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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