Surprisingly, Ice Ice Baby garnered positive critical acclaim. Mim Udovitch, Entertainment Weekly reviewer, wrote that "[Vanilla Ice] probably would have scored with his hit rap single 'Ice Ice Baby' even if he hadn't been white. There's just something about the way its hook – a sample from Queen and David Bowie's 'Under Pressure' — grabs you and flings you out onto the dance floor. [12]" Many critics accredit Vanilla Ice to expanding hip hop to a large, general audience [5]. However, he did experience criticism for his image.