First Time Hearing Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" 

Yea as a meme lol. It's not respected. It's self aware. And a guilty pleasure lol

Classic

@@cjstats1514 Guilty pleasure indeed.

You could say that about every piece of recorded music...

Nothing like rolling through Compton, windows down, and Vanilla Ice turned up

Face diaper

He's cool like that!

That's awesome. If I ever seen him I'm gonna come wit the go ninja go ninja go go go 😂

He’s a humble dude. Cool guy all around

​@@Revelation22_5Yep he actually just reacted to this video on his channel, it's pretty great! I've heard from people who worked around him that he's a really cool dude.

15 million . 500 lol crazy

Saw that video. It's crazy that the city sued them for using graffiti as a backdrop, shameless profiteering like.

Maybe 10 million in a day

I think the video budget was like $5,000.

@@Al_EllisandeWtf. How is that even possible

BS...No album has EVER sold even close to that much. His album has sold 15 million copies. Someone is lying...lmmfao

@@joanidavis2262 You're right. He's talking about streams.

Word....to yo motha!

To your mother

Yes Indeed!

that was vanilla rice

@@gunner-qf9eh Bro the one where Carrey does the Snow impression is even funnier. Almost pissed myself

Same! I’ll be 41 on the 28th of this month 😂😂😂

Same. Except I'm 39.

It's funny how you never forget that stuff no matter how how old you get.

I'm 51 and wanted to be him lol..! Got the hairstyle and wanted the 5.0 convertible mustang so bad... This song is still legendary (in my mind anyway)..

Me too. Not Baby Got Back tho. My kids are the same. The look at me like I'm a weird creature or something 🎧🎤😎

100% correct!!

Only in America

Absolutely true, i went to his concert here in Lima,Peru in 1992, and we were a country destroyed by poverty and terrorism then, but it was something magical really!

@@Freyaaamirait was huge in the UK. I was 10 years old 😀

Man in Europe this was NO1 hit

If you see him let him know that even in the "frozen unkown lands of finland" people still think about him and wish him well 🤙❤

Down the street from you ☺️

This song came out when I was a girl and EVERYBODY loved it. The lyrics were so clever and fun to sing along and the beat was amazing and perfect for dancing. I was shocked to walk into my kitchen a couple of years ago and see my “Way too cool“ teenage son playing this song full blast. He already had a lot of it memorized. It stands the test of time. This song is loved by generations.

and he's hott.

Yeah, I used to watch his show from time to time. Vanilla Ice is very talented. 🤩

And then they canceled him before it even a thing.

Lol 😆

They still play it

I member

Just like 90% of RU-vid reactors, I’m going to pretend I’ve never heard of this and simply ask.. who is this vanilla ice you speak of?

-_-

legit.

Real talk.

😂 it even aged better than me some days.

It wasnt the song that ever one had a problem with it was because of all the things he was claiming that werent true to try and get "street cred"

Me Neither ❤❤❤❤❤

Me too, 46 over here

Go Gramma Go Gramma Go!!!

💯

Well said -- go Gen X!

For real. Back in the day you could have a political debate with family and then you'd be sitting around ten minutes later like it never happened.

I’m 45 too, this song WAS 1990! Haha, 6th grade, best time ever

I' m 61 and loved this song too!!! And it still makes me dance😅

Bro you got that 5.0 too didht you!!!!

@@mr_unsane she’s an older one 85 4 eye fox

I'm 36 and it was huge even while I was in middle school in the mid 90s. I love it. ❤️

Cool as Ice as a song was decent too.

I believe he has some kind of home improvement or construction company now.

He's technically a 2-hit wonder since his version of "Play That Funky Music" got to #4 (on the Billboard Hot 100). But yeah everyone knew this song, including people who probably never listened to any rap before this.

Yeah but Go Ninja Go from TMNT 2 will always hold a special place for me.

This guy opened up black rap to be accessible to white teenagers - especially with their parents. 'He seems like such a nice well groomed boy.' That's important to suburban mom's. They didn't make the connection to thug culture until Tupac etc were popped. But for at least a few years while Vanilla Ice was cool, the genre took root and grew.

Fun fact he stole this beat from Queen and David Bowie, they took it to court and he lost millions after.

People all clowning vanilla but wen this song came every car going by was bumpin it.

damn I miss 2 pac. 😢😢

Wow. Digital underground! That takes me back

Before Eminem, there was Vanilla Ice

@@Lori-lp6ucBefore Vanilla Ice there was MC Hammer

@@dirtmcgirt7125 After MC Hammer there was John B

@@dirtmcgirt7125 Before all of them beastie boys introduced hard rock to rap.

That’s just not true…. -_-

Would love to be able to see him live! and that makes me think about the Roots Picnic at the Hollywood Bowl with a lot of forefathers and Queens of hip hop and such, but it’s sold out! Of course

He also raced MotorX before his music career

@@joshperry3272 Exactly

They are. This was a huge hit. Everyone blasted this in the car when it came out. Black, White, Mexicans etc.

Yep, yep

😅😂 True its that beat 👌❤️

No way. The beat is what grabbed people and it was stolen from Queen. One of the cases that helped make regulations on sampling and musical copyright. He was a clown who pretended to be down with the hood and got played as a liar on national television. Lots of people genuinely hated this guy.

YYYEEESSSSS! He REALLY is a perfect example of the American success story! So proud for him. The man still works hard!

58, here. Exactly! 👆 No one mention the riff is from Queen feat David Bowie's "Under Pressure"? Loved their video reaction to Ram Jam's "Black Betty" too 🔥

U have a great music taste grandpa!

I'm 54 and don't feel so old. LOL

All my thumbs up are for your reactions. Your reactions are priceless. I'm in the over 65 crowd. I'm requesting "In The Bottle " by Gill Scott Heron.

@@barbaramatthews4735 YOU'RE NOT OLD. 55 & OVER, STARTS SENIOR CITIZENS. PLUS, THAT'S NOT EVEN OLD.

every word!!!!!😂

It’s that killing baseline.

Just like 90% of RU-vid reactors, I’m going to pretend I’ve never heard of this and simply ask.. who is this vanilla ice you speak of?

He got bad rap for using "Under Pressure" beat and not paying royalties or whatever, I think they crushed him because of that

Or dancing along!!

Best selling album of all time? Album? You sure? Album? MJ??

It's sold over 160 million world wide and still selling

You mean, HE SAMPLED the hook. Huge difference. 🙄

Rob was/is a legend. EVERYONE was playing this back in the day!!!

He was sued by both Queen and David Bowie. When they won, their names were added to the writing credits. Huge hit. For about a year, it was always playing at clubs and parties.

​@@coolcpa3321 didn't he also buy the rights to the song?

It wasn't Queen it was actually the Rolling Stones that he ripped off the beat from the song

Absolutely 💯 %!!

Remember they made that movie after that and it was good .

​@@zoultronzoultron9723 Cool As Ice(1991)...always liked that one

He also had a movie,he starred in,it flopped tho.He was also in one of the TMNT films.He still eating off of Ice Ice Baby. LOL.

I remember his show! He flipped house's and did awesome at it!

He was on the first Celebrity Big Brother! With Corey Feldman, Ron Jeremy, "mini me"... that crazy televangelist lady with all the makeup and, man, I am drawing a blank on who else.

He had to leave the hip hop world, or lose his life. He chose to leave, rather than sell his rights to the gangsters in the industry back then.

Wait uncle vanny was vanilla ice this whole time lmfao I watch that movie every time I see it on tv

I am about your age. I used to put it on to motivate patients to move. Even just chair dance. It always gets people's toes tapping.

@@gunner-qf9eh Carrey's skit didn't help but Vanilla Ice's lies, bad company & arrogance were also working against him.

@@gunner-qf9eh oh I don't doubt that he blamed Carrey and took no ownership in his own role. Or the fickleness of fame. The curse of a huge hit. Or the market at that time not really being sure what to do with hip hop, dance and cross over. But mostly , I think his arrogance about claiming to write the Under Pressure sample really shut the door on who would work with him more than the Carrey skit. He could have risen above that like everyone who has every had to rise above by doing the work and growing. Maybe showing some humility. (I am a little loopy on meds and this brings back my time working in clubs in the 90s and my hubs writing for Mad TV & stand ups)

🤣🤣🤣

Same!

You are really trying to throw shade when most rappers sample.

The clip of Vanilla trying to explain how his track and the Queen track are different is comedy gold.

@@suzannedavila1446 stealing and sampling ain't the same thing sweetheart. And most rappers don't have much talent, especially compared to great rock and roll bands so have fun being mad. 💅😉

@@theshadowfax239 Stop it!!! There are different levels of talent with different genres of music. You can not like it which is your right, but gtfoh with that "not much talent" crap. They used to say the thing about Elvis

This isn't sampled... it's stolen. Ice had a bass player play the riff with one xtra note, so he could claim it was different. I think he wound up buying the rights to under pressure from queen so he wouldn't have to pay them royalties Edit- i shall correct myself after some research... he paid $4M for the publishing rights to Under Pressure because the possible long court case could have cost him more than that and then he would have had to pay royalties on top of it

He did to pretend that that beat was his own until he had to force Vanilla to give them credit and some of the royalties of that song.

SAMPLED ? RIPPED OFF

@@ozmaile7938 well wasnt it legal back in the late 80s early 90s?

@@quincee3376 No Why he lost the lawsuit .... and had to pay big time $$$$$

@@ozmaile7938 oh OK thx.

Did he invent Running Man himself i wonder? It changed the world! lol! It's like you gotta have lessons for that one dance step! Many try & fail! He was like a kid nextdoor wholesome Techno Viking! So Pioneer!

Yeah he made some really good songs but the young youth dont know about music so they just catching up. I dont see how this generation dont know music when this era of kids have parents in there 30s and 40s. These the kids so they wont be lost.

@@freethoughts87 4 sure.

Yes like Ninja rap

@kiradelarochefoucauld7499 No, he didn't invent the running man

i blame "in living color" skit for looking at it differently.

I've always liked the song. I know every word and the dance move 😆 🤣. Music back then made you feel like dancing and the beats made every one get in a good mood.

Nah, I didn't like it, wasn't cuz he was white, just wasn't the kind of hip hop or music I was into but ur right, this shit was everywhere, I didn't understand it but whatever, people like what they like...

Hated this song when it came out. Now I've discovered that i still do. I will never understand how this thing got popular

I just loved it when rap told a story. The best rap tells a good story, worth telling. None of this brainless .. shoot everything, on all the drugs, and getting every girl preg. Just gets stupid old. Ok... I'll give gin and juice, and pass the blunt around..but they don't light me up like great 90s rap.

Still is 😊

@@devilblueduke agreed!

all it asks for is your groove

What? Never knew he was gay.

@@veddyveddygood he's not gay he's talking about him being a white rapper lol

yeah, it's crazy and now everyoen wants to talk about inclusiveness/diversity but many dont see it for other pple. rap's not that big anymore anyway

@@veddyveddygood LOL nice bait

I thought the same thing...it was annoying watching all those followers deny how good this song was....it became 'lame' to like some good songs.

Ninja Ninja RAP!!💥

he literally stole the music from Queen

@@xCodeXANA *Sampled music from Queen 🙃

@@felin_de_la_nuit That's not sampling lmao. He took the entire song and added one extra note. That's theft, not sampling.

yeah he had some smaller popular songs we just name any?

You're that guy in the comments section they were talking about in the video Lol

He’s actually not a one hit wonder. He followed up Ice Ice Baby with Play That Funky Music and I love You

Banger movie as well

Boiiiii that go ninja go ninja Go Hits different!

Bro I totally forgot about that until you said it, GO NINJA GO NINJA GO! 😭🕺

That he stole 😂

Queen worked hard on the music for this fool to try and steal it as if they wouldnt notice. Lol.

There’s also the little issue of the hook, which he also borrowed from A Phi A.

He's touring now with Ton Loc, C&C Music Factory, Robe Base, 2 Live Crew...

@Serensive not true. Vanilla's beat was similar but it wasn't exactly the same.

And he was left high and dry too....he was trying and they were sucking him dry. ☹️ Robert Van Winkle deserved better.

Cut it out. He was a knock off of MC Hammer

@@ConquerWealth.network Maybe...but if he was it was because some producer somewhere thought he was a great patsy to make a buck off of.

@@ConquerWealth.network not really, did you know majority of rap and hiphop sales comes from the white audience (around 59%) and vanilla ice introduced mainstream aka average white people to rap (majority of the average white people didn't listen to the beastie boys) rap culture would not be nearly as successful without him.

@@ConquerWealth.network Knock off or not he still has a damn good flow. Better than a lot of the shit rappers you hear now.

I never noticed that but you're right. I love that too!

Yes , Rob did sample the beat/riff from"QUEENS/DAVID BOWIE , UNDER PRESSURE" but what many many people don't know is that queen and David Bowie never recorded or performed the song together... I'm not 100% sure about this part but I think that some radio DJs put them together doing the song as a mix and the great Freddie Mercury passed before they could actually record and perform together. If you watch the video of the singing it at a concert typestyle you will be able to notice that they are not performing together that its place together from different performance. So go ahead and check out the video

Freddie Mercury and David Bowie were two of the greatest vocalists to ever sing a tune. To sample from their only collaboration not only took the brassiest of brassy balls, but also legitimized and provided early hip-hop the mad respect the genre had well-deserved for over a decade. Ice Ice Baby was perfect and timeless and all the haters who got something to say otherwise can come at me because I'm old enough to remember the time before rap when a crossover of disco and punk was as ethnic as you could get with a beat and a bassline. It's never been about the color of your skin, it's always been about the amount of mojo in your blood. ❤

yes i believe i heard that in the series stingray i could be wrong though.

That’s right we gotta school these young kids that was our era

Queen/Bowie bassline is why it’s catchy.

It's an ear worm for sure.

I'm a little teapot short and STOUT!!

OMG yesss!!!!

His grandmother made his jacket .

Nothing rhymes with "Winkle"

Yes! I was going to say that too. The funniest skit.

Pretty sure the rumor is Suge Knight held him over a balcony and forced him to sign away his rights, I think he made his money another way or on other music

@@rossrobertson674 No,Suge made him sign over a portion of the rights to Ice Ice Baby,Before he started home-building,he was living LARGE off of Ice Ice Baby.

I’m an Aussie mum and love watching these guys. They remind me of my son’s mates, all good kids. They seem like really good guys and I always enjoy their reactions. Have subbed to them for a while.

No one listening to those sweeties 🤣🤣😂

Yea they would notice it immediately

@@carpitclean5762 theyve reacted to them before, Queen have many fans still to this day get over it

@@Innermoonb get over what ole sensitive one 🌈🌈🌈🤡🤡🤡

Sad?

Yeah, it speaks to the fact that lots of white folks.who weren't interested in rap bought the record. *If you think people who knew nothing about rap and had no use for it can suddenly make a judgement on what good rap is, you need to think again...* You just spouted a fallacy.

He was like Elvis…if Elvis had zero appreciation for what came before him.

the entire beat is copied from one of the greatest artists of all time. so yea it made it to the top 100 #1

Wow that sounds like the best time! Even with the rain, that’s just epic!

Also my first concert but was in Albany ny. Hammer had like 50 people on stage

N2Deep "Back to the Hotel" or My Posse's on Broadway

Deer Creek Forever!!

What a BANGER line-up !!! LOL.I've always LOVED En Vogue,all of them could BLOW !!! And were-FINE and they knew it TOO. LOL.

I’m a little bit younger but I did the same thing with “Tha Crossroads” by Bone Thugs, LMAO!

@@PhatMon920 Dude that I LOVE YOU MIXTAPE showed REAL FEELINGS you had to put in REAL WORK lmao

N2Deep, "back to the hotel"

My best friend said this was the best song he'd ever heard when i was at school

Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha that is hilarious!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, he funded Death Row because Suge Knight threatened to throw him off a 15th-floor hotel balcony if he didn't sign over the points for Ice Ice Baby. That is one of the main reasons besides that album he didn't have many hits because he left the rap game before he got murdered.

100% True!