A very brilliantly composed group of R&B/disco/funk instrumentals by Barry White and Co. Vocally Barry has a short intro or two on a couple of the tracks but that's about it. Best Tracks: Barry's Theme, Rhapsody in White, I Feel Love Coming On, Don't Take It Away From Me, Love's Theme

I often talk about distinctiveness being an important aspect of being a great rapper and dropping a classic and Ice-T has that is spades. From his voice to his flow, to even some of the production he was backed by, there is some originality present here and throughout his whole discography. The start of this album is interesting as it almost begins with three intros before the first normal length song with 'Mic Contract'. From there though it's just consistent gangsta rap with good production. It lacks anything that belongs at the top of the genre but a number aren't too far off and the quality never dips. Ice's best album. Beats: ★★★★ Bars: ★★★★☆ Best Tracks: New Jack Hustler, O.G. Original Gangster, Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous, Body Count

First Ice-T album I've heard and I enjoyed it more than expected, after only seeing him as an actor. He has a unique style and this album portrays it. It is a touch hit or miss, but the best tracks are really enjoyable like the ones mentioned below. Nothing is terrible and there are a few songs that you may not check out after a couple of listens, but a lot of it's grown on me. Best Tracks: Gangsta Rap, Dear God Can You Hear Me, Pray, Walking in the Rain, Code of the Streets, It's All Love

It's hard not to like Ice-T, he certainly has always had originality in his delivery and he creates some good stuff. While there is nothing brilliant here, and the content of his earlier albums is missing, this is an album where I could really use a .25 rating system as this often feels like a 3.75 to me, as it is arguably his most consistent, but it lacks outstanding songs. The production overall is fairly dark with Ice matching it lyrically on songs such as 'That's How I'm Livin'' that is one of the best here and one of his best songs. Close to a 4. Best Tracks: It's On, Race War, That's How I'm Livin', I Ain't New Ta This, 99 Problems

Like a lot of '80s hip hop, the beats just don't do it for me. Due to this, for me Ice-T albums get better and better with each release up until O.G. Original Gangster/Home Invasion. ' Squeeze the Trigger' is dope and sounds a bit like something from an '80s action film and some of the storytelling is well done (see '6 'n the Mornin''), but as mentioned, the beats get repetitive partly due to some of the song lengths being too long as well. Best Tracks: Intro / Rhyme Pays, '6 'n the Mornin', Squeeze the Trigger