2023 reissue, indie-only black/yellow vinyl version - Two decades later, Body Count doesn’t seem interested in being a novelty of the past. Rather, Manslaughter, their fifth studio album and first since 2006’s Murder 4 Hire, embraces the controversy and Slayer-inspired acerbity that made the debut so provocative in the first place, and that’s clear from opener “Talk Shit, Get Shot”. Guitarist Ernie C kicks off with a massive staccato riff, which Ice-T lays into (“Niggas ain’t blown up the spot in a while/ Motherfucker ain’t got shot in a while”). Combined with its very literal music video of Brooklyn hipsters and housewives getting sniped from rooftops, the track is a perfect comeback single and an implied threat to the many naysayers Body Count has amassed over the years. It also re-instills the sense of danger and excitement that was missing from their latter albums.
| A1 | Talk Shit, Get Shot |
| A2 | Pray For Death |
| A3 | 99 Problems BC |
| A4 | Back To Rehab |
| A5 | Manslaughter |
| A6 | Get A Job |
| A7 | Institutionalized 2014 |
| B1 | Pop Bubble |
| B2 | Enter The Dark Side |
| B3 | Bitch In The Pit |
| B4 | Black Voodoo Sex |
| B5 | Wanna Be A Gangsta |
| B6 | I Will Always Love You |
| B7 | 99 Problems BC (Rock Mix) |
