You may make a fortune dealing drugs, but the cops will catch up with you eventually. Underpinning many of his songs was the notion of inevitable comeuppance. Ice-T was good at creating songs like this throughout his career. Occasionally, a rapper tries to balance the good with the bad. In many cases the gangsta rapper or group has grown up in extreme poverty, so spinning tales of living like an invulnerable superhero and getting away with committing all type of dirt is a release of sorts. The invincibility can be part of the appeal. He (or sometimes she) muscles out the competition, vanquishes their enemies, evades the police, and, if he (or she) is lucky, enjoys a little extracurricular companionship. For the most part, the “gangsta” rapper spends an album musing upon drug dealing, stealing, fucking, and often killing with impunity. Generally speaking, gangsta rap isn’t really into consequences. Scarface Is Back, originally released October 1, 1991. Happy 30th Anniversary to Scarface’s debut solo album Mr.
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