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.