Power [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Ice T

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: September 13, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B000002LF6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,911 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The POWER TIP for real, forever, February 12, 2003

By A Customer

There really are few words to describe the impact this album had in the history of hip-hop. You just have to listen to it yourself. But first, flash back to 1988, when just about the ruffest rhymes around were from Ice T's contemporaries Public Enemy and KRS-One, but in a much different vein. Whereas PE and BDP were the hip-hop movement's conscience and mind in 1988, Ice T was the muscle flexing... "cruising in his 500 Benz sedan with his system peaked out rockin 'Pusherman'..." indeed. He blew up hip-hop and pieced together the remains. Everything else that followed was following his lead.

It's kind of interesting to hear "Girls LGBNAF" and realize just how much of a biter Will Smith / Fresh Prince was, spoonfeeding whiteboy America with watered-down Ice T rhymes. NWA could trace their entire catalog to "Grand Larceny", complete with samples of various cop shows and narration that were far ahead of its time. The breakneck speed of the beat in the title cut "Power" almost pre-dates techno-rap ten years earlier. You get the explosive "I'm Your Pusher" and "High Rollers", two songs that gave birth to the west-coast sound. I will never forget the first time I ever heard "Soul On Ice", because there simply had never been anything like it before. And all throughout the album, of course, is Ice's sense of humor, cutting through a message so serious and desperate that you can't help but listen. And listen good.

If your hip-hop collection does not include this album, it's incomplete. Quite simply, this album was almost a decade ahead of its time, musically (thanks to the totally underrated DJ Afrika Islam) and lyrically (I swear Ice uses about eight personas and different voices in his delivery).

And if you need any more reason to get this classic, then "look at the girl on the cover, homeboy."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Ice-T at it's best, November 6, 2006

By	M. Cryer (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Power is Classic Ice-T at it's best. The rhymes and beats may seem simplistic to some, but let's take it in context people. This was released in 1988. In those days gangsta rap was in it's infancy still. This is definitely an example of the best from that period. This album won't appeal to hardcore fans I suspect, but will for true Ice-T fans. Turn on, tune in and enjoy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ICE IS THE COLDEST RAPPER, September 16, 2005

By	SOUNDWAVE "ICE-T" (Decepticon Headquarters) - See all my reviews

There aren't many people that haven't heard the name Ice-T, but to me it means lyrical genius. The raps on any Ice-T album are intelligent with topics that are like lessons. The nice thing about his songs is that you can listen to it anyway you like, either from a criminal's perspective or from a teacher teaching others what it's like in the street or on living a life of crime.
There is no such thing as a crap Ice-T album, if he's on it, it's hot, or should I say cold.
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