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The Best of Vanilla Ice is a greatest hits album by American rapper Vanilla Ice. Released in 1999 by Platinum Disc Records, it features songs from the rapper's major label albums To the Extreme, Extremely Live, Cool as Ice and Mind Blowin. No tracks from the 1998 album Hard to Swallow are included.
Vanilla Ice based the song's lyrics upon the South Florida area in which he lived. 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. [7] The lyrics describe a shooting and Van Winkle's rhyming skills. [8]
Vanilla Ice was a member of the softball team The Hip Hop Stars alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Method Man in a 1999 game shown on MTV Rock N' Jock. Later in 1999, MTV asked Vanilla Ice to join their cast to "retire" the music video for "Ice Ice Baby" on the MTV special 25 Lame, in which Ice himself was asked to destroy the video's master ...
The song and music video were retired on most music channels and radios in 1992. "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit pays tribute to this song, while Ice references it himself in his song "Cruisin in My 6'4", from his 2005 album Platinum Underground. In 2009, Vanilla Ice joined Steve Miller Band on stage to perform "Fly Like an Eagle".
"Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" Single by Vanilla Ice featuring Naomi Campbell; from the album Cool as Ice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Released: September 24, 1991: Recorded: 1991: Length: 3: 43 (Radio Edit) 4:00 (Alternate Radio Version) 5:33 (Album Version) Label: SBK Records: Songwriter(s)
American rapper Vanilla Ice has released six studio albums, two compilation albums, one live album, one remix album, and 25 singles. His debut album, To the Extreme, was the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time. [1]
Vanilla Ice took an interest in the musical style found on Hard to Swallow while performing as a member of a Miami grunge band, and was able to develop this sound through a friendship with producer Ross Robinson, with whom he shared an interest in motocross racing. Robinson produced the album after being advised against working with Vanilla Ice.
In a 1990 interview, Vanilla Ice joked the two melodies were slightly different because he had added an additional note. [27] [28] Vanilla Ice later paid Mercury and Bowie, who have since been given songwriting credit for the sample. [27] However, he ended up purchasing the rights to the song, because it was cheaper than licensing the sample. [29]