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2023-02-09

"We're nine songs in, and we're gonna put 15 on the album": Ice-T on "Merciless"

uploaded Body Count's In The House (special version w/ a different mix music video at last
(turns out that for the past 10 years, a copy with CD audio was up)

highly informative new Ernie C interview + article at Guitar World

+ a little self-promotion: the Ice-T discography project

1992

Ice-T (Tracy Marrow) - vocals
Ernie C (Ernest Cunnigan) - lead guitars
D-Roc (Dennis Miles) - rhythm guitars
Mooseman (Lloyd Roberts III) - bass
Beatmaster V (Victor Wilson) - drums

produced by Ice-T and Ernie C

1.	Smoked Pork	Ice-T	lyrics
2.	Body Count's In The House	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
3.	Now Sports	Ice-T	lyrics
4.	Body Count	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
5.	A Statistic	Ice-T	lyrics
6.	Bowels Of The Devil	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
7.	The Real Problem	Ice-T	lyrics
8.	KKK Bitch	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
9.	C Note	Ernie C		tablature
10.	Voodoo	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
11.	The Winner Loses	Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
12.	There Goes The Neighborhood	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
13.	Oprah	Ice-T	lyrics
14.	Evil Dick	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
15.	Body Count Anthem	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
16.	Momma's Gotta Die Tonight	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
	original version
[17.]	Out In The Parking Lot (mp3)	Ice-T	lyrics
[18.]	Cop Killer (mp3)	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
	new version
[17.]	Ice-T - Freedom Of Speech featuring Jello Biafra (1992 Version) *	Ice-T, J. Biafra, J. Hendrix	lyrics
* much more than a remix, this is a newly recorded version with a much angrier Ice-T that heavily samples Jimi Hendrix' "Foxy Lady" produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, the original version is available on Ice's 1989 album "The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech... Just Watch What You Say"

re-release version cover
Body Count re-release cover

1994

Ice-T - vocals
Ernie C - lead & acoustic guitars
D-Roc - rhythm guitars
Mooseman - bass (left the band after recording this album; later he was murdered)
Beatmaster V - drums

produced by Ice-T and Ernie C

1.	Body M/F Count	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
2.	Masters Of Revenge	Ice-T, D-Roc	lyrics
3.	Killing Floor	Ice-T, D-Roc	lyrics
4.	Necessary Evil	Mooseman	lyrics
5.	Drive By	Ice-T, Mooseman	lyrics
6.	Last Breath	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
7.	Hey Joe *	Billy Roberts	lyrics	tablature
8.	Shallow Graves	Ice-T, Ernie C, D-Roc	lyrics
9.	Surviving The Game	Ice-T, Ernie C, Mooseman	lyrics
10.	Who Are You?	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
11.	Street Lobotomy	Ice-T, D-Roc	lyrics
12.	Born Dead	Ice-T, Ernie C, D-Roc, Mooseman	lyrics	tablature
* Jimi Hendrix cover

1997

Ice-T - vocals
Ernie C - lead guitars & guitar synthesizer
D-Roc - rhythm guitars (died of Lymphoma in 2005)
Griz - bass, loops & samples (left the band after recording this album)
Beatmaster V - drums (died of Leukemia after recording finished)

produced by Howard Benson

1.	Interview	Ice-T	lyrics
2.	My Way featuring Raw Breed	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics
3.	Strippers Intro	Ice-T	lyrics
4.	Strippers	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics
5.	Truth Or Death	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics
6.	Violent Demise	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics
7.	Bring It To Pain	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics	tablature
8.	Music Business	Ice-T	lyrics
9.	I Used To Love Her	Ice-T	lyrics
10.	Root Of All Evil	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics	tablature
11.	Dead Man Walking	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics	tablature
12.	Interview End	Ice-T	lyrics
13.	You're Fuckin' With BC	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics
15.	Ernie's Intro	Ice-T	lyrics
16.	Dr. K *	Ernie C	lyrics	tablature
17.	Last Days	Ice-T, Body Count	lyrics	tablature
	bonus track on Japanese version
18.	The Law ** (mp3)	Body Count	lyrics
* lead vocals by Ernie C ** this is actually the instrumental from "I Used To Love Her" with some new lyrics by Ice-T; in the 90s, the Japanese departments of major labels demanded bonus tracks for their releases, and apparenly BC didn't have any, so Ice recorded this half rant about the law/half violent fantasy

2006

Ice-T - vocals
Ernie C - lead guitars
Bendrix - rhythm guitars (played on this album only)
Vincent Price (Vince Dennis) - bass
O.T. - drums (played on this album only)

produced by Ice-T and Ernie C

1.	Invincible Gangsta featuring Trigger Da Gambler	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
2.	The End Game	Ice-T, Ernie C, OT	lyrics
3.	You Don't Know Me (Pain)	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
4.	The Passion Of Christ	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
5.	In My Head	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
6.	D-Rocs (RIP)	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
7.	Murder 4 Hire	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
8.	Down In The Bayou	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
9.	Dirty Bombs	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
10.	Lies	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
11.	Relationships (uncredited add. voc.: Coco)	Ice-T, Ernie C	lyrics
12.	Mr. C's Theme	Ernie C
also featuring uncredited vocals on "Dirty Bombs" (Sean E Sean?) and uncredited harmonica on "Down In The Bayou"

2014

Ice-T - vocals
Ernie C - lead guitars
Juan of the Dead (Juan Garcia) - rhythm guitars
Vincent Price - bass, additional vocals
Ill Will (Will Dorsey Jr.) - drums
Sean E Sean - background vocals and sampler

produced by Will Putney and Body Count

1.	Talk Shit, Get Shot	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Will Putney	lyrics	tablature
2.	Pray For Death	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Will Putney	lyrics
3.	99 Problems BC *	Ice-T, Rick Rubin	lyrics	tablature
4.	Back To Rehab	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Will Putney	lyrics
5.	Manslaughter	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
6.	Get A Job	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
7.	Institutionalized 2014 **	Mike Muir, Louiche Mayorga, Ice-T	lyrics
8.	Pop Bubble featuring Jamey Jasta	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Will Putney	lyrics
9.	Enter The Dark Side	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
10.	Bitch In The Pit	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
11.	Black Voodoo Sex (uncredited add. voc.: Coco)	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
12.	Wanna Be A Gangsta	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
13.	I Will Always Love You	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price	lyrics
14.	99 Problems BC (Rock Mix) ***	Ice-T, Rick Rubin, Ernie C, Juan Of The Dead	lyrics	tablature
/ a new version of the Ice-T solo track "99 Problems" off his 1993 "Home Invasion" album, updated with the riff that Rick Rubin added to Jay Z's son on the "Black Album" in 2003 Suicidal Tendencies cover featuring uncredited female vocals on "Black Voodoo Sex"

digital cover/cardboard slipcase
Manslaughter censored cover

2017

Ice-T - vocals
Ernie C - lead guitars
Juan of the Dead - rhythm guitars
Vincent Price - bass, additional vocals
Ill Will - drums
Sean E Sean - background vocals and sampler

produced by Will Putney and Body Count

1.	Civil War featuring Dave Mustaine	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Dave Mustaine	lyrics
2.	The Ski Mask Way (add. voc.: Jason Charles Miller)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Will Putney	lyrics
3.	This Is Why We Ride	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Marlon David "Doc" Coyle	lyrics	tablature
4.	All Love Is Lost featuring Max Cavalera	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Max Cavalera, Will Putney	lyrics
5.	Raining Blood/Postmortem 2017 *	Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King/Jeff Hanneman	lyrics
6.	God, Please Believe Me (Interlude)	Ice-T, Ernie C, Will Putney	lyrics
7.	Walk With Me... featuring Randy Blythe	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Will Putney, D Randall Blythe	lyrics
8.	Here I Go Again **	Ice-T, Will Putney	lyrics
9.	No Lives Matter (add. voc.: Jackie "Full Metal" Kajzer and Jason Charles Miller)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney	lyrics	tablature
10.	Bloodlust	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Will Putney, Monte Lee Pittman	lyrics
11.	Black Hoodie	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Juan of the Dead, Will Putney	lyrics	tablature
	bonus tracks on the 2019 US $ / EU # reissue versions
12.	Extreme Discipline # $	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney	lyrics
13.	Blood Sport (The Purge) # $	Ice-T, Will Putney, William D. Graziadei	lyrics
14.	Civil War (Instrumental) #	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Dave Mustaine
15.	No Lives Matter (Instrumental) #	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
15.	Cop Killer (Live at Hellfest, France, 2018) #	Ice-T, Ernie C
* Slayer cover medley; "Raining Blood" is spelled as "Raining In Blood" ** re-recording of demo for Ice-T's 1996 album "Return Of The Real" (mp3) the album also features unspecificed input (riffs? songwriting?) from members of Sevendust - plus additional (background) vocals by Little Ice (Ice-T's youngest son) who is also recently seen supporting his father live on stage for the first time since 1997, the album is available on vinyl as well (which comes with a free CD copy of the album) in 2020, following the killing of George Floyd and following protests against police brutality, a clean version of "No Lives Matter" was sent to US radio stations

2020

Ice-T - vocals
Ernie C - lead guitars
Juan of the Dead - rhythm guitars
Vincent Price - bass, additional vocals
Ill Will - drums
Sean E Sean - background vocals and sampler

produced by Will Putney and Body Count

1.	Carnivore	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
2.	Point the Finger featuring Riley Gale	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney, Riley Gale
3.	Bum-Rush	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney	lyrics
4.	Ace of Spades *	Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor	lyrics
5.	Another Level featuring Jamey Jasta	Ice-T, Jamey Jasta
6.	Colors 2020 **	Ice-T, Afrika Islam	lyrics
7.	No Remorse	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
8.	When I'm Gone featuring Amy Lee	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney, Amy Lee
9.	Thee Critical Beatdown	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
10.	The Hate Is Real	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
11.	6 N The Morning 2020 (Demo) **	Ice-T, Afrika Islam	lyrics
	bonus tracks on the 2CD edition
12.	No Lives Matter (Live in Australia, 2017)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney	lyrics	tablature
13.	Black Hoodie (Live in Australia, 2017)	Ice-T, Ernie C, Vincent Price, Juan of the Dead, Will Putney	lyrics	tablature
	instrumentals disc (CD2)
1.	Carnivore (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
2.	Point the Finger (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney, Riley Gale
3.	Bum-Rush (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
4.	Another Level (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Jamey Jasta
5.	Colors 2020 (Instrumental) **	Ice-T, Afrika Islam
6.	No Remorse (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
7.	When I'm Gone (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney, Amy Lee
8.	Thee Critical Beatdown (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
9.	The Hate Is Real (Instrumental)	Ice-T, Vincent Price, Ill Will, Will Putney
10.	6 'N The Morning 2020 (Demo Instrumental) **	Ice-T, Afrika Islam
additional notes: producer Will Putney is credited for additional guitar on all tracks Ice-T's son is credited for background vocals on all tracks Ernie C did not get writer credit on any of the tracks * is a Motöhead cover ** are re-workings of Ice-T solo tracks from the 1987-88 era

single artwork for two tracks released prior to the album
Carnivore

1984

Ice-T
Go Off (plays in "Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo")

no soundtrack appearance, this plays only in the movie;
produced by/featuring Dave Storrs, Chris "The Glove" Taylor
and Afrika Islam, with guitar by Ernie C.
it's "built off" Run DMC's "Rock Box", according to Ernie C himself

1987

Ice-T
Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy)/Our Most Requested Record (12" vinyl and CD single)

'Syndicate Connections: Ernie C (live guitar) and Beatmaster V (live drums)'

Beatmaster V can be heard on the drum interlude "Live Beats", while Ernie C is probably playing
the riff from Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" on "Our Most Requested Record" - unless it's a sample,
just like "Whole Lotta Love"

Somebody Gotta Do It/Our Most Requested Record

Ice-T
Rhyme Pays (album)

409 * (lyrics)
Our Most Requested Record [probably featuring Ernie C, check notes above]

* additional live drums by Beatmaster V (as Beatmaster Vic)

1989

Ice-T
The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech... Just Watch What You Say (album)

The Girl Tried To Kill Me featuring Ernie C and Beatmaster V (lyrics)
Hit The Deck featuring Mooseman (lyrics)
What Ya Wanna Do featuring Ernie C, Mooseman and the Rhyme Syndicate (lyrics)

the Genesis of what would later become Body Count the band -
Mooseman was credited as Lloyd, his first name

1991

Ice-T
O.G.: Original Gangster (album)

Ed (featuring/co-produced by Beatmaster V)
Body Count (w/ Ice-T intro chat - lyrics)

Beatmaster V can he heared on this interlude.
and the band debuted on Ice-Ts 1991 solo album, on which the track was badly mixed/mastered.
here, it contains a spoken word intro by Ice which was cut from the debut album version.

the song also appeared on promo EPs for that album

1992

Body Count
The Radio EP (promotional CD)

There Goes The Neighborhood (Edit)
Cop Killer (Edit)

short edits (not "fade outs")

Body Count
Sampler (promotional CD)

The Winner Loses (Edit)

short edit (not "fade out")

Body Count
music video/film "Universal Soldier"

Body Count's In The House (special version w/ a different mix - mp3)

different than on the album, explicit music video exclusive:
different mix, more lead guitar overdubs, slightly differnt drums,
additional (background) vocals on the hook and most importantly:
lacking Ice-T introducing the band members around 1m50s

music video/film "Universal Soldier" cover

Beatmaster V
The Beat Album: Dope Beats & Drum Fills (CD/vinyl EP)

6 In The Mornin'
Cop Killer
There Goes The Neighborhood
Voodoo
Original Gangster (Bossa Nova Funky Beat)
Body Count's In The House
Body Count Anthem
Evil Dick (Double Kick Bass)

31 tracks of pure drums, incl. such from Ice-T and B.C. tracks;
probably aimed at hiphop producers and drum students

1993

Various Artists
Stone Free: Jimi Hendrix tribute album
+
Body Count
Hey Joe (single)

Hey Joe (lyrics / tab)

before the song made it onto "Born Dead", it was released on the tribute album and as a single

1994

Body Count
Necessary Evil CD single

Necessary Evil
Body Count Anthem (Live)
Drive By
There Goes The Neighborhood (Live)

both studio tracks are album versions
the live tracks were recorded at Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK, 1993

Body Count
Born Dead CD single

Born Dead (Edit)

short edit (not fade out)

Body Count
Born Dead sampler (promotional CD)

Masters Of Revenge (Edit)

short edit (not fade out)

Body Count
Born Dead "mosh" (promotional CD single)

Masters Of Revenge/Killin Floor/Drive By/Street Lobotomy (mp3)

exclusive recording, medley mainly based on Masters Of Revenge, it also contains parts from the other songs;
a music video was released with this medley playing

Various Artists
Concrete Marketing F CD 11 With Body Count (Promotional CD)

Body Count "Q & A"

14 interview bits, presumably by Ice-T only. also featuring "Born Dead", Motorhead with Ice-T
and Whitfield "Born to Raise Hell" as well as 14 tracks by the likes of Suicidal Tendencies,
Machine Head, L7 any many others.

1995

Black Sabbath
Forbidden (album)

The Illusion Of Power featuring Ice-T (lyrics)

Ernie C produced not only this track, but the entire album - the band's last one for the next 18 years.
unfortunately, the band, fans and critics were all not satisfied with the the result and the album is now
regarded as Black Sabbath's weakest. a bootleg of "rough mixes" from the album later appeared on the internet.
in a 2017 interview, Ernie C said he did not like working as a producer, which explains why it is the
only album outside of BC he produced.

Bronx Boys
Mutterficker - Fick deine Mutter! (album)

Auf dem Parkplatz Intro (Out in the Parking Lot) & Leichenzähler (Body Count's In The House)
Kuhmörder (Cop Killer)

the Bronx Boys were a German crossover band initially formed to record their own German-language
version of "Body Count's In The House" which they literally translated to "Body Counter". later,
they also recorded their version of "Cop Killer" as "Kuhmörder" which backtranslates to "Cow
Murderer" - which makes a lot of sense, considering the German pejorative term 'bulle' (bull)
for police. they also adopted new monikers for their album, i.e. "Schlagmeister 5" which may not
make sense, but is literally translated Beatmaster V. also, the album title translates to
"motherfucker - fuck your mother."

Bronx Boys - Mutterficker: Fick deine Mutter! cover

1997

Body Count
Clean Mixes (promotional CD)
(though not all of the mixes are actually clean)

My Way featuring Raw Breed
Violent Demise
I Used To Love Her
Root Of All Evil
Truth Or Death
Bring It To Pain

released to promote "Violent Demise - The Last Days", however -
almost all tracks are significantly different than on the album

Violent Demise - The Last Days Promo EP cover

2000

Body Count
digital download (free)/game "Sanity: Aiken's Artifact"

Sanity (mp3)

free 128 kbps mp3 download that came with the purchase of the game

digital download/game "Sanity: Aiken's Artifact" cover

2005

Body Count
Live in L.A. (DVD, Bonus Audio CD)

Dirty Bombs
Passion

both tracks appeared a year later on "Murder 4 Hire" of course

2009

Jane's Addiction
A Cabinet of Curiosities

Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey featuring Ice-T and Ernie C (lyrics)

Sly and the Family Stone cover recorded live in 1991 during the original Lollapalooza tour

2011

Body Count
digital download (paid)/game "Gears Of War 3"

The Gears Of War (lyrics / tablature)

paid-for download single from digital retailers (iTunes), now also on Spotify et al

digital download/game "Gears Of War 3" cover

bootlegs and live recordings

besides official releases, there is a shitload of bootleg live recordings, sometimes it's also just "Cop Killer" with a collection of live recorded tracks or with solo material by Ice-T. none of those are actually worth having. there are also official live recordings released by the band on DVD: "Live in L.A." and "Smoke Out Festival", both recorded in 2005, with the latter being remastered and re-released digitally (audio only) in 2020. you can either find these records and DVD on record marketplaces such as Discogs, GEMM, Musicstack, eil.com or even eBay - or just fuck the leeches and try finding them for free downloads.

est. 1998 by mihau | a Creative Commons License applies

Mooseman, Beatmaster V, D-Roc R.I.P.