THE IGGY AZALEA OF THE 90'S: Pump It (Nice N Hard) - Icy Blu

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[@kenterminateddq5311]

Rap Critic, didn't you tried to reach Todd in the Shadows to make a cameo or a funny appearance since you appeared on many of Todd's review videos?

[@Caernath]

A pity that Todd isn't here for a cameo, but even the mere mention of him in this video warms my heart. RC's crossovers with Todd are some of my favourite video's, the pinnacle of comfort food.

[@NYUMIR]

That was a troll tho

[@moonlightequilibrium]

​@@NYUMIR was it?

[@Arjay82]

Todd and RC(and Lindsey Ellis) are the only decent leftovers from TGWTG.

[@12Tecpatl]

Listen to Todd's podcast Song vs Song, they had RC recently as a guest and it was a great and hilarious episode

[@LorneGrimmer]

It would have been a great joke when he did a wonderland on this

[@mokonarose01]

Todd requested this so he'd never have to review it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robinchesterfield42]

PRECISELY. XD

[@mychaeljones7526]

@@robinchesterfield42 he gets Mims instead

[@DodgeDart]

Can’t wait for his car to break down again so that his paid requests are nothing but Icy Blu One Hit Wonder requests.

[@munjee2]

@@DodgeDart the most neural use of "I can't wait for his car to break down" I have heard

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Let me tell you a little bed-time story." Possibly the most unintentionally creepy delivery I've ever heard.

[@raymondtitano3819]

At least she didn't foillow that into with One upon a time not long ago, when people wore pajamas and lived life slow.

[@judgesaturn507]

Isn't there a scene in Home Alone 2 like that?

[@blameitoncapitalism]

"These days casual white rap fans can freely pump their favorite sub-par hip-hop music to the forefront and enjoy they watered-down mediocrity in peace" DAAAAMN 🥊

[@dfreeman13]

Oof. Shots fired.

[@truthwooph4083]

Imagine being black and living in a house ? Must be awkward given white people invented it.... Do you really want to do this (without the government backing you up)

[@Jokerlevin]

What artist was it he showed while saying that?

[@user-lv6mu8er9z]

@@Jokerlevin Jack Harlow

[@Jokerlevin]

@@user-lv6mu8er9z Thanks

[@ajshiro3957]

Whoever this shadowman named Todd is, he sounds like he likes music. Just a hunch.

[@zainkhalil7494]

Should make his own channel

[@lesclaypoolonbass9431]

When iggy azaleas hit was big I always wanted to make a meme of her "rapping" and then cutting to the dude in Tropic Thunder saying to Robert Downey Jr. "You're Australian! Be Australian!" but I was too lazy. Missed opportunity

[@notgood3021]

Don’t compare her to Iggy! Iggy Azalea’s toenail >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Icy Blu

[@MYNAMACHEF]

@@notgood3021 what's with u brah

[@dfreeman13]

Missed opportunity.

[@chdreturns]

Look up Aussie Rap, Drapht, Bliss n Eso, Hilltop Hoods.. Underground Aussie even such as MC Layla, The Last Kinection... They rap with their OZ Accents.

[@robinchesterfield42]

Ah, so I see Todd managed to farm out what would've been a One Hit Wonderland song to you instead, Rap Critic. Very clever... XD Edit: Also, was this written by an early '90s r/niceguy? She tries the nerd and he turns out to be SO HAWT IN BED...There's a much-quoted reddit post about EXACTLY that. Like, seriously. :P

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Lmao. The trademark niceguys have such a big community that it wouldn't be out of place for some indie rapper to go viral making a song like the nerdy guy verse in "Pump It". We already got Tom Macdonald alt right rappers, the death to mumble rap guy... how about a viral niceguy rapper???

[@adammcconnaughey1716]

i mean Revenge of the Nerds and a bunch of other awful movies had established the trope pretty hard already

[@Ramblinman26]

It was written by someone named Tyrone Fleming, but I can’t seem to find any other info on him.

[@ian_b]

@@Ramblinman26 Probably died of loneliness or something.

[@tegantalks9612]

I really hope that someone pays to request this for One Hit Wonderland now…

[@mysteriiis]

Guarantee this woman never tried rapping until some suit-filler pulled her from a line of backup dancers.

[@truthwooph4083]

Omg your so woke you hate white people it reminds me of when Germans hated Jewish people.....and... But nah you're a good person...such a good government worshipper...

[@marshmallow3589]

The flow is also straight up just Funky Cold Medina lmao

[@DeRoche022]

My mind immediately jumped to Wild Thing but, yeah, Tone Loc all around.

[@thatsafactjacksampson]

word! This girl stole everything that wasn't nailed down!

[@JoeSchmo758]

YES! I was thinking the same thing! And it also reminds me of Bust-A-Move.

[@escritora84]

Icy Blu is what happens if Vanilla Ice and Tone Loc made a baby. God, this is awful. Love the Todd shoutout.

[@maxbites23]

Dam you beat me to it!

[@hakc97again]

Tone Loc was at least amusing and charismatic as an actor and comedian

[@ddjsoyenby]

that guys opening line reminds me of a creepy uncle the family doesn't talk about.

[@thefez-cat]

He sounds like a whistle-less version of the child molester character from Family Guy.

[@MoneyBagsDaGoat919]

We don't talk about Bruno, no no no...oh, sorry, wrong place for that.

[@brianjones6721]

"Come on and sit over here and let me tell you a bedtime story" Herbert from family guy approves 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelc5184]

Yes!!! That's exactly what I thought!

[@thelastmotel]

Icy Blu was 17 when she dropped ... sorry, when her record label manufactured this, and pushed her through the mill. She's now an assistant at a real estate company in Texas. Oh, and she was arrrested 11 times, and served time for drug offences, as well as getting fined for traffic violations, and "failure to maintain financial responsibility".

[@stockicide]

How dare you make me say the sentence "Iggy Azalea is actually better than this."

[@patrickracer43]

Now Rap Critic gotta have Todd review something

[@andrewstedl7029]

Leave it to Rap Critic to educate me on musicians I've never heard of. 🤣😭

[@EternalYorkieMom]

That and that Todd in the shadows guy

[@succumbtoviolets]

having first encountered this song in Todd's House of Pain video I'm still unconvinced it's not something he's invented in his imagination and inserted into our past

[@MotherKojiro]

That guy in the beginning sounds like the pervy old dude from Family Guy; maybe he heard Icy Blu and thought it was a freezer full of popsicles.

[@ThePhatFilosopher]

As long as people have been doing dope shit, there has always been biters.

[@KennyFrierson]

Great Value Salt n Pepa

[@Sb_747]

I will say this actually reminds me more of Tone Loc than Salt and Pepa

[@ddjsoyenby]

yup but without the charisma that made him kinda fun.

[@WillTheGreatest]

it's the same flow as funky Cole medina

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Not sure if anyone heard of this song called "Sekou Story" by Nas, but its basically Nas rapping from the perspective and voice of a woman. I could legit picture Tone Loc with his raspy voice reciting Icy Blu's exact words just like Sekou Story lol

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Like Vanilla Ice, she's from the south too(Austin, Texas). Its crazy because "Push It" came out 4 years ago and what was hot at the time was gangster rap. Imagine if she got influenced by Geto Boys. That'd probably be even more cringe, or shockingly on the verge of Tarrie B cult like status.

[@notgood3021]

Tarrie B >>>>

[@Malkmusianful]

God I wish Icy Blu were anything like Bushwick Bill

[@seinenwax94jr9]

@@Malkmusianful That would've been awesome, like Slim Shady before Slim Shady. Then she'd be the 1st woman horrorcore rapper.

[@notgood3021]

@@seinenwax94jr9 Who still wouldn’t be taken seriously…

[@bentheg9793]

@@notgood3021 Not in the 1990s but now probably. Unlike well, the Icy Blu we actually got.

[@jdrebellove7460]

Her rapping style sounds similar to Tone Loc's Funky Cold Medina

[@notgood3021]

Never heard this song a day in my life. Especially when I lived in Australia.

[@patricklauer4452]

Same here

[@cdvideodump]

This username is... It's NOT GOOD *explosion*

[@geneyounkin6789]

Great video, Mr. Critic! Now I’m going to have to see what Norbert Under The Stairs has to say about pop music.

[@michaelc5184]

This song was HUGE in college cheer and dance in 91 and 92! I love it! Probably because my favorite all time song push it! ❤

[@cindycarter199457]

When he played the opening of the song it sounded so silly that I just assumed the rap critic himself was doing a voice over

[@Sasukeluvzme13]

I love you, man😂😂😭 I have a headache, I’m working on my off day, but you uploaded just as I got to work early enough to watch your new upload and just MADE MY DAY🥹

[@alexandreberiault6425]

Nowadays, this is just a song left to sink in the deep icy blue sea.

[@consciousiota2161]

She should have been called Snow White.

[@SEAZNDragon]

Speaking of Todd, in his House of Pain episode had a clip of Icy Blu and I been wondering who the hell she was. Now I'm not sure I want to know that information anymore.

[@lightsoda7445]

4:36 that's how I feel about First Class by Jack Harlow

[@mychaeljones7526]

DAMN

[@CSSLZT13]

"Nick Under The Stairs" XD I'm keeping this

[@kenterminateddq5311]

6:27 When you are as lazy as Taboo (of the Black Eyed Peas), you know you are a terrible rapper.

[@kemvizproductions8615]

Man editing this one was interesting to say the least lol. When looking up Icy Blu, I found out she was 17 when she made to song and video. SEVENTEEN??!!!

[@consciousiota2161]

And she was a has-been before she was 20. I guess the mumble rappers have her sympathy.

[@travisglover716]

Is it me or do the “lyrics” and “flow” sounds A LOT like Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina???

[@fede2]

This would've made for a short-ass One Hit Wonderland.

[@Ghostbody]

That was... a track down memory lane. I remember hearing the second song and thinking it was bad as a kid but I didn't even know about this one.

[@TheAnimalKing]

At least she had internal rhyme schemes unlike other white rappers *cough* icp

[@simbagrant2200]

80s to [somewhat] early 90s (up to about spring 1991) fan, here! I’ve never heard this song a day in my life. Kids, make sure to never show this to your parents!! I’d rather you show them Father MC or one of those Rakim rip-offs from 1989-1991 (Example: MC Rell and the Houserockers)! Thank you for your time.

[@seinenwax94jr9]

When you said Rakim rip off I also thought of King Sun lol. There were soooo many pop rap acts at that time, but I think what helped make the ones like Kwame, Kid-N-Play, Mc Hammer(and to an extent Redhead Kingpin and Tone Loc) stand out from a Icy Blu was their dance moves, charismatic stage presence, and their fashion.

[@elegant.destiny]

Did Todd in the Shadows request this? 😆

[@ddjsoyenby]

now we need rap critic requesting a one hit wonderland.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

I listened to top 40 radio all the time back in ‘91 (I was 13) and I don’t ever remember hearing this song played once! I mean, it’s OK, but I’m not surprised this girl never made it in the business!

[@evanclealand9231]

You Sir, have a gift.

[@Vikdeb25502]

Rap Critic please bring back worst lyrics of the month

[@jbk19xx57]

Humps and a Pump by MC Hammer SLAPS HARDER THAN THIS SHIT.

[@j.d.t.5761]

It unironically slaps

[@RobD-jq7ry]

@@j.d.t.5761 Facts!

[@RobD-jq7ry]

The Funky Head Hunter actually had some bangers on it.

[@jbk19xx57]

@@RobD-jq7ry agreed.

[@tafua_a]

Pumps and a Bump slaps harder than most of his own songs, to be fair. That song is great!

[@RiverTheOneandOnly]

The video aside I thought rap critic was only like 30-35 but he's got MAJOR salt and pepper hair right now! I don't mean this in a bad way but isn't it like due to heavy stress that people go Grey young? I hope ur not "pushing it" too far there man and take time to relax and rest! Love ya 😘

[@runningcommentary2125]

I don't even think he's cleared his twenties yet.

[@jinxed7915]

IIRC Rap Critic is just a year-ish shy of 30

[@Tomwithnonumbers]

Guys can go grey way sooner than people realise. More men dye than you'd think I'm visibly grey at 30.

[@EternalYorkieMom]

This video reminded me I’m due for a binge of that Todd in the Shadows guy. But Rap Critic binge first

[@krisherdown]

I seriously don’t remember this existing… and I was around when Push It, MC Hammer and Technotronic were all doing the stuff being stolen here.

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

man i seriously never heard of this until now

[@grapeshot]

Nice N Hard. Well I guess it's like The Simpsons said before they got bought by Disney. DEZ-NEE hey there's money to be made.

[@TheRepoMan360]

The flow gives me a Tone Loc vibe. Weird song...thanks for sharing.

[@jamesgerber7634]

‘Icy Blu’ sounds like something off the dollar menu at a…

[@beautyandtheoffbeats]

This is just the Whole Foods version of push it

[@MEEZLEMONSTER]

Boooooooyyyyyyyyyy, oh booooooooyyyyyyyyy am I glad I've never heard of this song until today...

[@joeybatmania9327]

In a post-Breaking Bad world, it’s really funny to me that someone named Icy Blu is doing hard time for dealing meth

[@m1k3l1f3]

Love me some 3rd Bass mentions

[@TheJacyn313]

I almost forgot about Todd in the shadows. That guy's KZbin is interesting though and this record gave off funky cold Medina vibes

[@Launchpad05]

I'm one of the few people who use to own her CD.

[@Inspiration_Date]

2:12 - Sounds like the pervy old man from Family Guy.

[@joemomma6317]

Been a hot minute

[@daveh8447]

You are fucking hilarious rap critic excuse my swearing on your channel. That glasses thing was everything my friend. Props from Connecticut

[@AKATSUKIROBES]

Haven’t started watching the video yet, but imma assume this is a rip off of Push it by Salt N Pepa

[@AKATSUKIROBES]

Update: And I was correct. Surprise surprise 😐

[@BrittanyG1]

I had no idea

[@endofaneraoutnow3473]

Iconic iggy

[@im2cxe4u]

The bass line is also a "Bust A Move" ripoff and the rap cadence is "Funky Cold Madena" & "Wild Thing"

[@Cappadonna72]

I think she is in jail now for meth distribution

[@rowiin8107]

Hey bruh, not super mad or anything but I hit you up on kofi for a private review at $80. It's been almost a week and I still havent heard anything?

[@shenglongisback4688]

Lol when i live in New Zealand in the 90s both of these songs were in the charts n radio.. Everybody wheres New Zealand lol

[@propername4830]

how bizarre

[@shenglongisback4688]

@@propername4830 ikr lol

[@kincamell2]

No Way . Ps Sounds like Tone Loc wrote this song. The second song sounds like a Milli Vanili production.

[@V4Now]

Sesame street? No Fsmily Guy Herbert the Pervert?🤷🏾‍♂️

[@eldsrams7526]

Sounds like Funky Cold Madina mixed with Push It

[@ericb.4313]

6:52 - 7:05 is a tad bit specific... For the sake of not getting angry replies, this is a joke.

[@yugiohkamensentairan]

Very specific....and a little bit light hearted shade...

[@galarthenry1450]

4:20 🤣🤣🤣

[@the_yungchubbz]

You’ve extended my writing sessions to the point they are non-existent. You’ve made me so critical of myself. I love your content, but you know you are FAR more critical than the typical listener. Either that, or I’m far less receptive, and my listening comprehension lacks to the point that I have to hear a song 100 times and read the lyrics to form an opinion on the execution. HOLY SHIT! That’s what you do?! 🤯

[@roscoedash6673]

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of “good enough”. I’d rather be any of these people that Rap Critic clowns on than an unknown artist who theoretically makes better music. The key to success in art is not giving a fuck about haters. Only listen to critiques from fans and people who like and/or respect you.

[@thelazycrafter4u]

Anybody think the into to Pump It with the guy talking was trying to rip off Slick Rick's Children's Story?

[@jacobshroyer6109]

I thought that was the old guy from family guys voice

[@DokkaChapman]

Someone thought they could be like Neneh Cherry, oof!

[@dylanmcdermott1110]

Does anyone else hear Tone Loc in her flow?

[@crucifixmegabuster95]

I could have went my entire life not knowing she existed......sometimes KZbin hits me with the randoms

[@abiyoyo9831]

I publicly challenge RC to a boxing match or a songwriting/freestyle battle for charity

[@rakka64]

Bruh…

[@abiyoyo9831]

@@rakka64 Not the bruh

[@freal]

lol

[@somecanadiangirl1]

2:06 umm...ok Google when was the bisexual flag created

[@CactusCJ]

Intro sounds like a young black Herbert the pervert 🤣🤣

[@Jessica-vl7dr]

Funky Cold Medina flow

[@deejayma5763]

Anyone else see Mc Serch in the way the nerdy dude looks?

[@IsmailofeRegime]

I can't think of a worse premise for a career than "female Vanilla Ice."

[@consciousiota2161]

She looks like a member of the Brady Bunch.

[@ranbummerz729]

2:33 he sounds like herbert the pervert kinda

[@tommystrickland6268]

Can someone explain the joke with Todd in the shadows name , my brain isn't processing the joke

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Alot of people on the web have either fan accounts or just use other people names on KZbin as trolls. Also Todd in the Shadows is a pop music version of Rap Critic so alot of the topics in their videos could easily be discussed on each others channel. Plus, Todd gets hundreds of "One Hit Wonderland" requests he hasnt done and the joke is that Todd is being lazy lol.

[@tommystrickland6268]

@@seinenwax94jr9 I know who todd in the shadows is what I was meaning is in the beginning of this video rap critic says that there is a joke in the name and I'm not understanding The joke in the name , the part I'm talking about is right at the beginning

[@tommystrickland6268]

@@seinenwax94jr9 like as if it's a play on words or something

[@seinenwax94jr9]

@@tommystrickland6268 He's making fun of how generic of a name "Todd" is. You could put "Samuel" or ""Ben" in that name and it would sound just a generic. If Todd wasnt known through Channel Awesome, it wouldve made the joke less sarcastic and more like Rap Critic roasting his name.

[@jadasc]

@@tommystrickland6268 "Todd In The Shadows" abbreviates to "TitS." Same way that "Nick Under the Stairs" would be "NutS."

[@bsquire1]

Icy Blu is a color name for a crayon, not a hip-hop artist.

[@thelazycrafter4u]

To me it sounds like the name of a pain rub cream or a Slurpee knockoff drink.

[@carolfisher3679]

When did Herbert get a rap career

[@jeremyroskes5391]

i think she's more like the cash me outside girl of the 90s

[@stormyj14]

yo.. this song sounds like baby got back

[@MisterCasket]

Nerds better in bed reminds me of Revenge of the Nerds. Popular girl is surprised that nerdy guy was good, he says something like: jocks only think about sports, Nerds only think about sex

[@AJ-xc4qe]

It's sad that the only successful mainstream white female rappers are considered punchlines from a bygone era.

[@notgood3021]

They should’ve made better music! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mychaeljones7526]

I agree with guy in comments. Make better rap songs. There's probably good female rappers that are white they just don't exist in the mainstream.

[@bobbysworld281995]

@@mychaeljones7526 Icy, Kraeyshawn, Iggy A, welp, 💀🔪 who's next

[@tinotica]

I guess the male Iggy Azalea of the 90s was Snow

[@rishisahgal4529]

Thugger

[@MBF78]

Was it just me or did she also pinch the flow off from Tone Loc?

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

How dare you with that title. Everything in the 90s was excellent.

[@kagaminate2923]

I have this album and it’s weird

[@TheAnimalKing]

Any remotely solid tracks?

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Please tell us more if you can. This is probably the only exposure this Icy Blu will probably ever get from discussions like this.

[@kagaminate2923]

@@TheAnimalKing absolutely not lmaooooo

[@kagaminate2923]

@@seinenwax94jr9 it’s the most corny thing I’ve ever heard, it’s like every late 80s and early 90s rapper combined but all the bad ones

[@Kubillus]

Had never heard this song before and I'm glad I never did.