Vanilla Ice Explains How the 90’s Shaped America

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Vanilla Ice drops the FACTZ on the 90’s and how he shaped hip-hop culture.

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00:00 How are you buddy? Big fan, dude. Good to see you.

00:01 What's going on in the world with you, man?

00:03 - Everything is great in the world with me, man.

00:04 - What are you working on? Anything cool?

00:06 - Yeah, we're doing a new Vanilla Ice Beach project.

00:08 We've got a lot of things going on.

00:09 - What is the beach project? Can you tell me more about it?

00:11 - Same as the Vanilla Ice project, but it's on the beach.

00:13 - That's what's up, man.

00:15 Would you say that's the main source of your income right now

00:17 is just kind of working on those type of projects?

00:18 - No, no. I have many businesses.

00:20 - What's your favorite?

00:21 - I don't have a favorite. Never did.

00:23 Just stay here.

00:24 - Oh, real quick. Music wise,

00:26 who was the person that you met

00:27 that you were most starstruck to meet?

00:30 - Roger Troutman.

00:31 - Really? Why that?

00:32 - Because I grew up to him and he was my hero

00:34 and it's sad to see him that he's gone,

00:36 but I'll always remember him as a legend.

00:38 - How many gigs a year are you now doing?

00:40 You know, because you always get-

00:41 - 100 a year.

00:42 - Are you doing 100?

00:43 - The only thing I love, the 90s tour.

00:44 It was only supposed to go for like, what was it?

00:46 Six months. Now we're on seven years.

00:48 - So how many songs did you do on that tour?

00:50 Like, were you-

00:50 - We play an hour and a half.

00:51 - You did an hour and a half?

00:52 - We're going tonight. We're on that tour right now.

00:54 - Where are you tonight?

00:55 - We're in Bloomsburg tonight.

00:56 - Oh, that's what's up.

00:57 Do you understand something?

00:58 You were a big part of my childhood.

01:00 Like my life, you were my introduction to rap.

01:02 - I see the Beavis and Butthead.

01:03 - Come on, buddy. This is what it's about, buddy.

01:05 - The 90s is everything.

01:06 Everything in this world is the 90s.

01:07 - The 90s are everything, but you're,

01:09 how do you feel like people reacted to your presence

01:13 in hip hop?

01:14 Because to me, you were a big part of it.

01:15 Do you feel that you were, you know,

01:18 part of that legacy of hip hop?

01:19 You know, as far as like-

01:20 - I let the fans decide that, man.

01:22 I don't have an ego. I lost it a long time ago.

01:24 I just entertain the fans and cater to the ones

01:26 that appreciate what I'm doing.

01:28 - Really?

01:29 - And we're still out here, you know,

01:29 living like teenagers.

01:30 So I got to give it credit, you know,

01:32 to all the people supporting it because the 90s

01:35 is like a big Zumba class.

01:36 - Yeah.

01:37 - And it's the greatest party on earth.

01:38 And we got to make America the 90s again.

01:41 - Do you think this generation, like I was in the 90s.

01:43 I'm a 90s guy.

01:44 Born in the 80s, but what do you think about this generation

01:47 compared to the 90s?

01:48 Who partied more? Was it more fun then?

01:50 - Oh, come on. The 90s rules, bro.

01:51 You can't even compare it. Everybody wants the 90s.

01:53 Even the kids that weren't even born in the 90s.

01:54 They still wear all the shoes from the 90s.

01:56 Look at it.

01:57 Gelto Adidas, 90s.

01:58 The Air Force One, 90s.

02:00 You know, Air Jordans, 90s.

02:02 They can't come out with a cool sneaker since the 90s.

02:05 - Do you think the 90s, like that style,

02:06 obviously, look at me wearing a vintage shirt.

02:08 - You got the Beavis and Butthead.

02:09 The Fanny Pack is back.

02:10 The neon colors are all over your shopping malls.

02:13 I think the 90s are infectious.

02:15 And, you know, we're the last living generation

02:17 that'll ever know what it's like to live without computers.

02:20 It'll never happen again.

02:21 - Yeah.

02:22 - So people want it back.

02:22 And we're like, man, I feel sorry for these kids today.

02:25 - Yeah.

02:26 - We did have it better and it's the truth.

02:27 (laughs)

02:28 - But listen, you see Miami now.

02:30 It's all over the map.

02:31 You're a Florida guy.

02:31 How's Miami now compared to what it was

02:33 when you were growing up?

02:34 - It's another world.

02:35 - Good or like interesting, unique?

02:37 - You know, everybody can say good or bad.

02:38 But me, everything is bad unless it's the 90s again.

02:41 'Cause everything is just, you know, overcrowded

02:43 and just, you know, gone bananas in this world today.

02:47 It's a snow globe, man.

02:48 It needs to settle down and come back down to the 90s.

02:50 - Yeah, yeah.

02:51 I'm a huge fan.

02:52 Seriously, buddy, I really appreciate the time.

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