Just Ice - Kool & Deadly (Audio CD - Jun 21, 2005)

Subtitled "Justicizms," this album boasts one of the ugliest covers ever -- a close up of Just-Ice's snarling gold dental work -- and the sounds included are equally harsh. Producer KRS-One does not try and emulate Kurtis Mantronic's high-tech polyrhythms and samples, instead he strips the sound right back and keeps things very raw: at times there's little more here than Just-Ice's gruff vocals and the sound of a wheezing drum machine. Some old school fans rate this as the best album by the artist simply because it is so remorseless and raw. Perhaps the trick for newcomers is to check this album first and, if it interests you, then go to Back to the Old School for desert. Fans of KRS-One will want to own the record simply to hear him and Just-Ice trading rhymes on "Moshitup." The standout track is "Going Way Back," where Just-Ice rasps one of the first hip-hop history lessons and dares you to disagree that Brooklyn is where it all began. Ruff stuff.

Condition:NEW.

TRACK LISTINGS

1. Going Way Back (feat. Krs One) by Just-Ice & KRS-One 5:03
2. The Original Gangster of Hip Hop by Just-Ice 5:30
3. Freedom of Speech by Just-Ice 4:58
4. Moshitup (feat. Krs One) by Just-Ice & KRS-One 5:02
5. Kool & Deadly by Just-Ice 6:39
6. On the Strength by Just-Ice 4:36
7. Lyric Licking by Just-Ice 3:34
8. Booga Bandit Bitch [Explicit] by Just-Ice 5:58
9. Freedom of Speech '88 (12" Single Edit) by Just-Ice 5:12