Search - Vanilla Ice :: Hot Sex

He paved the way for Eminem - 2.5 stars

Alan Pounds | Minneapolis, MN | 10/11/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"You know Ice is getting desperate for fans when they are giving away copies of "Hot Sex" when you spend over $20 at Cheapo. That's exactly how a friend of mine introduced me to Vanilla's new album. In the midst of a Friday night, we decided to throw it in for a laugh, and several laughs we got.



Ice abandons the heavy metal and comes back with a pompous, brag heavy, hardcore brand of gangster rap. The opening track "Hip-Hop Rules" has plenty of laughs on it's own. Aside from the cheesy refrain, Ice brags about being as big as Jay-Z (back then), paving the way for Eminem, his love affair with hip-hop, owning 10 cars and 5 cribs, and cashing phat checks. It's funny to hear a rapper like Ice rap about "bling" and driving his benz, doing drugs, then jumping in with lyrics about his wife and kids. Much like many of the generic beats featured on "Hot Sex", "Dirty South" features a generic Ludacris beat. Ice still conveys delusions of being a hardcore rapper, now more than ever. Even so, Vanilla is quite serious on this record, trying to prove his presence in the rap world, but comes off cheesy as ever. 13 years and 7 albums later, the lyrics get amazingly cheesier.



Overall, Ice raps "OK", and the lyrics are hilariously funny. If you're in the mood to hear some re-hashed pop gangster rap and laugh at the same time, this album is for you.

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HOT BABY! HOT AS ICE!

John | UK | 02/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow Vanilla Ice is my god he's just soo cool like I look up to him every day! It's such an inspiration to see that his first album has 111 reviews on Amazon, his album after that has 180, his album after that has 80, his album after that has 42, and Hot Sex has twenty!! It just goes to prove what a lasting impact he has, that people are still reviewing his CDs years later!



Oh who am I kidding, he's an idiot. But he provided me with plenty of laughs on The Farm. Great guy!"

Great cd....!!

drew w. | kokomo, in United States | 08/27/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"great cd, but basically a re-release of ICE's "bipolar" album but without the rock stuff... but his new hip hop stuff is better anyways... vanillaice.com has more info. on the matter..."