new version of "6 'N the Mornin'" (which had been the B-side of Ice's 1986 single "Doggin' the Wax" on Techno-Hop), Ice portrays ruthless felons and raps candidly about the horrors of the urban ghetto he'd been only too familiar with. ![]() The album doesn't contain as much gangsta rap as some of his subsequent releases, but it did have enough to stir some controversy. resident's love of heavy metal) left no doubt that Ice had very little in common with the Egyptian Lover, the World Class Wreckin' Cru, or the L.A. Hard-hitting offerings like "409," "Make It Funky," and the title song (which samples Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" and underscores the L.A. That begin to change in 1987, when Ice-T's debut album, Rhyme Pays, was released and sold several hundred thousand copies. did have its share of hardcore rappers in the mid-'80s (including Toddy Tee, King Tee, and of course, Ice-T), hardcore rap was dominated by the East Coast. Ice T went on to release several highly successful albums, spawning classic singles such as Power, Lethal Weapon, High Rollers, You Played Yourself and many more. The following year he signed with a major label, Sire, and the rest is history. rappers were known primarily for a synthesizer-dominated sound indebted to Kraftwerk's innovations as well as Afrika Bambaataa's 1982 hit, "Planet Rock." While L.A. Following Electrobeat, Ice then released two classic singles for Unknown DJ’s Techno Hop Records in 1986.
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