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happy birthday!

I do an investigative report outlining this rubbish that is spreading throughout the world.. check it out! http://blog.jazzyjefffreshprince.com/2007/...-and-new-album/

Yes this story makes me feel physically ill.. why couldnt he have just killed himself why kill 32 innocent people.. I was thinking of the same thing today AJ.. I think I would have to sacrifice myself and my life and try and bring this guy down so he doesn't kill any more people..of course you dont know how you would react unless you are in that situation..maybe all those students thought someone would come and save them..

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http://www.vibe.com/blog/vc/2007/04/will_s...p_comeback.html dont let em get away with that crap! :shakehead:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/nemone/ program is from 1 to 4 Tuesday 17 April Legendary producer and mixer Jazzy Jeff will be joining Nemone for a chat and mixing a lucky listener's three favourite tracks! Don't miss it!

wheres that interview cally? who do you work for?

that was insane.. when i first saw the report they said 17 were injured..but 30 dead? damn

Chief... YOU SUCK!!!!!

well that contact music article is absolute rubbish..completely unreliable tabloid journalism from that place.. the quote is from Jeff..not Will.. but yeah jeff and will always talk abt doin a jjfp album..but we are still waiting :sipread:

If they tour at the end of 2007 then make a new album early 2008.. man I could see that happening.. there is hope!! :wickedwisdom:

The Return of The Magnificent reminds us why we love hip-hop. Swimming upstream against a sea of mediocrity such is the current state of hip-hop TROTM returns to the glory days of the genre. Jazzy Jeff’s second album is poignant, interesting, diverse, fun and most of all a great album to listen to. Jeff’s previous album was more an A Touch of Jazz collaboration in this album we get all Jazzy Jeff. Every beat, expert scratch and production masterfully handled by The Magnificent. It makes a difference too this album towers over its predecessor. Once you’ve finished with the disc clocking in at a lengthy 80 minutes you will feel uplifted by the quality. It’s the kind of album you would expect if you had listened to all the Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince albums and solo Jazzy Jeff tracks. Jeff was always a sampling producer and one of the best and he displays it on this album. The beats feature great samples, great cuts and great scratches. The artists Jeff has chosen to work are also a step up up from the previous album and it elevates the tracks to a new level. The lineup of Pos from De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, J-Live, CL Smooth, Rhymefest, Method Man perfectly fits the laid back vibe. Underground emcees such as Twone Gabz, Kel Spencer, Black Ice, Kardinal Offishall, Dave Ghetto and Peedi Peedi step up to the plate alongside the bigger names. This is the best hip-hop album in years and each track is of such a high quality it deserves its own review. So here goes: Hip Hop This is the perfect start to the album. Although I’ve never heard of Twone Gabs he is very impressive. He is rhymefest’s protege and he lays down a good message on hip-hop. “We can’t let it end, far as I remember you been my best friend (hip-hop) forever ever forever ever and ever ever me and hip-hop together.” It’s a great ode to hip-hop as well as a reflection on the current state of the genre. “now how they gonna say/ I ain’t real unless i’m pulling triggers or gunplay/cause I ain’t hustling pushing drugs or money/I think y’all going about the music the wrong way.” Twone hits us with more great lines “just cause I’m talking sense, don’t mean I’m soft.” He then wonders why “do you measure a cats skill by who the hardest? how bullet wholes to your body solidify an artist?” This track is a true theme that makes you wonder what’s happening to commercial hip-hop while still stating one’s love of hip hop. Twone’s right we can’t let it end this is an album and music that needs to be supported. Adult hp-hop is what Jeff calls it. If you grew up on a tribe called quest, run dmc, de la soul, public enemy etc this track is for you. 10/10 Let Me Hear You Clap Pos from De La Soul and Jazzy Jeff is an exciting prospect. I can’t help but think a more laidback jazzy beat would have suited him more. Pos still brings it with the rhymes though, “shoulda tried acting, but fronted on trying, unlike Will who make the mills as an actor, so Jeff’s the DJ I’m still the rapper.” Clap, Yeah! Let me hear you clap everybody! It’s a very solid track. 8/10 Run That Back This is an unbelievable track. I’m a fan of Black Ice and this track he really brought it. The beat is quite cinematic and Black Ice and Eshon weave an emotional tale. It’s quite a solemn track and is definitely one of the best on the album. “6 shots echo from the PJs, next month number one request for the DJs” On life choices “only thing I turned down was the job from my cousin when asked me if I wanna slang ‘caine/nothing could make me do that” and brings it back to “mother fan of the son that get killed she be alone/so she keep praying for him and hoping to bring him home” They then expertly tell the days of Jeff @ block parties, “Saturday cut the streets off/Jeff about to rock the block/give us all what we been feening for/a meaning for life a little break from this constant strife we living in” Then they finish the song with “I live for my people, I die for my people.” This is just a great song and it makes you think. 10/10 The Definition Just over a year ago I was telling Kel Spencer that Jeff was recording TROTM and he should do a track for it, well he did and this is it! Kel’s got great skills and flow and his verse on “Uuhhh” on Will Smith’s Willennium showed he was an emcee to watch. This beat Jeff’s hooked up for Kel is ridiculous. Great little piano loop. “Jeff and Kel and em is killin em out there/I study yall, what are yall doing out there? Yall perpetrating and piggybacking and copycatting, but yall be copycatting sloppy rapping and y’all be latching on to fads nothing substantial.” Just a touch of this brilliant track. Then kel gives us a promise, “As an emcee I promise you/that I ain’t never gonna do the stuff they do/fist to my heart pinky swear its true/theres some bull**** going on..going on” Kel just runs with this beat with some expertly crafted lyrical wizardry that makes this track a pleasure to listen to again and again. The definition of a real emcee..definitely. 10/10 Touch Me With Your Hands This beat is deep real deep. Chinah blac who I think was a backup singer for Jill Scott lays a sultry vocal. She doesn’t leave much to the imagination but the track is undeniable. A real smooth laid back groove and it changes the pace of the album up nicely. “its more than penetration/more than a quick sensation/cause when we get together its love at its purest form/because you love me and I know it and you aint afraid to show it” 8/10 Jeff N Fess This track has a great sample, a heap of scratching and some clever rhymes from Rhymefest. Just another head nodder to add to the album. “if down south is right, then I wanna go left.” Can’t disagree with that. 8/10 Practice This chorus took a while to get used to it. It’s basically someone speaking, so it’s pretty unusual but the more I listen to this track the more I like it. J-Live is an incredible emcee and every single line of his is quality. He brings it once again. He lays down what it takes to be an emcee of his quality, practice. “I been passed up gassed up bounced around man/thrown off the glass just to see what sticks/I have yet to score big like Allen Iverson maybe someday J could endorse a pair of kicks/but for now as long as I can afford a pair of kicks and a closet to put em in/I’m a put em on/and walk these dogs/get my hustle on/break bread for my younguns so they grow up strong” 3 of the highest quality verses you will ever hear. Another 10 out of 10 track. 10/10 Supa Jean This is the only track on the album I’m not really feeling. Mainly because the old school ultramagnetic mcs beat doesn’t really suit Jean Grae’s style. Maybe a more old school emcee would have been better. The beat is dope and so are the rhymes but they just don’t seem to match each other. It does give the album a nice old school change up though. 6/10 The Garden I think this is the best track on the album. It’s a hip-hop classic. The beat is amazing and Big Daddy Kane reminds us what real hip-hop is all about. “Niggaz aint showing if they skills is there/niggaz ain’t trying to build careers.” It also has one of the most poignant choruses “In the garden of hip hop always stay true/and always remember just what a snake do/watch those around you cause they’ll be fake too/and never let the game make you.” His second verse is an ode to hip-hops fallen soldiers, “your lifestyle and your musical gift/in the hearts of many you will truly be missed.” This track is just two masters of hip-hop killing it. I’ll be listening to this for years to come. 10/10 She Was So Flyy This is one of Jeff’s very best beats. A great chorus that is very catchy ensures you will be putting this one on repeat quite a bit. Kardinal drops a very nice rhyme about one of those girls you will never forget. It’s a simple formula but it works so well. 10/10 Hold it Down Jazzy Jeff and Method Man? That’s a lethal combination. Jeff starts with a flurry of scratches and sets up Meth nicely. Its another killer beat and Meth kills it with some crazy multi-syllable rhyming and signature sick flow. “crews still stuntin/radio still frontin/and the stuff they still bumping/ got me numb I feel nothing Jeff” This track is the bump a lot of people would feel this “as far as emceeing I ain’t liking what I’m seeing man.” More classic hip hop, it doesn’t get better. 10/10 All I Know This track is so good I never get tired of it. I’ve been listening to it every day for months. CL Smooth just drops such an exceptional thyme over the perfect beat from Jeff. Unlike the Jean Grae track this completely works and is the perfect mesg of DJ/Producer and emcee. This is just a classic track that rivals all those Pete Rock & CL Smooth albums. Is it too much too ask for a Jazzy Jeff & CL Smooth album? 10/10 Go See The Doctor 2K7 This is a cover of the Kool Moe Dee track. This is potentially the best beat on the album. It’s “you saw my blinker” good from the Homebase album. An unstoppable beat and Twone Gabz once again impresses. It is like a more adult Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince track. Very, very funny. Jeff scratching up “I’m burning up” in the choruses is hilarious. It’s another favorite track of mine but this album has plenty. “It wasn’t worth it to me/now I hurt when I pee” 10/10 My Soul Ain’t For Sale This is such a smooth track. It gets better with each listen. Raheem delievered the best track “My Peoples” on The Magnificent. For the return he’s come up with something even better. “Turn it up, turn it up so you can hear it proper” The majority of TROTM is straight up hip-hop but the two soul tracks are really impressive and offer a nice change up throughout the album. 10/10 Come On Well Jeff’s using a familiar sample here most commonly used in Meth & Mary J Blige’s “All I Need.” It’s a refreshing take on the sample and shows off Jeff’s skills in taking a sample but making it your own. Dave Ghetto provides a truly touching and inspirational rap. “they say we living in the last days hard times upon us..” “they say we all lost so let your thoughts be your guide and recognize what I’m spitting is much more than a rhyme.” It’s an emotional song and it really makes an impact. 10/10 Brand New Funk 2K7 This track is going to be hard for a lot of Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince fans. Brand New Funk is a hip-hop classic so it’s gonna be a hard one to re-do. No one better than Jeff to do it though. He re-does the beat and it makes it sound a lot better than the original. Peedi gives plenty of nods to Will and JJFP. Is Peedi’s verses better than Will’s? Probably not but he does rhyme very fast over the beat and it gives a nice new fresh take on an old song. If you forgot about the original this new version does sound great. Great beat and some quick clever rhymes. 8/10

Yes "2 too many" was on Will's label in the early 90s.. their album was produced by hula and k.fingers (summertime, just kickin it) the single wheres the party which i've got has some jazzy jeff remixes of the song 2.. one of them went on to become a producer and he produced "tell me why"

looks like there will be an I Am Legend tour similar to the I, Robot one.. hope they come to Australia :1-say-yes:

Why isnt Will on the new album? Whats his favorite track on TROTM? whats the reaction to brand new funk 2k7? what does Will think of the track? how is trotm different to the magnificent? was there anybody he wanted to get for the album, but didn't? what's the greatest thing he's bought while touring

http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/jazzy_jeff.shtml big interview!

damnit! :tantrum: when's Darnell gonna hook me up :chuks:

abstract rude & aceyalone - GB in ya life.. I love this song "ya need a GB in ya life? ya need a GB in ya life.. i'm that type.. good brother!"

all the new people come say hello so we can give you an official welcome! lurkers come forward! :smart:

this is cool.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpBUe_t9Vo

when this gets to a 100, 000 views thats gonna be huge...

great interview! thanks for that :thumbsup:

Hey Welcome aboard..its great to have another long time fan join us.. there's more new people around here than you think.. welcome to the family :kool2: :Party_fest09: :Party_fest09:

awesome he should be able to make that..he's in antwerp. thanks :thumbsup:

do you know where he will be in belgium in May? I got a friend in belgium who cant make the show this week as well