Cop killer belongs on this record for more reasons than one being that it was nine years ago when it was taken of the record. In those nine years the entire music industry has changed rappers like eminem can say far worse things on a record also ICE-T and Body Count have a freedom of speech and expression that was taken away from because the police and other political parties wanted to have one more issue during the election. These groups took away a right that Body Count and ICE-T had and that is wrong. they also are taking away the music fans right.

You've got to give "Ice-T" credit. After he became the O.G. of the rap game, he went and put together a rap-metal band. I wont say this album started any kind of movement, but it is one of the early groups of the genre. This of course had all the "Cop Killer" controversy in 1992, and the track was eventually removed. The funny thing is how hardcore alot of the other lyrics are, so I guess it's ok to kill your own mother, just not cops. Anyway, even without that track, it's still a killer album. "Ice" even tries singing on "The Winner Loses", which is a really cool, ballad type song. Overall, it's a really good album, and a real sign of the times.

It was 9 yrs ago when they removed "Cop Killer" , the images of the Rodney King beating , and L.A. Riots is long gone. Ice should reissue this album with "Cop Killer" . I did enjoy the replacement "Freedom Of Speech" because of the appearance of Jello Biafra. However since it was 9 yrs ago , and music has changed "Cop Killer" should be reissued. FIGHT CENSORSHIP!!!!!!

Ice T and co have alot to be proud of with this album. While it may have paved the way for the onslaught of mediocre "rap metal" stars that are around to day, it actually functions almost more of one of the best "crossover" punk metal albums of all time. Ice T has always been one of the most witty, intelligent, but funny rappers in my eyes, and with this album he branches out and does a metal band. Not only is the album a statement on the early nineties in the U.S it has alot of messages that still apply. The band is all black, and nearly all of them are from south central Los Angeles, a fact that still seems unbelievable considering the circumstances and the fact that metal music is primarily made by middle class white males. They have enough talent though, to put bands like Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, and Dri in their place, and their similar crossover thrash style is the best example of this music from that era. Ice T is surprisingly good in his transition from rapping to more hardcore/metal type vocals and even has a (slightly strained) but passionate vocal in the power ballad about crack addiction "the Winner Loses". Other songs touch racism, politics and growing up in the ghetto, but more humor comes out of such tracks as "Voodoo", "Evil Dick" and the satirical "Mommas Gotta Die Tonight". In the aforementioned song, Ice uses horror to convey the horror of racist indoctrination that many parents give their kids. He plays a young black man who brings home a white girlfriend to his racist mother. Then the song climaxes into a misfits style tale of the macabre. Body Count's songs are angry and full of velocity, full of enough dynamics to keep the music interesting always. Its too bad they had to pull "Cop Killer" off the album, which is ironic since one of the first tracks still on it is a skit in which a man kills a police officer. Subsequent Body Count albums would recycle elements from this first release, but not with as much wit, message, and intensity as this first album, which stands as a classic, fun, hilarious album which I listen to time and time again.

There Goes The Neighborhood, The Winner Loses, Cop Killer it's the best "ghetto-metal" album to come out ever. So good I had to buy the tape in Canada when it got bannded in the US, worth the trip. Find a version with Cop Killer though, the Freedom of Speech replacement song is a poor rehash of another Ice T joint from a previous CD. I gave ita 3 since it is Cop Killer-less, 4 1/2 with CK.