Even In A Bad Market, Location, Location,

All My Friends Were Black And Mexican. I Was The Only White Kid In Our Group And Had To Work Hard To Be Accepted. Year After Year, We'd Breakdance And We All Became Close And They Labeled Me "vanilla" - Like "hey, Vanilla" And They Knew I Hated It, So Of Course They Kept Calling Me It.

I Like Jay-z, 50 Cent And Common. But I Like The Underground Stuff Like Young Jeezy, Black Rob And Shine. I Also Love Heavy Metal Like Slipknot And Pantera, It's Very Intense Stuff.

"ice" Came In When My Friends Would Say "cold As Ice" -- If You Could Rap And Battle People You'd Say "dude, That Was Ice Cold." It Had Nothing To Do With Jewelry. Back Then, It Was Like "your Cold, Dawg." "vanilla Ice -- That's Cold."

You Can't Please Everybody, And Basically I Just Decided To Please Myself First On This Record. This Record Is More Like My Diary And I Am Expressing Myself Through My Music. And That's What It Should Be About. That's Why I Didn't Change My Name Or Anything. It's Not About The Name; It's About The Music. The Old Saying Goes That Video Killed The Radio Star And It's Very True. And Now I'm Just Letting Everything Revolve Around The Music. There Is No Image; I Am Just Being Myself.

I Bring People On Stage With Me. It's A Good Time, And People Love To Join In On The Party. Show Me A Smile, And I'll Show You One Back.