  mind blowin' is the second studio album by american rapper vanilla ice. released on march 22, 1994, it is the rapper's final release on sbk records. the album did not chart, and received unfavorable reviews. it has since received some degree of cult status in the hip hop community. songs from the album made up one third of vanilla ice's tours during 1992-2010. ice followed up this album with 1998's hard to swallow, which involved a switch to the record label republic records. == lyrics == mark wahlberg, then in the rap group marky mark and the funky bunch had made remarks on ice in one of his songs. ice answered back in the song 'hit 'em hard' which was almost in its entirety a dis song aimed at mark, but ice also included 3rd bass and mc hammer again. neither 3rd bass nor marky mark and the funky bunch responded. == reception ==  reviews were unfavorable. entertainment weekly reviewer james bernard called the album "more clunky than funky". rolling stone reviewer danyel smith called the song "get loose" "snappy", writing that although the lyrics are "inane", "the song is a thumping party, one of the few places where ice loosens up. he sounds solid at the beginning of 'the wrath' as well [...] he sounds easy and unaffected â close to sexy. but he doesn't keep it up: in 'now and forever,' a wet dream kind of song, ice goes back to goofy lyrics [...] and his dry max headroom style."{{cite web 
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