tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post3858049179426588241..comments2024-03-29T07:27:35.989-04:00Comments on pancocojams: "Ice Ice Baby" And Other Examples Of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity "Ice Cold" Chants And Motifs Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-70963236482879565232015-05-20T13:56:13.900-04:002015-05-20T13:56:13.900-04:00Thanks for your comment, Anonymous May 20, 2015!
...Thanks for your comment, Anonymous May 20, 2015!<br /><br />It surprises me that I didn't understand what "we rock the black and gold until the day we die" means. But I'm glad you broke it down the way you did.<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-85765397386767597092015-05-20T13:41:02.883-04:002015-05-20T13:41:02.883-04:00here*
Whoops quick typing failure by me.here*<br />Whoops quick typing failure by me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-63880013342512454112015-05-20T13:39:15.613-04:002015-05-20T13:39:15.613-04:00"We rock * that black and gold until the day ..."We rock * that black and gold until the day we die." <br />You said you were unsure of the usage of "rock" here. Basically it is saying they will wear the colors forever. <br />Example: "I am going to rock that hat tonight." - I am gonna wear that hat tonight. <br />Used hear and basically saying they will always be an Alpha and will represent them until the day they die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-48374678953863481122014-10-15T16:15:26.842-04:002014-10-15T16:15:26.842-04:00Thanks for your comment, anonymous.
I totally agr...Thanks for your comment, anonymous.<br /><br />I totally agree that there should be no question that the chant "ice icee baby, too cold ,too cold" came from members of the historically African American fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha. However, in general, Americans in general aren't known to have a good grasp of history. And that is particularly the case when it comes to Black history. <br /><br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-71340145682586509462014-10-15T15:50:42.146-04:002014-10-15T15:50:42.146-04:00Being someone who frequently went to step shows in...Being someone who frequently went to step shows in the late 80s early 90s it surprises me that the Alphas question ever comes up. If you watch School Daze which was around before Vanilla Ice, you will see Alphas holding up signs saying "Ice, Ice, Baby" and hear them chanting "Ice, ice, baby too cold, too cold. Ice, ice baby, the black and gold." Video proof of who was first! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-88285751601551923242014-08-05T10:40:38.875-04:002014-08-05T10:40:38.875-04:00Greetings, Eddie Francis.
You're welcome.
I...Greetings, Eddie Francis.<br /><br />You're welcome. <br /><br />I appreciate your comment and hope it will help clear up any doubt that this was an Alpha chant before Vanilla Ice took & and ran with it.<br /><br />As to Lil Jon's "to the window to the wall" chant in his "Get Low" record, thanks for sharing that it came from an Alpha party chant that you first heard in 1988. It's always good to have information like that for the folkloric record (In my opinion, fraternity & sorority chants & songs are part of folklore). <br /><br />The only other thing that I can say about that "to the window/ to the wall" chant is that it reminds me of "in the river/on the bank" line that is featured in Elephant Man 's - Pon De River Pon De Bank song. That dancehall record came out in 2003 but I first learned "In the river/on the bank" in the late 1950s from an African American-not Caribbean that I know of) Vacation Bible School teacher in New Jersey. She said she learned it when she was living in North Carolina. <br /><br />Here's a link to a post on that game: <a href="http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-river-on-bank-game.html" rel="nofollow">http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-river-on-bank-game.html</a> . <br /><br />Btw, pancocojams has a number of other posts on Alpha chants and other BGLO (historically Black Greek Letter Organization) chants and stepping videos. Any comments about those post would be appreciated.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-11123529287695884452014-08-04T16:03:45.546-04:002014-08-04T16:03:45.546-04:00Thanks SO much for this. It is a fun read for Alph...Thanks SO much for this. It is a fun read for Alphas and anyone who has questions about whether or not we stole the chant from Vanilla Ice. You can only imagine how frustrating it has been for me (having been initiated into A Phi A in 1989) to have heard that question from people, namely those outside of the Black Greek system, all of these years. Very cool stuff and, again, thanks. So, can we do a little research on Lil Jon's "To the window" chant? That's an Alpha party chant I first heard in '88. :-)Eddie Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286182182038510167noreply@blogger.com