Artist: Ice-T
Best Album: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech… Just Watch What You Say
Best Song: I’m Your Pusher
This Letter Could Have Been About: Ice Cube, Iggy Azalea, Immortal Technique

Why I’m Writing About This Artist: Because most of you fools think Ice-T is an actor.  Nah.  Ice-T invented gangster rap, for whatever that possibly-dubious achievement might be worth; his debut album Rhyme Pays came out a full year before N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton dropped. He hasn’t released a new album in quite a long time, but he has always been and remains one of the smartest motherfuckers in hiphop even if his TV persona Fin Tutuola is occasionally a little bit on the dim side.  His earlier work in particular is blistering, and folks forget just how controversial he used to be before growing up and calming down.

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