This is hip hop. Melodic rap with annunciation and dance. You understood every word and envied their dance skills. Back when music had substance and meant something. Those were the days.
@@PubeBraider I think she talked in general. It`s not this song alone. There are so many others with substance. No fancy cars needed, no half naked girls or designer clothes. Hip Hop was real, today you guys get bad copys from bad copys.
@@Standgedicht its just the typical back then everything was better mentality. I lived through that times and already was a hip hop fan, vanilla ice was a joke. and there were tons of bullshit music too, like today.
All rappers put on a hell of a performance back then. They worked hard in order to pave the way for today's rappers that are so cocky, they think they can just stand there & not do much besides rap about nonsense rather than substance. You need to check out more 80's rappers, so many good ones to choose from!
Late 80s great rap. Everybody dancing. That's what made it fun. It wasn't so serious. Life is serious enough who wants to hear such despair in music. Gen X in the house, " we have the legends."
What's interesting is I recently watched a video where the singer Vanilla Ice did a reaction video of his own video and talked about it and gave background info. It was interesting.
This classic rap/hip-hop - "monotone", as you called it - song has essentially sold him a half BILLION albums. Not too shabby for a white 16 year old from Florida. ❤
I'm from the 90's. This isn't "monotone" (I think that was the 1950's lol). We used to call this *dolby digital surround sound* and it was *A1A* 😎 lol and expensive too 💰
@@Standgedichtif suge robbed him our not we dont dont. But for one sure thing vanilla ice last 30 years of royalties hasnt gone one cent to suge. 600 k-1.8 million yearly... And still turns up 50 k for 30 years on concerts all over the world Thats insane.. And 2 years ago a remix with rick ross and vanilla ice And 1 month ago remix by tyga... A good beat if you use it 30 years later
Vanilla Ice wrote that song when he was 16 years old! It was released in 1990. This was played at every dance we had until I graduated high school in ‘93. The car he was driving was a late ‘80s Fox Bodied Ford Mustang 5.0 liter. Also known as a “5-0”. It was his personal car & he still has it. He recently spent $150,000 to restore & upgrade the car & he still droves it now.
I think Vanilla Ice said this was a $5000 video and everyone you seen was friends or family of him and the film crew. I dunno man, you're gonna have to go into the 90's hip hop. The 90's was CRAZY, it was at it's most experimental, the way it came in sounding in 1990, was not how it left sounding in 1999, I think this was the most creative era.
On point but as European 80`s was even better, also 90`s with techno but still have to say, always a fan of rap -culture from US back in the early days. Do not have to mention the names :-)
He bought the rights to Under Pressure from Queen and Bowie. We had the best time in the 80s and 90s. Everyone danced. There was a dance for almost every song. The songs these days wouldn't make it in the door of any club back then or radio. Repeatedly many have said they wish this song and type of song would be played now. I couldn't agree more.
He never bought the rights to Under Pressure, he was telling porkies when he made that statement. When threatened with more legal action, he changed his story.... With no bullshit about owning the rights.
Breakin, Dancing, Graffti, DJ'ing and Rapping together it all forms HIP HOP. The rap today has lost that. Maybe someday it will go back to the basics and evolve from there.
Hes called VANILLA Ice. And this song has been in so many shows and movies. This song made him rich. He said his great grandchildren will live off the royalties from that little tune.
True , it was very common for rappers (in the 90's) to put on a "show" (dancing, outfits, etc. ) for their audience. In 2023 , that don't exist no more !
I think in ways it was elemental because they were creating it. It was sounds we had never heard before. The clubs were PACKED, parking lots packed of every color and flavor imaginable. X just hit the scene. It was a love fest.
It blows my mind how so many kids these days don’t know about old things… they don’t know Vanilla Ice, therefore they’re blown away when they learn he’s white
The difference between rappers then and now is talent. No auto tune back then and sheer freaking talent. Today’s rappers aren’t hard. They’re just lyricists that’s it.
That car was a Ford Mustang Convertible (Fox Body). This song was the sh$t back then. Everybody knew the lyrics, as embarrassing as that time was, haha. Mid 90's thru early 2000's rap was some of the best, early 90's was still finding its place, imo. Some other Rap songs to check out "Do Or Die ft. Twista & Johnny P - Po Pimp", "Santana - Maria Maria ft. The Product G&B" and a really fun video/song is "Nelly, St. Lunatics - Batter Up"
Even a lot of the bad asses back then, were family oriented and by today’s standards pretty decent people. “Gangsters” of today just compete for how wicked and based they can be. Bunch of fools throwin tantrums these days.
Maybe I’m just getting old, but I loved 90’s rap, I feel like it’s went down hill since then! I was heavy into the whole “Gangsta Rap” scene back in the day, I don’t even recognize rap today, it’s shocking lol
Robert Van Winkle, better known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, wrote "Ice Ice Baby" in 1983 at the age of 16, basing its lyrics upon his experiences in South Florida. The lyrics describe a shooting and Van Winkle's rhyming skills.
You’re, totally right about dancin in rap music today! You have to remember this song was the time when MC Hammer was king, and he danced like MFer! So yeah totally get ya! Ice Ice Baby was so huge in the early nineties though! Great song to look back on.
The flow seems strange compared to new rap because it is melodic. It actually matches the beat and integrates itself in the mix rather than a flow that lays on top of it and could be put on top of just about any beat behind it. Not saying it's all garbage today because it isn't, but after crunk rap lost the art of saying something AND saying it in an arrangement that is pleasing and rhythmic. Somebody's Got to Die - Notorious BIG Shorty Wanna Be a Thug and I Ain't mad acha - 2Pac This DJ - Warren G Literally anything by Bone-Thugs n Harmony are all great examples of melodic rap. Oh and rap needs a new Nate Dogg to bring it back! RIP
Reaction channel thumbnails are hilarious, I especially like the Ridiculously Over The Top Amazed Reaction Face ones where the reaction person does a posed contortion of their face unlike anything they do when actually watching the video... thanks for the lulz
The song sounds familiar to you because the song he sampled, Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie, is used in about half the movie trailers that were released in the 90's and 2000's.
Late '80s Early '90s rap was more up tempo so you could dance too it but around 1993 that was done it was full on boom bap and G Funk that was when hip hop changed up every two to three years too bad it doesn't do that now but this song is definitely a classic from 1990
The car is a Ford Mustang GT. The line, _"Rolling in my 5.0,"_ refers to the 5.0 liter V8 engine that came in Mustang GTs back then (though the modern Mustangs also have 5.0s, too).
Nowadays, rappers can barely rap...let alone do physical activity while doing it. Of course i'm biased I'll admit. if you wanna go deep, check out Ice T and Ice Cube..that's the true "Gangsta Rap" roots.
