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Rhyme Pays is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice-T, released on July 28, 1987, by Sire Records.The album peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard 200 and number 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Tracy Lauren Marrow [2] (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays.
The discography of American rapper and actor Ice-T consists of eight studio albums, ten compilation album, 51 singles, and 80 music videos.Ice-T has sold over 20 million albums in the US alone.
The beats on the album were made by Afrika Islam using an SP-1200 sampler (pictured) and a Roland 909 drum machine.. Following the success of Ice-T's album Rhyme Pays, which went gold in the United States, Ice-T was featured on the soundtrack to the film Colors (1988). [2]
Donald Lamont, professionally known by his stage name Donald-D, is an American rapper and record producer from the Bronx, New York. He is a member of the Universal Zulu Nation, a member of the B-Boys, and is best known as a member of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate. [1] [2]
Chopper is a hip hop music subgenre that originated in the Midwestern United States and features fast-paced rhyming or rapping. [1] [2] Those that rap in the style are known as choppers, and rapping in the style is sometimes referred to as chopping.
The group's debut album, The Horns of Jericho (Rhyme Syndicate, 1991), was recorded around the same time. [1] Hijack also released the single "Style Wars - Style Warriors Revenge" back on the Music of Life label while they were waiting for their album to be released but Warner (who had a distribution deal with Rhyme Syndicate) did not release ...
An obituary of Spicer in The New York Times described his 15-minute-long debut single, "Adventures of Super Rhyme," as being "widely regarded as the first true storytelling rap." Spicer's music was sampled by hip-hop artists including the Wu-Tang Clan , 2Pac , De La Soul , and Busta Rhymes .