![]() ![]() That means that the main goal Vanilla Ice is striving for is proving he’s a dope emcee. So for instance he comes off as the type of rapper that can get the party jumping. So with all of that being noted, the verses themselves are primarily braggadocious, though the type of bragging you would find circa the late-1980s hip-hop. ![]() did that intentionally, but it definitely comes off as such. Rather let’s say that this is one of those types of songs in which the lyrics of the verses aren’t really meant to stand out in the first place. It’s more akin to a dance song, so the beat and the hook are the most-important parts.īut that being said, if you really put your ear to this song, you may even come to the conclusion that Vanilla Ice actually can rap. After all to be a White rapper with a record deal, even to this day we can argue, means that you must have some type of skills.īut again, the instrumental on this track definitely overpowers the vocals, at least as far as the verses go. And we don’t know if Vanilla Ice and co. It may also be safe to say that most of the people familiar with “Ice Ice Baby” don’t know what Ice is actually talking about in the verses. It’s all just like “ice, ice baby”, which is in fact a cool a*s hook. Or put differently, in the grand scheme of the track, what he’s saying isn’t really that important anyway.Īnd this is not meant to be a diss against Vanilla Ice. Well technically, Vanilla Ice had two hits. But we would venture to guess that even 95% of the readers who actually know “Ice Ice Baby” can’t name what his other hit was (answer to be found in the bottom section). For even way back in 1990 there were some highly-skilled, non-White rappers in the game, such as Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap and even Eazy-E, who weren’t nearly as successful as Vanilla Ice was, not off of just one hit song at least. Yes, part of his success would logically be due to his skin color, as back in those days White rappers were still by and large viewed as novelty acts. But still, the barrier was broken nonetheless, and thus it can be said all professional rappers who followed may have been beneficiaries.īut at the same time, it’s easy to see why this song was hated by rap-music purists. finally clears the air on sampling David Bowie & Queen on “Ice Ice Baby” other words, he was the first rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100. So it’s like he was the one who initially broke the barrier where now you see these mega-rappers like Drake accomplishing such feats as if it is nothing. Here’s the clip of Vanilla’s interview down below. How do you feel about this? We see Vanilla’s original intentions to purchase the rights, however, it just doesn’t seem right that he owns it, and not the original creators. That means all royalties are paid to him every time it’s played on the radio, a TV show, movie, or really, anywhere. ![]() That’s right, so the sole owner of the legendary “Under Pressure” is Vanilla Ice. The biggest controversy of “Ice Ice Baby,” was the fact that it lifted the bass line from Queen and David Bowie’s 1981 song “Under Pressure.” Queen and David Bowie’s camps both filed lawsuits against Vanilla Ice, seeing that the rapper did not pay any royalties to Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor or John Deacon, the original songwriters.īut a lawsuit was avoided, and recently, Vanilla Ice revealed how it was on The Dan Patrick Show. Apparently, instead of paying for a lawyer to fight the suit, or even paying the fine, Vanilla Ice opted to buy the song instead. ![]()
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