Ice-T 'Hood Manual' in production (it's Official)

Last week we reported the Twitter post of DJ King Assassin and the subsequent update regarding his interview with Ice-T. Well we are happy to confirm that yesterday we sat down and listened to the interview in full, and The Hood Manual is Official!

In part two of the interview Ice-T states; "I'm doing a record called The Hood Manual, which really is a bunch of records I did, featuring on other peoples records. I got records with M.O.P, I got records with Kool Moe Dee, I got records with all kinds of artists."

At this point DJ King Assassin mentions a track he has featuring both Ice-T and 2Pac. Finger crossed he gets this over to Ice and we see it on the album! Ice has never, (unlike many others) talked a lot about his affiliation with 2PAC, but a simple YouTube search brings up numerous videos, from TV appearances and tracks that feature both artists.



The interview itself is the best we have heard in regards to Ice-T and his music, hell in regards to Ice-T and his world, for a long time! Give it a listen and please surf over to DJ King Assassins PodoMatic page and give him some love!

Ice-T New Album? Part 2...

A week or so ago, we here at the Ice Blog were getting excited due to a Twitter post from DJ King Assassin stating; "I'm mixing down the new ICE T release!"

Was this the new release we've been waiting for? Was it 'Hood Manual'? Well, we can now confirm... NO.

A post via Ice-T's own Twitter states in answer to a fans excited question;

"RT @HyJaxLTD: Tell me its 'The Hood Manual' complete or aa whole nitha title? > No. It's actually a remix of the 'Act Of War' Anti- Mixtape"

We did a little further digging and found a recent interview with DJ King Assassin and the Iceberg on the worldwide syndicated MixShowBlast available via PodoMatic.

The interview is split, PART ONE - PART TWO. Surf over and give DJ King Assassin's PodoMatic page some love, and keep dreaming, dreaming of the 'Hood Manaul'!

Ice-T New Album?

Yesterday via Twitter DJ King Assassin dropped this bombshell; "I'm mixing down the new ICE T release!"

Could this be the long awaited 'Hood Manaul'? First mentioned way back in 2007 via Rap Basement when they posted a video of Ice-T in the studio claiming him to be working on a new album!

Then in September 2008 came this picture posted on Ice-T's official MySpace;


Underneath were (and still are) the words "Hood Manual - Coming Soon". Then Ice-T posted the title track in August this year via Sound Space! Hopefully with Ice's new label via EMI, we may see the album drop soon, question is was it Hood Manual that DJ King Assassin was mixing down?

Ice-T helps Raekwon celerbrate

News via Ben Johnson at silive.com that Iceberg was at Tuesday nights sold out performance at Santos Party House in Manhattan to celebrate Raekwon's new album 'Strictly Built 4 Cuban Linx II'. Several member of the Wu-Tang were also present and the night was hosted by non other than P. Diddy.



Ice-T was one of many to grace the stage in support of Raekwon. Check out Bens full article on silive.

Ice-T rocks 15th Anniversary Warped Tour with Body Count

Reports have been filtering through from last nights 15th Anniversary Warped tour celebration that among Kety Perry, NOFX and the All American Rejects was Ice-T with his metal outfit Body Count! Orange County Local Music Examiner Paul Hebert wrote;

"As the Aggrolites ended their set, the revolving-stage began to slowly turn as the emcee announced the arrival of none-other than the notorious hard-rocking group Body Count, fronted by rap veteran Ice-T. The show had Ice-T listed as a performer for the evening, but the fact that he arrived and performed with Body Count had the entire venue ecstatic. The main floor erupted into a ferocious mosh-pit as the band played through many tracks off their 1992 self-titled release including "Bowels of the Devil," "KKK Bitch" and "There goes the Neighborhood." As the police-light bars began to spin and guitarist Ernie-C ripped out the opening notes of the controversial "Cop Killer" the pit expanded consuming a good amount of the orchestra area."

Read the full report here.

Ice-T posts title track for 'Hood Manual'

Ice-T yesterday posted the title track from his much anticipated 'Hood Manual' via Sound Cloud yesterday. It's dark, very dark, features members of SMG and quality production is in full effect.

Originally mentioned on Rap Basement way back in 2007, when they posted a video of Ice-T in the studio recording for the album, very little seems to have filtered through. There was the possible album cover posted via Ice-T's official myspace but very little else.

This track is the first positive sign the album may really be on its way!

Ice-T featuring in Chris Rocks 'Good Hair'

A trailer for Chris Rocks latest movie Good Hair has just been released and it features among a host of others... Ice-T! Good Hair is a Documentary feature about African American hair and the lengths people go to. Official Selection at Sundance and Chris Rock as your tour guide should ensure this gets the exposure it deserves.