how was vanilla ice portrayed by the media?

am I mistaken or didn't he initially DENY that he had sampled Under Pressure?

yay! I get to share one of my favorite quotes for the 80th time on ILX.

"see their song goes dee-dee-dee-diggy-dee-dee dee-dee-dee-diggy-dee-dee. Ours goes dee-dee-dee-diggy-diggy-dee-dee DEE-dee-dee-dee-diggy-dee-dee. It's totally different."

"yo, KAT! words o' wisdom...drop that zero and get with the HERO!"

what bside single did v blow up on?

impt question -- how much of the "he's not even hip-hop" thing came from people who *don't like hip-hop*? i've noted that the first to denounce "sellouts" are often the least familiar, and often the most concerned with hip-hop incursion onto their own territory -- in this case "white ppl. music". yeah

I wonder how much the backlash against the pop success of breakdance heavy acts like Vannila Ice and MC Hammer had to do with the abandoning of the whole elements thing in mainstream Hip-Hop.
the question is would you rather see breakdancers or women vibratin? in living color bridged the gap, but now we're almost there w/beyonce & video girls. lloyd banks is a bastard, and 50 manipulates his image and salability so well.

The kids on my bus knew every goddamn word immediately.

I see what yr getting at here but I'm fairly certain most hip-hop fans weren't feeling him. They may have liked the single, at least when it first came out, but there was probably some resentment at this wack, lying white boy coming out of nowhere and making more money than any black rapper up to this time, except for maybe hammer.

I think we all know who schooled him in that department:

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/oozepix/ooze26.jpg

-- s1ocki (slytus...), September 12th, 2004.
it was called "ice by ice".

Lyrics, fill in the gap -- Drop that bass and get the NINJA RAP
Feel it, if you know what I mean -- Give it up for those heroes in green
Just flowin, smooth with the power -- Kickin’ it up, hour after hour
Cause in this life there’s only one winner -- You better aim good so you can hit the center
In it to win it, with a team of four -- Ninja Turtles that you gotta adore it’s the:

Ninja, Ninja, RAP! Ninja, Ninja, RAP!
GO GO GO
Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO; Go Ninja, Go ninja, GO!
Go Ninja, Go Ninja. GO; Go Ninja, Go ninja, GO!
GO GO GO GO

So you get the Gas Face.

Shakey, you should read Phil Dellio's mathematical proof of Milli Vanilli being better than Bob Dylan. It's better than anything I could write about them. (Though I do think they were okay. I confused them with Bobby Brown at first. And Frank Farian was a genius; he had already proved that with Boney M.)

I eagerly await your critical contortions.

"Rico Suave" did not blow me away, though.

police on the scene, u know wut I mean

Best response: "Stop. Contaminate and listen."

Second best: "Hope you were able to get word to your mother."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNuJuO_N2w

Thought this was the hottest shit ever when I was too young to know better.

probably listened to that CD 100 times as a kid and had no idea who "Rob Van Winkle" was. I thought that was just some stupid name the Bloodhound Gang made up

Same. And I don't remember the back of the album crediting him at all, let alone as Vanilla Ice.

BLOODHOUND GANG AND ROB VAN WINKLE...TOGETHER ON THIS TRACK

oh boy, havent heard that in a v long time... they really tried to ride the beastie boys sabotage train w that one.

Good read!
https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/10/6/21494291/vanilla-ice-to-the-extreme-ice-ice-baby-history-30th-anniversary

I think that if the internet had been around to the extent it is today back in 1990, then Vanilla Ice might not have come off so badly. The entire media story, at lease in the UK, was that he was a fool, poser, etc.. But now there'd be Twitter stans (lol thanks Eminem), and he himself would be engaging much more directly with the public at large through social media. On the other hand, if Soundcloud and other music platforms been around back then, would he still have taken the compromised path to fame that he did.
He did pave the way for other white rappers in a sense, because he was so totally criticised that anyone following after him had a) a model of what not to do, and b) a very low bar to get over (don't be a complete fool like this Vanilla guy).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvp9ELDix5I

The Art Of 'Cool As Ice'

The Art Of 'Cool As Ice'🕸

W.T.F. (Wisdom, Tenacity and Focus), also known as W.T.F. or just WTF, is the sixth and, to date, most recent studio album by American rapper Robert Van Winkle, known as Vanilla Ice. Originally scheduled for a 2009 release, it was officially released as a digital download on August 30, 2011, through Radium Records, executive produced by Vanilla Ice, Nick DeTomaso and Mark Mehwald.

he could have been bob van winkle. but instead, he became vanilla ice

“yo, Bloodhound Gang and Rob Van Winkle, together on this track”

"Rob Van Winkle in the conference room!"

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