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Remember the 90's? Remember The Simpsons, rap music, and the Internet? I know I do. And if you remember rap from the 90's, you undoubtedly remember these two artists: Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. Once on top of the world (and Billboard charts), Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer are now fodder for countless "Where are they now?" shows. Furthermore, they are endlessly mocked for their lightweight entries into the rap genre. However easy it may be to mock them, it is even easier to forget their true contributions: namely, bringing rap music into the mainstream. No matter how much is made of, say, Public Enemy's surprising cross-over appeal, one must concede that mainstream popular music still considered rap as an alien entity. That is, until Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer brought their own brand of watered-down, whitewashed pablum to the stage. So, sit back and enjoy the greatest hits of these two ex pop sensations, whether for their historical significance, kitsch value, or just plain fun.
When I saw this in 1997, I went "Long overdue!" They are the true reasons why rap albums spent 37 weeks at Number One on the Billboard 200 in 1990 and 1991! They were two different artists to me, even though they wore nearly the same kinds of glittery outfits. MC Hammer's songs concentrated on repetition and addictive hooks, while Vanilla Ice focuses more on his rap style riding over very catchy but daring dance tracks! But there is more an emphasis toward hip-hop than the pop labels given to them. They are surprisingly street too! This album has a lot of energy on most of it--it will have you dancing for days!!!! Along with Run-DMC and other artists before them, they helped rap become huge during the '90s. Even though their later albums never matched their most successful ones, they are still classic artists to me! The last Hammer song weaves very well into the first Ice song on this album. They were two of Capitol-EMI's most successful artists at the time, and it was smart for Capitol-EMI Special Markets to release this. I hope that each of them consider making another album like that and have everybody dancing again. They were really at the top of their games with their music.
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