I can proudly proclaim that I never liked Vanilla Ice. I had no idea what the kids at school were singing about when they started singing his song. I actually only ever knew the words to the Jim Carrey parody from In Living Color.
I was, however, nerdy enough to collect comic books for a while. A short time ago I was looking at my comics and I found a small unopened pack of cards that came with a Superman comic. It was a pack of “Yo, MTV Raps” cards. I have never liked rap so it was no wonder that they were unopened. I was curious to see what this time capsule could contain so I opened it up. Inside was a treasure trove of hilarious stuff and I will share the first bit of it with you here.
I love how it says that “he insists he’s not an actor.” Well, we insist he’s not a musician. Plus he made one of the most classically bad movies ever. It’s called “Cool as Ice” and if you want to have an MST3K night with your friends, rent this movie. You will have a ton of material. There will be more of these in the near future, cause these are too precious to not show.
i was just going through some of my OLD OLD stuff the other day and i found some “music cards” i didn’t even know i had. i too had a vanilla ice music card. it wasn’t the Yo1 mtv raps cards. it was music trading cards. i also have paula abdule, george micheal, led zeppelin, ozzy osbourne, tom petty, europe and U2. i do like how on the back of my vanilla ice card it says and i quote… Born in Miami in October 1968, Robby Van Winkle says he hung out with “BLACK KIDS”, who by seventh grade nicknamed him VANILLA.
Holy Sweetness!!!! George Michael, Paula Abdul AND Vanilla Ice. Those are the greatest musicians of all time!!!!
P.S. What is the emoticon for sarcasm?
You know that Vanilla Ice went all hardcore rock and what not in more recent years, right? Wannabe Limp Bizkit style.
Anyway, i won’t lie and say i didn’t listen to some Vanilla Ice in 5th grade. My older brother gave it to me – and in 6th grade I sold it to another kid for $10 on the bus during a field trip.