Vanilla Ice Disapproves Of The New TMNT Rap

The great Vanilla Ice does not like the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rap song. He famously flowed the original Ninja Rap in the 90's TMNT's second film. The new song is called Shell Shocked and was created by Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J and Ty Dolla $ign. It doesn't have the same fun feeling of the original. Vanilla Ice thinks that the whole thing is an affront to the entire history of the Ninja Turtles. He said at length,

"With respect to all of the artists, the song doesn't really do it for me. It feels a little artificial—what I mean by that is that it sounds like a bunch of executives in the corporate world put it together. It really does not fit the theme of the Ninja Turtles legend. I think you have to understand, and be a true Ninja, to possess the Magic to really pull off the secret sound...You've got to understand the history and have a magical connection—a connection that's tied in to the beginning of the turtles and all the way through their evolution. I would connect with it, and it wouldn't be corporate. When I did the "Ninja Rap" I did that in my hotel room by myself with an SP-1200 drum machine. I did the whole thing there because I could see the turtles dancing there. It was all about dancing back in those times. Before, the turtles were not expected to dance. I actually got the turtles to dance in the movie."

Well said, Mr. Ice. Watch the original masterpiece below.