>>Ice-T was gonna change Fishbone's commercial career
>>trajectory?
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>i never said he would blow them up. In fact I said "NOT that
>he would've blown them up..."
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>All I'm saying is this. Ice-T says that Fishbone was the "OG"
>( his exact words, not mine). Ice-T decides to do a Rock
>Project, and since he's a Fishbone fan, why not give THEM a
>look, rather than put together some bullshit. THAT'S all I'm
>saying. Not that anybody would be "backing" anybody else. That
>would've simply been two well known artists collaborating.
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>I'm not saying it would've been a new band. It's just Fishbone
>and Ice-T making a tune or two together. Everybody pisses
>themselves over the "Judgement Night" soundtrack, how would
>this have been any different?
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I do think it's conceivable to admire and be a fan of a group while still trying to make your own thing.

It just so happens that Body Count sucked, as did Ice-T's Slayer collab on the aformentioned Judgment Night soundtrack (I think I only liked four songs off that record anyway).