*** Welcome to piglix ***

Born Dead

Born Dead
Born Dead.jpg
Studio album by Body Count
Released September 6, 1994
Genre Rap metal, Heavy metal
Length 47:16
Label Virgin
Producer Ernie-C, Ice-T
Body Count chronology
Body Count
(1992)
Born Dead
(1994)
Violent Demise: The Last Days
(1997)
Singles from Born Dead
  1. "Hey Joe"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Born Dead"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Necessary Evil"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B
NME 7/10 stars
Robert Christgau (neither)
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars
Q 3/5 stars

Born Dead is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count. The album was released on September 6, 1994. Among other tracks, the album features a cover of Billy Roberts' "Hey Joe," performed in the style of Jimi Hendrix' recording of the song, as originally featured on the Are You Experienced album. Body Count's cover of the song was first featured on the Hendrix tribute album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. In the liner notes, Ice-T dedicates the album "to all the people of color throughout the entire world; Asian, Latino, Native American, Hawaiian, Italian, Indian, Persian, African, Aboriginal and any other nationality that white supremists would love to see born dead."Born Dead peaked at #74 on the Billboard 200.


...
Wikipedia

...