Friday, February 20, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Fans can see Ice twice baby
By Chris Horton
chorton@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
More than seven years after Vanilla ice's rise and fall in American pop culture, he has mysteriously resurfaced.
Two sold-out shows at the Granada indicate an interest in what was rap music's biggest joke.
Are these fans, or are they just people looking to relive their high school days in which they shaved lines into their eyebrows because it was "doe?"
It doesn't really matter to ice, also known as Robert Winkle, who said he was touring college towns because the show patrons were less likely to be offended by his music and for one other reason.
"The more they drink the better I sound." Ice said.
Today's ice is a far cry from the days when he insisted he was from the streets and attempted to cash in on the stoner-rap market with his 1994 album *Mind Blowin'.*
Ice has a new story.
"With every high I experienced in the music industry, I also had an equal low," he said. "So I turned to drugs."
ice said an overdose almost killed him three years ago. His friends saved his life by pouring buckets of ice water on him.
"It was then that I realized I had been given a second chance, and I found God," Ice said.
Ice said he had been clean for three years now and has a family to keep him on the right path.
"I got married last year to a wonderful girl, and I have a beautiful five-month-old daughter named Dusty Rain," he said, "I've made a
Ice said he wanted to focus on his upcoming album, Hard to Swallow, which will be released in March.
promise to God to turn things around."
"The response to the new tour has been unbelievable," he said. "All the shows have sold out, and I just want to tour as long as I can."
I said he wanted ticket holders for his two Lawrence performances to think they got what they paid for.
"I know what people are coming to see at my shows," he said. "I'm the entertainer, it's what I do."
KU students on fire for Ice
By Emily C. Forsyth
eorsyth@kanson.com
Kansson staff writer
Many students still harbor a lingering admiration for Vanilla Ice.
Illustration by Matt Woodruff/ KANSAN
Although the rapper's fame fizzled shortly after Ice Ice Baby exploded in 1990, he remains popular to many fans who once revered the man and his music.
"I remember kickin' to Vanilla Ice in back in junior high," said Ryan Kenny, Littleton, Colo., freshman. "He and M.C. Hammer were definitely the ones I listened to everyday."
Sara Deere, Lawrence graduate student, said she used to have Vanilla Ice playing in the background on her answering machine.
"At one time I knew the Vanilla Ice dance," Deere said. "I can't remember it now, but it was on the video
for Ice Ice Baby."
In addition to being fond of Vanilla Ice's music, some students tried to emulate the rapper's unique style.
In his 1991 autobiography, Ice by ice, Vanilla ice revealed his technique for creating the hair masterpiece.
"When Vanilla Ice was poplar, like in middle school, everyone would try to get the flat-top that was shaved on the sides—the old Vanilla Ice haircut," said Mike Dinkel, Victoria freshman. "I had it. A lot of my friends had it. We were pathetic."
"To get my hair real high in the front, where the streak is, I use mousse and hairspray—a lot of hairspray," Ice wrote. "When I travel, I've got one suitcase just for my hair-sprays and mousses."
ice also wrote about his clothing style: "I like to look good and, as always, I like to stand out—offstage as well as on."
"I just hope he hasn't changed much, just keeps the same old-school style, hasn't gone hard," Kenny said. "I just wanna see the Vanilla ice."
If Vanilla Ice stays true to the philosophy he expressed in his book (in which he refers to himself in the third person), the crowd shouldn't be disappointed.
"Ice grooves on competition, on challenge—especially in front of an audience—and that's what I got now when I do a show," he wrote. "Rockin' the crowd, that's what I live for. Bottom line: I love it."
"Even if I don't enjoy all the music, it will still be fun," Murnane said. "He's a big-time one-hit wonder, and we can laugh at the rest of his songs."
Students who purchased tickets for the concert speculated about how Vanilla ice's music and style had evolved.
All right, stop, collaborate and listen:
Several Vanilla ice videos are missing!
Video thefts leave stores without Ice movie from 1991
Hastings Books, Music And Video, 1900 W. 23rd St., and Dillons, 1015 W. 23rd St., both have had copies of Vanilla Ice's 1991 motion picture debut. Cool Ice. Ice, stolen.
The stores could not confirm when the videos were taken, and Lawrence police Sgt. Susan Hadi said police had no information about the thefts.
Dillons video department records showed Cool As Ice had not been checked out since Mav 16, 1995.
Hastings employees said they did not plan to contact the police about the loss.
Emilio Schwarz, a clerk at Westridge Video, 601 Kasold Dr., said that Cool As Ice was a high-quality motion picture.
Yo VIP, Let's kick it!
Collaborate and listen
new invention Something grabs ahold of me
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Ice Ice Baby
Ice Ice Baby
Dance
Something grabs ahold of me tightly
"I own a copy of Cool As Ice on laserdisc," he said. "It's a very interesting piece of work."
lightly Then I flow like a harpoon daily and eighty
Bum rush the speaker that
Turn off the lights and I'll glow To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle
Deadly, when I play a dope
Anything less than the best is
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
Love it or leave it
You better hit bull's eye
The kid don't play
If there was a problem
Check out the hook while my DI revolves it
kee kee Baby Vanilla
kee kee Baby Vanilla
kee kee Baby Vanilla
kee kee Baby Vanilla
Burning them if they're not quick and nimble
Now that the party is inumping,
With the bass kicked in, and
The Vegas are pumpin'
Quick to the point, to the
point no talking
I'm cooking MC's like a
lady
I go crazy when I hear a cymbal
And a hi hat with a souped up tempo
I'm on a roll and it's time to
Rollin' in my 5.0
Ronnie Wachter
With my ragtop down so my
Rockman lovers driving Lambourghinis
Jealous 'cause I'm out getting mine
Yo-so I continued to A1A
Shay with the gauge and
Reading for the chumps on the wall
Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis
the wall The chumps acting ill
Gunshots ranged out like a sell
I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack
Bumper to bumper the
I grabbed my nine
All I heard was shells
Jumped in my car, slammed on the car
All I heard was shells Falling on the concrete real foot
avenee's packed I'm trying to get away before
You know what I mean
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
Chorus
Mamir's on the scene just in case you didn't know it My town, that created all the
Enough to shake and kick
Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground 'Cause my style's like a chem
want to step with this
Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel
hole in the ground Cause my style's like a chemical spill
visit and feel
Conducted and formed
This is a hell of a concept
We make it hype and you
Shay plays on the fade, slice
Shay plays on the tape, sice like a ninja
Cut like a razor blade so fast Other DJ's say, "damn"
If my rhyme was a drug I'd sell it by the gram
Keep my compose when it's time to get loose
Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice
If there was a problem Yo- I solve it!
Check out the hook White Deshay revolves it.
Chorus
Yo man- Let's get out of here! Word to your mother!
ice ice baby too cold
ke lee baby too cold
ke lee baby too cold too cold
ke lee baby too cold too cold
ke lee baby too cold too cold
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