YO VIPS lets kick it: Mini Review #5

       The song Ice Ice Baby  by Vanilla Ice can be a good example of many different topics we cover in the course. There was copy wright issue, Vanilla Ice and DJ Earthquake used a beat from Queen and David Bowie's track Under Pressure. This song is from the early hip hop genre. It didn't become popular until it was played by different DJs. But not, this mini review is not to talk about its relations to the course. Its to talk about Vanilla Ice's style, class and lifestyle clearly depicted in this music video.
                                                      
      Vanilla Ice. Real Name? Robert. Van. Winkle. He wrote the song when he was sixteen about his experiences and adventures.(To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal /Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle) Sounds like my childhood. Ha. Ha. Ha. Not. I think his name explains the masculinity issues he has and how he tries to make up for them with white, tight wife beaters and sick rhymes.

       In the video it shows him being tough and dancing. Masculinity issues........................ I think the character Artie, from Glee, did a better job dancing on the show to this song. Hes in a wheelchair.

       I think Vanilla Ice wishes he was a rapper. He will never ever be though. Any chance he had of redeeming himself was gone when he made a movie.(Performing in the Ninja Turtle Movie made him kinda cool). ANY small little hope was demolished when he started his home renovation show The Vanilla Ice Project. Maybe he will regain some masculinity.