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Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Van Winkle released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 through Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, which released a reformatted version of the album under the title To the Extreme. Van Winkle’s single “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts, and has been credited with helping to diversify hip hop by introducing it to a mainstream white audience.
Although Van Winkle was successful, he later regretted his business arrangements with SBK, which had paid him to adopt a more commercial appearance and had published fabricated biographical information without his knowledge. After surviving a suicide attempt by drug overdose, Van Winkle was inspired to change his musical style and lifestyle. Further albums by Van Winkle, including Hard to Swallow, Bi-Polar and Platinum Underground, featured a less mainstream rock-oriented sound, and did not chart.
Mainstream success (1990–1991)
In 1990, Van Winkle signed a contract with SBK Records, who reissued Hooked under the title To the Extreme. The reissue contained new artwork and music.[17] According to Van Winkle, SBK paid him to adopt a more commercial, conventional appearance.[15][18] Van Winkle is quoted as saying that “They told me, we want you to wear these baggy pants because the young kids like it and it’s all glittery and polished and everything, and I said, ‘Fuck no, I’m not wearin’ this gay-ass shit,’ and they said, ‘Well here’s a million dollars, man, will you do it?’ And I said, ‘Fuck yes.
Although Van Winkle was successful, he later regretted his business arrangements with SBK, which had paid him to adopt a more commercial appearance and had published fabricated biographical information without his knowledge. After surviving a suicide attempt by drug overdose, Van Winkle was inspired to change his musical style and lifestyle. Further albums by Van Winkle, including Hard to Swallow, Bi-Polar and Platinum Underground, featured a less mainstream rock-oriented sound, and did not chart.
Mainstream success (1990–1991)
In 1990, Van Winkle signed a contract with SBK Records, who reissued Hooked under the title To the Extreme. The reissue contained new artwork and music.[17] According to Van Winkle, SBK paid him to adopt a more commercial, conventional appearance.[15][18] Van Winkle is quoted as saying that “They told me, we want you to wear these baggy pants because the young kids like it and it’s all glittery and polished and everything, and I said, ‘Fuck no, I’m not wearin’ this gay-ass shit,’ and they said, ‘Well here’s a million dollars, man, will you do it?’ And I said, ‘Fuck yes.
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Hard to Swallow
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Ice Ice Baby (Edit)
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Ice Ice Baby (Radio Edit)
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Play That Funky Music
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Havin' a Roni
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Too Cold
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Hooked
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Go Ill
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virulentwestie wrote:
True Aryan Rap
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dg7md wrote:
Constantly underrated as an artist and people will go "LOL!!! ICE ICE BABY IS TERRIBLE!!!!" but he has some damn great solid tracks from his later/current career.
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Jeune_Pederaste wrote:
De la mauvaise couleur.
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Schah_Mahmud wrote:
sucker
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platedheadpot wrote:
LYKE ZOMG HES LYKE FCKNG HOT! ND LYKE THA GRAETEST RAPER LYKE EVAAAAAAH!!!! LYKE ICE ICE BABEEEEEEEEH! LYKE LOLZ
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FairytaleGoneBa wrote:
ZOMG HES LYKE FCKNG HOT! ND THA GRAETEST RAPER EVAAAAAAH!!!! ICE ICE BABEEEEEEEEH!
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Terrasidius wrote:
lol
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DanceAlexDance wrote:
vanilla's back. here is one of his new promo shots: http://www.last.fm/music/Vanilla+Ice/+images/36689529
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Forced_Life1983 wrote:
Una lastima que Vanilla Ice sea reconocido por su etapa mas patetica y manipulada por los medios el detesta la epoca de ICE ICE BABY actualmente es miembro de Juggalo Family junto con Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Boondox etc, donde su sonido es completamente distinto, ahora V-ICE si que es cool haciendo tremendos discos como Mind Blow, Bi Polar, Hard to Swallow tremendos discos con descatacadas colaboraciones del mundo del Rap, Hardcore y Metal, aguante V-ICE Juggalo 4 Life ICEICEBABY suck
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Phscyrillo3 wrote:
not cool, but i love ice ice baby
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prophetmortis wrote:
ｙＡｙ， ｉ ｎｏｗ ｌｉｓｔｅｎ ｔｏ ｓｏｍｅ ｖａｎｉｌｌａ
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Silvertide81 wrote:
His popularity was sign of how music was starting to go downhill at the time. It's only got worse since.
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Kayoss1 wrote:
what it's like........havin a roni
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Smirnon wrote:
so what the gay photos are the dopest. added some more just now. vote em up :D
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DudeMustBeCrazy wrote:
Seconded V
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kdkade wrote:
stop voting on the gay photos .... Ice isn't like that anymore
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girugammesh wrote:
I didnt know he made more than 1 song
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UndergroundX wrote:
best solo rapper of the decade lol.
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SomeAbsurdNerd wrote:
I can't be the only that when I hear some shout "stop", the first words that pop into my head are "collaborate and listen". Oh, the nineties.
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nominico wrote:
check out my mash up with Justice!! http://www.last.fm/music/Kuspe/Mash+Up+EP+I/Ice+Ice+Electric
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