"Ice Ice Baby" topped the charts beginning late 1990 (see 1990 in music), and he began filming Cool as Ice. The film was a failure commercially and critically as he had been exposed by the time it was released.
Ice returned to music in 1994 (see 1994 in music) with Mind Blowin', which adopted a brand new, Cypress Hill-influenced sound. The album quickly fell off the charts, as did 1998's Hard to Swallow (see 1998 in music), which used a new gangsta rap sound and image. His latest album was 2001's Bipolar, a blend of rap and rock that did little to rekindle public interest in him.
In 2004, Vanilla Ice starred in the second season of The Surreal Life on The WB.