The rapper who impressed Ice-T’s “grown man” raps

Ice-T’s the godfather of gangsta rap, and his 1987 album Rhyme Pays is a specimen of high-quality early West Coast hip-hop. His observe ‘6 N The Mornin’ is taken into account one of many first of its type, and even Dr Dre has thanked him for making a lane for Californians in rap.

Nonetheless, though the emcee has transitioned into appearing along with his function on NBC’s Regulation & Order, that doesn’t imply the lyricist isn’t making music. In truth, he has been very prolific and even launched an album in 2020 as a part of the heavy metallic band Physique Depend, which he fashioned within the early-Nineteen Nineties. 

Nonetheless, though he hasn’t launched a solo rap album since his 2006 project, Gangsta Rap, in an interview with the net journal HipHopDX, the emcee admitted that he’s contemplating getting again into the sport once more, and there may be one artist specifically that has impressed him to rap once more.

Talking about his potential return to the sport, the artist (actual identify Tracy Marrow) unveiled, “You never say never. It’s just a matter of the right things happening because I want to do one with Scarface. Scarface did Deeply Rooted, and I love Deeply Rooted. I said, ‘Scarface, I need you to produce me an album.’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, I’ll make the whole album.’ So that’s the kind of situation that needs to happen, and the timing needs to be right.”

He continued, “And I’ll go in-studio with somebody I respect and knock out an album. But like I was saying with Body Count, the shit is all vibes and timing. And it’s like I’ll hear somebody else’s record and be like, I’m ready to fucking rap.”

Explaining why the Texas rapper is inspiring, Marrow detailed, “Scarface’s last album got me motivated because we’re from the same era. We got a similar style, and he’s a G. And he’s showing me what mature rap sounds like — grown man rap. And then also working with Chuck D on the last thing. When they dropped the new album and we did ‘Smash The Crowd,’ and the next thing you know, it’s in a movie with Eddie Murphy. And I’m like, ‘Yo, this shit is dope.’”

Deeply Rooted was Scarface’s eleventh studio album, which debuted at quantity 11 on the Billboard 200. It boasted options from Akon, Nas, Rick Ross, John Legend and CeeLo Inexperienced, amongst others. You may take heed to the album beneath.