Throwback Jam of the Week: 8/5/19

Throw on your blue bandana and grab your katana as we take you back! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK...

Artist: Vanilla Ice

Song: Ninja Rap
Album: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: N/A
Bonus Fun Fact: The album version of this song has a faster tempo than the movie version. Vanilla Ice can be heard singing this song while stocking shelves in a 2014 Kraft Macaroni & Cheese commercial. The TMNT II comic adaptation has a completely different version of this song in it's pages.

Throwback Jam of the Week: 2/4/19

It's that time of the week again here at 20 Years Before 2000...It's time for the THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK! These are the jams currently on my trusty Creative ZEN MP3 player and they encompass everything from Motown R&B classics to hip-hop and rap from the 90s! I would like to share them with you in the hopes that they can get you on your feet and bring back some sweet nostalgic memories! So throw on your jump suit, cut your hair in the fresh rat tail style and grab something TO THE EXTREME as we take you back! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK...

Artist: Vanilla Ice

Song: Play That Funky Music
Album: Hooked (Released 1989)
Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 4

Bonus Fun Fact: The original composer of the song "Play That Funky Music", Rob Parissi never gave permission for Vanilla Ice to sample his music and won a $500,000 copyright infringement lawsuit!

Throwback Jam of the Week: 8/6/18

It's that time of the week again here at 20 Years Before 2000...It's time for the THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK! These are the jams currently on my trusty Creative ZEN MP3 player and they encompass everything from Motown R&B classics to hip-hop and rap from the 90s! I would like to share them with you in the hopes that they can get you on your feet and bring back some sweet nostalgic memories! So throw on your Nike Visor, cut your hair in the fresh gumby style and slip on your KangaROOS as we take you back! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK...

Artist: Vanilla Ice

Song: Ice Ice Baby

Album: To The Extreme (Released 1990)

Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 1

Bonus Fun Fact: Ice Ice Baby was originally released as the B-side of Vanilla's cover of Play That Funky Music. This was the first hip-hop single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!