Welcome back to Origins, our recurring series that gives artists a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, Ice-T digs into the twisted inspirations behind the latest Body Count release, “Psychopath.”
Body Count have returned with their new single, “Psychopath,” offering Ice-T the opportunity to step back into a different side of himself kept hidden while playing Sergeant Fin Tutuola on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
As Ice-T tells Consequence over Zoom, he relishes in extremes when making music — particularly when it comes to the macabre. “I think humans have a blood lust,” he explains. “We’re fascinated by it… we run to the car crash.”
For the multi-hyphenate, working with his hardcore project, Body Count, offers a different kind of catharsis and escapism than playing a character on TV, or playing a character in his solo music. Their new release, “Psychopath,” is exactly the kind of song the title might suggest — it’s frantic, high-energy, and wildly dynamic. From the moment he heard the instrumental, Ice-T knew this was a track where he needed to lay down a verse.
“It started with the music,” he emphasizes. “It sounds like what it’s like to be in a psychopath’s head. The track was psychotic, and it needed me to sing about something crazy.”
Stream “Psychopath” and read Ice-T’s full Origins breakdown below.
