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| | Ice-T : Power - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
 | | On "Drama," "Soul on Ice" (an homage to his idol Iceberg Slim), "High Rollers," and other gangsta rap gems, Ice embraces a first-person format and raps with brutal honesty about the lives of gang members, players, and hustlers. |
 | | Ice's detractors took the songs out of context, arguing that he was glorifying crime. |
 | | (Ice has always been vehemently outspoken in his opposition to drugs.) In the next few years, gangsta rap would degenerate into nothing more than cheap exploitation and empty clichés, but in Ice's hands, it was as informative as it was captivating. |
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