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Ice-T VI: Return of the Real
Ice-T VI: Return of the Real
Studio album by Ice-T
Released	June 4, 1996
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	The Crackhouse (Los Angeles, CA); The Archive (Oakland, CA);
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	1:13:15
Label	Rhyme $yndicate; Priority;
Producer	Ice-T (exec.); Hen-Gee; DJ Ace; Big Rich; Mad Rome; San Man; Slej Tha Ruffedge; Aquel; Dre MC; E-A-Ski; Trails of Flowalistics; L.P.;
Ice-T chronology
Singles from Ice-T VI: Return of the Real
	"I Must Stand"; Released: 1996; "The Lane"; Released: 1996;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Muzik	^[2]
NME	^[3]
Robert Christgau	^[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
The Source	^[6]

Ice-T VI: Return of the Real is the sixth studio album by American rapper Ice-T. It was released on June 4, 1996, via Rhyme $yndicate/Priority Records. The title is a play on words based on the movie Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, with the "VI" referring to it being his sixth album. Production was handled by several record producers, including Aquel, Big Rich, DJ Ace, Dre MC, E-A-Ski, Hen-Gee, Mad Rome, San Man, SLJ, Trials of Flowalistics, and Ice-T himself. It also features guest appearances from Hot Dolla, Powerlord JEL, Mr. Wesside, Godfather of Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., Sean E. Sean of Body Count, Deft Saplin, K-Wiz Spurt, and Angela Rollins.

The album peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 89 on the Billboard 200. One single, "I Must Stand", peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs^[7] and at number 21 on the Billboard Rap Songs.^[8] Along with a single, a music video was produced for the song, "I Must Stand". An unused demo from this album's sessions, titled "Here I Go Again", was later re-recorded by Ice-T with Body Count on Bloodlust.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pimp Anthem"	San Man LP (co.)	4:35
2.	"Where the Shit Goes Down?"	E-A-Ski & CMT	5:20
3.	"Bouncin' Down the Strezeet" (featuring Hot Dolla, Mr. Wesside & Powerlord JEL)	DJ Ace	3:50
4.	"Return of the Real"	DJ Ace	4:58
5.	"I Must Stand" (featuring Angela Rollins)	San Man LP (co.)	4:02
6.	"A Lotta Niggas" (featuring Sean E. Sean)	Ice-T	0:58
7.	"Rap Game's Hijacked"	SLEJ Da Ruff Edge	5:31
8.	"How Does It Feel"	Big Rich Mad Rome	4:30
9.	"The Lane"	SLEJ Da Ruff Edge DJ Ace	3:45
10.	"Rap Is Fake" (featuring Dee)	Ice-T	0:44
11.	"Make the Loot Loop"	DJ Ace LP (co.)	3:39
12.	"Syndicate 4 Ever" (featuring Hot Dolla, L.P. & Powerlord JEL)	DJ Ace	4:05
13.	"The 5th"	DJ Ace	4:26
14.	"It's Goin' Down"	Ice-T	0:33
15.	"They Want Me Back In"	DJ Ace	3:09
16.	"Inside of a Gangsta"	Big Rich Mad Rome	4:03
17.	"Forced to Do Dirt"	Aquel	4:55
18.	"Haters"	Ice-T	0:45
19.	"Cramp Your Style" (featuring Deft Saplin & K-Wiz Spurt)	Trails of Flowalistics	3:52
20.	"Real?"	Ice-T	1:38
21.	"Dear Homie" (featuring Godfather)	Dre MC Hen Gee	3:57
Total length:			1:13:15

Personnel

Tracy Lauren Marrow – main artist, producer (tracks: 6, 10, 14, 18, 20), executive producer
D. Brown – featured artist (tracks: 3, 12)
Marlowe Bates – featured artist (tracks: 3, 12)
Wesley Dawson – featured artist (track 3)
Angela Rollins – featured artist (track 5)
Ted Devoux – featured artist (track 21)
Wendel Winston – featured artist (track 12), co-producer (tracks: 1, 5, 11)
Dee – featured artist (track 10)
Deft Saplin – featured artist (track 19)
K-Wiz Spurt – featured artist (track 19)
Sean E. Sean – featured artist (track 6)
Bobby Ross Avila – talkbox (track 16)
Eric Garcia – scratches
Henry Garcia – producer (track 21), associate producer
Richard Ascencio – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 11–13, 15)
Richard Bougere Jr – producer (tracks: 8, 16)
Romy Geroso, Jr. – producer (tracks: 8, 16)
Santiago Sanguillen – producer (tracks: 1, 5)
Shafiq Husayn – producer (tracks: 7, 9)
Shon Adams – producer (track 2)
Denis Martinez – producer (track 19)
Andre McPhearson – producer (track 21)
Aquel – producer (track 17)
Tom Baker – mastering
David M. Halili – album cover painting & lettering
Art Shoji – art direction
Dana Hursey – photography
Jorge Hinojosa – management
Paul Filippone – management
Eric Greenspan – management

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[9]	31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[10]	40
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[12]	56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[13]	19
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	26
US Billboard 200^[15]	89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[16]	19