Editing Vanilla Ice (section)

===''Mind Blowin'', music break and drug abuse (1993–1996)===
In 1993, Ice toured Eastern Europe again and premiered songs off his upcoming album in [[St. Petersburg]], Russia in front of President [[Boris Yeltsin]].<ref>{{cite web |date=March 14, 2010 |title=vanilla ice saint-petersburg fest. white nights 1993 russia |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m66YMbN5IZA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/m66YMbN5IZA |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After almost non-stop touring for the previous three years, Ice took a break from music and began competing in [[jet skiing]],<ref name="paso">{{cite news|url=http://elpasoheraldpost.com/tntm-vanilla-ice-interview/|title=TNTM Vanilla Ice Interview|last=Stegner|first=Troy|date=April 10, 2016|work=El Paso Herald-Post|access-date=May 19, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921065459/http://elpasoheraldpost.com/tntm-vanilla-ice-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as resuming [[Motocross]] racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeNEwGaA4JM | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/BeNEwGaA4JM| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Vanilla Ice - 6th Best Jet Ski Racer in the World (1993) |publisher=YouTube |date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After becoming more interested with the [[Rastafari movement]], Ice became a vegetarian,<ref>{{cite web |date=July 14, 2011 |title=Vanilla Ice |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/vanilla-ice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814175452/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/vanilla-ice/ |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |work=Dimitri Ehrlich |publisher=Interview Magazine}}</ref> grew [[dreadlocks]] and talked more openly about smoking cannabis.<ref name="Pearlman">{{cite magazine |last=Pearlman |first=Jeff |date=May 12, 2003 |title=Ice Shift |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/27/ice_shift/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018042329/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/27/ice_shift/ |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=October 17, 2013 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> Ice then began work on his next album, although by this time he received less publicity and faded from the public spotlight. On March 22, 1994, Ice released his second studio album, ''[[Mind Blowin']]''. Reviews were unfavorable. ''Entertainment Weekly'' reviewer James Bernard called the album "more clunky than funky".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/03/25/mind-blowin/|title=Review of ''<nowiki>Mind Blowin'</nowiki>''|access-date=March 7, 2009|last=Bernard|first=James|date=March 25, 1994|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=April 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130638/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301550,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Allrovi]] reviewer [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] wrote that "There isn't a single moment that establishes a distinct musical identity, and the whole thing is rather embarrassing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allrovi.com/music/album/mind-blowin-mw0000108435|title=Review of ''Mind Blowin''|access-date=June 30, 2008|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=[[Allrovi]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005122140/http://www.allrovi.com/music/album/mind-blowin-mw0000108435|archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref>

At around this time, Ice began using [[MDMA|ecstasy]], [[cocaine]] and heroin. During periods of heavy drug use, Ice received many tattoos from [[tattoo artist|artist]] acquaintances. According to Ice, he "was in [his] binge days. [He] didn't even realize how many [he] was getting".<ref name="Boytano">{{cite news|first=Larry|last=Boytano|title=Ice Age|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1998-10-15/music/ice-age/|work=[[Miami New Times]]|date=October 15, 1998|access-date=March 13, 2009|archive-date=April 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415104001/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1998-10-15/music/ice-age/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ice attempted suicide with a heroin [[drug overdose|overdose]] on July 4, 1994, but was revived by his friends. After being revived, Ice decided that it was time to change his lifestyle. As a symbol of his attempt to begin anew, he got a tattoo of a leaf on his stomach.<ref name="Boytano"/> After expanding his Mind Blowin tour overseas in 1995, Ice sold his estate in California and took a break from music, rather focusing on [[motocross]]ing and jet skiing in Florida. By the summer, Ice was the world's No.&nbsp;6-ranked sit-down jet ski racer, competing nearly every weekend and earning a [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]] sponsorship.<ref name="Pearlman"/>

Uncertain about his future career, Ice studied real estate and started working on the side renovating and selling houses. In late 1995, he set up a recording studio in Miami and joined a [[grunge]] band, Pickin Scabz. The name was set to reflect Ice's career, and how he was healing from his suicide attempt, and that he was now "picking up the pieces".<ref name="Peisner"/> In 1996, longtime associate and friend Monte Lipman signed Ice for [[Universal Republic Records]]. He did guest vocals with no stage name for the song "Boom" by [[Bloodhound Gang]] on their CD ''[[One Fierce Beer Coaster]]''.