Talk:Ice Ice Baby

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[edit] Smaplng

"Vanilla Ice drew controversy by claiming that he owed no royalties for sampling "Under Pressure", citing one minor alteration to the bass line." I'm curious about this. Does the song actually sample Under Pressure in the classical sense of the word sample, i.e. it uses a digital recording of the bassline of that track, or is the bassline instead a post-hoc recreation, performed so as to mimic the original? Hmm? -Ashley Pomeroy 17:31, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

The latter. Believe it or not, there actually is one added "ting" in the riff that was not in the original song. (this is original research though, on my part) --I'm Kinda Awesome... 17:39, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not a one hit wonder

His other song 'Play That Funky Music' was a billboard hot 100 hit too, so I removed this from the one-hit wonder song list. Oreo 16-4-07

He's a 1 hit wonder. A one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single - and that's my boy Vanilla Ice. I'm going to be as cool as he is someday. Peace.  burgdorf  (Talk)  04:50, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other covers (well, one in particular)

I've heard a stirring cover by a female vocalist in the style of Nina Gordon's simple, beautiful, frank cover of "Straight Outta Compton" - does anyone know who the singer is, or know what I'm talking about? Thatbox (talk) 01:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] 2nd rap single?

>>"Ice Ice Baby" was the second rap single ever to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, ...<< Wasn't it actually the third after Falco's rap "Rock Me Amadeus" in 1986? Compare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Me_Amadeus and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_3