In the uprising of two of the greatest rappers, Eminem and Vanilla Ice have grown a massive fan base and influenced many others to do the same. Their unique and inspirational lyrics set them aside from the traditional genre of gangster rap, but just like any other artist they unintentionally give their own opinions on specific social groups. In the songs “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice and “The Way I Am” by Eminem, they both speak out and express how they feel towards women. Vanilla Ice portrays women as sexual objects, but in Eminem’s song he portrays women as he was their father. In Vanilla Ice’s single he is portraying to his fans, and anyone willing to listen, his true identity and believes, but his stance towards women is idiotic and ignorant. In “Ice Ice Baby” Vanilla Ice is sexualizing and oppressing women. Within the fourth verse in Vanilla Ice’s single he states a highly offensive verse, “With my ragtop down so my hair can blow / The girlies on standby / Waving just to say hi.” This comment shines a light on his true character and how he is representing women. He ‘demonstrates’ how women are lined up waiting for him as he drives by in his
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In the fourth and fifth stanza Vanilla Ice states, “Yo so I continued to a1a Beachfront Ave / Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis / Rock man lovers driving Lamborghini.” State Road A1A is a road in Florida that runs along the Atlantic Ocean, also known as AlA. It is a representation of Florida’s beach, party culture. This entire verse continues with the idea that Vanilla Ice is demeaning women. He intentionally knows that there will be dozens of women wearing bikinis if he drives down AlA, but what makes this extremely worse is as he's driving to purposely ‘check out’ women that are “wearing less than bikinis.” This is not only disturbing and predatory, but it sends a message to society that it's perfectly fine to sexualize women and creep on
In the fourth and fifth stanza Vanilla Ice states, “Yo so I continued to a1a Beachfront Ave / Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis / Rock man lovers driving Lamborghini.” State Road A1A is a road in Florida that runs along the Atlantic Ocean, also known as AlA. It is a representation of Florida’s beach, party culture. This entire verse continues with the idea that Vanilla Ice is demeaning women. He intentionally knows that there will be dozens of women wearing bikinis if he drives down AlA, but what makes this extremely worse is as he's driving to purposely ‘check out’ women that are “wearing less than bikinis.” This is not only disturbing and predatory, but it sends a message to society that it's perfectly fine to sexualize women and creep on