Vanilla Ice - Too Cold

Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), best known as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper known for the 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby."

One of the first white rappers to find mainstream success, Van Winkle's popularity was short lived. He has continued to make music, but has not recaptured the levels of fame he enjoyed earlier in his career.

It was widely reported that Van Winkle had been threatened and assaulted by Death Row Records CEO, who forced Van Winkle to sign the publishing rights to him. Van Winkle stated that Knight took him "to the balcony and talked to me, but it's funny how the story gets turned around...I'm wondering how that story got changed around".


In 1996, he appeared on the Bloodhound Gang track "Boom" under his real name, which led to a moderate revival in popularity, and thus the first new Vanilla Ice material in four years. SBK had signed him to a new deal, and Hard to Swallow was released in 1998 and produced by Ross Robinson, known for his work with bands such as Korn and Limp Bizkit. The album was radically different from Van Winkle's previous works, as it was centered around nu metal rather than hip hop. Guest artists on the album included Doug Ardito of Puddle of Mudd and Scott Borland. Though the record eventually went gold, it soon slipped from public consciousness.

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[HITTMAN123445]

like this sound WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better tthin his rap

[Alex Francisco]

Pare com essa porra, isso faz a gente parecer um bando de ovelhas retardadas

[Nick Fury]

Bad ass!!

[minh ngoc nguyen]

so cool

[Keith Caporelli]

Vanilla Ice should be the one who brings back Nu Metal

[deftonestoadies]

vanilla goes hard in the paint on this track

[isaiah coleman]

Wow he should have stuck with metal from the begining

[Mike Rogers]

A Cold White Boy !

[Jack Lucas]

If he would have waiting 2 years, this album would have been released in 2000. It was the original (rap) version of Ice Ice Baby that was released about 2 years before Korn debuted. This didn't come out until '98.

[billy mitton]

if he woulda waited 2 years to realease it he could rode the korn ,s.o.a.d,limp bizket ,linkin park wave

[Goldenshower55]

Yeah it just wasn't well received. While I think he's an OK artist, nobody in the industry takes him seriously and he falls flat on his face. At least when he goes back to old school rap he has his nostalgic following. Remember when he went all grunge, dreadlocks and tried to do gangsta rap? Everyone laughed at him and he tried to commit suicide (seriously).