# To the extreme, I rock the mic like a vandal, light up the stage, and wax a chump.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900 "2003-02-13T20:02:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rhinostylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/1 "2003-02-13T20:02:17Z")
Like a candle . . . I sure do miss Vanilla. That song came out when I was in sixth grade. You weren’t cool unless you knew all the words. I still do . . . GO NINJA GO NINJA GO! ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/2 "2003-02-13T20:06:50Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/3 "2003-02-13T20:07:21Z")
. . . is that anything like waxing wroth? ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/4 "2003-02-13T20:07:50Z")
That was the first album (Okay, it was a cassette.) that I bought with my own money. Good times, good times… ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/5 "2003-02-13T20:14:55Z")
Whattaya mean miss him?? The man is in the studio in Dallas _right now_, gearing up for his big show at the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Center on the 22nd! Check out his website: [http://www.vanillaice.com](http://www.vanillaice.com) ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/6 "2003-02-13T20:15:32Z")
Yo, VIP, Let’s kick it! ---
**Author:** ![rhinostylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/7 "2003-02-13T20:16:44Z")
Waxing wroth? To me, that makes less sense than waxing a chump. I don’t know how one would “wax a chump,” I think it’s some reference to being a better dj than someone else. I get this due to the wax reference, and the other dj is the “chump.” Or maybe it means “smoking weed.” One of the two. You never know. It does me no good, here in Omaha, NE, for Vanilla to have a concert in Hong Kong . . . I’m about to bum rush the speakers that boom . . . ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/8 "2003-02-13T20:19:25Z")
It’s a reference to his ability to make all other MC’s in the house look like chumps when compared to his mic-rocking prowess. They can get quite competitive, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/9 "2003-02-13T20:31:17Z")
Secretary: “The Dean is furious. He’s waxing wroth.” Groucho: “Is Roth out there, too? Tell Roth to wax the Dean for a while.” And what Mic is he rocking? Rooney? Roarke? Mouse? Finn? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/10 "2003-02-13T20:38:02Z")
Well, and I don’t know why I know this, but VI is doing heavy metal right now. I almost, hey I said almost, went to see him, but I just couldn’t justify the 20 bucks. ---
**Author:** ![banks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banks)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/11 "2003-02-13T23:21:01Z")
I’m afraid to say that I DID go and see Vanilla’s new metal/hardcore act a few years ago. The tickets were free, but I still felt dirty. They took away my “Do the NINJA RAP” sign at the door. ---
**Author:** ![Ulterior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/85f322/32.png) [@Ulterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulterior)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/12 "2003-02-14T03:55:16Z")
Yo, man. Let’s get out of here. Word to your mother. -Ulterior ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/13 "2003-02-14T04:26:44Z")
Rolling, in my 5.0 With the rag top down, so my hair can blow… I remember thinking at the time, ain’t no way his hair’s blowing in the wind with the amount of gel on there… ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/14 "2003-02-14T05:32:02Z")
If there was a problem, yo I solved it. Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it… I cannot believe how much of that “song” I remember. I’m afraid of myself sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/15 "2003-02-14T05:45:29Z")
must…not…post…Vanilla…Ice…lyr… **Deadly** when I play a dope melody, Anything less than the best is a felo… **ARRRRGHHHHH!!!** NURSE!! I need my medicine!!! ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/16 "2003-02-14T07:06:40Z")
Under Pressure ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/17 "2003-02-14T07:26:08Z")
Well, I remember every word of **Ice Ice Maybe** , a parody of it I wrote in 1991 that consisted of inside jokes about people on my high school newspaper. But I suppose that there are only about 30 people in the world who would find that interesting. Scratch that, most of them have lives now… it’s probably just me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![djxiii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@djxiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djxiii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/18 "2003-02-14T07:51:37Z")
I’ve toured around the world From London to the Bay It’s Hammer, go Hammer, M.C.Hammer, Yo Hammer And the rest can go and play Can’t touch this word. take that Vanilla Ice! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/19 "2003-02-14T12:24:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MannyL \* > \*\*Under Pressure \*\* I remember when Vanilla Ice was on SNL. The “Weekend Update” intro music was “Under Pressure,” and the first words out of Dennis Miller’s mouth were “God, I love Bowie.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900/20 "2003-02-14T14:02:58Z")
Ice Ice Baby - too cold - too cold - VANILLA! _sigh_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-extreme-i-rock-the-mic-like-a-vandal-light-up-the-stage-and-wax-a-chump/154900.md?page=2)