To The Extreme (CD)

Though he is arguably pop music's most notorious punchline, former rap star Vanilla Ice remains one of the best-selling MCs of all time, thanks entirely to his 1990 Jive Records debut TO THE EXTREME and its notorious single "Ice Ice Baby." Due to dubious street credentials and equally dubious mic skills, Ice suffered one of the most brutal backlashes ever in the entertainment biz, causing his star to fall as quickly as it rose. Nonetheless, several image makeovers through the years (one as a pothead MC, another as a rap/nu-metal tough guy) and frequent forays into reality TV have kept Ice in the public eye.

• Category:  Music  »  Rap & Hip Hop  »  Rap & Hip Hop/General
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• Release Date: July 23, 1996
• Label: SBK Records
• UPC: 077779532520
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106718174
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #12090 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #258 in Rap & Hip Hop (See Top 100 Rap & Hip Hop Bestsellers)
• #146 in Rap & Hip Hop/General (See Top 100 Rap & Hip Hop/General Bestsellers)

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Personnel includes: Vanilla Ice (rap vocals); Don Diego (saxophone); Paul Loomis (keyboards); George Anderson (bass); Craig Pride, Princess (background vocals).

Producers includes: Vanilla Ice, Wayne Stallings, Darryl Williams, Khayree, Kim Sharp.

Engineers include: Paul Loomis, George Anderson, TC & Floyd.

The debut single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first rap song to reach No. 1 on the pop singles chart.

One of the flashiest flash-in-the-pans in pop history, Vanilla Ice quickly rose to fame in 1990 with his debut, TO THE EXTREME, and its massively successful single, "Ice Ice Baby." Shamelessly ripping off David Bowie and Queen's "Under Pressure," the bass-heavy tune brought hip-hop to a new level of popularity, and made the slick, flamboyant rapper (born Robert Van Winkle) a superstar. However, Ice's popularity was short-lived--thanks in large part to both false claims of a notorious past and a really bad haircut--leaving this album, which also features a raucous, boastful track built around Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music," to stand as an amusing document of his fleeting fame.

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