Body Count ndi gulu lodziwika bwino la ku America la rap metal. Kumayambiriro kwa timuyi ndi rapper yemwe amadziwika ndi mafani ndi okonda nyimbo pansi pa dzina loti Ice-T. Iye ndi woimba wamkulu ndi mlembi wa nyimbo zodziwika kwambiri za repertoire ya "brainchild" yake. Nyimbo za gululi zinali ndi phokoso lakuda ndi loipa, lomwe limapezeka m'magulu ambiri a heavy metal.
Otsutsa nyimbo ambiri amakhulupirira kuti kukhalapo kwa wojambula wa rap m’gulu loimba la heavy metal kunatsegula njira ya chitukuko cha rap ndi nu metal. Ice-T sanagwiritse ntchito mawu obwerezabwereza m'mayendedwe ake.
Kuwerengera Thupi: Mbiri ya kulengedwa ndi kapangidwe ka gulu
Gulu linakhazikitsidwa ku Los Angeles (California) kumayambiriro kwa 1990. "Bambo" wa gulu amaonedwa kuti ndi luso American rapper Ice-T.
Ice-T wakhala akuchita chidwi ndi heavy metal kuyambira ali mwana. Woimba wamtsogolo adaleredwa ndi msuweni wake dzina lake Earl. Otsatirawo ankakonda kumvetsera nyimbo za rock. Anamvetsera nyimbo zamagulu a rock kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980.
Tracy Marrow (dzina lenileni Ice-T) adadziyika ngati rapper kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake yopanga. Patapita nthawi, pamodzi ndi anthu amalingaliro ofanana, adapanga gulu la Body Count. Ice-T adapitilizabe kudzikuza ngati woyimba yekha komanso wojambula wa rap limodzi ndi ntchito yake mgululi.
Wachiwiri wa gulu latsopanolo anali woimba Ernie C. Tracey Murrow adakhala woyimba wamkulu.
Otsutsa nyimbo anali osagwirizana ponena za luso la mawu a Murrow. Ndipo iwo adanenanso kuti kuyimba kwake kuli kutali kwambiri ndi luso.
Mamembala oyamba agululi anali:
- Tracy Murrow;
- Wopambana V;
- Dee Rock;
- Ernie C.
Pakukhalapo kwa gulu, mapangidwe a gululo asintha kangapo. Beatmaster V, Mooseman, Sean E. Mack, Dee Rock (The Executor), Jonathan James, Grise, OT, Bendrix onse adalembedwa ngati mamembala akale a gululo.
Anthu ena a m’gululi salinso ndi moyo. Mwachitsanzo, Dee Rock anamwalira ndi lymphoma, Beatmaster V anamwalira ndi khansa ya magazi, ndipo Mooseman anaphedwa. Panthawiyi, mzerewu ukuwoneka ngati uwu: Ice-T, Ernie C, Juan wa Akufa, Vincent Price, Will Ill Will Dorsey Jr., Sean E Sean ndi Little Ice (mwana wa frontman).
Njira yopangira gulu
Ice-T adapereka gulu latsopanoli pamwambo wina wanyimbo mu 1991. Wotsogolerayo adapereka theka la nyimbo za hip-hop, ndipo gawo lachiwiri ku nyimbo za Body Count. Izi zidapangitsa kuti zisangalatse mafani azaka zosiyanasiyana komanso zokonda zanyimbo. Gululi lidawonekera koyamba pa LP Ice-T OG Original Gangster. Kawirikawiri, gululo linalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi mafani a nyimbo zina.
Mu 1992, discography gulu linawonjezeredwa ndi kuwonekera koyamba kugulu chimbale cha dzina lomweli. Album yopangidwa ndi Sire/Warner Records. Longplay idakhala chifukwa chokonzekera ulendo wautali. Zotsatira zake, oimba adatha kugwa m'chikondi ndi nyimbo zawo ngakhale okonda nyimbo.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, chivundikiro cha nyimbo ya Hey Joe chinaperekedwa kwa chimbale cha Jimi Hendrix. Oimba adatha kutulutsa phokoso lodabwitsa la nyimbo. Iwo ankasunga maganizo wamba wa zikuchokera, kuwonjezera munthu phokoso kwa izo.
Mu 1994, gulu la discography linawonjezeredwa ndi chimbale chachiwiri. Zosonkhanitsazo zinkatchedwa Born Dead.
Longplay yojambulidwa pa Virgin Records.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, chimbale cha Body Count Violent Demise: The Last Days chinajambulidwa. Asanalengedwe LP, woimba bassist Musman adasiya gululo. Adasinthidwa ndi Grizzly. Pambuyo pakuwonetsa mbiriyo, zidapezeka kuti Beatmaster V anali ndi khansa yamagazi. M'chaka cha ulaliki wachitatu situdiyo Album, woimba anamwalira. Malo ake adatengedwa ndi O.T.
Kuluza mu timu
Patapita nthawi, ndi luso Grizz anasiya gulu. Izi sizinali zotayika zokha. Dee Rock anamwalira mu 2004 chifukwa cha zovuta za lymphoma. Choncho, "mabambo" okha a gulu, Ice-T ndi Ernie C, adatsalira pa mzere woyamba.
Kutayika sikunachotse chikhumbo chopanga kuchokera kwa oimba. M'chaka cha 2006, kuwonekera koyamba kugulu wachinayi chimbale. Kuphatikiza kwa Murder 4 Hire kudapangidwa chifukwa cha dzina la Escapi Music.
Pa nthawi yojambulira chimbale chachinayi, mndandandawo unali wa Ice-T, Vincent Price (bassist) ndi Bendrix (woyimba gitala). Pambuyo pa kuwonetsera kwa mbiriyo, gululo silinawonekere kwa nthawi ndithu. Oimbawo ankafunika nthawi yopuma.
Pa nthawi yopuma yolenga, oimba adasonkhana pamwambowu. Mu 2009, adapita ku zikondwerero ndi zikondwerero zingapo. Ndipo mu 2010, Body Count adalemba nyimbo yotchedwa The Gears of War. Inali nyimbo yamasewera apakompyuta a Gears of War.
Kubwezeretsanso ntchito zopanga za gulu la Body Count
Mu 2012, zidadziwika kuti Body Count ikugwira ntchito pa chimbale chatsopano. Kenako zinapezeka kuti oimba anasaina pangano ndi chizindikiro latsopano.
Zojambula za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi LP Manslaughter (2014) yayitali. Mu teaser ya mbiri yatsopanoyi, Ice-T adawonetsa nyimbo ya Talk Shit, Get Shot. Zosonkhanitsazo zinalandiridwa mwachikondi osati ndi mafani okha, komanso ndi otsutsa nyimbo.
Kuwonetsedwa kwa chimbale chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha Bloodlust chinachitika mu 2017. Albumyi idapangidwa ndi Century Media Records. Kutulutsidwa kwa LP yautali wonse kudatsogoleredwe koyamba kwa No Lives Matter. Oyimba oyitanidwa adatenga nawo gawo pakujambula kwagululi: Max Cavalier, Randy Blythe ndi Dave Mustaine.
Pambuyo powonetsera zosonkhanitsa, Ice-T adatsimikizira kuti mwana wake Tracy Marrow Jr. (Little Ice) adalowa m'gululi. Wachibale wa mtsogoleri wa gululo adatenga malo a woyimba kumbuyo.
Mu 2018, zidapezeka kuti oimba akugwira ntchito pa LP yatsopano mu studio yojambulira.
Oimba adawulula mutu wa chimbale chomwe chikubwera cha Carnivore.
Zotsatira zake, oimbawo adayamba kujambula nyimboyi patangotha chaka chimodzi. Nyimboyi idatulutsidwa ngati imodzi kumapeto kwa chaka. Kuwonetsedwa kwa chimbale chachisanu ndi chiwiri kunachitika mu 2020. Mu Novembala 2020, zidadziwika kuti gulu la Body Count lidasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Grammy.
Gulu la Body Count mu nthawi yamakono
Mu 2021, mwambo wa Grammy Music Awards unachitika ku United States of America. Chochitikacho chidachitika popanda owonera, chifukwa dzikolo lidali ndi zoletsa zokhudzana ndi mliri wa coronavirus.
Body Count ndi nyimbo yawo ya Bum-Rush adapambana mphotho yapamwamba pakusankhidwa kwa "Best Metal Performance". Anyamatawo adadutsa magulu monga Munthawi Ino, Ulendo Wamphamvu ndi woimba Poppy.
