Word: vanilla
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Milli Vanilli's faked talent, Vanilla Ice's faked life--all around, it's lies, lies, baby...
...WHAT if "U Can't Touch This" reeks of Rick James' "Super Freak"? The song got parties pumping and people jumping. So what if Vanilla Ice never went to high school with 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell? "Ice Ice Baby" got everyone talking and every car stereo in the Square rocking...
...that same anglo in the ghettos of Miami, add a motocross national championship or three, some gang incidents, a common alma mater with Luke Skywalker of the Crew, and smooth it all out with the Vanilla Ice moniker--instant interest. But there's still got to be musical talent--someone's musical talent...
...whether or not that musical talent belongs to Vanilla or Milli Vanilli or someone never mentioned, is irrelevant. Because on that CD or tape, the sound you hear is the sound you get. Deception gets artists "in the door"--talent keeps them from getting thrown...
...whether it's on album wax or CD tracks, the music remains the same: music the public truly wants in an acceptable package. So what if the closest Vanilla Ice came to the Florida ghettos was watching reruns of "Miami Vice"? His CDs weren't bought to trace his life--they were bought for the music associated with the enigma called "Vanilla Ice." Likewise, Milli Vanilli albums weren't purchased for overgrown braids in biker shorts, but for the music associated with that image...