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The Ice Opinion

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The Ice Opinion (subtitled Who Gives A Fuck) is a must read for gritty urban insight combined with no-nonsense practical business sense, and a splash of dry humor to wash it down. "OG Rapper Ice T" proves again and again, using his own experiences as example, that individual success in any arena and all industries is not only possible, but mandatory for personal growth; This book has been almost impossible to locate on the common market since it's release in 1994, it is astounding how many people have never read it! This is a book you will find yourself quoting later. A must have for the rap afficando!

Ice gives thought provoking insight on sex, gangs, love,religon and much more. This universal book proves that he is more than a controversial rapper. And after reading it you will realize he is a lot smarter than most people. Not since Alex Haley's "Malcom X" has there been a book by a black author that has expressed so many interesting ideas and opinions with such honest and clarity.

I lent this book to a friend, and she REFUSED to give it back. I had to put her in a choke-hold in order to get the 20 bucks that the book cost me. Ice T is tha MAN! Buy this book, baby!

Holly

This book is utterly amazing. Ice-T is so intelligent, articulate, and deep. I enjoyed every moment of it and plan to read it again many times over.

Ice-T, The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a [censored]? (St. Martin's Press, 1994)

I've been a fan of Ice-T since Power back in 1988; the man is one of the kings of the [censored]-talkers. It shouldn't surprise me, then, to find out that he's also very good at being a straight-talker. In a time of "how to fix the country" political books, this one, written almost fifteen years ago, is still as fresh, direct, and applicable as it was in the Clinton era.

Why is this? Well, the main reason is because Ice-T wasn't writing a "how to fix the country" book aimed at middle-class white America; he was writing a book about what Ice-T thought. The press can be forgiven for assuming that middle-class white Americans interested in finding out how to fix the country would pass it over. Because of that, he gets away with saying a lot of things (and saying them in a far more direct manner) that you're not going to get from pundits. And, here's a big surprise, you're going to hear different things-- things that stem from common sense, not political think tanks staffed with people who've never even met a homeless person, let alone been one.

Here's an idea: let's send a copy of this book to everyone in Congress. Let's send a copy of it to each of our elected officials in city and state governments. Let's see if any of them read it and get some food for thought. Hey, it can't hurt. But then, that's just my opinion, who gives a [censored]? ****