The Batlord

Vanilla Ice is more of an icon than Janet Jackson. Even after all these years, his fame hasn't really diminished any, and "Ice, Ice Baby" is still as ubiquitous as ever, even if a lot of people just know the chorus and that bass line. He's pretty much the ultimate posterboy of the one-hit wonder in a way that eclipses many established and respected artists.

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Black Francis

Do you even know when you're kidding by this point?
No, just No, Janet jackson's tittie is more iconic than Vanilla ice

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"Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

The Batlord

Nope. Janet's boob was a spectacle that people talked about and still remember, but "Ice Ice Baby" is a beloved piece of pop culture history. Even though they still remember it, nobody really cares about the boob anymore, but "Ice Ice Baby" is eternal.

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Chula Vista

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Black Francis

Not a day goes by where i don't think about Janet jackson's boob and seriously, if we're lowering the icon bar so low that Vanilla ice is one Janet should be one as well cause Vanilla had Ice baby but Janet jackson had rhythm nation, That's the way love goes, Any time Any Place and more hits Vanilla ice was just a white Mc hammer with one hit.

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"Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

Chula Vista

*cough*

The Batlord

aka The Master Bator

*cough*

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

I don't see what quality has to do with anything. We're not talking about how good an artist is, we're talking about how "iconic" they are. Vanilla Ice is remembered far and wide by everybody and their mother as "the 'Ice Ice Baby' guy", whereas Janet is basically remembered for A.) her brother, and B.) the fact that she did something of note that nobody can really recall at this point.

Of course, this all begs the question of whether or not anybody should care about icon status, as clearly, it's not necessarily related to talent.

You just know he cried himself to sleep after he cashed that check.

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Black Francis

Rhythm f*ckin Nation! >_<
Everybody who knows Vanilla ice knows that song as well.

Even if that one hit by Vanilla ice was bigger than any of hers she has always been a mainstream artist and most ppl can name at least one song from her because she actually had a career not just a one hit single.
But even if ppl can't name one of her songs they at least know she was a musician were as Vanilla ice is mostly remembered as a joke from the 90's.

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"Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

Urban Hat€monger ?

You keep on about this.
I know it's the name of one of her albums, I had no idea it's a single itself and I couldn't for the life of me tell you how the song goes.

Shows how iconic it is really.

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