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Vanilla Ice

September 18th 2008 13:09
vanilla ice


We've already talked about a few other Ice-men in the game, but not the Iceman.
I'm talkin' about the biggest O.G, pimp daddy rapper of them all.

I know - its obvious.
This blog is about Vanilla Ice. Who else could it be?

Robert Matthew Van Winkle is a perfect example of that weaning period in the late eighties and early nineties that was just all over the place.

He was one part Ice T, one part Bobby Brown, and a couple of parts New Kids on the Block.
In the time of happy pants and huge gumby high-top hair-do's, the Ice-man rained supreme.

Only MC Hammer and Marky Mark came close to Ice's coolness.

cool as ice
He first came out in '89 with Play that Funky Music.
But when that only got limited play, some crazy D.J. in the south decided to turn that puppy over and play the B-side to the single. That song was Ice Ice Baby, and the rest is history. Literally.

Because after a huge cameo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, the Iceman split in his 5.0, and was rarely seen again for about a decade.

He did a movie in '91 called Cool as Ice, and if anyone has seen it, they have to leave a comment, because it looks like the funniest thing ever.
I've seen a few shots, and noticed he had that checkerboard pattern shaved into his hair - man I remember cool kids at school having those...truth is - I wanted 'em!
Man, I gotta do a 90s blog...

Anyway, if you haven't seen him for a while - he looks a bit different, but he's still kickin' around. It doesn't matter how many tattoo's or piercings he gets, or how tough his goatee is - he'll always be Vanilla Ice to me...

vanilla ice now


'Yo, VIP, Let's kick it!'







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Ice Cube

September 12th 2008 14:24
Ice Cube

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, when gangster rap was exploding, you had a big choice to make.

Were you with the T or the Cube?

Although I dug Ice T, and I can now appreciated his 70s-inspired funk and his sense of humor more these days, I was definitely a Cube man.

Now, his rants on political agendas and social relations seem over-serious and self-important, but back in the day, that stuff was radio-wave gold.

ice cube boyz n the hood
Cube made it into the big time when he portrayed the infamous Darin 'Dough Boy' Baker in Boyz n the Hood, which many (including myself) felt that he deserved an Academy award for, or at least a Globe. But for some reason he never did a serious role again, and now spends his screen time on comedies (including his classic Friday franchise ) and fast paced action films.

But that was all 90s.
In the 80s Cube was one thing. A Nigga With Attitude.

In 1986, along with Dr Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren and DJ Yella, O'Shea Jackson AKA Ice Cube formed what was to become the most famous and notorious rap group that ever was - NWA.
Their second album Straight Outta Compton was a runaway success and is still considered to be the seminal gangster rap album. With his long Jheri curls and famous scowl, Ice Cube wrote the albums' most ground-breaking songs, like F*** the Police and Straight Outta Compton

Naturally, such a heated bunch of boyz couldn't stay together long.
NWA went on to record without him, and produced the brilliant 100 Miles and Runnin', and Cube went one step further and made the classic Predator album, which features my favorite rap track ever - It Was a Good Day.

The funny thing is, the dude nearly looks exactly the same more than 15 years later.

NWA
N.W.A


'Straight outta Compton, crazy motherf***** named Ice Cube,
from the gang called Niggaz With Attitude'



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Ice T

September 9th 2008 16:04
Ice T

Tracy Lauren Marrow (Ice T) was one of the very first pioneers of Gangsta Rap.
Yep, all the way back in '82, Ice started layin' down the kind of jams no one had ever heard before.

We're talkin' 80s T, when he was a Cop Killer and not a cop actor.
Yes, he might be Detective Odafin Tutuola on Law & Order now, but I remember when Ice T was the real deal. He made the music that politicians wanted banned and mothers didn't understand.

Man, the dude even made some kick ass metal tunes too. When I listened back to a little Bodycount today, I was actually pretty impressed. Sure, some of if is very cringe worthy, but it was very edgy and a gutsy move on his behalf. I'm surprised more rappers didn't follow suit. - Instead, we got white-trash country metal-heads trying to rap, not the other way around.

He was a cool dancer too, and even an actor.
He first turned up in Breakin' (Breakdance: The Movie) and eventually kicked some butt in New Jack City. Once he played some kind of kangaroo-mutant in Tank Girl too.

Ice T was born over in Jersey but after the poor little gangster became an orphan he moved over to L.A. and even joined the army!
He says, that's how he got so angry and spiteful at the government.

Word.

Ice T Power



'...on with the body count!'



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Eddie and the Cruisers

June 7th 2008 04:58
Eddie and the Cruisers


Eddie and the Cruisers is a very uneven movie


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80’s Teen Idols

March 18th 2008 23:21
Maverick top gun tom cruise

The 80’s WAS the era for teen idols.
Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Scott Baio, Jon Bon Jovi, Johnny Depp, Ralph Machio...
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

March 16th 2008 23:13
bill & ted

'Be excellent to each other, and...Party on dudes!'
Ahh...such sage advice from these most excellent of 80’s dudes


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