![]() ![]() He spins a portrait of a "self-made mobster" with "pistol close at hand," and his pimp-like lilting delivery had roguish charm over Afrika Islam's thundering drum machine beats. His "6 in the Mornin'" begins with Ice's "fresh Adidas squeak across the bathroom floor" as he jumps out the back window to escape the police. Marrow's loss meant Disco Daddy went on to release 1981's pioneering "Gigolo Rapp." He played a crucial role in the protean TV documentary Breakin' 'n' Enterin', appeared in the hiphopsploitation hit Breakin' and recorded a bunch of electro 12-inches that he'd later dismiss as wack - a bit unfair, especially in regards to his underrated debut single "The Coldest Rap." Then, partly inspired by Schoolly D's "PSK (What Does It Mean)," Ice-T switched gears and rhymed about his real-life experiences as a Crip gang affiliate and robbery expert. ![]() Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow's legacy dates back to the very beginnings of West Coast hip-hop, when he battled Disco Daddy at the Carolina West disco club for the chance to work with Duffy Hooks III's newly formed Rappers Rapp Co. Fosty and Lovin’ C, “Radio Activity Rapp” (1984) Barely 20 years old, the breakout force of Uncle Jamm's Army originally conceived his biggest solo hit as "Beast Beats." But after accidental inhalation of angel dust-laced weed led him to hallucinate the devil ("he looked like a cross between Saddam Hussein and "the Kid" in Purple Rain"), Broussard instead divined "Egypt, Egypt." It instantly became C-4 for freaks from Long Beach to Florida - Miami bass pioneer Uncle Luke booked him for a show, watched him play "Egypt, Egypt" and an electric bulb went off. ![]() "Egypt, Egypt," carved from a chunk of Kraftwerk's "Tour De France" and 808 drums that he'd learned how to manipulate from Afrika Islam, was the Rosetta Stone. South Central's Greg Broussard was the first West Coast hip-hop superstar, the heartthrob architect of both electro-rap and Miami bass - and the first to pose in front of a pyramid in a leather jacket and Prince scarf.
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