Bi-Polar (Vanilla Ice album)
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Skabz cover.
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| Studio album by V-Ice | ||||
| Released | October 23, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
| Studio | Luminous Sound, Dallas, Texas and Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 72:12 | |||
| Label | Ultrax | |||
| Producer | Ice | |||
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Bomb Tha System cover.
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Bi-Polar is the fourth studio album by Vanilla Ice. Released by Ultrax Records, it is the rapper's second independent release, after Hooked. The song "Unbreakable" was remade in Dance Dance Revolution II as "Still Unbreakable" with additional verses from Vanilla Ice himself and production from Konami in house artist .
The album was initially planned as a double album consisting of one disc of rock music (Skabz) and one disc of hip hop music (Bomb Tha System). Before the album's release, it was decided that the two parts of the album would be released on one disc, with each part labeled. Each side of the booklet features a different cover for each part. Skabz features appearances from heavy metal music figures such as former Slipknot guitarist Josh "Gnar" Brainard, Roy Mayorga, and Billy Milano. Bomb Tha System notably features appearances from Insane Poetry's Cyco, Chuck D (of Public Enemy fame), the Insane Clown Posse, and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate La the Darkman. In the initial publicity for the album, Vanilla Ice claimed that the album would feature a guest appearance from Lenny Kravitz. Although Vanilla Ice is credited as "V-Ice" and "Ice" on the album, there was never any intent to change his stage name. The performer is quoted as saying "people are asking me that question [...] there's no name change. I'm proud of it and I'm not trying to run from anything or hide from anything."
"Hip Hop Rules" is Vanilla Ice praising what he loves about hip hop while overlooking his career. "Dirty South" and "Tha Weed Song" are about marijuana. "Molton", "Nothing is Real" and "Primal Side" deals with Van Winkle's mortality and thoughts of death while "Elvis Killed Kennedy" and "Hate" criticize the current condition the world is in.
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