Vanilla Ice
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hunyghan — 20 years ago(January 06, 2006 11:22 AM)
What was fake about him? Apart from that story about him getting stabbed and him wearing hammers hand me downs. Aside from that he was just a dude who could rap, wanted to rap and did soand more succesfully than anyone else. 18 million albums c'mon man that's very good. In the late 80's early 90's, anyone who was a popular rapper was immediatly labled a phony or sellout. I never understood thathe makes good music a lot of people worldwide agree and some talentless dorks who can't even go gold calls him wak? I know who's side i'm on.
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jackson-219 — 18 years ago(May 09, 2007 11:09 AM)
Don't compare Vanilla Ice to the Beastie Boys, that's just wrong! Ice was a fake! BBoys weren't. If Ice would have been himself maybe he would have lasted longer but he lied and said he was hood and people didn't like it.
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seasicksara — 18 years ago(June 10, 2007 12:31 PM)
Paul's Boutique is one of the best album ever (and I'm not that big a fan of hip hop). License to Ill isn't great, but it had a huge single that combined hard rock with rap (a first for radio) and had goofy lyrics with no cursing. Its no mystery that it sold well.
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gator1110 — 18 years ago(March 02, 2008 06:18 PM)
I remember when this happened. Arsenio shouldn't have had him on his show if he had a problem with him. It really made Arsenio look bad. The audience actually booed Arsenio, and that's the first time I remember that happening on his show.
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ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 18 years ago(March 30, 2008 01:37 PM)
Arsenio called Vanilla Ice out as a fake on his show not only because of the discrepincies of his humble beginnings but also because Vanilla Ice in an act of desperation tried to bring out Flavor Flav(whom attended the taping off-camera) moreso out of validation to show how "down" he was with legitimate hip hop artists and Arsenio wasnt buying it.
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gator1110 — 18 years ago(April 01, 2008 11:37 PM)
Yeah you're right. It's just that Arsenio clearly didn't like him from the beginning. To me he shouldn't have had Vanilla Ice on his show period if he had a problem with him. Most talk show host that have a problem with someone doesn't have them on their show. It really made Arsenio look bad. When your own audience boos you that's bad. He shouldn't have had Ice on his show period.
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ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 18 years ago(April 03, 2008 02:15 PM)
True, but you have to remember at the time Arsenio's show was pretty much the ONLY place you would see hot (at the time) performers do their thing. The Tonight Show and David Letterman werent really as diverse with their musical acts. Anyone who was hip or popular generally went on Arsenio Hall which meant ratings for him and exposure for the acts.
"A commitment to cinema means to lead a technically deviant lifestyle."