Heh, reminds me. My colleague is one of these soccer dad types, he told me he was taking his kid and all his friends to practice, all six year olds. He gave all the kids permission to pick one song each on Spotify to play on the way there, it was your expected music for kids that age, One Direction that sort of thing and when it got to this one kid he was saying was one of the very polite and quiet types, went straight for Soulfly.
Truth. I'll never forget my friend playing this for me for the first time when it came out... I'm like what is this?... He says... It's Ice T's hard core band.... So cash.
Im 52 and this album will hold it's own against any punk group's album. Music is not supposed to see color. Great job Body Count. I hear some Black Sabbath influence, maybe some Metallica, and a little Suicidal Tendencies. Great song. Great Album. Great lyrics, keepin it real. Thank you for the great music.
..and that other song "the winners lose", Ernie starts off with an acoustic Intro similar to led zeppelins stairway to heaven, course these guys are close to the same age as my parents whose generation was led zeppelin, black Sabbath, and of course Jimi Hendrix (the bridge for the bodycount song sounded like a Jimi Hendrix influence there)
@Vlad now I feel real old :) @Joe , I'm 42 and you couldnt have said it better. I was 13? when this album got published? And still know the lyrics to every goddamn song;) and then and now a real alternative Indie to Postpunk music lover 🙏❣️
@@liannestevens342 I stream their first 3 albums on Amazon Alexa via phone, the first album has more essential songs then the next 2 which is probably why they rarely include anything from them when I stream the band itself, as well hearing all their newer stuff since the 2010s
I undrestand her, she have a great taste. I am now 51 and then I was crazy about them too, like today. So we old folks like that kind of music too. Even today I turn the speakers and enjoy headbanging
My friend in high school thought ALL songs were played on the first 4 notes of a guitar because thats how the riff is on this one. He never saw anyone playing the guitar halfway up the neck???
Man!!!! You can't talk about 90's Punk/Metal/Thrash without talking about this track!!! The amount of influence this had on a generation!!!🤘🤘 Body Count forever!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘
That riff is nothing close to Black Sabbath, because no one could truly copy his playing style because of his condition. At the beginning it sounded more like Doom E1M1. That drum solo is awesome though
I remember my buddy playing this CD in his car on our way to high school and we all instantly loved it! Now Ice T plays a cop on Law and Order! Oh how times have changed!
God I feel old,I remember borrowing a tape of Body Count music from my friend back in the 90s,this music is still relevant today,this record is still cool,I'm 47 now,music transcends all age barriers.
This is the first BC song I heard. I immediately went out and bought the first album, one of the best first albums ever made by a band. I'll be 72 in 2 days time and I still love Body Count. Ernie C is an amazing guitarist.
I lived in a little suburb in rural Illinois in 1992. I was *not* a popular neighbor that summer. Windows open, absolutely *BOOMING* this album. Lol Barbecues, beer and Body Count! RIP Ernie C
first time i heard this was live at lollapalooza before the album was even out i think. Ice-t did a set then came back on stage and said "meet my new band" and they dropped that opening riff and everyone went fucking bananas.
I worked as local crew lighting rigger for about 15 years for international bands. Ive seen hundreds of concerts and this band was by far the best gig I've ever seen.The energy from band and punters was unbelievable
One of my biggest concert regrets was being late for a small concert that took place 🏁💖 *October 3, 1992, Pasadena Rose Bowl. Body Count, Motorhead, Metallica, Guns N' Roses.* 💖🏁 To this day, I can still remember FINALLY after being tortured in traffic for more than two hours pulling into the parking lot and hearing Body Count performing. I was secretly fuming about the driver's belief we did not need to leave earlier. We're walking into the stadium through the security check and I still remember noticing Body Count had already finished and the stage was being changed for Motorhead's set. Please God someday convince whoever those are with the authority to release a DVD of that entire concert with all four of the band's complete performances. I would do a lot to go back and try to correct that.
Hard to believe this s*** is just about 30 years old. Still better than s*** on the hip-hop stations today and better than on most rock stations for sure. This s*** is so dope❤
It's been fun seeing Body Count evolve from this raw, unrehearsed sound to the finely tuned gangster metal powerhouse they are today. At this point in his life, I think it's safe to say that Ice T is more metal than he is rap.
I'm 58 I saw Ice-T and Body Count in a little bar in late 92 era in Fort Lauderdale one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life the access to the entertainers was out of the world Ice was so cordial and humble it was completely awesome I wish we could have things like that and shows like that again I don't think the tickets cost me more than fifteen or twenty dollars man I miss the 80s and 90s
@@240sxCarson Yeah, initially that was called hardcore punk but it got shortened to hardcore... and that's something completely different than punk rock.
nah this isnt punk its heavy metal. its way way too heavy for punk. its like got hardcore kinda roots like with its political messages & stuff but i think its more apt to just call it metal. gangbanger metal.
The album wasn't called Cop Killer. It was called Body Count, and "Cop Killer" was - on the original pressings - the final track on that record. I know because I still own my copy of it.
It was originally called Cop Killer. I was in high school when it was released. Time Warner forced Body Count to change the album title due to the backlash they've received from police unions, families of slain police officers and politicians.
I wore out the first cassette copy I had and replaced it. Later I had a friend digitize that one on to a CD, since it was impossible to find a copy with "Cop Killer", which I put on my iPod. Now we have RUclips.
Just want to say because most people commenting are a little older than me, I was born when this came out and didnt hear it until today... And I fucking love this. Seriously blown away by the musicianship and ice-T's mega powerful message and delivery. He doesnt give a fuck dude. Everyone needs to hear this.
@@scottpodgorski4102 we can disagree.... But that's ok bro, everyone allowed to have their own opinions and stuff.....I have actually seen both bands live.... Gwar are actually king live..... Just not as hard metal as bodycount were.....Gwar in my eyes were a lot more theatrical (despite being tight musicians)....but hey that's just my personal view.... Yours is ok also !!! All good my friend
Me too. That’s why he named this song “there goes the neighborhood”. Meaning a rapper who loved metal was breaking into the arena. I had the original release which included Cop Killer before it got removed. Wish I would’ve kept track of it.
![Body Count - Necessary Evil [Explicit]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G3ntfJIKqog/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm 47 years old and I still listen to Body Count 🤘🤘
59
Me too, I’m 42.
51
Just turned 43 ❤️🤘
59 ! 😀
Im a white boy from Ireland and Ive been listening to this for 30 years
Im a nonbinary transluscent goo and I listen to six fået under too
Yes lad
I'm a Brazilian black man. And we are brothers in that shit man. Against all racists.
United by Body mutherfucker Count.
my bus driver let us put tapes in her tape deck on friday to be "cool", she regretted it the week this came out. aah memories
:) Fock yeah!! "Memories from the Mind Vault"
Dang
Hell yeah, that's awesome
Heh, reminds me. My colleague is one of these soccer dad types, he told me he was taking his kid and all his friends to practice, all six year olds. He gave all the kids permission to pick one song each on Spotify to play on the way there, it was your expected music for kids that age, One Direction that sort of thing and when it got to this one kid he was saying was one of the very polite and quiet types, went straight for Soulfly.
🎸 💀 LETS GO
Releasing this in early 90s was balls to the wall...Grunge was peaking, metal was killing and hear comes Body County. Great time for music
Yes
Fuckin A Right!
Truth. I'll never forget my friend playing this for me for the first time when it came out... I'm like what is this?... He says... It's Ice T's hard core band.... So cash.
Good damn right!!!
Im 52 and this album will hold it's own against any punk group's album. Music is not supposed to see color. Great job Body Count. I hear some Black Sabbath influence, maybe some Metallica, and a little Suicidal Tendencies. Great song. Great Album. Great lyrics, keepin it real. Thank you for the great music.
It's an homage to Suicidal Tendencies.... join the Army, yo!
The Song "necessary evil" on the Born dead Album sounded a bit like the beginning of a couple Anthrax songs
..and that other song "the winners lose", Ernie starts off with an acoustic Intro similar to led zeppelins stairway to heaven, course these guys are close to the same age as my parents whose generation was led zeppelin, black Sabbath, and of course Jimi Hendrix (the bridge for the bodycount song sounded like a Jimi Hendrix influence there)
@Vlad now I feel real old :)
@Joe , I'm 42 and you couldnt have said it better.
I was 13? when this album got published? And still know the lyrics to every goddamn song;) and then and now a real alternative Indie to Postpunk music lover 🙏❣️
@@liannestevens342 I stream their first 3 albums on Amazon Alexa via phone, the first album has more essential songs then the next 2 which is probably why they rarely include anything from them when I stream the band itself, as well hearing all their newer stuff since the 2010s
I'm 54, and this album still makes me headbang with its driving beats and lyrics! This album wasn't just songs, it was an anthem to a generation!
Amen, brother! 57 now and still partying on this masterpiece 😅
58 n still there my friends 👍👍🎸🎸🎸
This year ist my 50 Birthday and this Album makes me Fell Like i am still 18. Fucking shit
ICE T broke a whole nother barrier wirh Body Count at same time in his prime time rap career
fucking love Bodycount Ice-T Tracey Morrow a true icon of are generation
Holy shit! My daughter (who is now almost 40) used to listen to Body Count in the 90's. I never heard before. Love this!
I was the same age and my brother and I were like Holy Shit this is some bad ass shit.
I undrestand her, she have a great taste. I am now 51 and then I was crazy about them too, like today. So we old folks like that kind of music too. Even today I turn the speakers and enjoy headbanging
Cool daughter u should thank her 🤘
I'm 40 and still listen to heavy metal music and I will till the day I die!
@@evilpickle2808 KNAC 4 Life!!!
One of the sickest riffs I’ve ever heard still even after 30 years
that shits hypnotic
My friend in high school thought ALL songs were played on the first 4 notes of a guitar because
thats how the riff is on this one. He never saw anyone playing the guitar halfway up the neck???
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539
That's interesting stuff.
War pigs?
@@DrLoverLover
Yes 👍👍
Ernie C is so underrated those are some killer riffs
His Schecter C-1 is badass. Just got it the other day.
weird fun fact- he produced one of Black Sabbath's albums during their down period
We need more urban metal like this. Hard and heavy with a message. Heavy riffs from the main man Ernie C. RIP Moose Man and Beatmaster V.
And D-Roe too. He died in 2004 of Lymphoma. He was a solid guitarist and a complimentary sideman to Ernie C. The hockey mask look was badass.
@@justinforward3620 Yesssssss! Everything about this band is so badass.
Unless its that wannabe gangsta tough guy band king 810
It’s hardcore punk more akin to discharge than metal.
@@childrenoftheabzu Beats inbred fake cowboy tough guy crapola.
Body Count is one of the best crossover thrash band to ever exist.
Check out D.R.I. they defined crossover.
Man!!!! You can't talk about 90's Punk/Metal/Thrash without talking about this track!!! The amount of influence this had on a generation!!!🤘🤘 Body Count forever!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘
So much inspiration people forget it exists until it comes on.
I'm 50 and still love hearing this
Im 373 years old and in all my time ive never bad ass shit like this🤟
Theres alot of shit thats dropped in the past 400 years... And I totally agree with you bro
I'm 374 and you're a whipper snapper
That's funny. But seriously, you're that old? Hope your doing AIIGHTTT!!!!
this solo is a masterpiece
Norwegian Guard, "You like Black Metal?"
Answer, "Yes, I like Ice mutha fukkin T and Body Count."
And Living Colour.
@@cravenmoorehead3253 Living Color is Punk, buddy.
@@ranjanbiswas3233 No they ain't, buddy.
This shit aint no black metal listen to satanic warmaster or burzum
So underrated powerful rock'n'roll... Timeless classic Black Sabbath riff influenced with strong hardcore roots... Congrats BC!!!
ErnieC is the SHIT! most underrated gutair! Black Sabbath to Master of Puppets type shit
Check out midnight by Ice-T if you already haven’t done so.
Yvan SEMENIC timed the tin tin 123*
That riff is nothing close to Black Sabbath, because no one could truly copy his playing style because of his condition. At the beginning it sounded more like Doom E1M1. That drum solo is awesome though
Yvan, there goes the neighborhood!...
I'm white with blue eyes and blonde hair, I'm 79 years old and my favorite band is BODY COUNT!
This is one of the best hardcore metal bands ever! Love it!!!
This never gets old ......🙂
Saw them at the first lollapolooza in San Diego in 91!
wow nice
90s had the best and most diverse music.
I remember my buddy playing this CD in his car on our way to high school and we all instantly loved it! Now Ice T plays a cop on Law and Order! Oh how times have changed!
He still sings with Bodycount
Classic. holds up till this day..Hail Body Count..
After all these years, still sound fresh as ever and still one of the hardest hitting songs.
Saw them with Slayer at the stone on broadway. One of the best shows I've ever been. Ooh la la!!
I’m 59 and still listen to body count and all old punk back in the day. Keeps ya young!
I’m 52 and I still use this album to psych myself up!
check out EXPLOITED too
God I feel old,I remember borrowing a tape of Body Count music from my friend back in the 90s,this music is still relevant today,this record is still cool,I'm 47 now,music transcends all age barriers.
Not sure where you’re from but we had an initial release with Cop Killer and then another that removed the track…..
I'm 59 and I still love this
This is the first BC song I heard. I immediately went out and bought the first album, one of the best first albums ever made by a band. I'll be 72 in 2 days time and I still love Body Count. Ernie C is an amazing guitarist.
I remember when it came on the news that Time Warner was pulling the album. Shut off the TV, drove to Streetside Records, and bought three copies.
I managed to find a copy of the original pressing over the last few years.
Almost 30 years later and it still kicks ass
Discovered this song 🎵 at the end of 2007 and this band kicks ass in many possible ways. Ice-t is a true legend of rap and hard ass rock.
This record is a god damn classic!!! I remember I saw this video on MTV 1 time at like 3am and never again lol
I lived in a little suburb in rural Illinois in 1992. I was *not* a popular neighbor that summer. Windows open, absolutely *BOOMING* this album. Lol
Barbecues, beer and Body Count! RIP Ernie C
Ernie C "Cunnigan" is not dead!
first time i heard this was live at lollapalooza before the album was even out i think. Ice-t did a set then came back on stage and said "meet my new band" and they dropped that opening riff and everyone went fucking bananas.
That's where I first heard them...I thought I was just going to get og rap
We used to rock this back when it came out. Me and my crew were the only ones that appreciated this awesome music then and we still do today.
I worked as local crew lighting rigger for about 15 years for international bands. Ive seen hundreds of concerts and this band was by far the best gig I've ever seen.The energy from band and punters was unbelievable
I'm 47 and still think I'm 16
😂🤘
A stand alone classic. Time will not weather this tune.
August 2023 still rocking it!
speed metal 🖤 🤘
One of my biggest concert regrets was being late for a small concert that took place
🏁💖 *October 3, 1992, Pasadena Rose Bowl. Body Count, Motorhead, Metallica, Guns N' Roses.* 💖🏁
To this day, I can still remember FINALLY after being tortured in traffic for more than two hours pulling into the parking lot and hearing Body Count performing. I was secretly fuming about the driver's belief we did not need to leave earlier.
We're walking into the stadium through the security check and I still remember noticing Body Count had already finished and the stage was being changed for Motorhead's set.
Please God someday convince whoever those are with the authority to release a DVD of that entire concert with all four of the band's complete performances. I would do a lot to go back and try to correct that.
Bought a pirate copy cassette of this album on the streets of newark 92/93 and been a disciple ever since!!!🇹🇹
I can still smell the weed and hear my parents screamin " TURN THAT SHIT DOWN !" 😂😈
I bought a original copy in the bricks around the same time and I never regretted it since
Hard to believe this s*** is just about 30 years old. Still better than s*** on the hip-hop stations today and better than on most rock stations for sure. This s*** is so dope❤
2023 and ya man ICE came out with this damn and they still jamming
One of the best shows I've ever seen. Ice T's control of a crowd is insane.
When the guitar hits at 1:55...damn. Goose bumps...
It's been fun seeing Body Count evolve from this raw, unrehearsed sound to the finely tuned gangster metal powerhouse they are today. At this point in his life, I think it's safe to say that Ice T is more metal than he is rap.
My dad showed me this album a whille ago and it still hits years later
I first watched this on MTV HEADBANGERS BALL in '92.
I didn't expect that this was a looooooong song. \m/
I remember being 17 and just blasting this in my mom's chevette. Good old days!
I'm 58 I saw Ice-T and Body Count in a little bar in late 92 era in Fort Lauderdale one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life the access to the entertainers was out of the world Ice was so cordial and humble it was completely awesome I wish we could have things like that and shows like that again I don't think the tickets cost me more than fifteen or twenty dollars man I miss the 80s and 90s
I used to hit the heavy bag in my bag yard in Australia to BodyCount. We never got broken into lol!
Still work a heavy bag to body count to this day. 20+ yrs. Legends never die!
It's because they heard Body Count coming from your house and knew you had no taste.
Only ice t would make a metal band and I'd discover it at 25 years old and think it's the best thing ever since sliced bread 😂
@Sam Gallimore Punk rock? You are joking right?
@@altx1978 This is most definitely a punk song. Tell me how it's not.
Jesse .Sutton bruh, it’s hardcore 😂
@@240sxCarson Yeah, initially that was called hardcore punk but it got shortened to hardcore... and that's something completely different than punk rock.
nah this isnt punk its heavy metal. its way way too heavy for punk. its like got hardcore kinda roots like with its political messages & stuff but i think its more apt to just call it metal. gangbanger metal.
Hearing this in my head right now with all the craziness happening with COVID.
Such a great track
The album wasn't called Cop Killer. It was called Body Count, and "Cop Killer" was - on the original pressings - the final track on that record. I know because I still own my copy of it.
Satyros Phil Brucato same here my friend... I still have it👍👏👏👏👏
It was originally called Cop Killer. I was in high school when it was released. Time Warner forced Body Count to change the album title due to the backlash they've received from police unions, families of slain police officers and politicians.
I wore out the first cassette copy I had and replaced it. Later I had a friend digitize that one on to a CD, since it was impossible to find a copy with "Cop Killer", which I put on my iPod. Now we have RUclips.
@@PhillipBoydIII-hr4hj Don't forget they pulled this song on the second round of CD's put out too. I was lucky enough to get an original.
IT was still ment to be called copkiller but IT was too hardcore for the store shelves
BC is a voice we need daily! Nothing but uncomfortable truth speaking to the world thru a genre no one saw coming! Body Count's in the house!!
Holy shit. Got a whole new respect for ice-t.
Yeah, I don't care much for Ice-T's early rap albums, but body Count is great.
Alexander B lol he talks bout the same stuff in his raps so what’s the difference 🤷🏾♂️😂
@@td7723 lol ur ignorant the point I was making is that music is music man your slow
@@harizotoh7 check home invasion
He joked around about getting "wild" with two 12-year-old girls in KKK Bitch. Ice is a sicko.
52 yrs and still listen to Body Count.
Just want to say because most people commenting are a little older than me, I was born when this came out and didnt hear it until today... And I fucking love this. Seriously blown away by the musicianship and ice-T's mega powerful message and delivery. He doesnt give a fuck dude. Everyone needs to hear this.
Explore more my friend!!!
This album from the early 90's and Manslaughter (2014).
Two of the G.O.AT.S!!!!!!
Ice "Motherfuckin" T Bitch!!!😎😎😎
Awesome a drummer gets a solo
love this song ...awsome for it's time great rapper,singer,and actor no matter whwere i live bountycounts in tha house .!!!
john barraco it's body count
😂😂😂😂😂
Only band that has drum solo's in the middle of a song and it sounds legit. B.C. for life. \m/
Watching this in 2022 and its still one of my favourite albums of all time 🤘🏿🤘🏾🤘🏽🤘🏼🤘🏻🤘
This is so much better than I remember it being in the 90s. Definitely never heard the drum solo before.
One of the BEST metalcore albums of the 90s before metalcore was a thing.
Still kicks ass2023. ...!!
Cover to cover, this was one of the best matal albums of the genre
Thirty years later, and this is still genuinely shocking.
Lead and rhythm guitars are just sick.
Heard this in high school 92' one of the most in your face songs.
This band rules.
23 years...this is an oldie :D
BigTasteXL yea can read your nightmares show sum love. Bad mouth Paula tho jo
No we are the old ones now :D
Hearing this in 2020. Am a Fan of Body Count & Ice T. Jonny Weiss “Back to Phoenix.” 🎶
Spot on Record when it was released . rarely happens , yet this one stands in time!
Oh this brings me back to my teen years, nice
M/F Body Count. Saw the 1st Lallapalooza with them. They simply destroyed. I was hooked. Mad respect. What a life this guy has led. 🏴☠️🤟💖♠️
The best metal That I've heard
You must have only heard one metal band then. They aren’t even ranked in the top 100
@@farmtotablegreenthumb6740 taste is like ass. each with their own
you need to listen to more metal. This is good, but they aren't the best
I see in the 90' s ... on Budapest .. unforgettable.... after one year arrived The Rollins Band.... with Henry Rollins .... nice times :))
I'm 68 and this makes me feel young. Body Count muhfuh
cop killa plays a cop on tv now...but this shit STILL bangs, & always will
2019!! Up in da house!!
Still so good
It's almost 2022 & I'm still banging this
Heard it when it first came out... and it was at that moment that I realized that I was never going to hear a harder rock song in my life
Apparently you have not heard gwar
@@scottpodgorski4102 Gwar? They were great but they were certainly not harder rock.....
@@surrealmadrid7971 GWAR is way harder bro. Hands down. Maybe not all of it but most. Pungent stench are better than both anyway.
@@scottpodgorski4102 we can disagree.... But that's ok bro, everyone allowed to have their own opinions and stuff.....I have actually seen both bands live.... Gwar are actually king live..... Just not as hard metal as bodycount were.....Gwar in my eyes were a lot more theatrical (despite being tight musicians)....but hey that's just my personal view.... Yours is ok also !!! All good my friend
Must've stopped listening to music after this came out.
I love Body Count!
This songs concept is so dope!! It was good yo see body count push the envelope like this!!
Best drum solo ever!!!
the roots of all rock is blues
probably
Irish folk music
Never knew both guitarists were left handed. Anyway, this is one bloody awesome song.
Remembered hearing this first time in the 90s and it was crazy/awesome. Mixed the metal with the words that I also heard from NWA.
Mind blown
ICE it's very satisfying to see you portraying the characters you play now. LOVE & RESPECT.
this is the first song i heard from body count back in the early 90s
Me too. That’s why he named this song “there goes the neighborhood”. Meaning a rapper who loved metal was breaking into the arena. I had the original release which included Cop Killer before it got removed. Wish I would’ve kept track of it.
@@michaelberry1382 yeah te cd that i still own has the cop killer track
Im absolutely loving this and that's an understatement!
He played a cop in New Jack City before this album came out.
I'm 8965yrs old and still rocking to bodycount
AWESOME ! Dat solo, dat riff, dat groove...