Talk:Vanilla Ice
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[edit] Still Rapper?
Does he even count as a rapper anymore? Raan0001 16:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wrestler
According to the juggalo championshit wrestling page, he wrestler with them, which I think is just funny, but should probably be included somewhere.
[edit] NPOV
Upon coming across this article, I was a little bothered by the direction that some of the editors took in placing negative opinions of this artist, using words like "egocentric" to descibe his music, and stating that 11 million copies makes him "arguably" one of the best selling rappers of his time. I'd just like to remind people that the wikipedia pages should remain factual, and nothing else. Remember: this is an encyclopedia. Accipio Mitis Frux 18:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pictures
What? No Pictures? --Cyberman 1 July 2005 09:04 (UTC)
[edit] Comebacks
You ask about his multiple comebacks: How many chances do you get? Until he gets it right. Apparently, he hasn't. Danny 00:27 Feb 8, 2003 (UTC)
- He really should just pull a Marky Mark and switch to acting under his own name. Tokerboy
[edit] David Bowie controversy/Real Deal
Maybe it was VH1: Behind the Music, or the E! Hollywood True Story, but I distinctly remember that the controversy between Vanilla Ice and David Bowie was more of a publicity stunt by Vanilla Ice, since Bowie had in fact given permission for the bass riff. Someone should check this. Also, he actually did have a rather rough, from the "neighborhood" type background, but unfortunately, he made up certain events that were exposed and made people overlook the fact that he actually was the "real deal". Someone should add stuff about this.
[edit] MTV's Top 25 Lame incident
Should we mention his appearance on MTV's "Top 25 Lame" special in 1999, where after being egged-on by the hosts, he began to smash parts of the set with a baseball bat? --Paul Soth 03:42, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Extreme Sporting Goods
Didn't he also ran a extreme sporting goods shop called "To the Extreme" in Miami which was according to the papers once.--Willirennen 14:17, 20 April 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Texan/Floridian
Is he a Texan? I thought he was from Florida? MK 06:14, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- He was born in Florida...thank god. Muya 02:21, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] British Reality series, The Farm
He appeared in the British reality TV series The Farm, something on this should be added.
[edit] Ice did not get dangled by suge knight
Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.: Did you or did you not get dangled off the balcony by Suge Knight. Let's get the truth.
Vanilla Ice: No. I did not. It was kind of funny -- when they take a little bit of truth in the media. If it's not exciting, they polish it up a bit. I was on the balcony and had signed over a lot of contractual money to him and felt like I did the right thing. In a weird way, he was nice but firm with me. He took me to the balcony and talked to me... but it's funny how the story gets turned around... I'm wondering how that story got changed around.
I got the clue. I'm not no idiot. I feel like I did the right thing and it's 15 years ago now. It's old news.
from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/02/16/DI2006021601769.html?nav=nsc —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sub ubi (talk • contribs) 23:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Where's a picture of Ice!
What's with this picture? That's not the Ice I or 99.99% of the population remember. Where's the haircut? The eyebrow cutting? The jumpsuit? 202.142.214.75 22:50, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
- That's just the picture someone uploaded. But since it has no copyright info and is almost certainly a copyvio, it will be deleted soon enough, and then this article will have no photo. Tuf-Kat 06:12, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
The picture's caption says "Vanilla Ice's mugshot was taken in January 2001 after he was arrested for assaulting his wife." but the article doesn't mention this arrest, shouldn't it? Yes it should.
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- Somebody really needs to upload a picture of Vanilla Ice. This article is falling into a state of disrepair. Toonmon2005 20:20, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Copyvio
External links lists "Video for 'Ice Ice Baby'" and "Jim Carrey's impression of Vanilla Ice from the 1990-91 season of In Living Color", those two are probably copyrights violations and should be removed. --Narcala 00:22, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
It wouldn't be a copyright infringement unless someone was passing it off as their own. The link clearly states "from In Living Color", which is now a defunct show. --JOK3R 20:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Baseball bat freakshow
Didn't Ice freak out on MTV and trash a studio with a baseball bat? that's something that wiki readers should know about. Somebody post some details.
MTV is not a live network. This was a taped program.
[edit] Bad song
The only reason people hate the rap song is because it's riff was stolen from Queen's Under Pressure. Before that was known, all the people who hated it today, liked it immensely. It's hypocrisy to say it was bad song in their mind always when it was popular with them when it first came out. It was it's slight copy of the riff that just destroyed it's chances. Nevertheless it's wrong to copy other's work and let this stand as a lesson. -Afghan Historian 05:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Not true. I hated it the second I heard it. I also recognized the riff immediately; it's not as if it was hidden in the mix. It's always good in debate to state your opinion as a fact; however, the suggestion that "all the people who hated (sic) it today, liked it immensely", is laughable.
[edit] Cleanup
A few areas of this article ned some cleanup. Specificly thepargraph just above the "Legacy" section. It's unprofessional, choppy,andseems a little redundant. I'dfix it, but I don't really have enough time to do it. Gopherbassist 22:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rebranded image
Someone should edit the part about the balcony incident.
from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/02/16/DI2006021601769.html?nav=nsc:
"Did you or did you not get dangled off the balcony by Suge Knight. Let's get the truth.
Vanilla Ice: No. I did not. It was kind of funny -- when they take a little bit of truth in the media. If it's not exciting, they polish it up a bit. I was on the balcony and had signed over a lot of contractual money to him and felt like I did the right thing. In a weird way, he was nice but firm with me. He took me to the balcony and talked to me... but it's funny how the story gets turned around... I'm wondering how that story got changed around."
[edit] Corrected HTS credits
Fixed the really incorrect crediting of Hard to Swallow. I've got the actual liner notes, neither Dave Kushner or Scott Shriner are credited at all. Sonny Mayo isn't listed in the credits on AMG, but the guitar is credited as "Sonny" and the music writing credits list "Mayo" among other last names, it really sounds like Sonny Mayo's guitar work, he wasn't really doing anything else between Snot and Sevendust, so I'd say it's safe to assume it's Sonny Mayo. Riotgear 09:52, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Birthplace?
This article and the Swedish version say he was born in Dallas, but the German and Finnish versions say Miami Lakes (the Polish gives both). Anyone have any authoritative source backing up one over the other? -Elmer Clark 09:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Several online sources say he was born in Miami Lakes, FL. I am going to change the article to reflect this fact. 1 2 Chad 19:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
He lied about is birthplace to increase his record producers income. He is from suburban Texas.
- Could you provide a source? The majority of sources seem to support Miami Lakes. -Elmer Clark 21:45, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
Why did he pick the name Vanilla Ice? Is it something to do with him being white, or, in black vernacular, a vanilla face? Scott Gall 10:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
what about his discography ?
[edit] Thor
I noticed on the Surreal Life Fame Games that Rob sports the "Thor" gear all over the place. I can't find any references on the Internet as to what this means. Can someone explain? --Trentjohnson 04:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Probably this http://www.thormx.com/ Kev0153 03:02, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
