The Seventh Deadly Sin
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The Seventh Deadly Sin, released in 1999, is the seventh album by Ice T
Ice T
Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor.He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years...

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Reception

Professional reviews:
  • Spin
    Spin (magazine)
    Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

     (11/99, p. 191) - 7 out of 10 - "...Ice is content to bluster about his long-gone playa days while lazily conjugating the verb 'to f*ck' cynically hoping to snag a few Web-savvy, undiscerning No Limit fans with some respect for history..."

  • Alternative Press (12/99, p. 102) - 3 out of 5 - "...[Ice] seems to be handling advancing age relatively well....Ice sounds more ferocious than he has in years....at his age Ice probably has problems keeping certain things hard, his rhymes aren't one of them."

  • Vibe (11/99, p. 197) - "...In true mack form, [Ice] re-returns as tight as ever....Ice has kept his chops up....Fans of the real rap will always hold a warm spot in their hearts for the ice-cold MC."

  • The Source
    The Source (magazine)
    The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988...

     (11/99, pp. 224–6) - 3 mics out of 5 - "...rapping like it's still 1988....it's all good to hear veterans like Ice-t come out of retirement possessed the same independent-minded spirit which first drove him to pick up the mic so many years ago..."

Track listing

# Title Time Producer(s) Performer(s) Samples
1 "Intro" 2:43 DJ Ace Ice-T
ICE-T
* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...

  • Spoken dialog by Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...

     from the motion picture "Seven"
2 "Don't Hate the Playa" 4:05 DJ Ace Ice-T
3 "Check Your Game" 5:39 Iz Ice-T
King Tee
4 "Get Your Money" 3:38 Trails Ice-T
5 "The 7th" 4:50 TR Love Ice-T
Marc Live
Ras Kass
Tash
6 "NY, NY" 4:47 Marc Live Ice-T
  • "New York, New York" by The Last Poets
    The Last Poets
    The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread...

  • 7 "Valuable Game" 4:35 Mad Rome Ice-T
  • "Don't Let Go" written by Ivan Matias
  • 8 "Eye of the Storm" 3:54 Ross Avila Ice-T
    Buck Shot Shorty
    9 "Brother Marquis (Interlude)" 0:43 Brother Marquis
    10 "Always Wanted ta Be a Hoe" 4:34 DJ Ace Ice-T
    11 "Fuck It" 3:56 DJ Ace Ice-T
    El Sadiq
    Powerlord JEL
    12 "CJ Mac (Interlude)" 0:47 Marc Live CJ Mac
    13 "Retaliation" 4:21 DJ Ace Ice-T
  • "Hoodlum" by Mobb Deep
    Mobb Deep
    Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones...

  • 14 "Threat (Interlude)" 0:44 Marc Live CJ Mac
    15 "Check Your Heart" 4:49 DJ Ace Ice-T
    16 "Sondoobiest (Interlude)" 0:32 Son Doobie
    17 "Hardcore" 4:57 DJ Ace Ice-T
    Radzay
    Bazaro
    Grip
    18 "Common Sense" 5:29 DJ Ace Ice-T
    19 "Numskull (Interlude)" 0:16 Numskull
    20 "God Forgive Me" 4:08 DJ Ace Ice-T
    Poppa LQ
    SLEJ
    21 "Ice's Exodus" 4:47 SLEJ Ice-T
    Top Gunz
  • "Exodus" by Felix Slatkin
    Felix Slatkin
    Felix Slatkin was an American violinist and conductor.-Biography:Slatkin was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a Jewish family originally named Zlotkin from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. He began studying the violin at the age of nine with Isadore Grossman...

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