Ice-T on hearing Eminem for the first time.
Ice-T recently sat down with ‘SILICON BEACH with Jon V‘ podcast for a new interview where he reveals his reaction to hearing Eminem for the first time.
“Well people always want you to hear their music and stuff like that but honestly it’s very very hard to get my attention as far as music,” says Ice-T. “I am very into unique stuff and unfortunately most people are just replicating repeating something they heard. It’s nothing new, I want to get my mind blown. I remember when I first heard Eminem, somebody gave to me a tape. And I’m like ‘This crazy white boy is singing about putting his girl in a trunk, what the f**k is this.’ And the fact that he could really rap and that he was a white kid, that was dope. Now there’s a lot of white kids rapping so now it’s like okay well you kind of sound like Eminem, yeah but he was like one of the early ones. Eminem’s style was different and it was unique and he turned out to be a star.”
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He continues, “So if you want to be original, look and see what everyone else is doing, don’t do that. But that’s difficult for people. You have to have the courage to be yourself but real people only respect real people.”
Ice-T co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count, which he debuted in the tune “Body Count” from his 1991 rap album O.G. Original Gangster. The band’s self-titled debut album was released in 1992. Ice-T sparked debate with his song “Cop Killer,” which had lyrics about killing police officers.
Watch the interview below.
