Ice-T to promote Ice-C

December 27, 2002 12:57 PM

Ice-T to promote ice cream I wonder if they'll have an Ice Tea flavor.
posted by Lusy P Hur (27 comments total)

"My shit is for adults. How do I talk to a kid, really? What's the one thing kids universally run to? That damn [ice cream] truck...A lot of people may be like, 'Yo, you're challenging your image.' Nah, real niggas know what's real." Ice T

Wow. Something tells me that Ben and Jerry are going to have some kind of "drive by" related accident.

"This one's for my homies." *pours chocolate sauce on the ground*
posted by ColdChef at 1:07 PM on December 27, 2002 [1 favorite]

The description for "Wild Thang", Vanilla Ice Cream with Milk Chocolate:

"In Your Face: Yo troopers peep this, knockin' boots is stoopid fresh. But on the esrious tip, you have to rpotect yourself. Boyz don't go anywhere without your jim hat (jimmy cap, shower cap, rain coaT). Girlz, make a positive move. From the git go know the ways to protect yourself. You can always say no. If you have any questions, ask your teacher, parent, or counselor. That's the straight up truth, believe dat. In your face."
posted by aznblader at 1:13 PM on December 27, 2002

are you sure this is legit?
posted by Satapher at 1:14 PM on December 27, 2002

Check this out Homies, you need an education, a good education, to blow up. School is the pathway to enlightenment. You'll be droppin' some serious science on your whole posse and help raise us all from mediocrity. Fight the power with the power of knowledge. Live large, grow large, and keep blowing up. You must learn! Word.

Oh Dear God, that hurts my brain.
posted by bradth27 at 1:14 PM on December 27, 2002

Word.
posted by ColdChef at 1:15 PM on December 27, 2002

Yea boyz + girlz, check this out! Using drugs is wack. Don't play yourself out, 'cause drugs'll knock you out and put you out of the game. Stay clean, lean, and mean. If you peep your homie doin' it, tell him to chill than give 'em one of these solid cold chillin' treats. In your face. Word.

Ironically, the ice cream in question is called "knock you out."
posted by aznblader at 1:17 PM on December 27, 2002

If you would like the Posse Pops truck to visit your neighborhood, click here

Help! How do I get out of this thing?
posted by yhbc at 1:18 PM on December 27, 2002

Eat + Read + Learn = Word.


No,


Eat + Read + Learn = 3 Words. Just sayin'....
posted by bradth27 at 1:20 PM on December 27, 2002

Satapher: I wondered if this was legit as well, but it's backed up with news releases from July and August. There is a picture of Ice-T in the July release with the caption, "Suck on this, motherf**ker," which has to be the catchiest ice cream slogan I've ever heard.
posted by brool at 1:28 PM on December 27, 2002

And now a blast from the MetaFilter past: We all scream for ice cream.
posted by ColdChef at 1:30 PM on December 27, 2002

Talk about your stupid fresh ways to approach the youth market...
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:31 PM on December 27, 2002

Are you sure it's posse pops? 'Cause I picture this scenario:

Customer: "Hey, this ice cream tastes like shit!"

Vendor: "You idiot. Turn it over!
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:32 PM on December 27, 2002

are you sure this is legit?

2 Legit 2 Quit, Satapher.
posted by jonmc at 1:42 PM on December 27, 2002

"Mission Statement:
...Our hope is to create a fun, non-threatening environment for debate on these issues between varied groups of people and to help children and young adults establish a strong community-based value system."

That's a lot to ask from a frozen novelty.

Redneck Racist: You know, I've always hated colored people, but this is one tasty fudgesicle. Maybe I need to rethink my value system...
posted by ColdChef at 1:50 PM on December 27, 2002

My, GOD, has anybody looked at the page source for this thing?
posted by Su at 1:54 PM on December 27, 2002

Is there a Lethal Weapon flava? A LGBNAF flava?
posted by adampsyche at 1:54 PM on December 27, 2002

Bro, dat shiznit is COLD.




(No, I'm serious. It's cold.)
posted by Fofer at 1:58 PM on December 27, 2002

"... But honestly, me, Rob Zombie - we'd be the ones that could get to those kids."
posted by kokogiak at 2:00 PM on December 27, 2002

i think this is a good and positive thing -- in a lot of low-income families, children seem to have been taught to distrust governmental authority, so why not have entertainers (who are perceived to have more credibility) try to deliver these same messages?

is it done well? i don't know -- if i were a pre-teen and above i have to imagine i'd think ice cream pops fronted by aging rappers (has Ice T *made* a rap album in forever?) with public service announcements all over them are kinda lame -- i'd probably be making the same jokes people are in this thread.

would kids younger than that even understand what the hell ice t is talking about? i don't know.

anyhow, i like stuff like this, because i've always been an avid reader of cereal boxes.
posted by fishfucker at 2:46 PM on December 27, 2002

has Ice T *made* a rap album in forever?

Nah, he's been too busy with death metal. It's easy to pick out the Ice-T rap in the written lyrics(hearing it in the song is much better though). While he may be all about promoting safe sex and anti-drug, he's still very pro-weaponary. Nevertheless it's a good song.
posted by oh posey at 3:12 PM on December 27, 2002

has anybody looked at the page source for this thing?

Wow, Ice-T is one outrageous dude. He's totally in my face.
posted by robself at 3:12 PM on December 27, 2002

This homie is waiting for the day they can compete with these great ice cream flavas: octopus, squid, ox-tongue, wasabi, shrimp, eel, cactus, crab, and the ever popular chicken-wing.
posted by Wet Spot at 7:14 PM on December 27, 2002

It's kind of cool they are targetting neighborhoods that most franchise businesses avoid. If their ingredients are any good (none of that ice milk crap please) these ice creams could be pretty alright.

has anybody looked at the page source for this thing?

I wonder if they are thinking the embedded comments will get search engines to index their flashturbated web site.
posted by chipr at 7:24 PM on December 27, 2002

You know that sharp pain you get when you bite into or swallow a too-cold scoop of ice cream? I guess now you can call it a capitalist migraine.

posted by trondant at 7:32 PM on December 27, 2002

I hear Trent Lott is going to pitch Honky Hoodsies.
posted by briank at 7:34 PM on December 27, 2002

I wonder if they are thinking the embedded comments will get search engines to index their flashturbated web site.

That's actually a common technique on flash-y sites, for that very reason. I think the flash authoring program generates such html automatically.
posted by kickingtheground at 7:51 PM on December 27, 2002

Ice T once said in an interview of his sweltering string of appearances in godawful B movies: "I'll do anything that gets me paid..."
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:58 PM on December 30, 2002