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Post by Finaddict on Sept 3, 2006 8:06:32 GMT -5
just a short little interview with Ice but the advice is worth heeding. ICE-T'S GANG SURVIVAL TIPS Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com) 2006-09-01 18:31:34 - ICE-T survived gang culture by avoiding drugs and leaving his rough neighbourhood as soon as he could. The COP KILLER star, once a member of ultra-violent Los Angeles street gang the Crips, escaped and forged a successful rap career before he succumbed to the evils of gang life. He says, "Rule one is move out of the neighbourhood as soon as you can. Trouble happens when you're stuck in a particular area where gangs operate; separate from that and you're okay. "In terms of surviving when there's some heat, I didn't do drugs and didn't drink so I always had a clear head. It was the messed-up guys on dope that took losses and hits." Entertainment News by: www.pr-inside.comContact information: e-mail To Read More Entertainment News visit PR-Inside.com Entertainment Blog
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Post by munchkin25 on Sept 3, 2006 9:24:38 GMT -5
Ice-T once again gives excellent advice!!! Short, sweeet, and to the point!!!
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 3, 2006 9:52:30 GMT -5
Yes Ice is one smart cookie. Thats why he survived when so many of his friends did not
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Post by Trublu on Sept 4, 2006 21:18:56 GMT -5
Good advice from the beginning really. If you don't get involved to begin with, then you won't have to get out of it later.
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 4, 2006 21:39:49 GMT -5
Ice had stated in his book,, The Ice Opinion that he had lost so many friends in gang warfare and drugs he didn't think he would cry even if his son were killed..sad commentary on inner city life
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Post by munchkin25 on Sept 7, 2006 4:48:54 GMT -5
Ice had stated in his book,, The Ice Opinion that he had lost so many friends in gang warfare and drugs he didn't think he would cry even if his son were killed..sad commentary on inner city life Maybe he would. You ever know. Like Gee once said in Homicide to Pembleton: Gee: Oh, I get it. You're the type that this will hit you a few weeks from now at the stop light. Then you won't know what to do. Something along those lines. But to express no tears for your son? He's your son, they're should be some softness in there.
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 7, 2006 19:16:58 GMT -5
Ice had stated in his book,, The Ice Opinion that he had lost so many friends in gang warfare and drugs he didn't think he would cry even if his son were killed..sad commentary on inner city life Maybe he would. You ever know. Like Gee once said in Homicide to Pembleton: Gee: Oh, I get it. You're the type that this will hit you a few weeks from now at the stop light. Then you won't know what to do. Something along those lines. But to express no tears for your son? He's your son, they're should be some softness in there. Yeah that was a great quote Munchkin from Homicide. I know Ice is very hardened due to loosing parents young and so many friends to drugs and gangs, but I can't help but believe he would grief over his son Ice was 34 when he wrote The Ice Opinon and I wonder if he ha changed his viewpoint somewhat as he as gotten older
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Post by munchkin25 on Sept 8, 2006 4:37:57 GMT -5
Maybe he would. You ever know. Like Gee once said in Homicide to Pembleton: Gee: Oh, I get it. You're the type that this will hit you a few weeks from now at the stop light. Then you won't know what to do. Something along those lines. But to express no tears for your son? He's your son, they're should be some softness in there. Yeah that was a great quote Munchkin from Homicide. I know Ice is very hardened due to loosing parents young and so many friends to drugs and gangs, but I can't help but believe he would grief over his son Ice was 34 when he wrote The Ice Opinon and I wonder if he ha changed his viewpoint somewhat as he as gotten older Maybe he has. Like the great Tootsie Roll Pop commercial who has said it before me: "The world may never know."
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 17, 2006 15:14:48 GMT -5
I got this courtesy of the JohnMunchLennieBriscoeOdafinTutuola Yahoo Group. My boy hasn't changed a bit
Rap Tap: The godfather says you've always got to be open to change
An orphan, Ice-T learned that nice guys didn't always finish last, they often got destroyed. So he pursued a lifestyle that could've been a dead-end out of necessity. Stuart Derdeyn, The Province Published: Sunday, September 17, 2006 Hearing that deep, raspy growl of a voice on the other end of the phone is wild. Suddenly, I'm transported back to the first time I heard "Rhyme Pays" off the album of the same name and was totally entranced by Ice-T's raps. Born Tracy Morrow in Newark, N.J., but raised in L.A., his tough tales are among the very first ever gangsta raps. This isn't disputable: T was an O.G. Today, he's living in New York City, starring as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola in Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, still putting out CDs and touring Europe and Asia with his controversial rap/metal outfit Body Count and being an in-your-face dude. But where is he in the hip-hop world of today? Still a risk-taker and troublemaker, now he's a "double-O.G. " "You know, only one person gets to say "first," so that's kinda cool," says T. "But as you move in life, there are new experiences and info that comes into your head which changes you." "Obviously, there's a big difference between being on the bottom looking up to being relatively on the top looking down. But the anger and frustration may be even more than it was before; because you have a little bit of money in your pocket people forget who you are." A former "bankrobber, kidnapper and stick-up guy," he created the hardcore West Coast style along with N.W.A., Too Short, Ghetto Boys and a few others. Unlike today's cartoon rappers, the street scenes T and others outlined weren't something to look up to. They were the reality of life below the poverty line where ace raps such as "You Played Yourself" rang true. An orphan, T learned that nice guys didn't always finish last, they often got destroyed. So he pursued a lifestyle that could've been a dead-end out of necessity. "I think 50-Cent has a line about 'this isn't how my momma raised me, it's how the 'hood made me. Nobody wants to be a bankrobber.' But once you get the rep for being someone that you don't f---k with, you've got a chance." As for today's rappers being less "real" than he and others were when they got in the game, he says it all depends on who they are. "I've been following 50-Cent since he was flogging tapes on the street, so I know how he came up. A lot of hip hop today is dance pop you can crank up on spring break or at the strip clubs down in Houston. But so what?" He stresses that the most important thing is to be open to change, no matter what. Never quiet when he's got something to say, Ice-T logged in on his Top 5 rappers and his 5 Rules For Hip Hop. 1. Rakim: "Nobody can f---k with him. He would be Number 1 of all time. 2. Ice Cube: "If for no other reason than he wrote half of all the other raps coming out of L.A. as well as the N.W.A. raps." 3. Big Daddy Kane: "Another one of the great early leaders. Classic" 4. Notorious B.I.G.: "He flows like King T, but he was extremely entertaining. And I can listen to him more than Tupac because of his flow." 5. Snoop Dogg: "He's just the most stylish rapper. He can do some s---t , but he makes it look effortless." "Another great rapper that was really misunderstood was O.D.B." 5 Rules For Hip Hop 1. Be Fun: "Whatever it is, make sure when you bring it, people have the most fun. Today, nothing goes off like a Houston party. Back in the day, a Death Row bash was the best one around." 2. Be Clever: "When you're trying to get a message across, it's not how much, or what, you say, but if it entertains people then you're winning. Or you can just go for great beats. Black Eyed Peas used to rap circles around m--f--rs. Then somebody told them to get Fergie and go get paid, but don't sleep on them. They are underground L.A. rappers." 3. Be Original "Was Frank Sinatra a great singer, or was he a seriously bad m--f--r with a vibe and style that was badder than anybody? That's it, there were better singers, but he was it." 4. Be Approachable: "Sometimes, the best rappers have to tone it down to make it. Jay-Z was a lightning-fast battle rapper like Kool Moe-Dee, but the truth is that people want to be able to rap along. If you leave them in the dust, it won't work." 5. Be Open To Change: "Keep your eyes open and your ears active to know where things are going so you don't get left behind. But don't be trendy either."
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Post by munchkin25 on Sept 17, 2006 17:24:50 GMT -5
Gotta hand it to the man. He should write another book. This is guy is Confucius, only from the hood.
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 17, 2006 20:56:11 GMT -5
Gotta hand it to the man. He should write another book. This is guy is Confucius, only from the hood. How true.. He is a very bright man. Has a tough persona but the brains are evident
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Post by munchkin25 on Sept 20, 2006 18:20:29 GMT -5
We need a modern day Confucius considering what's been going on these days...
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 20, 2006 19:35:37 GMT -5
We need a modern day Confucius considering what's been going on these days... I agree his approach is tough and no nonsense and filled with street smarts and common sense a great combination for these times
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Post by munchkin25 on Sept 20, 2006 20:41:51 GMT -5
We need a modern day Confucius considering what's been going on these days... I agree his approach is tough and no nonsense and filled with street smarts and common sense a great combination for these times Iceism - great sayings from the all-knowing wise master of gangsta rap and street smarts Ice-T
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Post by Finaddict on Sept 20, 2006 21:36:37 GMT -5
I agree his approach is tough and no nonsense and filled with street smarts and common sense a great combination for these times Iceism - great sayings from the all-knowing wise master of gangsta rap and street smarts Ice-T How true and I recommend all read his book written in 1994 --The Ice Opinion. it has some great iceism..and some of it so funny you will fall over laughing. and others parts will make you sad
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