I-Body Count iyibhendi yensimbi ye-rap yaseMelika ethandwayo. Ekuqaleni kweqembu kukhona umrepha owaziwa kubalandeli nabathandi bomculo ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi Ice-T. Ungumculi oyinhloko nomlobi wezingoma ezidume kakhulu ze-repertoire ye "brainchild" yakhe. Isitayela somculo seqembu sasinomsindo omnyama futhi omubi, otholakala emabhendini amaningi e-heavy metal.
Abagxeki abaningi bomculo bakholelwa ukuthi ukuba khona komculi we- rap eqenjini lomculo onesigqi esinamandla kwavula indlela yokuthuthukiswa komculo we- rap ne-nu metal. U-Ice-T empeleni akazange asebenzise ukuphindaphinda kumathrekhi akhe.
Ukubalwa Komzimba: Umlando wokudalwa nokwakheka kweqembu
Iqembu lasungulwa e-Los Angeles (California) ekuqaleni kuka-1990. "Ubaba" weqembu uthathwa njengomculi we-rapper waseMelika onethalente u-Ice-T.
U-Ice-T ube nentshisekelo ku-heavy metal kusukela ebuntwaneni. Umculi wesikhathi esizayo wakhuliswa umzala ogama lakhe lingu-Earl. Laba bakhonze ukulalela izingoma ze-rock. Walalela amathrekhi amabhendi e-rock ekuqaleni kwawo-1980.
UTracy Marrow (igama langempela elithi Ice-T) wazibeka njengomrepha ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe wokudala. Ngemva kwesikhashana, kanye nabantu abanomqondo ofanayo, wakha iqembu elithi Body Count. U-Ice-T uqhubekile nokuzithuthukisa njengomculi oyedwa kanye nomculi we-rap ngokuhambisana nomsebenzi wakhe eqenjini.
Ilungu lesibili leqembu elisha kwakungumculi u-Ernie C. U-Tracey Murrow waba umculi oyinhloko.
Abagxeki bomculo babengaboni ngaso linye ngamakhono kaMurrow okukhuluma. Futhi baphawule ukuthi ukucula kwakhe kukude nezinga lobuchwepheshe.
Amalungu okuqala eqembu kwaba:
- Tracy Murrow;
- I-Beatmaster V;
- Dee Rock;
- U-Ernie C.
Kukho konke ukuba khona kweqoqo, ukwakheka kweqembu kuye kwashintsha izikhathi eziningana. UBeatmaster V, Mooseman, Sean E. Mack, Dee Rock (Ifa), u-Jonathan James, Grise, OT, Bendrix bonke babalwe njengamalungu angaphambili ebhendi.
Amanye amalungu eqembu awasekho. Ngokwesibonelo, uDee Rock wabulawa i-lymphoma, uBeatmaster V wabulawa umdlavuza wegazi, kwathi uMooseman wabulawa. Ngalesi sikhathi, uhlu lubukeka kanje: Ice-T, Ernie C, Juan of the Dead, Vincent Price, Will Ill Will Dorsey Jr., Sean E Sean kanye noLittle Ice (indodana ka-frontman).
Indlela yokudala yeqembu
U-Ice-T wethula ibhendi entsha kwenye yemikhosi yomculo ngo-1991. U-frontman unikele uhhafu wesethi ekuqanjweni kwe-hip-hop, futhi ingxenye yesibili ezingomeni ze-Body Count. Lokhu kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuthakasela abalandeli bezigaba ezihlukene zobudala kanye nezintandokazi zomculo. Iqembu laqala ukubonakala ku-LP Ice-T OG Original Gangster. Ngokuvamile, leli qembu lamukelwa ngemfudumalo abalandeli bomculo ohlukile.
Ngo-1992, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-disc yokuqala yegama elifanayo. I-albhamu ikhiqizwe ngabakwaSire/Warner Records. I-Longplay yaba yisizathu sokuhlela uhambo olude. Ngenxa yalokho, abaculi bakwazile ukuthanda izingoma zabo ngisho nabaningi abathandi bomculo.
Ngemva konyaka, kwethulwa inguqulo yengoma ethi Hey Joe ye-albhamu kaJimi Hendrix. Abaculi bakwazile ukudlulisa umsindo omangalisayo wokuqanjwa komculo. Bagcina isimo esijwayelekile sokuqamba, bengeza umsindo ngamunye kuwo.
Ngo-1994, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-disc yesibili. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi Born Dead.
I-Longplay iqoshwe ku-Virgin Records.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990, kwaqoshwa i-albhamu ethi Body Count Violent Demise: The Last Days. Ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwe-LP, umculi we-bassist Musman washiya iqembu. Esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uGrizzly. Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwerekhodi, kuvele ukuthi uBeatmaster V unomdlavuza wegazi. Ngonyaka wokwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu ye-studio, umculi washona. Indawo yakhe yathathwa ngu-O.T.
Ukulahlekelwa eqenjini
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uGrizz onekhono washiya iqembu. Lokhu kwakungekona ukulahlekelwa kuphela. U-Dee Rock washona ngo-2004 ngenxa yezinkinga ezivela ku-lymphoma. Ngakho-ke, kuphela "obaba" beqembu, u-Ice-T no-Ernie C, abasala ohlwini lokuqala.
Ukulahlekelwa akuzange kusisuse isifiso sokudala kubaculi. Ehlobo lika-2006, i-premiere ye-disc yesine yenzeke. Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Murder 4 Hire kudalwe ngelebula ethi Escapi Music.
Ngesikhathi kuqoshwa i-albhamu yesitudiyo yesine, umugqa wawuhlanganisa u-Ice-T, uVincent Price (oshaya ibhesi) noBendrix (umshayi wesigingci). Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwerekhodi, iqembu alizange libonwe isikhathi eside. Abaculi babedinga isikhathi sokuphefumula.
Esigabeni sekhefu lokudala, abaculi babuthana kulo mcimbi. Ngo-2009, bahambela imikhosi nemikhosi eminingana. Futhi ngo-2010, i-Body Count yabhala ithrekhi ethi The Gears of War. Bekuyimiphumela yomculo yomdlalo wekhompyutha we-Gears of War.
Ukubuyiselwa komsebenzi wokudala wethimba Lokubalwa Komzimba
Ngo-2012, kwaziwa ukuthi i-Body Count yayisebenza ku-albhamu entsha. Kube sekuvela ukuthi abaculi basayine inkontileka nelebuli entsha.
I-discography yebhendi igcwaliswe kabusha nge-LP Manslaughter (2014) yobude obugcwele. Ethiyeni lerekhodi elisha, u-Ice-T wethule ingoma ethi Talk Shit, Get Shot. Iqoqo lamukelwa ngemfudumalo hhayi abalandeli kuphela, kodwa nabagxeki bomculo.
Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesithupha ye-studio ethi Bloodlust kwenzeka ngo-2017. I-albhamu ikhiqizwe ngabakwaCentury Media Records. Ukukhishwa kwe-LP yobude obugcwele kwandulelwa umboniso wokuqala wengoma ethi No Lives Matter. Abaculi abamenyiwe babambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kweqoqo: UMax Cavalier, Randy Blythe noDave Mustaine.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kweqoqo, u-Ice-T uqinisekise imininingwane yokuthi indodana yakhe uTracy Marrow Jr. (Little Ice) ujoyine iqembu. Isihlobo sika-frontman eqenjini sithathe indawo yomculi osekelayo.
Ngo-2018, kwavela ukuthi abaculi bebesebenza ku-LP entsha esitudiyo sokuqopha.
Laba baculi baveze isihloko se-albhamu ezayo ye-Carnivore.
Ngenxa yalokho, abaculi baqala ukuqopha iqoqo ngemva konyaka. Ingoma esihloko sithi ikhishwe njengeyodwa ekupheleni konyaka. Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesitudiyo yesikhombisa kwenzeka ngo-2020. NgoNovemba 2020, kwaziwa ukuthi iqembu le-Body Count liqokelwe Indondo Ye-Grammy.
Isibalo Somzimba Weqembu esikhathini samanje
Ngo-2021, umcimbi wamaGrammy Music Awards wenzeka e-United States of America. Umcimbi wenzeke ngaphandle kwezibukeli, njengoba izwe belingaphansi kwemikhawulo ehlobene nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus.
I-Body Count ngengoma yabo ethi Bum-Rush iwine indondo yokuhlonishwa ngokuqokwa kwe-"Best Metal Performance". Abafana badlula amaqembu afana nalawa "In This Moment", Power Trip kanye nomculi uPoppy.
