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Old 11-26-2014, 07:31 AM   #163 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Batlord View Post
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.
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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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