Because of an completely savage new unmarried, named Psychopath and that includes a monster contribution from Are compatible for an Post-mortem’s Joe Unhealthy, and an ongoing Eu excursion, lovers of hip-hop legend Ice T’s mythical steel venture Frame Depend must be beautiful excited at this time. We stuck up with the Iceman to discuss the brand new music, how he’s taking part in traveling, which musicians are left on his want listing to collaborate with and dealing with “the Dr. Dre of steel”.
Whats up Ice, this new music is among the heaviest belongings you’ve ever accomplished!
Ice T: “I don’t know if it’s the heaviest, I similar to to assume it’s higher. I in reality don’t assume you must do an album except you’ll be able to higher your self – I don’t wanna leisure on my laurels. Each and every time I tackle a brand new album I’m seeking to outdo what we did, so it’s gonna get heavier, it is gonna get tougher. We’re running with the similar workforce for the remaining 4 albums, Will Putney, who I all the time say is the Dr. Dre of steel, and we were given a settled band. It’s exhausting while you’re all the time seeking to shuffle the deck.”
That’s an enormous shout on Will! What makes him the Dre to you?
“Neatly, I’ve all the time stated that Dre is the most efficient hip-hop manufacturer, as a result of he makes band’s sound like themselves however dope. Which means Eminem does now not sound like 50 Cent, 50 Cent does now not sound like Snoop, Snoop does now not sound like Recreation, Recreation does now not sound like Kendrick Lamar. Will has the power to paintings with a wide variety of steel bands and cause them to all sound like themselves. We don’t sound like Are compatible For An Post-mortem! A large number of manufacturers make the band sound just like the manufacturer and now not the band. The facility to hear Frame Depend and make us sound like Frame Depend, I don’t know some other manufacturers that experience that skill. He does 5 bands, they usually all sound dope, they usually all sound other. That’s a capability to grasp what that band is.”
He surely will get what you might be, then?
“Oh, needless to say. I all the time say that Frame Depend is Grindhouse. We’re a Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez film. We’re outrageous, it’s humorous and on occasion it’s severe, however now not everybody will get our tune. On Psychopath, the lady screaming is my daughter and my spouse in a rest room on a cellular phone and Will’s like ‘Yeah!’ and he provides a fucking chainsaw! He will get what we’re doing. He’s the most efficient.”
How did Joe get entangled within the music?
“Neatly, Are compatible For An Post-mortem are certainly one of Will Putney’s bands. So Joe Unhealthy and all them are all the time on the studio. Will has a camp of rock musicians who’re simply there! I’ve recognized Joe for years, he’s performed video video games with Lil’ Ice for years. He used to be simply in the home, you understand. We wanted somebody to do the demise steel, heavy factor; I imply, glance, we were given Corpsegrinder at the album, I’ve labored with Max Cavalera, I do know what I would like from that sound. Will stated, ‘Whats up if you want somebody that may do this, why now not use Joe?’, and I love that. I love running with those who I in reality know. I don’t need to usher in artists that I don’t in reality fuck with; I would like it to be a circle of relatives operation, you understand.”
How did the music come about? It’s a brutal theme
“It’s in reality how Frame Depend makes information. We make hundreds of riffs, a number of riffs, riffs, riffs, riffs, I kinda reduce and paste the riffs into tracks. I’ll pass, ‘Neatly, that doesn’t paintings however that breakdown is cool, let’s make a complete music out of the breakdown.” I’m now not positive how different bands paintings. Frame Depend are in LA and I’m in New York, however Psychopath got here in as a just about completed music; after I listened to the tune, the music kind of tells me what the music must be about. The tune used to be so wild that it simply gave the impression of the interior of a psychopath’s head. We are all indoctrinated through serial killer documentaries – any customary particular person can profile a psychopath at this time, proper? So, I simply made the profile that are compatible the tune.”
The video for the music is beautiful surprising. You’ve were given some terrible other people in there!
“Proper! Neatly, that used to be if truth be told my word to the director. I simply sought after to get an inventory of all the serial killers. We discovered 22 of them, and I sought after their photos bobbing up. I put a stocking on my head, and I sought after all their photos bobbing up [too]. He killed it!”
You continue to like surprising other people then?
“Oh, that’s all that will get me going! It’s kinda like for those who had been a horror director and also you didn’t wanna surprise any one. What the fuck you in that style for? If I don’t make you are feeling a undeniable manner, you’re doing pop tune. Pop is doing what everybody needs to listen to; to rock, you gotta rock other people!”
How’s the excursion going?
“Nice. We haven’t toured for some time, on account of Covid, we didn’t even get to excursion the Carnivore album. The label sought after us to do every other album, I used to be like ‘In reality?” however the brand new album has pop out higher than Carnivore. We’re enjoying some new songs, all of our presentations are offered out, in order that’s a excellent signal.”
You’ve been doing a mixture of pageant presentations and headline presentations. What do you like?
“I all the time assume that while you’re at a pageant I believe it’s nice that you just’re seeking to get new lovers, however you’re having a look at ten to 15 p.c of your lovers. I believe at your personal display, you understand, remaining evening we performed Zurich to three,500 of our lovers, which is dope. Fairs for brand new lovers, your personal presentations you wanna promote out for your lovers and ensure your fanbase is forged.”
Is there somebody left you’d love to collaborate with on a Frame Depend album?
“Oh positive, lot of rappers. I’d love to have Chino XL, he’s been a pal for years, or this child RJ Payne, I’d love to take them out of hip-hop and provides them a in reality brutal monitor, as it’s lyrics on the finish of the day. When they know how exhausting the ones riffs pass, I believe the ones bars could be superb. Most people I’d love to paintings with have handed, Prince and Jimi Hendrix, however Slayer used to be without equal for me, simply being allowed to rock with the ones guys on Judgment Evening used to be a large vote for us. Possibly Ozzy, as a result of Black Sabbath had been those that were given me into steel. I believe they invented steel, so, yeah, Ozzy.”
Frame Depend hit the United Kingdom for 3 dates in London, Manchester and Glasgow beginning this Sunday, June 30
