Editing Body Count (band) (section)

===Music===
Body Count's musical style derives from the dark, ominous tones of traditional [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands such as [[Black Sabbath]] and [[thrash metal]] bands such as [[Slayer]],<ref name=IceCentury-127>{{cite book |last1=Marrow |first1=Tracy |last2=Century |first2=Douglas |title=Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood |year=2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-345-52328-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/icememoirofgangs00icet/page/127 127–140] |chapter=Freedom of Speech |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/icememoirofgangs00icet/page/127 }}</ref> as well as [[hardcore punk]]'s aggressiveness. According to Ernie C, "We wanted to be a big [[punk rock|punk]] band [...] Our first record is almost a punk record."<ref name="MorningCall"/> The presence of a rapper in a heavy metal band has been credited for paving the way for the rise of [[rap metal]] and [[nu metal]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Body Count's Ice-T Talks Shit but Does the Shooting|url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/body-counts-ice-t-talks-shit-but-does-the-shooting|website=Decibel Magazine|access-date=May 2, 2015|date=June 4, 2014|quote=Back in the day, Body Count was categorized as "rap metal" or "nu metal." Manslaughter sounds like just a straight-up metal album, without the hip-hop tropes that -- because of your background (and ethnicity) -- the band was initially categorized by.|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204619/http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/body-counts-ice-t-talks-shit-but-does-the-shooting|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Metcalf|first1=Metcalf|editor1-last=Turner|editor1-first=Will|title=Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player: Ice-T and the Politics of Black Cultural Production|publisher=Ashgate Publishing Company|page=109|quote=Moreover, the band's second album, 'Born Dead,' released on Virgin Records in September 1994, peaked at a lowly 74. Upon its release, the Los Angeles Times remarked that 'it's time to pull the plug on this genre [of rap-metal]. The novelty has worn off.'}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9910/27/ice.t/ |title=No thaw for rapper Ice T |access-date=October 9, 2007 |last=Freydkin |first=Donna |date=October 27, 1999 |publisher=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212155357/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9910/27/ice.t/ |archive-date=February 12, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Steve |title=A to X of Alternative Music |year=2006 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-8264-8217-4 |page=127 |chapter=Ice-T }}</ref> even though Ice-T does not [[rapping|rap]] in most Body Count songs and considers it to solely be a rock band.<ref name=IceCentury-127/> According to Ernie C, "A lot of rappers want to be in a rock band, but it has to be done sincerely. You can't just get anybody on guitar and expect it to work. [...] Ice and I, on the other hand, really loved the music we were doing, and it showed."<ref name="MorningCall"/>