Defend the Indefensible: Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer...

That's it.

That's my "defense of the indefensible" -- the stories made me laugh, therefore Ice's musical career is worthwhile

My thinking, too.

"Ice Ice Baby" is fantastic. You play that song when DJing and it's like you're the second coming of ... i dunno... the second coming of someone really awesome.

Don't play like you dont know all the words to either of these songs either, cause you do. And if you dont, you're probably looking them up right now.

-- stevem (bluesk...), February 4th, 2004.

You don't have to get all defensive about not being rockist when what you said was completely 100% true.

Also, Hammerman wasn't the WORST cartoon of its time, and featured the voice of the greatest actor EVER, Clark Johnson.
-- Huckadelphia (handsomishbo...), February 4th, 2004.

No way, it came on right after the New Kids on the Block cartoon. I loved them both.

Vanilla Ice looks like Jim Carrey! WTF?
Back when In Living Colour was on, Jim Carrey did a hilarious parody of "Ice Ice Baby" called "White White Baybay"
Whats yer name?
Robert Van Winkle!
Yo, Why'd ya change it?
Nuthin rhymes with Winkle!

-- Lord Custos Omicron (l.custo...), February 4th, 2004.

That doesnt sound very funny.

I like how in the second Ninja Turtles movie as soon as the Turtles burst through the club where Vanilla Ice is performing, Ice tells his dancers "Fellas, I have an idea...". Without him saying anything else they immediately start dancing in perfect choreography to Ice's supposedly improvised "Ninja Rap". I guess they had a ready-made song prepared just in case giant, man-sized mutant turtles burst through the walls of the club.

While I'll love him forever for making Cool As Ice ("Yo, Kat! Words of wisdom! Drop that zero and get with the hero!"), which I showed to every friend I could back in high school, I don't think I'll ever forgive him for saying that he would lick his grandma's asshole for a million dollars. Such a moral quandary should not be introduced.

See, their song goes dee-dee-dee diggy dee-dee. His goes DEE-dee-dee-dee diggy dee-dee. It's totally different!

SPIN's Jonathan Bernstein gave that video the "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Me!" award.

Has Eminem ever gone that far?

I'd also like to throw that time he appeared on MTV's 12 Angry Viewers and personally took the baseball bat to the master copy of his video into the mix for contention. Also the time a couple years later he took the bat to a bunch of other crappy videos on MTV's Worst Music Videos Ever That We Will Never Ever Show Again dealie.

fucking classic.

-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), April 29th, 2006.

I think someone here feels a little threatened by these two Gods of music.

I don't know where either Vanilla Ice or ICP get off sledging Eminem. At least he's a real fucking rapper! (and I'm hardly an Eminem fan, but god, them's the facts)

-- latebloomer (posercore24...), February 4th, 2004.

Omigod yes!! Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!!! I went to see this movie when it came out in the theater and on the marquee his name was in big letters right under the Turtles. I was so happy.

It's too bad Hammer's Addam's Family song isn't more infamous. I remember listening to it alot when I was a little kid (my name's Adam) and he keeps saying "To the bridge" and I had no idea what he was talking about. I imagined the song was taped live and they were all walking across some steel bridge on stage, knees bent, hands pumping in the air...

Hammer: Proper

him and early Mix-a-Lot are also probably a super underrated infl. on dudes like Timbaland and Pharrel, they were sticking with electro type beats all thru the boom bap era.

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/490/491733.jpg

rofl.

jesus god this one is worse

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Platinumunderground.jpg

I pity Vanilla Ice.

^^^^^ classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAZz3c6WC7M

omfg. what is up with those pants? and his horrible attempt at beat boxing?

i heard/read way back when that Vanilla Ice was loaded ... that he invested his royalties wisely and shit. if it's true, it doesn't make his music better or his musical persona any less pathetic -- but unlike Hammer, he's at least avoided visiting the bankruptcy court (AFAIK).

i always thought 'ice ice baby' was a terrible single. too long, plodding, repetitive to no good effect, bad flow.

'u can't touch this' on the other hand is great: unforgettable hook, funny, bouncy, everything a classic single should be.

Bo Jackson, maybe some trickster had gone and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmiR18iGVg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Woops, pressed send too early. Anyway you get the idea

Flavor Flav & MC Hammer To Join Charlie Sheen At Insane Clown Posse Festival

besides, i still i love this
http://s1.directupload.net/images/110710/temp/l2x8fmar.jpg

"Ice Ice Baby" is fantastic. You play that song when DJing and it's like you're the second coming of ... i dunno... the second coming of someone really awesome.

this is still true 7 years later. very very popular song at nightclubs, weddings, parties, i get requests for this every time i play out. i understand the songs weaknesses, and also what a complete goof mr. winkle is, but this song is a classic. and frankly i don't think it would still be as popular if v ice hadn't been so stupid looking and unintentionally funny either, that's built into it's ongoing appeal.

same goes for "can't touch this" but tbh i don't think it's quite as good a song, and it's still popular but not on the level of ice ice baby. however hammer does still get consistent props from any and all bay area rappers to this day

Ice Ice Baby is one of my Dad's favourite songs, and he's 64.

Still like "Ice Ice Baby." Remember the first time I heard it. I was driving around Detroit with Mr. Fine Wine and some DJ just kept playing it over and over and wouldn't play anything else.

ha ha - oh my that seriously made me laugh!

xpost to dog latin

HAMMER takes it. U Can't Touch This >>>>>>>>>> Ice Ice Baby

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O_O

Hammer - cos it's Hammer yo Hammer MC Hammer Go Hammer

and the rest can go and play

When Hammer grunts 'YEEEAAH, BOYYYYEEEEE' in 'Let's Get it Started' it sounds like he's pinching one off.

If I'm honest in reappraising his skills, he's really not that much better an MC than Blazin' Hazen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXb6bjCCtuY

that's unfair

you missed the part where he smoothed out his rapping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haxYckO6-ok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCv86Olk8E

the video for "2 Legit 2 Quit" is beyond insane and is LEGIT amazing. yes it features James Brown throwing Hadoukens of energy at Hammer.

It took me forever to notice it for some reason but, once I did, Hammer's tendency to randomly sprinkle his rhymes with rolling 'r' sounds (often when there was no 'r' to roll) started driving me batshit. It's all over this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwshr5uAlOA

yea the 2 Legit video is pretty awesome - love how it's a not-so-subtle attempt to one-up Michael Jackson

OL i definitely picked up on the rolling r's

btw the Rifftrax crew has tackled "Cool As Ice" and it is hilarious. it really is one of the great bad movies.