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Topic subjectRE: you guys are going waaaaaaay to the extreme.
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2540143, RE: you guys are going waaaaaaay to the extreme.
Posted by Luke Cage, Thu Apr-21-11 03:05 AM
>>So you actually would have wanted to see that? Backing Ice
>>T's wack ass side rock project would have done nothing for
>>Fishbone but probably frustrate the hell out of them.
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>Dude. It might've been ONE song or an EP. We'll never even
>know.

I'm sure Ice T and Fishbone are all fans of a bunch of artists that they never got a chance to work with for whatever reason. Schedules, timing, etc all have to match up and if they don't then it never happens. No harm no foul.
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>All I'M saying is as a fan of a band that I can get into
>contact with, I would call them to do something, if I'm in
>that position. Ice T just threw some shit together and hoped
>for the best.

Maybe he did and maybe it just didn't work out. Doesn't negate the fact that he was a fan.
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>It's not
>>like Body Count blew up. They basically only sold any
>records
>>at all because of the Cop Killer controversy.
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>THAT'S my point. They weren't even good.
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>I just think
>>it's unfair to say that Ice T is full of shit because he
>>didn't hire them as his backing band. Just because you are a
>>fan of a band doesn't mean that you automatically are going
>to
>>make them your band on your side project and I'm glad that
>it
>>never happened.
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>No, but if you're doing someting that they're good at, why NOT
>give them a look. Especially if you have the leverage to do
>it? Rappers put other acts on all the time.

Maybe I'm reading too much into your response but the way it read to me was that Ice T was full of shit and didn't belong in the documentary because he never did a song with Fishbone and he should have if he was such a fan. I just don't see how that makes any sense. There were a ton of Fishbone fans of all genres, especially in the LA music scene, and most of them never did songs with Fishbone but I still would find it interesting to hear what they had to say about the band.
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>We might not be reflecting on Fishbone so
>>fondly if that ever did happen.
>
>So do we hate Public Enemy because of the collaboration with
>Anthrax? Do we discount KRS-ONE's body of work because of the
>verse he did on REM's "Radio Song"?

Neither one of those collaborations featured a rapper attempting to do a "hardcore rock" album. They were basically 2 groups coming together from different styles but still doing what they normally do. Body Count was Ice trying to be a metal dude. I personally don't want to hear Fishbone on that shit.
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>It's a shame that they didn't
>>"blow up" but that doesn't affect how I listen to those
>>records.
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>Not at all.
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