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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''The Iceberg'' album is his darkest album to date even by today's standards, and probably one of the first dark and edgy rap albums. Consisting of very dark samples and synthesizers. One track had a sample that was lifted from the ''[[Terminator]]'' movie. Not the theme but the song that's played during the last chase sequence.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''The Iceberg'' album is his darkest album to date even by today's standards, and probably one of the first dark and edgy rap albums. Consisting of very dark samples and synthesizers. One track had a sample that was lifted from the ''[[Terminator]]'' movie. Not the theme but the song that's played during the last chase sequence.
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!]]: Not all the time, as Ice narrates the feelings of paranoia, isolation, and fear. So this is mostly subverted.
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]]: Not all the time, as Ice narrates the feelings of paranoia, isolation, and fear. So this is mostly subverted.
* [[Gangsta Rap]]
* [[Gangsta Rap]]
* [[Justified Criminal]]: His music contains heavy doses of this trope.
* [[Justified Criminal]]: His music contains heavy doses of this trope.
* [[One of Us]]: He's a pretty big gamer, as evident from his Twitter.
* [[One of Us]]: He's a pretty big gamer, as evident from his Twitter.
** [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Finally got the chance to play a part in the making of one, as the voice of Aaron Griffin in ''[[Gears of War]] 3''.
** [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Finally got the chance to play a part in the making of one, as the voice of Aaron Griffin in ''[[Gears of War]] 3''.
* [[Sampling]]: Put to good use by combining [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]] and [[Dead Kennedys (Music)|Jello Biafra]] on the ''Iceberg'' album intro, "Pusherman" on "I'm Your Pusher", [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]] and Black Sabbath on "Midnight" (a [[Prequel]] to his "6 In The Mornin'") and [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Halloween (Film)|Halloween]]'' theme on "The Tower".
* [[Sampling]]: Put to good use by combining [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Dead Kennedys|Jello Biafra]] on the ''Iceberg'' album intro, "Pusherman" on "I'm Your Pusher", [[Led Zeppelin]] and Black Sabbath on "Midnight" (a [[Prequel]] to his "6 In The Mornin'") and [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' theme on "The Tower".
* [[Prison]]: He talks about the prison industrial complex, and in the song called The Tower he talks about what it takes to survive in said institution to bone chilling effect.
* [[Prison]]: He talks about the prison industrial complex, and in the song called The Tower he talks about what it takes to survive in said institution to bone chilling effect.
* [[Three Chords and The Truth]]: Ice wanted the production to be strong but simple. As he wanted listeners to pay attention to what he was saying.
* [[Three Chords and the Truth]]: Ice wanted the production to be strong but simple. As he wanted listeners to pay attention to what he was saying.
* [[Prison]]: Metaphorically, Ice sees the inner cities as an economic prison.
* [[Prison]]: Metaphorically, Ice sees the inner cities as an economic prison.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: He addresses a few in his autobiography. For example, his parents were '''''not''''' killed in a car crash, and in fact died of heart attacks two years apart from each other.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: He addresses a few in his autobiography. For example, his parents were '''''not''''' killed in a car crash, and in fact died of heart attacks two years apart from each other.
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