Rhyme Pays

by Ice-T

Rhyme Pays cover art

Widely acknowledged as one of the earliest defining documents of West Coast gangsta rap, Ice-T's debut heavily samples rock music to create a sparse, menacing sonic backdrop. The unfiltered narratives of street violence and crime explicitly shifted hip-hop's focus away from party aesthetics toward stark, uncompromised urban realism.

Genres

  • Gangsta Rap
  • Mid-School Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. Intro / Rhyme Pays
  2. 6 'N the Mornin'
  3. Make It Funky
  4. Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!)
  5. 409
  6. I Love Ladies
  7. Sex
  8. Pain
  9. Squeeze the Trigger
  10. Make It Funky - 12" Mix
  11. Sex - Bonus Beat
  12. Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!) - 12" Mix
  13. Our Most Requested Record - Long Version