Rhyme Pays

Rhyme Pays
Studio album by Ice-T
Released July 28, 1987
Recorded Late 1986–mid 1987
Genre West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, Golden Age hip hop
Length 64:43
Label Sire, Warner Bros. Records
Producer Afrika Islam
Ice-T chronology
Rhyme Pays
(1987)		 Power
(1988)
Singles from Rhyme Pays
  1. "6 in the Mornin'"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Make It Funky"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Somebody Gotta Do It"
    Released: 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Rhyme Pays is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice-T. The album was released on July 28, 1987, by Sire Records and Warner Bros. Records.

The album, especially tracks like "6 'N the Mornin'," is considered to have defined the gangsta genre. Ice-T claims that this was the first hip hop album to carry a Parental Advisory warning label,[2] although it was years before the industry-standard explicit-lyrics sticker was developed and Too $hort's first album had carried an "Explicit Lyrics" warning in 1985. The 1988 CD release included four bonus tracks.

Ice-T stated in his autobiography that Seymour Stein took exception to the song 409 for the line "Guys grab a girl, girls grab a guy/If a guy wants a guy, please take it outside ", which he saw as homophobic.[3] Ice-T insisted that the line was not meant to be homophobic but simply a statement of his own preferences.[3] (He later went on to condemn homophobia on raps such as Straight Up Nigga and The Tower.)

Rhyme Pays peaked at number 93 on the Billboard 200 music chart and number 26 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. Rolling Stone gave the album three stars. It was also the first hip-hop artist album released on the Sire and Warner Bros. labels.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Intro/Rhyme Pays" (interpolates "Tubular Bells" and samples "War Pigs")Ice-T, Storrs 6:29
2. "6 'N the Mornin'"  Ice-T, Afrika Islam 7:11
3. "Make It Funky" (samples "Make It Funky")Ice-T, Islam 5:09
4. "Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!)"  Ice-T, Islam 3:03
5. "409"  Ice-T, Islam 5:20
6. "I Love Ladies"  Ice-T, Islam 4:44
7. "Sex"  Ice-T, Islam 2:57
8. "Pain"  Ice-T, Islam 3:36
9. "Squeeze the Trigger"  Ice-T, Islam 6:12
10. "Make It Funky" (12" mix)Ice-T, Islam 5:58
11. "Sex" ("bonus beat"; instrumental)Ice-T, Islam 3:52
12. "Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!)" (12" mix)Ice-T, Islam 3:27
13. "Our Most Requested Record" (long version, samples “Heartbreaker” and “Whole Lotta Love”)Ice-T, Islam 6:45

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 93
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 26

References

  1. ↑ Alex Henderson. "Rhyme Pays - Ice-T | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  2. ↑ Ice T; Sigmund, Heidi (1994). The Ice Opinion. Pan/St. Martin's Press/Macmillan Books. p. 163. ISBN 0-330-33629-0.
  3. 1 2 Marrow, Tracy; Century, Douglas (2011). Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood. Random House. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-0-345-52328-0.
  4. ↑ "Ice-T – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Ice-T. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ice-T – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Ice-T. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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