That should read “TLC isn’t counted”. :rolleyes:
I got my gauge.
Do you still have your nine?
I have no idea what youre talking about.
But, the avenue’s packed! We have to get away before the jackers jack!
You probably eat spaghetti with a spoon!
Well, it’s kind of like Chris Rock said:
Spice Girls sold 8 million albums…have you ever met anybody that BOUGHT one? Suuuuure, nobody in here will own up to it, but they sold 8 million…SOME’a you mtherfckers did!
/completely paraphrasing
So we’re still no closer to finding out if it is or not. Tonight, when i’m rollin’ (in my 5 point O, ragtop down so my hair can blow), i’ll ask my mate Daz. He usually knows these things.
You’d think there’d be some online source of records sold figures somewhere wouldn’t you? But will it ever stop? Yo, I don’t know…
And maybe somebody ought to give ol’ Vanilla credit for being at the top of a less-known but much more relevant category.
The following statistic brought to you by the Happy Scrappy Statistics Department:
Vanilla Ice leads all rappers in the prestigious but oft-overlooked “most money saved per unit sold” category.
Hammer? Well, we all know what happened to Mr. gold-plated faucets.
TLC? Bankrupted as well. Oh, and arson. Never forget the arson.
Vanilla? Still has his money. Nice house in Miami, takes care of himself just fine and still has time to pursue his hobbies. Never any financial trouble for the Iceman.
VH1 was breaking down Jadakiss’s “Why?” on one of their shows, and they got to the part where he asks, “Why da system designed to keep da artist in debt?”
And “snarky comedienne of the week” snips, “WELL, I must have missed that part in your contract where it REQUIRED you to buy the platinum BATHTUB.”
Truer words were never spoken.
You GO, Vanilla. Keep to the straight and narrow, and I promise I’ll never ask for a refund of the money I spent on Mind Blowin’.
All right stop, Collaborate and listen !!
The RIAA’s database backs chatelaine’s cite that TLC is the highest hip-hop album at 11 million, with Hammer at 10 million. To The Extreme is listed at 7 million.
This database is lots of fun. The Iceman was certifed gold and triple platinum on the same day (11/19/90), then sold another 4 million by January of 1991. He hasn’t sold another million since.
Also, I wasn’t aware that The Eagles Greatest Hits album had surpassed Thriller as the top selling album of all time.
He was on a crappy celeb reality show on Channel 5 called the Farm that finished a week or so ago, under Rob Van Winkle. I thought he ended up flat broke and worked in a Cycle Shop or something. Or was that Hammer?
I’m still seeking monetary damages against Mr. Ice for filling my brain with poisonous mushrooms.
I still wouldn’t mind getting my seven bucks back for Cool As Ice, though.
Spoken like just the kind of loser who obviously didn’t ditch that zero and get with the hero.
Alright, which one of your is my college RA? I know one of you must be, you would of had the Cool As Ice poster in your room and everything.
I’ll admit, I at one time owned the album.
Uggghh…I hate Vanilla Ice because every damn time I listen to “Under Pressure”, I have to think of that damn song!!!
“Under Pressure” is a great song, and it’s been rendered virtually unlistenable :(.
What? Anyone can hear that they’re quite obviously different.
See, theirs goes:
ding ding ding dingyding-ding… ding ding ding dingyding-ding…
and his goes:
ding ding ding dingyding-ding… DING ding ding ding dingyding-ding…
See? It’s that little bitty hi-hat “ding.”
They’re not the same.
Really? I remember reading in the British press in 1996 that Vanilla Ice was “completely skint.” Has he made a financial comeback, or was the assertion simply untrue to begin with?
I’m having difficulty figuring this out. I’ve found several references to him having gone bankrupt at some time or another, but none of them seem to be authoritative.
Roctober says he didn’t.
I remember VH1’s *Behind the Music * saying he didn’t.
It might not be all limos and bling for the Iceman nowadays, but he’s certainly not shuffling through the train station jingling pennies in a cup either.
Nitpick: Under Pressure went Doo doo doo doodoo doo doo. No dings were harmed in the recording of that song.
PS Wasn’t he sued over that one?