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* BrokenRecord: They say the phrase ''Body Count'' 95 times, 130 if you count them saying ''BC''.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: Yes, it's an album made by Music/IceT and his homies, but it '''isn't''' a {{HipHop}} record.
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The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure, "Cop Killer" was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicitym the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success.

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The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure, "Cop Killer" was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicitym NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity, the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success.
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The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure it was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success.

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The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure it pressure, "Cop Killer" was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity NoSuchThingAsBadPublicitym the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success.
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''Body Count'' is the 1992 SelfTitledAlbum self titled debut by American SpeedMetal, {{ThrashMetal}}, {{HardcorePunk}} band Music/BodyCount.

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''Body Count'' is the 1992 SelfTitledAlbum self titled debut by American SpeedMetal, {{ThrashMetal}}, {{HardcorePunk}} ThrashMetal, and HardcorePunk band Music/BodyCount.
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* NWordPrivileges: Used on the record, but in the music video of "Voodoo" the phrase "black boys" is used.

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* NWordPrivileges: Used on the record, but in the music video of "Voodoo" "There Goes the Neighborhood" the phrase "black boys" is used.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Cop Killer" was inspired by real life acts of police brutality against black people and mentions the 1992 beating of Afro-American man Rodney King by four white police men, an incident that was filmed by someone who watched the proceedings from a distance. When the cops got off scotfree in a trial it caused a three day series of race riots in Los Angeles.
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'''Body Count''' is the 1992 SelfTitledAlbum self titled debut by American SpeedMetal, {{ThrashMetal}}, {{HardcorePunk}} band Music/BodyCount.

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'''Body Count''' ''Body Count'' is the 1992 SelfTitledAlbum self titled debut by American SpeedMetal, {{ThrashMetal}}, {{HardcorePunk}} band Music/BodyCount.
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The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure it was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success, making it their MagnumOpus.

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The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure it was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success, making it their MagnumOpus.
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* RapMetal: Popularized the genre.genre, though the vocals aren't rapped so much as they are shouted or chanted.

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* DoesNotLikeShirts: The rapper on the album cover.


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* GagPenis: "Evil Dick", about a man being commanded by his penis.


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'''Body Count''' is the 1992 SelfTitledAlbum self titled debut by American SpeedMetal, {{ThrashMetal}}, {{HardcorePunk}} band Music/BodyCount.

The record is OvershadowedByControversy because of the single "Cop Killer", which became so infamous back in 1992 that actor Creator/CharltonHeston, various MoralGuardians and politicians like Tipper Gore, then US Vice President UsefulNotes/DanQuayle and US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush criticized the album. Under pressure it was eventually removed from the album. In a case of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the record nevertheless became a huge best-seller, but, in a case of FirstInstallmentWins, their other albums would never receive the same kind of commercial success, making it their MagnumOpus.

'''Tracklist'''
# "Smoked Pork" (0:46)
# "Body Count's in the House" (3:24)
# "Now Sports" (0:04)
# "Body Count" (5:17)
# "A Statistic" (0:06)
# "Bowels of the Devil" (3:43)
# "The Real Problem" (0:11)
# "KKK Bitch" (2:52)
# "C Note" (1:35)
# "Voodoo" (5:00)
# "The Winner Loses" (6:32)
# "There Goes the Neighborhood" (5:50)
# "Oprah" (0:06)
# "Evil Dick" (3:58)
# "Body Count Anthem" (2:46)
# "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight" (6:10)
# "Out in the Parking Lot" (0:30)
# "Cop Killer" (4:09) [[note]] This track was later removed from later reissues under pressure of MoralGuardians and replaced by the track "Freedom of Speech" (4:41), a collaboration with Jello Biafra (Music/DeadKennedys). [[/note]]

'''Personnel'''
* Music/IceT: lead vocals
* Ernie C.: lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars.
* Mooseman: bass
* D-Roc: rhythm guitar
* Beatmaster "V": drums.


!! ''Trope Killer''

* AntiPoliceSong: "Cop Killer" may be the most infamous and effective example in the sense that it actually caused so much controversy that it was removed from later reissues of the album.
* ClusterFBomb: There are a lot of "fucks" and "motherfuckers" thrown about.
* ControversyProofImage: Despite all the critical backlash the album went gold.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: "KKK Bitch", where Ice-T tells the story of his falling in love with a girl whose father is a white supremacist.
* DoesNotLikeShirts: The rapper on the album cover.
* DoNutMessWithACop: "Smoked Pork"
--> ''It's not my job to help your fuckin' ass out. Right now my job is eatin' these doughnuts.''
* DrugsAreBad: "The Winner Loses" describes the downfall and death of a crack user.
* EpicRocking: The 6:32 "The Winner Loses", 5:50 "There Goes the Neighborhood" and 6:10 "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight".
* FakeRadioShowAlbum: The track "Now Sports" is brought like a fake news report.
* IfItBleedsItLeads: "Now Sports"
--> ''This weekend, seventeen youths killed in gang homicides\\
Now sports''
* {{Instrumentals}}: "C Note".
* IntercourseWithYou: "KKK Bitch" and "Evil Dick" describe sexual encounters. "Evil Dick" even ends with a funny impersonation of a man and woman having sex.
* KentBrockmanNews: --> ''This weekend, seventeen youths killed in gang homicides\\
Now sports''
* TheKlan: "KKK Bitch" features Ice-T describing a sexual encounter with a woman whom he learns is the daughter of the Grand Wizard of the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan.
* MuggingTheMonster: In "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight", about a teenager murdering his racist mother, and "Cop Killer", about murdering crooked, racist police.
* MurderBallad: "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight", in which the protagonist murders his racist mother by setting her bed on fire.
* NewSoundAlbum: Many people were surprised that {{HipHop}} icon Music/IceT made this album a SpeedMetal record.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: "Oprah" features the band imitating Creator/OprahWinfrey.
* NWordPrivileges: Used on the record, but in the music video of "Voodoo" the phrase "black boys" is used.
* OneWomanSong: "Oprah".
* OneWordTitle: "Voodoo"
* PackagedAsOtherMedium: Upon its first release initial copies were shipped out in black body bags.
* PoliceBrutality: "Smoked Pork" features a policeman refusing to help a stranded motorist with the lame excuse: "Nah, that's not my job! My job's not to help your fuckin' ass out. (...) My job is eatin' these doughnuts."
* ProtestSong: "Cop Killer".
* PowerBallad: "The Winner Loses".
* RagingStiffie: "Evil Dick", about a man being lead by his penis into adultery.
* RapMetal: Popularized the genre.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Cop Killer" was inspired by real life acts of police brutality against black people and mentions the 1992 beating of Afro-American man Rodney King by four white police men, an incident that was filmed by someone who watched the proceedings from a distance. When the cops got off scotfree in a trial it caused a three day series of race riots in Los Angeles.
* RefrainFromAssuming: Yes, it's an album made by Music/IceT and his homies, but it '''isn't''' a {{HipHop}} record.
* RepurposedPopSong: The song "Freedom of Speech" that replaced "Cop Killer" on later reissues was lifted from Music/IceT's solo album "The Iceberg/ Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say" (1989), but re-edited and remixed to give it a more rock-oriented sound with a sample from Music/JimiHendrix' [[Music/AreYouExperienced "Foxy Lady"]].
* SelfTitledAlbum: The band name is the title.
* SingerNameDrop: During the TitleTrack Ice-T introduces his band members.
* SpeedMetal: Ice-T managed to become popular among metal fans with this album.
* SpokenWordInMusic: The spoken interludes in between the songs.
* SpoofAesop: "KKK Bitch":
--> ''So what we really tryin' to say is Body Count loves everybody.\\
We love Mexican girls, Black girls, Oriental girls,\\
It really don't matter. If you from Mars, and you got a pussy,\\
We will fuck you. You know, that's all we're sayin', word.''
* StockSoundEffects: Alarm sirens and screeching tires start off the track "Body Count's In The House". "Bowels Of The Devil" ends with a door closing. "Cop Killer" has gun shots sounds mixed in.
* TakeThatCritics:
** "KKK Bitch" provides a TakeThat against Tipper Gore, who criticized many records for their audacious lyrics.
** "There Goes the Neighborhood" tackles the criticism that a rap band shouldn't play rock or metal.
--> ''Don't they know rock's just for whites? Don't they know the rules? Those niggers are too hardcore. This shit ain't cool.''
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The main character in "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight" sets his mother on fire, beats her to death with a Louisville slugger, chops up her body, and spreads the parts across the country.
* TimeMarchesOn: "Body Count" mentions the year 1992.
* UnreliableNarrator: This was Ice-T's defense about the controversy over "Cop Killer".
--> ''I'm singing in the first person as a character who is fed up with police brutality. I ain't never killed no cop. I felt like it a lot of times. But I never did it. If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe Music/DavidBowie [[Music/SpaceOddity is an astronaut]].''
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Both "KKK Bitch" and "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight" features the black protagonist having a relationship with a white girl and getting scorn from a racist parent. In "KKK Bitch" it's the girl's father, who is a Grand Wizard with the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan, while in "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight" it's the protagonist's own racist mother who hates everybody who isn't black.
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