Bullying for listening to the wrong music was a real thing back in the day, different now with so much cross over today. Hip Hop X Rock seminal exception: Run DMC and Aerosmith collab on "Walk this Way"
I would put "Bring the Noise" from Anthrax feat. Public Ennemy and "Slam" from Biohazard/Onyx on there as well ;) ... and what the hell ... "There goes the Neighbourhood" from Bodycount
I believe it, but not in the 90s. You got clowned, but mostly if you just didn't have the street cred to do it in the open. I can give you one name that will put this to rest: Kanye West. And I'm saying one name of many, because he did it so much. He's from the same era, going to highschool in the early to mid 90s. He's sampled 80s rock like it's nobodies business. Jay-Z has used tons of this. NaS if I rules the world is Boy George. My wife claims I have multiple personalities because I'll be playing the most underground, the most gangster, the most conscious, the most mainstream hip hop/rap and then 80s rock ballads, 80s pop, 80s heavy metal, 70s disco, 60s, 50s, classical music, Spanish folk guitar flamenco....she had no idea when we met that I had such eclectic taste or knowledge in music, or how I would even know this, one day she asked and I told her: Hip Hop, it's a culture, but it's also the history of culture.
i lived in a 94% white community and if you were male and listened to Vanilla ice you were asking to get picked on...only female white girls could listened to this and that is what Vanilla ice concerts audiences became...young white teens..
I would say that it was Run DMC/Aerosmith Walk this way that changed music as we know it. Back in the day you listened to rock, or rap, but the 2 did not mix, but that song changed our views, if Aerosmith was cool with it, so were we.
Jimi Hendrix is an important individual for people of color too, though he was before the 90's, anyone who liked classic rock or the genre in general knew of him and even today he is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in the genre to have lived. Growing up even in the 90's if Jimi Hendrix came on, whether I was 10 or 18, the radio was getting cranked.
I can't imagine how he felt when people took his song as a joke. He was only 16 when he wrote this song, and I believe he said that the song and video was released when he was 19. Back then, everytime this song was mentioned at award shows or on TV, the whole crowd would boo. Despite the song doing amazing in the ranks, Vanilla went through A LOT of shit with the public prior to releasing this song. I love this song, but I love his confidence even more. His dancing is top tier.
People should be applauding Vanilla Ice. He took rap to a level it’s never seen before him. He’s the first rapper to have a number one song, AND a number one album on the charts
same- I actually went to see Vanilla Ice live at the local Civic Center- it was my first concert, he performed for 2 hours, I had a great time. The place was packed with 12 year olds losing their minds. I think the opening groups were Riff and The Party (from the Mickey Mouse club- but we didn't have the Disney Channel, so I didn't know them).
Whilst he became ridiculed, people forget that before the track blew up mainstream, he was actually opening up for Public Enemy, Ice-T and others. More appreciated within the game, than from those on the periphery and beyond.
I was 17 when this song dropped...it spread like wildfire and was a instant hit. But once the negativity hit a lot of people joined in or were too ashamed to say they liked it. Very few of us if any knew who queen was so we didn't have any connection to the sample. He makes mention of " The Vegas are pumpin" this was the era of big bass and subwoofers were king.. Cerwin Vega was an extremely well known brand at the time which also ties into the droning bass he mentions, we loved bass..still do!! So that was just another layer to pump and rattle the neighbors windows with!!
25+ years later and this song is still played and enjoyed, which is more than we can from some of his haters. Say what you will about him, the song is fire!
Agreed and he's still making money off this song ... hummm I wonder who else back then that was hating on him can say the same? Don't worry I'll wait ❣️ He is amazing then and now❣️ Vanilla Ice we love you boo❣️
Yeah and dont really understand why. I remember when it first came out. I was pretty young but so many people use to make fun of it and still do in some cases.
@@backalleyburrito1815 It was mostly because Ice was trying to front as really hard, while just seeming so very, very White. Sort of an early cultural appropriation thing. Thus, Jim Carrey owning him about it on In Living Color with "White, White Baby".
Take away all the cultural (pop culture) baggage this song has built over the decades.. it's a fire song. When taken for what it is. So many people say they hate it.... Yet know the lyrics by heart lol. And there is a few bars in this song that are simple but harder than anything I've heard "popular" rappers of today do.
If there is one song I know the lyrics to more than anything else, it is this one. My sister and I found this cassette walking home from school one day and I listened to it relentlessly.
I lived in Gary Indiana in 1992. I grew up on Country and rock. Moved to Gary in 89. I know most every hard-core rap song of the day. I'm a 59 year old white man.
First song I heard after boot camp... 30+ years ago! Ice Ice Baby for life! We went to a dueling piano show a couple weeks ago and I requested Ice Ice Baby... they nailed it!!
This was around 1990 when he was hanging out on Forest Lane in Dallas in his Iroc-z. I know because I was there, I'm 52 years old. At about 6:02 or so in this video, you see a girl with red hair. We hung out back in the day... long time ago.
Cool fact- queen were in the studio with David Bowie in Montreax Switzerland when the guitarist came up with that. They took a break. Went to dinner, got messed up, came back to the studio and he couldn’t remember it. Took everyone humming a bit of what they remembered to get it back.
I am not ashamed to say, I loved this song, back in the day, & introduced me, to another genre of music, I never knew existed, along with 2 others, that had me hooked !!! What other 2 you ask, House of Pain (Jumped around) & Snow (Informer) 😊
People who are ashamed of liking this song are either posers or haters. They're just like the haters of star wars prequels. One of the best songs and movies...✊
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. The lyrics describe a shooting and Van Winkle's rhyming skills. Yeah, the riff was taken from Queen. So how did he solve it? He bought the song, bro. And now every time they play Queen/Bowie's song "Under Pressure," Ice gets the royalties. Not too stupid, eh? His second career now is very successfully constructing homes.
I'm a 39 year old black male who grew up in the hood in South Florida. I knew who queen was because I was weird and listened to all types of music. Even country and opera back then
The fact that in the 90's MTV was still playing music videos, the odds of someone listening to this song and knowing Queen were actually really good. Many kids were like me and listened to rock, metal, and hip-hop.
For anyone who cares vanilla ice now owns the publishing rights to not only his version of the song but both the Queen and David Bowie riffs. He owns all the publishing rights to this song now. (Yes he started out as a kid sampling music, and settled with original writers.) Therefore, he is not a thief. Case closed.
This song came out the year I graduated from high school. Everyone was playing it whether they want to admit it or not. As far as people not knowing who Queen was in the 90's it depends probably on what your parents or older siblings and what they listened to. My mother loved Queen and my Dad loved Elvis and I have loved them both since I was a very small child probably because they played their music. I remember the day Elvis died and crying, I was only 5. I also remember when Freddy Mercury died. So I disagree that people in the 90's didn't know who Queen was, Freddy Mercury was an unbelievable talent and entertainer, I would argue he was one the greatest of all time, again just my opinion.
Yeah the 94 5.0 GT cobra was the coolest car ever made, my older brothers each had one, One black with purple stripes, One black with gold rims and one red drop top
I was 15 when this song was released. I most definitely listened to rock, classical, country, new wave, AND hip-hop/rap. I was never bullied because of the music that I listened to. I was bullied for plenty of other reasons, but never because of my choice of music.
Everyone in the world knows this hook , best ever. 75 million sold and still counting . He didn't steal it, he cashed out David bowie for the rights. Mc hammer did it with cant touch this, cube did it. Was apart of the of the hip hop game at that time frame
Their was a lot of Hatred For this guy when he did this. I was one because I was a Hard Rock guy. I look at this now and I see that he was doing that better a a lot of people now!
The internet sent every type of culture into a frenzy, as people realized within every single genre there's a congruency, there's a parallel, there's bars, and hooks in every song. The cultures spoke about different things that happened within a circle that people dug, but you eventually realize everyone sings of their demons, their inspirations, their admirations, and with critical thinking you can quickly realize humanity is all in this together experiencing the same problems in a different way, society is a hurdle for humans to overcome without it we are no different than any other animal. We evolved so that we can hurl our selves further into the void, only to exacerbate a problem to evolve from the solutions.
You have an announcer's voice or perfect voice for radio host. Pleasant voice :) Also I think u are the only reactor who noticed that "less than bikinis" visual mismatch. That part always got me, too lol
Here’s the thing, while hip-hop fans may not have known Queen to recognize the sample, this song was a HUGE hit, very mainstream. It was known by most everybody, so recognizing the Queen sample in this song was pretty obvious to many. I was 16 when it came out and EVERYBODY knew this song. We’d drive down our local drag strip with it blaring, and it was like that for over a year.
3 years old? I feel old. One of the best samples of all time. Different rhyme schemes at the time. There’s no Eminem without Vanilla Ice paving the way. The old heads from the 70s knew Queen. Also back in the day it was about the DJ not the rapper/MC youngin
@@danielbalboni6804, In my opinion, his first album was very good. He was great, no matter what some haters and others who joined the band wagon say… There is a reason why this song sold over 150 million copies and counting! There was a time when it was selling one million copies a day! How many of the “real” rappers can claim that success? It’s no crime at all to mention Vanilla Ice and Eminem in one sentence, the actual crime is denying the talent Vanilla has and ridiculing him just because it’s popular.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and knew the band Queen. I loved Queen and I also loved this song. I also grew up listening to beach music (Beach Boys), classical, rock, country, rap and everything in between. Those were some good years of music.
I think the song is more catchy when the synth kicks in and the sample drops out. Listen to the synth with the bass notes over it. Super catchy and under appreciated because of the Queen section. Hip Hop fans from the break dancing days and electronic music fans had to appreciate that more than the Queen sample, but this song got huge so it was mostly enjoyed by people who didn't listen to hip hop.
When this song came out it was HUGE in European dance clubs. Amazing ❣ We had sooo much fun with this one‼️🤗 Everyone seems to think the shuffle is new, check his shuffle out. Lol and VIP is very important person/people.
I've seen him perform this twice, both at ICP related shows (GOTJ), and it was fire. He started the classic sound and then morphed it into a hard rock song. Get 'em V*ICE
I was 20 and it was the summer before my junior year in college when this came out. Lots of fun in the clubs. Great song for road trips! We did know Queen in the 90's! In the 80's, in middle and high school, Queen was huge. So you are wrong about our knowledge of Queen. We knew immediately he stole this from 'Under Pressure.' We rollerskated with Queen and went to the clubs with Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. My kids were born in the 90s and they know Queen and other music from the 60's, 70's and 80's because they heard us playing them. In the 80's we listened to all genres of music without bias - look at 'We Are the World' - we knew all of those artists of all genres - some went to the 60s and 70s, add the hair bands, the rock bands, the beginning of rap - everyone loved it all, listened to it all and no one judged you.
Rob is a survivor. Everybody sampled back in those days. Too Short Beasties NWA all of them sampled. Vanilla bought the rights from Queen and Bowie and was all handled simply. They didn't even care till it was selling a million copies a week. Rob pathed the way for what rappers are making today. Deserves way more respect than he gets. Look who he toured with b4 he was huge. Here's a hint they weren't white crowds. He was just to big. Love ROB he's a good dude and still tour's flips houses owns multiple companies and was even given the key to the city for his good wrk in the community. Respect💯💯💯. I believe he still sells a couple million copies a year of this song. This song will never go away. My favorite album from Rob is Hard To Swallow check it out.
yep , I saw it in a interview about a year ago. It's crazy that he is earning more than most recent rappers are earning on music they are releasing currently except he is doing it on a track nearly 30 years old. But for me personally the biggest advantage of songs like this and MC Hammer was that this was rap that you could play when your parents were in the room. We couldn't listen to stuff like NWA unless we went to that one friend whose parents didn't understand English. They brought rap to people that would have never listened to rap. Fun fact : my mother actually bought me one of those MC Hammer pants , that's how much this type of rap was accepted in my house. My stepfather used to play DJ Jazzy Jeff & the fresh prince 's first album in the car (which also has the only track Will Smith ever cursed on called "You saw my blinker (Bitch) ". And my stepfather generally listened to stuff I hated , slow music like John Secada.
@@TravJam317 I never knew it was the 4th album, before this I never had heard any of his music. Back then rap wasn't played on tv /radio here in the Netherlands. It started with songs like summertime and ring my bell (I also didn't know you saw my blinker was released as a single as such vulgar language would not have been allowed on radio/tv) . Fortunately I don't feel ashamed for not knowing this. Eminem who is like a hiphop historian also didn't know will smith cursed on a record (in fact according to the wiki he has profanities in 2 songs) .
@@scottallencarr it really was a different time back then, I remember writing down the lyrics to de la souls soung , the one that everyone used on their answering machine. Since english isn't my first language it took me over 2 hours ,lol.
I listened to Queen & Vanilla Ice…& classical music, gospel, classic rock, rap, metal & country etc… I listened to everything!!! I was probably lucky because I moved between groups & cliques pretty seamlessly! 💗🙏🏼💗
This song was released in 1990, just as rap was changing from this look and sound to gangsta rap. I suspect that if it had been released a year or two earlier, there wouldn't have been so much ridicule.
I grew up in Indiana and Queens Another one bites the dust was on heavy rotation on black radio, also David Bowie's Let's Dance. So people I grew up with were familiar with them.🥰
The biggest issue I remember is when he was called out for the sample, he didn't accept it. He just made it sound like he made it and that it's very different from the original... it's one beat different. All he had to do was just say that he did use it and made a slight twist to it and move on instead of being all defensive about it.
So not true about someone in the 90"s listening to this and knowing queen you are wrong, I listened to everything I'm a 70's baby and grew up with great music!
You took the words right out of my mouth I'm a black woman and I grew up listening to everything and I knew it was a sample alot of rap songs sampled great rock songs hell even jay-z sampled from Annie a musical (It's The Hard Knock Life)if you love music it doesn't matter the genre and your skin color shouldn't matter 🎶
YO Vanilla Ice Posse Lets kick it!!! Suge convinced him to give points on the album and never hung him off a balcony old wives tale. This was during the time of the rhyme in Hip Hop.. I am from that era and knew who Queen was 100% Born in 74 and listened to Rock before Hip Hop was becoming mainstream, I was 16 Everyone knew this was a sample from Queen
Fun Fact: Vanilla Ice warned his record label about the sample and told them to get the license to use it, he was nervous about releasing Ice Ice Baby due to the sample, but ultimately it was the labels decision. It was the label who decided not to credit the sample and hope nobody would notice. The label was in charge of all legal matters, Ice had no say in the matter. It wasn't Vanilla Ice's fault, he was screwed by the label. If Ice had had the legal power to make the decision, he would have absolutely given legal credit.
He did do plenty of interviews himself, though, claiming it was different, even years later. But he or them obviously knew better, that's why they settled the copyright case out of court.
Honestly, I listened to hip hop and Queen in the 90’s. It’s probably because half my family listened to hip hop and my dad was a metal head/classic rocker. I instantly knew where vanilla ice got that hook from. So to say no one would have listened to both is false. I introduced a lot of my hip hop listening to friends and family to metal/rock and vice verse. I’m so happy I grew up with diverse music lol it gave me a different perspective on things.
When you break it down, this song actually does hit kinda hard. Honestly, him and Milli Vanili get a lot more flack for their "errors" than they really deserve. Very few artists these days have made their careers without at least 'sampling' the beat from somebody else's song, if not out right copying it for their own version (Nikki using Sir Mix-a-lot's track for Anaconda...). And not talking about Civers, of course. And lots of them sync at concerts anyways (Mili Vanili's live Oops). As much as they tour, we can't honestly expect them to have the energy to keep singing the entire time, for absolutely every show. (V.I.'s bigger error, I think, was in how he has continued to handle the drama surrounding it. Instead of lying and trying to play it off as if he was 100% original just by adding a "tck", he should have just owned it.)
Nah, Vanilla Ice deserves all the shit he gets. He’s a thief and a liar. He could have owned up and paid Queen for the sample when they gave him multiple opportunities to, they too wanted to keep it out of the courts. But he chose to tie it up in courts for years instead of manning up. And even after losing so miserably, he still lies about the courts ruling til this day! He claims he owns Queens Under Pressure for the 4mil the court ordered him to pay Queen when he lost the court battle. And that is wholly untrue. He only paid for the sample. So when he gets shit about it, no matter how good anyone thinks his lyrics are, he’s still a liar and still trying to steal their song by claiming that he now owns it. Untrustworthy people like him deserve the shit they get.
Even there, record labels owned their artists back then, Vanilla Ice was only saying what the label ordered him to say. So his response wasn't even his fault, either. He actually warned the label about the sample in advance, told them to take care of legally crediting it, and they ignored him. Milli Vanilli were under contract, with no album release to honor their end of the contract, just waiting for the label to either release what they recorded or give them something else to do. They were in limbo. When the label ordered them to participate in the Milli Vanilli scheme, they felt trapped with no way out. They were just being used, and were just as much victims as the audience were. I actually saw one of them back stage, by accident, at a Disney studio tour, beforethe controversy. At the New Mickey Mouse Club set. He couldn't see us, he didn't know anyone could see him. I remember wondering why he was so extremely depressed, noting to my parents that something was terribly wrong. I remembered this later when the incident happened.
Oh. Funny thing is, according to a legal expert I saw analyze the situation, if they had actually made the little bitty change to the sample Ice said they made, he actually would have been fine.
@@NinjaMatt2201 Nope, when he made the statements about his spectacular loss in court, erroneously claiming he now owned Queens song, he was NOT beholden to a label anymore. Those are his own words. He needs to own them, not pass blame on anyone or anything else. He’s not a trustworthy guy, he’s a egotistical narcissist. Whether it’s stupidity or theft, he’s had ample opportunity to clear up his own ignorance. He refuses to. His continues to allow his ego to get in the way…
I knew who Queen was back then but I also listened to many different genres of music! I think the controversy made the song more popular because everyone wanted to listen to the two songs to compare after it came out! I know my friends and I did that!
So growing up in central California I think most of the people I know were pretty diverse in their music listening. Pretty much dabbled in all genres. The 80’s and 90’s were an amazing time for music. If you heard a good song, you embraced it.
The biggest controversy of “Ice Ice Baby,” was the fact that it lifted the bass line from Queen and David Bowie’s 1981 song “Under Pressure.” He also got a lot of hate from people for being a white rapper, Arsenio Hall laid into him in a an interviewer (Cringey to watch but Ice kept his composure well). You should also check out Snow’s song “Informer”.
There's also the fact that Vanilla Ice lied about where he was from. He said he was "gangsta" and grew up in the "streetz of Miami". He grew up in a well-to-do suburb of Dallas called Carrolton, TX. He was in the same classes as my best man's wife. So he lied about that and he lied about the bass line. For the longest time he insisted he wrote it. Another friend of mine that owns a studio had him recording there. From what I heard, he is an arrogant douche bag.
@@GhostSal I've never met him but my friends that I've known for 30 years did. I'll have to trust their judgment of his character. I have seen his yearbook photos from Carrolton. Like most of us, he looked dorky as a kid. LOL
Vanilla ice, brought rap, rock, alt, and made kids who loved lyrics, actually dig hip hop. Vanny was a cultural bridge. I loved Bowie...after ice... I loved snoop and dre and pac.
Back in this day, sampling was new and the legalities were not clear. The Queen vs Vanilla Ice lawsuit clarified a murky area. He needed to give credit to Queen for the sample, and pay them a portion of composer royalties.
This is why I like watching your channel. You’re a smart dude. You looked at this sample argument in a way I never had before. Is it a dope song or is it dope because it sampled Queen? It’s a really fascinating question. And you’re absolutely right. When the song is at its catchiest is when the sample is playing. But he does kill the raps and the dancing so he does bring something to it. Like I said fascinating stuff.
I grew up in the time when this song was at its peak, the song was great for its time. The only major flaw was when the record label put it out everywhere to milk every Penny they could from it. It became over played, and old before he could make another song that even came close to its popularity. That song was Ninja Rap when they put him the sequel to ninja turtles. Unfortunately for him, he’s was already a joke to most people.
I feel like there's only so many sounds you can make on instruments lol. I grew up with a piano in my house, never really played it...but from time to time I would just mess around and try to make a few notes sound good together. I accidentally made a tune that sounded like the beginning to Zelda - Ocarina of Time. I didn't even know until my friend told me, I had never ever played the game.
Chance of listening to this and knowing Queen >0 for some demographics. I was raised on 'Oldies', but the first album I ever bought for myself was Run DMC "Raising Hell". I've gone through many phases of what I'm particularly into at specific times, but usually will listen to anything that is done well. This song has definitely gone through the cycle of Dope -> Meh -> Kind of lame -> Embarrassing -> Not so bad -> Alright.
I was in middle school when this came out, and I can tell you for sure this was in heavy rotation on every "Top 40" station at the time, so lots of people from lots of demographics heard this a lot. Under Pressure came out in 1981 so we're only talking 9 years between the two songs. Wasn't really so much of a huge generation gap at the time.
He didn't sample queen his beat it da da da da dah da da da and queens is dah da da da dah da da da. It's completely different lol that was the best defense I have ever heard for a plagiarism lawsuit
I don't think the issue was that the existing hip-hop crowd knowing Queen, but that nearly anyone in the suburbs knew *exactly* where that sample came from. Ice and MC Hammer were the hip-hop introduction for those suburban kids. Growing up in suburbia, pretty much everyone knew who Queen was. Also, this was just 1990, so only 9 years since "Under Pressure" was released. I don't think it would have been a problem if Ice had asked permission and given credit for the bass line. Also, there was his initial attempt at trying to claim the lines were different b/c he'd added an extra beat. I mean, seriously!? Come on, Robert!
When you actually listen past the sample, it was actually a good, fun song, one that made you want to dance. I should know. My daughter was 13 when it came out, and she played it constantly. I tried not to like it, because I actually was a fan of Queen at the time. But I wound up liking it in spite of all the controversy that surrounded it. Great reaction!
I was still in elementary school when this song came out. I was raised on country music and did not typically listen to this style of music. I recently learned that in the beginning of the song when he says "Yo, VIP, lets kick it." VIP = Vanilla Ice Posse.
Bullying for listening to the wrong music was a real thing back in the day, different now with so much cross over today.
Hip Hop X Rock seminal exception: Run DMC and Aerosmith collab on "Walk this Way"
I would put "Bring the Noise" from Anthrax feat. Public Ennemy and "Slam" from Biohazard/Onyx on there as well ;) ... and what the hell ... "There goes the Neighbourhood" from Bodycount
I believe it, but not in the 90s. You got clowned, but mostly if you just didn't have the street cred to do it in the open. I can give you one name that will put this to rest: Kanye West. And I'm saying one name of many, because he did it so much.
He's from the same era, going to highschool in the early to mid 90s. He's sampled 80s rock like it's nobodies business. Jay-Z has used tons of this. NaS if I rules the world is Boy George.
My wife claims I have multiple personalities because I'll be playing the most underground, the most gangster, the most conscious, the most mainstream hip hop/rap and then 80s rock ballads, 80s pop, 80s heavy metal, 70s disco, 60s, 50s, classical music, Spanish folk guitar flamenco....she had no idea when we met that I had such eclectic taste or knowledge in music, or how I would even know this, one day she asked and I told her: Hip Hop, it's a culture, but it's also the history of culture.
i lived in a 94% white community and if you were male and listened to Vanilla ice you were asking to get picked on...only female white girls could listened to this and that is what Vanilla ice concerts audiences became...young white teens..
I would say that it was Run DMC/Aerosmith Walk this way that changed music as we know it. Back in the day you listened to rock, or rap, but the 2 did not mix, but that song changed our views, if Aerosmith was cool with it, so were we.
Jimi Hendrix is an important individual for people of color too, though he was before the 90's, anyone who liked classic rock or the genre in general knew of him and even today he is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in the genre to have lived. Growing up even in the 90's if Jimi Hendrix came on, whether I was 10 or 18, the radio was getting cranked.
Regardless what you think of vanilla ice or where the sample came from. This song was and still is pretty "dope".
Word to your mother😉
It was good for it's time
@@cristiangranados6292 it's still good. It's the same fire now as it was then. rap changed.
Yeah, Paula Abdul and Information Society sucked balls.
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Exactly.... The start of this song kind of same, similar to the song from The Queen...
As a photographer, you will appreciate the fact that he shot this entire video on a handheld camera he bought.
I can't imagine how he felt when people took his song as a joke. He was only 16 when he wrote this song, and I believe he said that the song and video was released when he was 19. Back then, everytime this song was mentioned at award shows or on TV, the whole crowd would boo. Despite the song doing amazing in the ranks, Vanilla went through A LOT of shit with the public prior to releasing this song. I love this song, but I love his confidence even more. His dancing is top tier.
He wasn't a joke at first but his record label used him up and threw him away when they were finished with him.
Well said and I agree❤❤❤
People should be applauding Vanilla Ice. He took rap to a level it’s never seen before him. He’s the first rapper to have a number one song, AND a number one album on the charts
He wrote this when he was 16. Check out his album sales has multiple huge hits and super nice guy.
I was 8 when this came out in 1989, and I can say from memory, it was banging.
Wow, I was 12 when this hit. MC Hammer and Vanilla and Ice were the biggest things in my junior high in 1990.
same- I actually went to see Vanilla Ice live at the local Civic Center- it was my first concert, he performed for 2 hours, I had a great time. The place was packed with 12 year olds losing their minds. I think the opening groups were Riff and The Party (from the Mickey Mouse club- but we didn't have the Disney Channel, so I didn't know them).
Same...we all wanted a pair of Hammer pants. Even knowing then they were ridiculous
Same! Class of 92
I was 14
Don't forget whomp there it is by tag team. Lol
Whilst he became ridiculed, people forget that before the track blew up mainstream, he was actually opening up for Public Enemy, Ice-T and others. More appreciated within the game, than from those on the periphery and beyond.
Arrested Development right??!!
I was 17 when this song dropped...it spread like wildfire and was a instant hit. But once the negativity hit a lot of people joined in or were too ashamed to say they liked it. Very few of us if any knew who queen was so we didn't have any connection to the sample. He makes mention of " The Vegas are pumpin" this was the era of big bass and subwoofers were king.. Cerwin Vega was an extremely well known brand at the time which also ties into the droning bass he mentions, we loved bass..still do!! So that was just another layer to pump and rattle the neighbors windows with!!
I don't care what ANYONE says, this song is a true BANGER...totally crushes
Now if only he actually used his own music for it.
He paid for it!
I love the droning baseline. It's one of my favorite parts of the song.
Culturally iconic song. You know this song is fire. Those sweet dance moves are on point...
25+ years later and this song is still played and enjoyed, which is more than we can from some of his haters. Say what you will about him, the song is fire!
Agreed and he's still making money off this song ... hummm I wonder who else back then that was hating on him can say the same? Don't worry I'll wait ❣️ He is amazing then and now❣️
Vanilla Ice we love you boo❣️
The song has become such a joke that people forget that it's actually..... pretty good.
Yeah and dont really understand why. I remember when it first came out. I was pretty young but so many people use to make fun of it and still do in some cases.
@@backalleyburrito1815 because they dont fully understand the situation why there was a lawsuit. Most thought he copied the whole song.
Eh no, it’s bad and stealing from queen
@@duypham76 he copied the riff though
@@backalleyburrito1815 It was mostly because Ice was trying to front as really hard, while just seeming so very, very White. Sort of an early cultural appropriation thing. Thus, Jim Carrey owning him about it on In Living Color with "White, White Baby".
This song is a freaking classic! It was a huge when I was in high school.
Take away all the cultural (pop culture) baggage this song has built over the decades.. it's a fire song.
When taken for what it is. So many people say they hate it.... Yet know the lyrics by heart lol.
And there is a few bars in this song that are simple but harder than anything I've heard "popular" rappers of today do.
If there is one song I know the lyrics to more than anything else, it is this one. My sister and I found this cassette walking home from school one day and I listened to it relentlessly.
My favorite is Slice like a Ninja cut like a Razor blade..that line makes me think of Ninja turtles
Exactly! Everyone likes it but many won't admit it lol
One of best tunes/rap songs ever. Haters can eat shit.
@@jaysonlee2272 my favourite is “to the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle” 😅
I lived in Gary Indiana in 1992.
I grew up on Country and rock.
Moved to Gary in 89. I know most every hard-core rap song of the day. I'm a 59 year old white man.
Unless you have lived on the moon since 1990, it is virtually impossible to not have heard this entire song.
No matter who you were in the 90s, this was one of your guilty pleasures.
I was 4 when this came out. Haha. Loved when he was on TMNT 2. GO NINJA! GO NINJA! GO!!!
World wide smash classic. He got the last laugh made millions off this hit. When music was clean and no autotune. 1990
First song I heard after boot camp... 30+ years ago! Ice Ice Baby for life! We went to a dueling piano show a couple weeks ago and I requested Ice Ice Baby... they nailed it!!
This was around 1990 when he was hanging out on Forest Lane in Dallas in his Iroc-z. I know because I was there, I'm 52 years old. At about 6:02 or so in this video, you see a girl with red hair. We hung out back in the day... long time ago.
Cool fact- queen were in the studio with David Bowie in Montreax Switzerland when the guitarist came up with that. They took a break. Went to dinner, got messed up, came back to the studio and he couldn’t remember it. Took everyone humming a bit of what they remembered to get it back.
Deacon made it
Dude got done dirty. Respect for what you did against the grain Rob. You're finally getting your dues.
Best reaction video of Vanilla Ice on YT. God Bless. ✌🏻
This dude is untouchable here🤩🔥
I am not ashamed to say, I loved this song, back in the day, & introduced me, to another genre of music, I never knew existed, along with 2 others, that had me hooked !!! What other 2 you ask, House of Pain (Jumped around) & Snow (Informer) 😊
People who are ashamed of liking this song are either posers or haters.
They're just like the haters of star wars prequels. One of the best songs and movies...✊
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. The lyrics describe a shooting and Van Winkle's rhyming skills. Yeah, the riff was taken from Queen. So how did he solve it? He bought the song, bro. And now every time they play Queen/Bowie's song "Under Pressure," Ice gets the royalties. Not too stupid, eh? His second career now is very successfully constructing homes.
I'm a 39 year old black male who grew up in the hood in South Florida. I knew who queen was because I was weird and listened to all types of music. Even country and opera back then
Fair play to you 👍👍👍👍
Your face 🤣 In the 90s 'Word to ya motha' was something EVERYONE said 😂😂🤣😂🤦♀️ He wrote this when he was SIXTEEN! 😳
The fact that in the 90's MTV was still playing music videos, the odds of someone listening to this song and knowing Queen were actually really good. Many kids were like me and listened to rock, metal, and hip-hop.
Yes, well said Brian.
For anyone who cares vanilla ice now owns the publishing rights to not only his version of the song but both the Queen and David Bowie riffs. He owns all the publishing rights to this song now. (Yes he started out as a kid sampling music, and settled with original writers.) Therefore, he is not a thief. Case closed.
This song came out the year I graduated from high school. Everyone was playing it whether they want to admit it or not. As far as people not knowing who Queen was in the 90's it depends probably on what your parents or older siblings and what they listened to. My mother loved Queen and my Dad loved Elvis and I have loved them both since I was a very small child probably because they played their music. I remember the day Elvis died and crying, I was only 5. I also remember when Freddy Mercury died. So I disagree that people in the 90's didn't know who Queen was, Freddy Mercury was an unbelievable talent and entertainer, I would argue he was one the greatest of all time, again just my opinion.
Yeah the 94 5.0 GT cobra was the coolest car ever made, my older brothers each had one, One black with purple stripes, One black with gold rims and one red drop top
I was 15 when this song was released. I most definitely listened to rock, classical, country, new wave, AND hip-hop/rap. I was never bullied because of the music that I listened to. I was bullied for plenty of other reasons, but never because of my choice of music.
Everyone in the world knows this hook , best ever. 75 million sold and still counting . He didn't steal it, he cashed out David bowie for the rights. Mc hammer did it with cant touch this, cube did it. Was apart of the of the hip hop game at that time frame
I am a “metal head” but something about this song immediately transports me back to 1991.
Their was a lot of Hatred For this guy when he did this. I was one because I was a Hard Rock guy. I look at this now and I see that he was doing that better a a lot of people now!
The internet sent every type of culture into a frenzy, as people realized within every single genre there's a congruency, there's a parallel, there's bars, and hooks in every song. The cultures spoke about different things that happened within a circle that people dug, but you eventually realize everyone sings of their demons, their inspirations, their admirations, and with critical thinking you can quickly realize humanity is all in this together experiencing the same problems in a different way, society is a hurdle for humans to overcome without it we are no different than any other animal. We evolved so that we can hurl our selves further into the void, only to exacerbate a problem to evolve from the solutions.
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst." - Aristotle
You have an announcer's voice or perfect voice for radio host. Pleasant voice :)
Also I think u are the only reactor who noticed that "less than bikinis" visual mismatch. That part always got me, too lol
Here’s the thing, while hip-hop fans may not have known Queen to recognize the sample, this song was a HUGE hit, very mainstream. It was known by most everybody, so recognizing the Queen sample in this song was pretty obvious to many. I was 16 when it came out and EVERYBODY knew this song. We’d drive down our local drag strip with it blaring, and it was like that for over a year.
"Pressure" is not just a Queen song, it's a Bowie song he wrote for them. (Word to your mother...)
3 years old? I feel old. One of the best samples of all time. Different rhyme schemes at the time. There’s no Eminem without Vanilla Ice paving the way. The old heads from the 70s knew Queen. Also back in the day it was about the DJ not the rapper/MC youngin
There's no Vanilla Ice without the Beastie Boys paving the way!
@@erichinkle124 or MC search or so many other real rappers.
@@tito283 exactly. I am no Eminem fan but putting him and Vanilla Ice in the same sentence is a crime. It's got a catchy beat but the lyrics are wack.
@@danielbalboni6804,
In my opinion, his first album was very good. He was great, no matter what some haters and others who joined the band wagon say… There is a reason why this song sold over 150 million copies and counting! There was a time when it was selling one million copies a day! How many of the “real” rappers can claim that success? It’s no crime at all to mention Vanilla Ice and Eminem in one sentence, the actual crime is denying the talent Vanilla has and ridiculing him just because it’s popular.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and knew the band Queen. I loved Queen and I also loved this song. I also grew up listening to beach music (Beach Boys), classical, rock, country, rap and everything in between. Those were some good years of music.
I think the song is more catchy when the synth kicks in and the sample drops out. Listen to the synth with the bass notes over it. Super catchy and under appreciated because of the Queen section. Hip Hop fans from the break dancing days and electronic music fans had to appreciate that more than the Queen sample, but this song got huge so it was mostly enjoyed by people who didn't listen to hip hop.
When this song came out it was HUGE in European dance clubs. Amazing ❣ We had sooo much fun with this one‼️🤗 Everyone seems to think the shuffle is new, check his shuffle out. Lol and VIP is very important person/people.
I've seen him perform this twice, both at ICP related shows (GOTJ), and it was fire. He started the classic sound and then morphed it into a hard rock song. Get 'em V*ICE
I was 20 and it was the summer before my junior year in college when this came out. Lots of fun in the clubs. Great song for road trips!
We did know Queen in the 90's! In the 80's, in middle and high school, Queen was huge. So you are wrong about our knowledge of Queen. We knew immediately he stole this from 'Under Pressure.'
We rollerskated with Queen and went to the clubs with Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.
My kids were born in the 90s and they know Queen and other music from the 60's, 70's and 80's because they heard us playing them.
In the 80's we listened to all genres of music without bias - look at 'We Are the World' - we knew all of those artists of all genres - some went to the 60s and 70s, add the hair bands, the rock bands, the beginning of rap - everyone loved it all, listened to it all and no one judged you.
Rob is a survivor. Everybody sampled back in those days. Too Short Beasties NWA all of them sampled. Vanilla bought the rights from Queen and Bowie and was all handled simply. They didn't even care till it was selling a million copies a week. Rob pathed the way for what rappers are making today. Deserves way more respect than he gets. Look who he toured with b4 he was huge. Here's a hint they weren't white crowds. He was just to big. Love ROB he's a good dude and still tour's flips houses owns multiple companies and was even given the key to the city for his good wrk in the community. Respect💯💯💯. I believe he still sells a couple million copies a year of this song. This song will never go away. My favorite album from Rob is Hard To Swallow check it out.
yep , I saw it in a interview about a year ago. It's crazy that he is earning more than most recent rappers are earning on music they are releasing currently except he is doing it on a track nearly 30 years old.
But for me personally the biggest advantage of songs like this and MC Hammer was that this was rap that you could play when your parents were in the room. We couldn't listen to stuff like NWA unless we went to that one friend whose parents didn't understand English. They brought rap to people that would have never listened to rap.
Fun fact : my mother actually bought me one of those MC Hammer pants , that's how much this type of rap was accepted in my house. My stepfather used to play DJ Jazzy Jeff & the fresh prince 's first album in the car (which also has the only track Will Smith ever cursed on called "You saw my blinker (Bitch) ". And my stepfather generally listened to stuff I hated , slow music like John Secada.
@@cyrilvaneijkelenburg3743 Homebase is far from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's first album.
@@TravJam317 I never knew it was the 4th album, before this I never had heard any of his music. Back then rap wasn't played on tv /radio here in the Netherlands. It started with songs like summertime and ring my bell (I also didn't know you saw my blinker was released as a single as such vulgar language would not have been allowed on radio/tv) . Fortunately I don't feel ashamed for not knowing this. Eminem who is like a hiphop historian also didn't know will smith cursed on a record (in fact according to the wiki he has profanities in 2 songs) .
I actually saw him on that tour, '99 if my memory serves correctly. Ric Robinson I'm pretty sure produced it.
@@scottallencarr it really was a different time back then, I remember writing down the lyrics to de la souls soung , the one that everyone used on their answering machine.
Since english isn't my first language it took me over 2 hours ,lol.
I listened to Queen & Vanilla Ice…& classical music, gospel, classic rock, rap, metal & country etc… I listened to everything!!! I was probably lucky because I moved between groups & cliques pretty seamlessly! 💗🙏🏼💗
This song was released in 1990, just as rap was changing from this look and sound to gangsta rap. I suspect that if it had been released a year or two earlier, there wouldn't have been so much ridicule.
Reminds me of Family Guy... Run 80s rap guys, your no match for the 90s rap guys
I grew up in Indiana and Queens Another one bites the dust was on heavy rotation on black radio, also David Bowie's Let's Dance. So people I grew up with were familiar with them.🥰
I have no doubt that had he gotten the proper permission from Queen he'd have had a lot more great songs - he was a hell of a rapper and dancer.
This song and his career would have been much bigger and better received had he not been caught lip sinking in concert. Trust me, we knew queen too!
The biggest issue I remember is when he was called out for the sample, he didn't accept it. He just made it sound like he made it and that it's very different from the original... it's one beat different. All he had to do was just say that he did use it and made a slight twist to it and move on instead of being all defensive about it.
i think if he admitted it he wouldve had to pay for it.
Loved this song as a kid…& still love it!
So not true about someone in the 90"s listening to this and knowing queen you are wrong, I listened to everything I'm a 70's baby and grew up with great music!
You took the words right out of my mouth I'm a black woman and I grew up listening to everything and I knew it was a sample alot of rap songs sampled great rock songs hell even jay-z sampled from Annie a musical (It's The Hard Knock Life)if you love music it doesn't matter the genre and your skin color shouldn't matter 🎶
Same here, for me it came from older siblings. I was in my teens at that time and my older sister introduced me to a lot of 70s and early 80s music.
YO Vanilla Ice Posse Lets kick it!!! Suge convinced him to give points on the album and never hung him off a balcony old wives tale. This was during the time of the rhyme in Hip Hop.. I am from that era and knew who Queen was 100% Born in 74 and listened to Rock before Hip Hop was becoming mainstream, I was 16 Everyone knew this was a sample from Queen
Fun Fact: Vanilla Ice warned his record label about the sample and told them to get the license to use it, he was nervous about releasing Ice Ice Baby due to the sample, but ultimately it was the labels decision. It was the label who decided not to credit the sample and hope nobody would notice. The label was in charge of all legal matters, Ice had no say in the matter. It wasn't Vanilla Ice's fault, he was screwed by the label. If Ice had had the legal power to make the decision, he would have absolutely given legal credit.
He did do plenty of interviews himself, though, claiming it was different, even years later. But he or them obviously knew better, that's why they settled the copyright case out of court.
@@marcatkinson4149 That "Queen" song didn't even sound good like this one.
Honestly, I listened to hip hop and Queen in the 90’s. It’s probably because half my family listened to hip hop and my dad was a metal head/classic rocker. I instantly knew where vanilla ice got that hook from. So to say no one would have listened to both is false. I introduced a lot of my hip hop listening to friends and family to metal/rock and vice verse.
I’m so happy I grew up with diverse music lol it gave me a different perspective on things.
When you break it down, this song actually does hit kinda hard. Honestly, him and Milli Vanili get a lot more flack for their "errors" than they really deserve. Very few artists these days have made their careers without at least 'sampling' the beat from somebody else's song, if not out right copying it for their own version (Nikki using Sir Mix-a-lot's track for Anaconda...). And not talking about Civers, of course.
And lots of them sync at concerts anyways (Mili Vanili's live Oops). As much as they tour, we can't honestly expect them to have the energy to keep singing the entire time, for absolutely every show.
(V.I.'s bigger error, I think, was in how he has continued to handle the drama surrounding it. Instead of lying and trying to play it off as if he was 100% original just by adding a "tck", he should have just owned it.)
Nah, Vanilla Ice deserves all the shit he gets. He’s a thief and a liar. He could have owned up and paid Queen for the sample when they gave him multiple opportunities to, they too wanted to keep it out of the courts. But he chose to tie it up in courts for years instead of manning up. And even after losing so miserably, he still lies about the courts ruling til this day! He claims he owns Queens Under Pressure for the 4mil the court ordered him to pay Queen when he lost the court battle. And that is wholly untrue. He only paid for the sample. So when he gets shit about it, no matter how good anyone thinks his lyrics are, he’s still a liar and still trying to steal their song by claiming that he now owns it. Untrustworthy people like him deserve the shit they get.
Even there, record labels owned their artists back then, Vanilla Ice was only saying what the label ordered him to say. So his response wasn't even his fault, either. He actually warned the label about the sample in advance, told them to take care of legally crediting it, and they ignored him. Milli Vanilli were under contract, with no album release to honor their end of the contract, just waiting for the label to either release what they recorded or give them something else to do. They were in limbo. When the label ordered them to participate in the Milli Vanilli scheme, they felt trapped with no way out. They were just being used, and were just as much victims as the audience were. I actually saw one of them back stage, by accident, at a Disney studio tour, beforethe controversy. At the New Mickey Mouse Club set. He couldn't see us, he didn't know anyone could see him. I remember wondering why he was so extremely depressed, noting to my parents that something was terribly wrong. I remembered this later when the incident happened.
@@NativeNYerChicHK See above. Also, Ice is just stupid, not wilfully criminal.
Oh. Funny thing is, according to a legal expert I saw analyze the situation, if they had actually made the little bitty change to the sample Ice said they made, he actually would have been fine.
@@NinjaMatt2201 Nope, when he made the statements about his spectacular loss in court, erroneously claiming he now owned Queens song, he was NOT beholden to a label anymore. Those are his own words. He needs to own them, not pass blame on anyone or anything else. He’s not a trustworthy guy, he’s a egotistical narcissist. Whether it’s stupidity or theft, he’s had ample opportunity to clear up his own ignorance. He refuses to. His continues to allow his ego to get in the way…
I grew up it's seem difference between, but I meet different folks outside of town and that have antennas ""~ that was new to me
I don't care what anyone says. This rap was IT when it came out and everyone was playing it in their cars
I had a couple Bazookas in the trunk and this baseline would vibrate your balls the entire time.
I knew who Queen was back then but I also listened to many different genres of music! I think the controversy made the song more popular because everyone wanted to listen to the two songs to compare after it came out! I know my friends and I did that!
Now you have to see Jim Carey's version on the show In Living Color
So growing up in central California I think most of the people I know were pretty diverse in their music listening. Pretty much dabbled in all genres.
The 80’s and 90’s were an amazing time for music. If you heard a good song, you embraced it.
The biggest controversy of “Ice Ice Baby,” was the fact that it lifted the bass line from Queen and David Bowie’s 1981 song “Under Pressure.” He also got a lot of hate from people for being a white rapper, Arsenio Hall laid into him in a an interviewer (Cringey to watch but Ice kept his composure well). You should also check out Snow’s song “Informer”.
There's also the fact that Vanilla Ice lied about where he was from. He said he was "gangsta" and grew up in the "streetz of Miami". He grew up in a well-to-do suburb of Dallas called Carrolton, TX. He was in the same classes as my best man's wife.
So he lied about that and he lied about the bass line. For the longest time he insisted he wrote it.
Another friend of mine that owns a studio had him recording there. From what I heard, he is an arrogant douche bag.
Future story for Eminem in 8 mile!
@@Easy_Skanking Sounds like you have the inside scoop, I only remember the basic public info.
@@GhostSal I've never met him but my friends that I've known for 30 years did. I'll have to trust their judgment of his character. I have seen his yearbook photos from Carrolton. Like most of us, he looked dorky as a kid. LOL
But he talks about the sampled bass line the whole video 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
He could flow well great stuff 😊
If you're gonna get into classics can we get
Sir mix-a-lot
Posse on Broadway.
I grew up on Led Zeppelin, Floyd, Queen, and I still loved this when it came out.
Nobody knew who Queen was in the 90's until _Wayne's World_ brought them back in that one driving scene. You right.
Nobody knew queen was in the 90’s??? Speak for yourself😂😂
Wrong millions new who Queen were .
Nonsense
Vanilla ice, brought rap, rock, alt, and made kids who loved lyrics, actually dig hip hop. Vanny was a cultural bridge. I loved Bowie...after ice... I loved snoop and dre and pac.
His metal remake of this was actually ok as well.
Called Too Cold. He should definitely do a reaction to it.
Back in this day, sampling was new and the legalities were not clear. The Queen vs Vanilla Ice lawsuit clarified a murky area. He needed to give credit to Queen for the sample, and pay them a portion of composer royalties.
This is why I like watching your channel. You’re a smart dude. You looked at this sample argument in a way I never had before. Is it a dope song or is it dope because it sampled Queen? It’s a really fascinating question. And you’re absolutely right. When the song is at its catchiest is when the sample is playing. But he does kill the raps and the dancing so he does bring something to it. Like I said fascinating stuff.
He sampled queen, then he bought the publishing. So he owns it
You should react to Jim Carey doing a parody of this song on In Living Color
Also Snow’s Informer.
I just left a comment saying roughly the same thing and then I looked underneath it and you already beat me to it lol great video....
I was 24 when this came out! 😳. Loved it then, love it now 💕. And I definitely knew who Queen was 😊
I grew up in the time when this song was at its peak, the song was great for its time. The only major flaw was when the record label put it out everywhere to milk every Penny they could from it. It became over played, and old before he could make another song that even came close to its popularity. That song was Ninja Rap when they put him the sequel to ninja turtles. Unfortunately for him, he’s was already a joke to most people.
I feel like there's only so many sounds you can make on instruments lol. I grew up with a piano in my house, never really played it...but from time to time I would just mess around and try to make a few notes sound good together. I accidentally made a tune that sounded like the beginning to Zelda - Ocarina of Time. I didn't even know until my friend told me, I had never ever played the game.
Chance of listening to this and knowing Queen >0 for some demographics. I was raised on 'Oldies', but the first album I ever bought for myself was Run DMC "Raising Hell". I've gone through many phases of what I'm particularly into at specific times, but usually will listen to anything that is done well. This song has definitely gone through the cycle of Dope -> Meh -> Kind of lame -> Embarrassing -> Not so bad -> Alright.
I was in middle school when this came out, and I can tell you for sure this was in heavy rotation on every "Top 40" station at the time, so lots of people from lots of demographics heard this a lot. Under Pressure came out in 1981 so we're only talking 9 years between the two songs. Wasn't really so much of a huge generation gap at the time.
Queen is the GOAT, I don't care who you are or what decade you're in....my opinion... And that sample helped him become a superstar
Ninja rap is another great of his and it and him were in tmnt 2 secret of the ooze
VIP stood for Vanilla Ice Posse
He didn't sample queen his beat it da da da da dah da da da and queens is dah da da da dah da da da. It's completely different lol that was the best defense I have ever heard for a plagiarism lawsuit
A suit he lost badly.
The best defense for plagiarism I ever saw was "the two songs isn't even share a single note whatsoever".
They still lost.
In my young day..this song was every where. Good then and good now. Love his newer vanilla Sprite remix as well. And adding Rick Ross. NICE!!!
on Ice's channel, he calls the 90's the last great decade.
I don't think the issue was that the existing hip-hop crowd knowing Queen, but that nearly anyone in the suburbs knew *exactly* where that sample came from. Ice and MC Hammer were the hip-hop introduction for those suburban kids. Growing up in suburbia, pretty much everyone knew who Queen was. Also, this was just 1990, so only 9 years since "Under Pressure" was released. I don't think it would have been a problem if Ice had asked permission and given credit for the bass line. Also, there was his initial attempt at trying to claim the lines were different b/c he'd added an extra beat. I mean, seriously!? Come on, Robert!
I was listening to this and queen my step father was a dj in the 70;s and 80s, I was into hip hop but also liked all the classics.
GOAT 🐐
This song was dope when I was growing up. Ha
Road to 420k and you're almost double that now!!! Way to go!
Born in the 70's I loved this song when it came out and I did know who Queen was ;)
Absolutely awesome track. I was in 10th grade when this came out. It was huge.
yes i grew up in the 90s, and yes i knew who Queen was. check out the movie Wayne's World, Bohemian Rhapsody was still a thing
Wayne's World brought Queen to a whole new generation.
When you actually listen past the sample, it was actually a good, fun song, one that made you want to dance. I should know. My daughter was 13 when it came out, and she played it constantly. I tried not to like it, because I actually was a fan of Queen at the time. But I wound up liking it in spite of all the controversy that surrounded it. Great reaction!
I was still in elementary school when this song came out. I was raised on country music and did not typically listen to this style of music. I recently learned that in the beginning of the song when he says "Yo, VIP, lets kick it." VIP = Vanilla Ice Posse.
Great thoughts on this cool beat!