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Reception Professional ratings Review scores King said the lyric was altered for " tongue-in-cheek" humor, saying that the band thought racism was "ridiculous" at the time. This incensed Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye, who stated "that is so offensive to me". The controversy involved the changing of the refrain "guilty of being white" to "guilty of being right", at the song's ending. The band's cover of Minor Threat's "Guilty of Being White" raised questions about a possible message of white supremacy. The song begins as a sludge/ doom number, before becoming a more typical Slayer song. King asserts it is the only Slayer song on the album. "Gemini" was written by King and Araya several months before entering the recording studio.
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The band chose the best two, namely "Ddamm (Drunk Drivers Against Mad Mothers)" and "Can't Stand You". Guitarist Jeff Hanneman had written four unreleased songs in 1984–1985 while in the side project Pap Smear with Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rocky George.
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When asked which track they considered recording, Araya responded, "Maybe ' When the Music's Over', ' Five to One', something like that." A cover of Black Flag's "Rise Above" was suggested by Rubin, although was shelved after the band was not sure how to arrange it musically. Slayer considered covering 1960s psychedelic rock band the Doors as they were an influence to vocalist and bassist Tom Araya. However, after several rehearsals "things didn't pan out" according to King, so the band instead elected to cover punk songs.
The album was initially to feature material from classic heavy metal artists such as Judas Priest, UFO and Deep Purple. Recorded in three to four weeks, the album was largely the brainchild of guitarist Kerry King, who stated that the songs chosen were from highly influential bands who "made Slayer what it is". Undisputed Attitude was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles with Dave Sardy as producer and Reign in Blood producer Rick Rubin as executive producer.