They subsequently re-recorded/remixed 10 of the 11 original tracks from "Hooked" for "To the Extreme" (his cover of the Stones' "Satisfaction" is the one track that wasn't carried over from "Hooked"), and some new songs were also added on to ".Extreme". :-) Needless to say, it's pretty rare, and nowadays the CD fetches pretty big bucks on eBay & elsewhere.Īfter "Play That Funky Music" and "Ice Ice Baby" got quite a bit of attention around FL and the South, SBK jumped in and signed Ice. on both cassette & CD (not sure about vinyl - but probably as well), and I have it in both formats.
His debut was 1989's "Hooked", on Ultra/Ichiban 4019. 1990's "To the Extreme" was actually Vanilla Ice's second album. Okay, I thought this was fairly common knowledge, but maybe not. That last track on your promo CD single is indeed the "LP version", cftp - us true Ice fans know which long-lost(?) LP it's referring to, lol. Posted: 31 December 2007 at 3:52pm | IP Logged The album is abundant with samples, thanks to some stellar production by the Dust Brothers, yet there is not one sample credit anywhere to be found on the album. Just one year prior to the release of To The Extreme was the 1989 classic (which is also one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time) Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys. Did original pressings of the album give any credit to Queen/Bowie for "Ice Ice Baby?" This was just about the time that lawsuits were being filed against rap artists for not giving sample credits. No mention of any sampling credit to Wild Cherry or to Robert Parissi, who wrote the 1976 hit for Wild Cherry, though. Posted: 31 December 2007 at 3:20pm | IP Logged It has a different hook, totally different mix, and doesn't end with "boom." CFTP, it seems like you have a unique copy of To The Extreme, which is great new info for the database! Just checked my What's Up? compilation, which according to the database has the "LP version," and this is exactly what I remember being on my cassette copy of To The Extreme. Posted: 31 December 2007 at 3:15pm | IP Logged So, the remix must have been issued on later pressings of To The Extreme, although in an edited version. While my cassette copy hasn't been played in years and is not accessible at this time, I distinctly remember that it did not end with the "boom," and was not the same mix that the video and my TM Century library has. Posted: 31 December 2007 at 3:08pm | IP Logged Good that Vanilla properly published this 5-second-long track with BMI. Published by Ice Baby Music/QPM Music (BMI) The word "boyeeeee" in the intro is 0.4 seconds longer on track 1 of the CD single than on To The Extreme, which can be easily fixed by grafting the entire track "Yo Vanilla", listed as track 2 on on To The Extreme and running :05, onto the beginning of "Play That Funky Music".Īnd I just have to reproduce the credits and lyrics from the liner notes to the 5-second-long track, "Yo Vanilla": Keep 2:52.2-4:22.4 (end) of To The Extreme version.
Keep 0:00.0-1:53.4 of To The Extreme version.Įdit on downbeat after "drop this one for the VIP crew". The so-called "Remix Edit" from track 1 of the CD single can be recreated from the To The Extreme album version with one simple edit: It appears that some form of the "remix" found its way onto To The Extreme, and the original mix with the tinny drums is pretty much lost to history and confined to the last track on the hard-to-find CD single. The true LP version on To The Extreme (printed 4:44, actual 4:20) starts with "Yo Vanilla kick it one time boyeeee", (although it's mixed down about -24 dB), has "boomy" drums, and ends with "boom". Play That Funky Music (LP Version) printed 4:44, actual 4:43 - fades in, has "tinny" drums that sound like those on "Ice Ice Baby", ends on a single synth note - not sure which LP Vanilla is referring to because this is NOT the version on To The Extreme.Play That Funky Music (Remix) printed 4:38 actual 4:41 - fades in, has "boomy" drums, ends cold on "boom".Yo Vanilla printed :05 actual :05 - is just the intro to track 1 with volume raised.Play That Funky Music (Remix Edit) printed 3:18 actual 3:22 - begins in high-pitched voice "Yo Vanilla kick it one time boyeeee", has "boomy" drums, ends cold with "boom".I have a promo CD single for this song (SBK DPRO-05364, 1990) with four tracks on it: Posted: 31 December 2007 at 2:01pm | IP Logged Topic: Vanilla Ice - "Play That Funky Music" Top 40 Music on Compact Disc : Chat Board Top 40 Music on Compact Disc: Vanilla Ice - "Play That Funky Music"
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