European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 04, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                U a a 1 of a Dfcia hit in new Jack City by John Anderson new Day i the hotel was on new York s Park Avenue Lee to was of the sofa mtg was on the tube and suddenly Vanilla came on he screen making faces with his pouty Vanilla Mouth. A a a a a a. A \ Quot sucker Quot ice to muttered. A a a a. Everybody laughed because everybody in the room had waited to see what his reaction was going to be. After All ice to is usually among the first names mentioned when rap s Nasty Side is discussed Vanilla ice on the other hand is the top Selling act in rap another in a Long line of while entertainers making millions off Black music. Quot let me Tell you something about the masses Quot ice to i said eyes still on the to. Quot Yolk Ever watch wrestling 11ufk-Hogan and All that Guys jumping off the ropes and the Arena s always packed those same people vote Man. A a. A a a a a. Quot America is a dumb country when it comes Down to really figuring out what s real to is a powerful thing an people think anything that comes across Here is the gospel . A he watched Vanilla. Quot and he says he s Street Quot ice to said with contempt. Quot someday he s Gonna run into some kids  re Gonna ask him what Street he s from. I his was ice to on a Good Day. Th<2 night before he had won a grammy for his performance on Quincy Jones Back on the Block album. Quot you want it Quot he asked of 1 the award Quot ill probably  in a room with my dog or something  and the film new Jack City was about to open with almost unanimous word from those who had attended screenings that ice trap artist sex gang member sex criminal a gives a performance that is startling both in its Quality and forthe role itself that of a police . A. A. A Quot somebody asked me where did you get your acting experience Quot he said. Quot and i said it was probably standing in front of a cop in the Middle of the night with a flashlight in my face no officer of no no no a officer. / Quot a a a a a. A. A a a a. A new Jack City is about the birth of crack a thriller that uses cocaine the Way the 30s gangster movie used prohibition booze. It stars Wesley Snipes As the drug lord Nino Brown and ice tas the rogue cop Scotty Appleton who dedicates himself to destroying Brown and his Meg Dollar drug Industry. A. Producers Doug Mchenry and George Jackson have said they wanted to make a film that accurately portrayed Street life and the crack culture. A. Casting ice to they said was a natural decision his albums rhyme pays Power and the iceberg have made him one of the mos popular rap artists and one of the  criticized for his hostile violent lyrics a which gave him the credibility they wanted for their hero. A Quot we did t want to make an exploitation film Quot. Jackson said but they wanted kids especially Streetwise Black kids to buy the Story. A therein lies the rub for Lcy to you play a cop in a movie. How Cool can you be Quot. Quot it was the worst Quot he said. Quot Man i Hale police. I did t want to do it but i wanted to act and people told me ice Don t let this Opportunity pass you by Quot the film also Marks the screenwriting debut of Barry Michael Cooper the new York journalist who coined the term Quot new Jack swing Quot in the Village voice. Cooper who co wrote the script used the phrase to describe music that mixed traditional ramp a with hip hop Quot new Jack Quot has since come to connote the Urban Street life of Young Blacks one that almost invariably is affected in some Way by the drug Trade that is the focus of the movie. Part of the film s message is that the life of a big time crack dealer a or better yet the income of a big time crack dealer a is simply intoxicating. And that when it. Comes to morality there Are As Many Gray areas in the world of narcotics As there Are anywhere else trying to simplify the Issue is to avoid the real questions and realistic solutions. A. The trick ice to said was showing what attracts people to drugs and the drug Trade while at the same Lime Chart pop a singles a a 1. Coming out of the dark Gloria Estelan. -.2. I be been thinking about you Londo beat a a a 3. You re in love a Wilson Phillips 4. Hold you tight Tara Kemp a 5. Sadness part 1 a Enigma a 6. One More try Timmy t. 7. Baby. Baby a Amy Grant a a a a a a a a a 8. Signs Tesla a \ a Quot a. Quot 9. This House Trade Spencer ,. 10. Iesha a another bad creation a a a a top a albums 1. Mariah Carey Marlah Carey a a 2. Gonna make you sweat c8.c music factory a 3. Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips a ,. 4. Shake your Money maker Black crowds. 5. The soul cages Sling a a -. A a a a a a 6 to the extreme Vanilla ice a. Re 7. Heart shaped world Chris Isaak. A 9. Into the Light Gloria Estelan 19. I m your baby tonight Whitney Houston a a a -10, please Hammer Don t Hurt pm . Hammer country a singles a a a t. Two of a kind. Workin on a full House a Garth Brooks a a a /. A a Quot a. 2.1d love you All Over again Alan Jackson a Quot 3 heroes and friends Randy Travis 4 Down Home Alabama. A 5. Loving Blind Clint Black a 6 True love Don williams.7.1 got you a Shenandoah 8. I m that kind of girl Patty Loveless. 9,1 could t see you leaving Conway Twitty a a to. Only Here for a Little while Billy Dean ramp by singles a a 1. To me again Freddie Jackson. 2. Wrap my body tight Johnny Gill. A a a. 3. Let s chill Guy Corea. A a a a4.1 like the Way i five a a. 1 5. Stone cold gentleman Ralph Tresvant. 6. Hold you tight Tara Kemp a a a 7. Getting Back into love Gerald Alston. Quot 8. Its a shame a Monie love True Irh age. A Quot a 9 another like my Lover Jasmine Guy. 10. What Ever you want Tony Tom Tonel. A compiled by billboard a a caught in the act acc Ltd it a. Ii _., a. A a a a a amps Anit Gosch Brian Johnson Lett belts out the tunes while Angus Young rocks out on guitar. r or  rocked at acc s so a out concert in Frankfurt saturday night a we Salute you. Those who braved the sea of Glass from broken Beer. Bottles outside the fest Halle and the wave of bodies a. Surging toward the Entrance. Those who endured the crowd inside  a dangerously Over packed with a More than 20,000 people. A a a. And we Salute acc for giving those 20,000 folks. Exactly what they came for two hours of loud head banging Rock n Roll. it  that song a for. Those about to Rock we Salute you a topped off by a relentless barrage of. Cannon blasts that the australian hard rockers ended their show a just As they have for years a that is part of what has kept acc so popular since a their formation in 1973 fans know what to expect at an acc show. Aside from a few new songs from their latest release the top .10 album the razors Edge and a few new gimmicks the group s concert saturday was Quot much the same As always. A. A there Vas guitarist Angus Young dressed in his trademark Schoolboy jacket and shorts running and. A thrashing about stage like a madman breaking into his typical slow strip to a thunderous thumping Bass. This time a he revealed Boxer shorts in the colors of the German Saga there were the Gritty gut wrenching vocals of Brian Johnson the twin guitar assaults by Angus and brother Malcolm the machine gun Thunder of Bass player Cliff Williams and new drummer Chris Slade formerly of. A / Jimmy Page s Short lived group the firm / -. And there were the acc classics Hells Bells with a j. The giant Bej rising High above the crowd ringing in tha song s sepulchral Intro the Bluesy shout along live Staple. The Jack the crowd favourites Highway to hell and int Blunt edged and Bone simple Rock n Roll there is litter Melody and it might be a Tad repetitious a but a a delivers it . Energy and ferocious Ness that quickly catch in Voith the crowd. A a. A i acc came to Frankfurt determined to Rook the House and they succeeded. Young fans a Mere tykes when the group got its Start in the pubs of Sydney a shouted the lyrics and banged their Heads to the beat. and even the older ones punched their fists into the air. For All concerned the show seemed like a much  of heavy Metal insanity. Acc s tour of Europe continues through april a Check the Quot on stage Quot pages for tour dates. Additional open air festivals have also been scheduled for the summer. A Anita Gosch staff writer 3 stripes Magazine april 4, 1991