The Return Of The Copkillers!

1991 seemed, at that time under the flag of Solo Ice-T, the song Body Count "on the album OG - Original Gangster". For Hip Hop fans of Song was only in the tradition of rock The Girl Tried To Kill Me "from the last album The Iceberg".

But far from it! Just one year later was Ice-T as a frontman of the band Body Count with the self-titled debut album (aka. Copkiller ") on the mat, claiming to brag to have founded the first black punk / hardcore band. The Bad Brains likely laughed out loud ...; D

The album hit like a bomb. Relatively shortly after the release, the disk had to be taken again from the market. The reason: The text of the song Copkiller "went too far many Not that the rest of the album would have been tamer also unclear why the intro was allowed to stay with the police execution on the plate ... The new edition appeared in any case without Copkiller.." And contained for a rock remix of Ice-T Songs Freedom of Speech ", including Jimi Hendrix sample and Spoken Words of Jello Biafra.

In 1994 appeared the second album Born Dead ". Of course, the disc could not keep up with the debut. Too high were the expectations, all waiting for the next scandal and you can see on the panel that the part of the tape to prevent exactly that was attempted. .. Braked foam, but also some good songs. Shallow Grave "and the Hendrix Cover Hey Joe", for example.

Only in 1997 was the follow up album Violent Demise ... Last Days ". The disc was really good, but unfortunately no cock crowed at the time more by Body Count. The scandals failed to materialize, the sales figures unfortunately. In addition to that the The band was not blessed by luck. D-Roc became seriously ill and died, Beatmaster-V gathered the cancer and then died Mooseman, Bodycount style, in a drive-by shooting ...

In 2005 the Live appeared quite surprising in LA "DVD. Ice-T and Ernie C. had new companions gathered around him and wanted it again to know. The classics live on DVD and a bonus CD with two brand new track, as well as the announcement of a new album. Once again, the exclusion of the general public.

2006 appeared then actually Murder 4 Hire ". From the criticism the album was panned. You can hear a band that tries to find its status quo. Maturity is nothing here. Lyrically it goes away from the gangsters and ghetto topics towards realpolitik. Also the fit is not really the evil sarcastic Bodycount Image whose texts, despite all the controversy but rather had a tongue-in-cheek humor.

And now, in June 2014 breaks (at least by me) totally unexpected a brand new Body Count album upon us. Manslaughter "is the good part. I'm actually rather accidentally stumbled at the record shop over it. And since I have Bodycount remained loyal over the years, the thing was of course placed in the basket.

Daheim was first removed the foil. Under the cover of blurred Pappschubers then comes the cover in good resolution to the fore. Ice-T and Co. poses with guns to help people screaming, blood spatter ... nothing would be a problem in Europe. The slip is more likely for the prudish US supermarket chains ...

Rasch ever looked over the booklet. Ooops, what strikes me as contrary there? Two sticker! Once the album cover and even the logo of the new label of the band, Sumerian Records. Nice! I like those goodies.

The booklet itself is relatively unspectacular. No more photos, but all the texts! Thats how it is suppost to be! I hate it when texts are not printed. When a band has something to say should the doubt can also read!

Now the CD into the player!

After the third run I would argue: Bodycount are back! Definitely the best album since the debut.

The band plays incredibly hard and tight. No uffta-uffta more, as occurred on previous panels. That was incredibly charming and punk, but Manslaughter "is a 50 minute butt in your face! Fats, crisp production. Rough but not spongy. Very nice! If a rock album with my car stereo even when properly at high volume (the pedestrians want yes mitrocken. ..) still sounds good, the Producer has made what is right.

Lyrically there's again the known from the debut and popular, sweeping blow. Ghetto, gangsters, cops and B! Tches! The Ice-T Classic 99 Problems "is put into Bodycount universe. Fits! And sound 1,000 times more authentic than the version of Linkin Park with Jay-Z.

Ice-T is everything. The opener is shot, who speaks waste. He sends an unknown Opposite back to rehab, advises another counterpart to `seek NEN job and in Pop Bubble" he rails against all selling out in the pop business, voiced strong support from Hatebreed singer Jamey Jasta.

In Enter The Darkside "he settles with all the imitators who think a ghetto life was cool and Black Voodoo Sex" can be a pleasant way to pass from the debut album Voodoo Revue "...

I Will Always Love You "is aimed at the US veterans, not without angry swipes at warmongers and militarists.

The highlight is the incredibly funny cover version of classic Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized "must be heard, the new text is the hammer I laughed tears However, one needs to have a pretty special humor ...;.!. D

And with the theme Humor I want to close this Mammutrezi. Because humor need to Bodycount to rezeptionieren properly. The band is like a splatter movie. Those who do not get along with this particular humor, might react quite shocked. The expert understands the fun of it and celebrate all the harder ...

As said Ice-T at that time goes: Who I think because of songs like `Copkiller` would kill in my spare time policeman who also believes that David Bowie is an astronaut".

Nuff said! Hammer plate! Buy! According to listen!