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Ice -T - Colors (Marc Hype & Petko Turner Edit)\n\nMarc Is Here > https://soundcloud.com/marchype\n\nIce-T started out with other West Coast hip-hop pioneers such as Kid Frost, DJ Flash, and Egyptian Lover with Electro recordings. Later on, he changed his style and was the first West Coast MC to be accepted by the East Coast. \n\u201c6 \u2019N The Mornin\u2019\u201d is sometimes seen as the track that triggered the whole gangsta movement, which was produced by the Unknown DJ, who produced electro funk tracks before and went on to produce Compton's Most Wanted. The song was inspired by Schoolly D's "PSK" and became the inspiration for Eazy E and N.W.A.'s "Boyz N The Hood." \n\nIce-T\u2019s raw style captured the ears of Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, who signed him to a multi-album countract, and then went on to work with Afrika Islam, the man behind the beats on his debut album, 1987\u2019s Rhyme Pays; 1988\u2019s Power; and 1989\u2019s The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say. As the title of this third album suggests, Ice-T was from the start not merely a gangsta MC\u2014although he was one of the driving forces behind the new style\u2014but also used hip-hop music as a platform for social and political activism; Seymour Stein called him \u201cthe Bob Dylan of hip-hop.\u201d On \u201cFreedom of Speech,\u201d Ice attacked Tipper Gore for introducing the Parental Advisory sticker. \n\nIn 1991, Ice T's fourth album, O.G. Original Gangster, was released, which included rhymes about child abuse and drunk driving as well as the theme song from the movie \u201cNew Jack City\u201d by Mario Van Peebles, the movie that launched Ice's career as an actor. The same year, Ice formed the heavy metal band Body Count. Its debut self-titled album contained a song called \u201cCop Killer,\u201d which led to a giant controversy over song lyrics. This escalated to the point where death threats were sent to Sire/Warner Bros executives, and Time Warner stockholders threatened to pull out of the company. Sire/Warner Bros., however, defended Ice all the way. This eventually caused the album to be re-issued with \u201cCop Killer\u201d removed, and the title track from \u201cThe Iceberg\u201d was added to the album as a replacement. He answered the controversy by saying the song was written in character, and that "if you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut." Indeed, Ice-T has portrayed police officers many times in his acting career. \n\n1993\u2019s Home Invasion, a politically-oriented album that featured a new female MC named Grip and Ice T's longtime DJ Evil E as an MC himself. Sire/Warner Bros. had issued the first single from the album\u2014and even assigned a catalog number to the album\u2014but Ice parted company with Sire because of the controversial album artwork before it was released formally. Rhyme $yndicate/Priority/EMI Records released the album with the intended artwork intact. \n\nOn 1997\u2019s VI\u2014Return of the Real, Ice returned to his gangsta roots. 1999\u2019s 7th Deadly Sin was one of the first records to be distributed via mp3 before appearing in record stores and continued in this vein. \n\nIn 2000, Ice-T teamed up with East Coast hip-hop pioneer Kool Keith from Ultramagnetic MCs to form the Analog Brothers, widely considered an artistically successful experiment. The same year also brought Ice-T's Greatest Hits: The Evidence. More recently, Ice-T formed a new group called SMG (Sex, Money, and Gunz) with East Coast gangster MCs Smoothe Da Hustler and Trigga da Gambla. \n\nIce-T has written and performed songs for many movie soundtracks including "Big Gun" for \u201cTank Girl\u201d as well as title tracks for \u201cColors,\u201d \u201cDick Tracy,\u201d \u201cNew Jack City,\u201d \u201cRicochet,\u201d and \u201cTrespass\u201d (He starred in all of them, save for \u201cDick Tracy\u201d and \u201cColors.\u201d). He teamed up with the pioneering Latino MC Kid Frost to perform "Tears of a Mother" for the film \u201cNo Mothers Crying, No Babies Dying.\u201d