Talk Sh#t, Get Shot

Ice is no stranger to controversy - back in the day, the song "Cop Killer" was roundly condemned by law enforcement and pro law-and-order types in a very public way. This new song is hard, that's for sure. Heavy Metal.

EDIT: I just realized I have been unintentionally ironical, given Ice-T's career in television. Go figure.

Yeeeeeahh!

Now this is the way I like to see Ice!! He's looked like a domesticated house pet on Law & Order. If you were a Body Count fan this track is right on point. Good for him. 

He's still got a keen sense of where pop culture is at. And more importantly what his brand and tone are supposed to be. His video is funny, but cool, the song isn't too dated or too far off his roots. It's a good classic Body Count riff and production, and he's not pulling a Taylor Swift with a format change. The guy knows how to position his brand. He has a really wily ability to stay hard and controversial without jumping the shark. No one went around shooting cops when "Cop Killer" came out, and no one is going to go around shooting white people now for being assholes. What's funny is most hustlers new his "game" the first time around and I suspect this second time most white kids will too. It's still a fun musical format and I like his brand.

I think anything devisive is over the line. We've had enough of that kind of crap.

I am the only Anglo on our church staff. I just spoke about race reconciliation in the light of ferguson this morning.

Bottom line is that we all make the juice what kind of voice we will be. One that hurts or one that heals.

I hope we get more of the latter in pop culture.