- hip hop, gangsta rap, golden age
- 65 min
- 13 tracks
- Sire Records
Rhyme Pays is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice-T, released on July 28, 1987, by Sire Records. The album peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard 200 and number 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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- 1Intro / Rhyme Pays6:29
- 26 'n the Morning7:11
- 3Make It Funky5:09
- 4Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!)3:03
- 54095:20
- 6I Love Ladies4:44
- 7Sex2:57
- 8Pain3:36
- 9Squeeze the Trigger6:12
- 10Make It Funky (12" mix)5:58
- 11Sex (bonus beat)3:53
- 12Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!) (12" mix)3:27
- 13Our Most Requested Record (long version)6:45
13 tracks, 65 minutes.
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