Just-Ice
| Just-Ice | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joseph Williams |
| Born | June 22, 1962 |
| Origin | Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres |
Hardcore hip hop Gangsta rap Old school hip hop East Coast Rap Hip hop |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels |
Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records Savage/BMG Records Warlock Records |
| Associated acts |
KRS-One Kurtis Mantronik |
Just-Ice (born Joseph Williams Jr.; June 22, 1962), is a rapper from New York City. A former bouncer at punk clubs, Williams was the first of the New York rappers to embrace gangsta rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive -- he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks -- and with a mouthful of gold teeth, he certainly stood out. His debut album "Back to the Old School" proved he was more than just a pretty face. It came out on the independent New York label Sleeping Bag, and certainly sounded like no other hip-hop album, thanks to his fast, forceful rhymes, DMX's human beatbox as well as the distinctive production of Mantronix's Kurtis Mantronik.
Discography
- Back to the Old School (1986)
- Kool & Deadly (1987)
- The Desolate One (1989)
- Masterpiece (1990)
- Gun Talk (1993)
- Kill the Rhythm (Like a Homicide) (1995)
- VII (1998)
- Gangster Boogie (2008) (digital download only)
- 32 Degrees (2009) (digital download only)
- The Just-Ice and KRS-ONE EP Volume#1 (May 2010) (digital download only)
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