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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore jazz fan will never think Kenny G is really a jazz artist. You gotta kind of know there's always going to be that purist who's going to be like if it ain't beats and rhymes, if there ain't a DJ, then that ain't Hip Hop.
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You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation. Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause everyone thinks they're in power.
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I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the radio which wants to homogenize it and dilute it and sanitize it. And for the most part, nobody's takin' the time to seek out the cats that are still tryin' to talk, so they have a difficult time being heard.
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It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.
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I didn't really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.
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I like crime movies where the crime is so incredible that, attractive as it seems, you don't wanna do it because it's just too dangerous.
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Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.
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A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, Hello.
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Redemption means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong. So I think a lot of people get hooked on drugs and when they get over that addiction they go out and they try to talk to kids and they try to work in rehab centers.
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I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
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Truthfully, a weak rapper can hide behind a lot of production.
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...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.
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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
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