アイス アイス ベイベー！ 
（2008-06-18）
英国の同時期に出てきたMCチューンズと並ぶアメリカの白人ラッパーの先駆けであるヴァニラアイス。当時、ラップ界のシュワルツエネッガーなどと言われていましたね。エミネムなどの白人ラッパーの先駆けとして最初に大成功を収めたのが彼だ。主演映画まで製作されたりと当時の人気は相当なものだったが、あまりにも商業主義的すぎたか、あっという間に過去の人に・・・・。MCハマーと並ぶ語るに恥ずかしいラッパーの代名詞となっているが、デビュー作である本作はサンプリングセンスがベタすぎで、アイスのラップも下手糞だが、ポップ性は満点で、１００円くらいで売られていたら聞いてみるのもいいかもしれない。
white rap WAY before Eminem （2003-05-23）
A decade before Eminem made white rap able to hold its ground against gangsta rap, there was Vanilla Ice who took the, uhm, rap for "trying to sound black". Just as Konishiki did for Akebono, he made the road easier for those who treaded it after him.
He is, of course, no match for Eminem in talent--then again, how many predecessors remain unsurpassed by their successors?--and his first hit "Ice Ice Baby" was partly-helped by the old Rick James hit's melody, but he was fun! And it was refreshing then to hear rap being "bad ass" without flaunting murderous tendencies.
Not a classic. But it marked the age with MC Hammer.
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white rap before Eminem （2003-05-21）
A decade before Eminem made white rap able to hold its ground against gangsta rap, there was Vanilla Ice who took the, uhm, rap for "trying to sound black". Just as Konishiki did for Akebono, he made the road easier for those who treaded it after him.
He is, of course, no match for Eminem in talent--then again, how many predecessors remain unsurpassed by their successors?--and his first hit "Ice Ice Baby" was partly-helped by the old Rick James hit's melody, but he was fun! And it was refreshing then to hear rap being "bad ass" without flaunting murderous tendencies.
Not a classic. But marked the age with MC Hammer.
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