Vanilla Ice, Rob Base, und C+C Music Factory

Vanilla Ice has evolved into many things since his smash hit “Ice Ice Baby”. For a while he was nothing but a joke and then kind of a normal guy next door.

He has had reality shows and terrible movies over the years but the fact is there are tons of people who can still sign every word to that song more than 20 years after it was released. There are not a lot musicians or rappers who can say the same.

I saw him him in a small club in Florida. It was more of a guest appearance than an actual show. He jumped on the stage during a set and did 3-4 of his songs. Of course he did “Ice Ice Baby” but he also did some other ones from that album including his other radio song “ Play that Funky Music”. The crowd was really pumped to see him and it was a great surprise. Everyone knew the words to the song. He was not dressed up and looked like a normal guy this look was much better than the cheesy one that he had in the 1990’s and really suited him better. It was a fun experience.

I saw Rob Base perform along with the other half of his hip hop duo, DJ E-Z, where they opened the show with their massively successful track It Takes Two. They immediately got the audience singing along with them on the section ‘na na na na, na na na na’, and it was great to be involved with the performance so early in the show. Rob Base then went on to introduce the duo, and explained they they’d be performing their work together, as well as each taking a small set to perform their solo work.
Their DJ was solid, and was great at extending the tracks when the duo would stop and improvise sections of their songs, or get the audience to join in. Seeing DJ E-Z perform alongside Rob Base before his untimely death was something that I won’t ever forget, as the duo really rocked the show. They performed the It Takes Two album in its entirety chronologically, and I think it was one of the last performances they ever did of the album, and I have to say it was incredible.
Base also played some of his solo tracks, with E-Z rapping over the top, almost harmonising. Base’s work is original and lyrically strong, and the crowd went crazy for it. We were singing along, encouraged by E-Z, and everyone was dancing like mad. It was a great show, and hopefully Base will continue to produce wonderful music in memory of E-Z.

C+C music factory was an American Dance and HipHip group, which was pretty popular in 1989 and the early 90's. They released three studio albums, which were titled, Gonna make you sweat, anything goes, C+C music factory. They were a highly successful group, and their songs really made you get into their performances. In "Everybody Dance Now" their clothes are pretty cool looking, and they look cool. They get really into the songs, their voices sound very upbeat, and they are dancing all over the stage. The song really does make everybody wanna dance now. The raps added into the songs also really help to pump up the audience. There are parts in the song that prompt you to dance, such as "you better move it now", which really helps to get you into the music. It is just a very feel good music. The men in the performance typically have their shirts off to attract the women, and the beats just keep people wanting to move to the music. The songs are great, and it is not surprising that this group was so popular during their day! I think that these songs would even be popular today because they are so good.