Gun Talk
Encyclopedia
Gun Talk is the fifth album by old school hip hop
/hardcore
MC
Just-Ice
. It was released in 1993
, and it was the only album of his to have major-label distribution.
Old school hip hop
Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...
/hardcore
Hardcore hip hop
Hardcore hip hop, also referred to as hardcore rap, is a sub-genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Schoolly D, Spoonie Gee, Boogie Down Productions, and Kool G Rap, it is generally characterized by anger, aggression and...
MC
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Just-Ice
Just-Ice
Just-Ice A former bouncer at punk clubs, Ice was one of the first of the New York MCs to embrace hardcore rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive—he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks—and with a...
. It was released in 1993
1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....
, and it was the only album of his to have major-label distribution.
Track listing
- "Gangster Style Rap" (Just-IceJust-IceJust-Ice A former bouncer at punk clubs, Ice was one of the first of the New York MCs to embrace hardcore rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive—he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks—and with a...
, Khaleel) – 3:13 - "Girls N' Guns" (Just-Ice, Khaleel) – 4:34
- "It's a Just-Ice Thing" (Just-Ice, Khaleel) – 3:32
- "Freestyle" (Just-Ice, Khaleel) – 5:48
- "Give Mi Pas" (Just-Ice, Khaleel) – 3:52
- "Bring ’Em Back Alive" (Just-Ice, Rodriguez) – 4:14
- "That the Way I Feel" (Just-Ice, Rodriguez, Russell) – 4:59
- "Stay the Hell Away from Me" (Just-Ice, Rodriguez) – 4:00
- "Informer Fi Dead" (Just-Ice, Rodriguez) – 5:32
- "On the Loose" (Just-Ice, Rodriguez) – 5:11
External links
- [ Gun Talk] at allmusic