Born Dead is the second album released by Body Count

Body Count

Body Count is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1990. The group is fronted by rapper and actor Ice-T, who founded the group out of his interest in heavy metal music, taking on the role of vocalist and writing the lyrics for most of the group's songs. Lead guitarist...

. Among other tracks, the album features a cover of Billy Roberts

Billy Roberts

Billy Roberts is an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe"...

' "Hey Joe

Hey Joe

"Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such, has been performed in a multitude of musical styles by hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico...

," performed in the style of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

' recording of the song, as originally featured on the Are You Experienced

Are You Experienced (album)

Are You Experienced is the debut album by English/American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, it was the first LP for Track Records...

album. Body Count's cover of the song was first featured on the Hendrix tribute album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix is a 1993 album recorded by various artists in tribute to Jimi Hendrix. The artists were drawn from many genres of popular music. Contributors include his classic rock contemporaries Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, blues man Buddy Guy, classical violinist Nigel...

. In the liner notes, Ice T dedicates the album "to all the people of color throughout the entire world; Asian, Latino, Native American, Hawaiian, Italian, Indian, Persian, African, Aboriginal and any other nationality that white supremists would love to see born dead." Born Dead peaked at #74 on the Billboard 200

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.

Track listing

1. "Body Motherfucking Count" — 2:14 (Ice-T/Ernie-C)
2. "Master Of Revenge" — 5:20 (Ice-T/D-Roc)
3. "Killin' Floor" — 2:21 (Ice-T/D-Roc)
4. "Necessary Evil" — 3:59 (Mooseman)
5. "Drive By" — 1:26 (Ice-T/Mooseman)
6. "Last Breath" — 5:18 (Ice-T/Ernie-C)
7. "Hey Joe
   Hey Joe
   "Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such, has been performed in a multitude of musical styles by hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico...
   
   " — 4:28 (Roberts
   Billy Roberts
   Billy Roberts is an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe"...
   
   )
8. "Shallow Graves" — 4:12 (Ice-T/Ernie-C/D-Roc)
9. "Surviving The Game" — 5:41 (Ice-T/Ernie-C/Mooseman)
10. "Who Are You" — 3:48 (Ice-T/Ernie-C)
11. "Street Lobotomy" — 2:24 (Ice-T/D-Roc)
12. "Born Dead" — 5:59 (Ice-T/Ernie-C/D-Roc/Mooseman)

Personnel

• Ice-T
  Ice T
  Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor.He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years...
  
   — Lead Vocals
• Ernie-C
  Ernie C
  Ernie Cunnigan, better known by his stage name Ernie C, is the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Body Count.-Early life:Cunnigan grew up in Compton, California and attended Crenshaw High School with Ice-T. Cunnigan was one of the few students attending the school who was interested in rock music,...
  
   — Lead and Acoustic Guitars
• Mooseman — Bass
• D-Roc
  D-Roc
  Dennis Miles aka D-Roc the Executioner was an American musician who played rhythm guitar for the heavy metal band Body Count. Miles also played guitar for his own band, Pitch Blaack...
  
   — Rhythm Guitars
• Beatmaster V — Drums
• Sean E. Sean — Sniper
• Sean E. Mac — Kidnapper
• Dave Halili
  Dave Halili
  Dave Halili is a contemporary American fine arts illustrator and graphic designer of album cover paintings, posters, logos, T-shirts and other graphical merchandise...
  
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