Murder 4 Hire

With the exception of the controversy surrounding their extremely anti-authoritarian anthem "Cop Killer," Ice-T's sidebar as a metalhead frontman for Body Count was always a little difficult to keep interested in, let alone take seriously.

BODY COUNT came along at an advantageous time (for them) in rock culture. Not only had hip-hop started becoming mainstream, but the so-called "alternative revolution" had just started overcompensating for years of rock and roll's dominance by white males. Labels and journalists bent over backwards t...