That's so interesting. The people into BB/RDMC were generally not the jocks at my high school. The jocks at my high school(s) were into the Dead and Bob Marley.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 4:49pmFunny, but back in high school days, it was the jocks who I most associated with rap—or at least the stuff that made the charts. The Beasties' first album, especially "Fight for the Right" and Run-DMC/Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" were both huge with the football assholes (in the former case, clearly missing the satire). To this day, I still get a bit of a twinge of hostility towards that stuff because of that association.
The thread of musical shame...
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And ultimately safer, at least that would have been the hope.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:02pmI assure you, to the record industry he was. To the industry, he was Elvis—the white guy with the black backstory who could bring black music to white audiences and make everyone rich(er).101Walterton wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 2:44pmI would go as far as to say people bought it because it was a catchy pop tune (thanks to Queen) but not that he was any sort of great white hope or bringing Hip Hop to the masses. I doubt anyone who bought it in UK had any interest at all in Hip Hop.
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It literally took me until now to know what Doc meant by VI. I just put the Circle Jerks album there as a bad joke because I thought by VI he was referring to some lame Canadian rapper as opposed to the lame US rapper.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 11:04amUgly album cover...but I've always kind of liked this album. Not their best - but not terrible.
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Cue the defense from the usual 90s ghouls here in 3 … 2 …
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Andrew Cunanan is my favorite rapper.
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That's a great trackWolter wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:26pmIt’s weird. I was only sort of into hip hop/rap, but I had friends who were, so I knew he had no street cred among the fans, but people who had no stake ate him up. Yeah, he was definitely marketed as the Elvis of hip-hop, in every sense of the idea.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:20pmAnd the combination of his initial success and then exposure has since made him that acid test for any white rapper. It's pretty impressive that almost thirty years later, he still holds significance, albeit not how he wanted.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:05pmI agree with this. He was definitely marketed that way.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:02pmI assure you, to the record industry he was. To the industry, he was Elvis—the white guy with the black backstory who could bring black music to white audiences and make everyone rich(er).101Walterton wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 2:44pmI would go as far as to say people bought it because it was a catchy pop tune (thanks to Queen) but not that he was any sort of great white hope or bringing Hip Hop to the masses. I doubt anyone who bought it in UK had any interest at all in Hip Hop.
You know who I remember having street cred as white rappers but no crossover appeal? 3rd Bass, who did a diss track on Ice called “Pop Goes the Weasel.”
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Anyone who took Vanilla Ice remotely seriously had their brains in their jeans.101Walterton wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:18pmI don’t doubt to the the US record industry he was. But not to the general masses ( certainly not in UK - can’t speak for US.WestwayKid wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:05pmI agree with this. He was definitely marketed that way.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 3:02pmI assure you, to the record industry he was. To the industry, he was Elvis—the white guy with the black backstory who could bring black music to white audiences and make everyone rich(er).101Walterton wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 2:44pmI would go as far as to say people bought it because it was a catchy pop tune (thanks to Queen) but not that he was any sort of great white hope or bringing Hip Hop to the masses. I doubt anyone who bought it in UK had any interest at all in Hip Hop.
Beastie Boys had already got the interest of anyone who wanted Hip Hop, Vanilla Ice was just a fun pop song to most.
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Catchy tune. Can't hate it.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Also, apparently Snow was a successful and well respected musician in Jamaica which has to count for something.matedog wrote: ↑14 Nov 2018, 11:39amCatchy tune. Can't hate it.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Yeah. The biggest white hip hop fans I knew at that time Vanilla Ice debuted were all skaters. The frat boys/jocks were more into shit like Drivin’ n Cryin’ or hippie nonsense, or, if they were “edgy,” Jane’s Addiction and RHCP.JennyB wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 5:11pmThat's so interesting. The people into BB/RDMC were generally not the jocks at my high school. The jocks at my high school(s) were into the Dead and Bob Marley.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Nov 2018, 4:49pmFunny, but back in high school days, it was the jocks who I most associated with rap—or at least the stuff that made the charts. The Beasties' first album, especially "Fight for the Right" and Run-DMC/Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" were both huge with the football assholes (in the former case, clearly missing the satire). To this day, I still get a bit of a twinge of hostility towards that stuff because of that association.
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Great, now I'm skimming through VI's back catalog on Spotify.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I'm gonna claim that as a victory.
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I'll take Phil Collins all day long over that crap. I would of course prefer to be deaf.
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Remember when Ice made a Nü-Metal version of Ice Ice Baby around 2000? Holy shit that was hilariously bad. Maybe even funnier than the dreadlocks he had to attempt street cred circa 1995 (wait, did he AND Billy Idol both have embarrassing 90s White Guy Dreads at the same time?
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