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, released March 31, 2017, by Century Media Records. It is their first recorded with new hype man Little Ice, the son of frontman Ice-T. In its first week, it debuted at number 3 in the UK Rock and Metal Chart. The track "Here I Go Again" is a re-recording of a demo track from frontman Ice-T's '' Return of the Real'' sessions. The track "Black Hoodie" was nominated for

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. The second track, "No Lives Matter", addresses the role of race in

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. "All Love Is Lost" is about husbands who are having an affair with their mistresses behind their wives' backs and features

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on guitar and vocals. The video features actress

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(Ice-T's co-star on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'') playing the role of the vindictive wife who kills her husband because he's cheating on her. The album contains a cover of "

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Track listing

Personnel

* Ice-T – lead vocals *

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– lead guitar * Juan of the Dead – rhythm guitar *Vincent Price – bass, lead vocals on "Postmortem" *Ill Will – drums *Sean E Sean – sampler, backing vocals *Little Ice – hype man, backing vocals

Guest musicians

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– spoken word and lead guitar on "Civil War" * Jason C. Miller – additional backing vocals on "The Ski Mask Way" and "No Lives Matter" *

– guest vocals on "All Love Is Lost" *

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– guest vocals on "Walk with Me…" * Jackie Kajzer – additional backing vocals on "No Lives Matter"

Accolades

Charts

References

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