Vanilla Ice
With his hit single "Ice Ice Baby" and its accompanying album, To the Extreme, Vanilla Ice became the second white rapper to top the charts. Unlike the Beastie Boys, he didn't have any street credibility, so the Miami-born rapper decided to invent some of his own, claiming he had a seriously violent gangster past. Nevertheless, "Ice Ice Baby" became a number one hit late in 1990, thanks to the pulsating bass riff from David Bowie and Queen's "Under Pressure." To the Extreme also went to the top of the charts, spending 16 weeks at number one and selling over seven million copies. Ice began filming a feature film, Cool as Ice, in the spring of 1990, but by the time the film came out in the fall, his star had fallen dramatically; To the Extreme was at number one longer than the soundtrack to Cool as Ice was even on the charts.
Sensing that his time had passed, Vanilla Ice took a couple years off, re-emerging in 1994 with Mind Blowin'. Dispensing with the pop-rap formula of his debut, the rapper adopted the lazy, rolling funk of Cypress Hill, as well as that trio's obsession with pot. The album was a commercial disaster, disappearing from sight immediately after its release. With 1998's Hard to Swallow, Ice attempted to reinvent himself as a hardcore, gangsta-styled rapper; again the public wanted no part of it. A similar attempt, 2001's Bipolar, tried to reinvent him as both rapper and rocker, much to the public's general disinterest.
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Discografia
21 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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To The Extreme
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por SBK - EMI RECORDS em 3 de set. de 1990
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Platinum Underground
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ultrax Records em 16 de ago. de 2005
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ice Ice Baby
Pop - Lançado por EMI Label ONE em 1 de jan. de 1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mind Blowin'
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por SBK - EMI RECORDS em 25 de nov. de 1994
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bi-Polar
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Liquid 8 Records em 23 de out. de 2001
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best Of Vanilla Ice
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por SBK em 23 de fev. de 1999
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vanilla Ice Is Back! - Hip Hop Classics
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por X-Ray Records em 4 de nov. de 2008
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ice Ice Baby
Pop - Lançado por EMI Label ONE em 1 de jan. de 1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Extremely Live
Pop - Lançado por Parlophone Catalogue em 6 de mar. de 1991
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Joyburst (Extended Version)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Anthem Records em 16 de set. de 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Platinum Underground (explicit version)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ultrax Records em 16 de ago. de 2005
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ice Ice Baby (Re-Recorded Version)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por X-Ray Records em 1 de jan. de 2009
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Platinum Underground (Clean Version)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ultrax Records em 16 de ago. de 2005
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ice Ice Baby (Holiday Remix)
Pop - Lançado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) em 2 de jun. de 1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Platinum Underground
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ultrax Records em 16 de ago. de 2005
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ice Ice Baby (Karaoke Version)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Capitol Records em 22 de ago. de 1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bands Out
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Foss Films em 7 de out. de 2023
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Joyburst
Pop - Lançado por Anthem Records em 24 de jun. de 2022
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
All the Way In
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Forgiato Blow & Vanilla Ice em 17 de ago. de 2021
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Joyburst (Instrumental Version)
Pop - Lançado por Anthem Records em 27 de jan. de 2023
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Joyburst (Extended Version)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Anthem Records em 16 de set. de 2022
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo