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Posted on Fri, Sep. 02, 2005 http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/...ts/12544940.htm A column by Pete DiPrimio He’s rappin’ and returnin’ Bennett writes rap songs and returns kicks BLOOMINGTON — Indiana’s Lance Bennett has a pen that won’t run dry, a mouth that won’t stop. There are rap mountains to climb and they are not scaled by writer’s block and silence. “I could always talk,” the junior receiver says. “I’ve always loved to write.” Bennett already has co-written two hit songs with actor-singer Will Smith — “Nod Ya Heads (Black Suits Comin’)” and “Switch.” He’s written another song, “Knock Knock,” about IU’s hoped-for football renaissance. School officials have put it to a football highlight video with Bennett singing. If the Hoosiers confuse themselves with, say, Michigan and go 9-2 this season, state retailers couldn’t stock enough copies. “If the marketing department wants to do something with it,” Bennett says, “we could get that done.” Bennett seems on the verge of a financial windfall, although nothing is sure but his right shoulder’s snarling wolf-lion tattoo. “I’m not in the situation where I don’t have to work again,” he says. “I’m trying to put myself in that situation in the next couple of years.” “Switch” came out this year and went platinum. More than 500,000 copies were sold in the United States, more worldwide, and the buying frenzy hasn’t stopped. Because of music contract procedures, Bennett won’t start seeing money for another nine months. “I can’t wait for the residuals to come in,” he says. Who says silence is golden? ♦♦♦ Bennett eyes football opportunity without regard for size. He is 5-6 and 165 pounds and he ranks just behind Ohio State sensation Ted Ginn as the Big Ten’s most dangerous kick returner. Last season, Bennett returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and a punt 94 yards for a touchdown. He ranked fourth nationally with a 30.0-yard kickoff average, averaged 10.2 yards in punt returns and did it all with a bum knee. “Last season, I was running around on one leg,” he says. In a 10-month period, Bennett had surgeries on both knees to fix a pair of ruptured patella tendons. He’s recovered well enough to make the wide receiver rotation and avoid the returner-only label. “I’m an offensive player first,” he says. “I also return punts and kickoffs. I don’t want to put a stamp on myself. As long as I have the ball in my hands, I want to make something happen.” Sore knees limited Bennett’s preseason happenings, but he insists he’s ready for game impact. “I’m better than last season. I’m ready to make plays.” Coach Terry Hoeppner is ready to see them. “We’ve seen what he can do as a kick returner. He can bring that same excitement as a receiver.” Size, it seems, really doesn’t matter. ♦♦♦ Bennett started writing rap songs when he was 8. He performed for talent shows. He never shut up. “I always had a way with words, even if I had a slick mouth,” he says. “Rappin’ is just putting that to rhyme.” Bennett rhymed well enough to spark Will Smith’s interest after older brother Lennie’s chance meeting several years ago with a relative of Smith’s executive producer. Lennie wound up writing a song for Smith’s “Wild Wild West” CD and mentioned his rap-writing younger brother. At the time, Lance was a high school junior at Brooklyn Poly Prep in New York who wrote for the love of it. He still does. “I might go back to my room tonight and write. I like saying what people like hearing.” Expect IU fans to like hearing “Knock Knock.” It isn’t a love song, but it’s not gangsta rap, either. For example: “Knock, knock we at your door, baby. Crimson and cream, we ready for war, baby. Let us in when we in that town. For we huffin’, puffin’, blow the house down.” OK, so it’s not “Indiana-we’re-all-for-you” politically correct, which is why it makes some IU marketing people jittery. Still, Hoeppner likes it. He’s hip in a Father-Knows-50-Cent kind of way. He’s a Will Smith fan. He has Smith’s “Switch” CD in his SUV. “I’ve seen the video,” Hoeppner says. “It’s a great song.” If “Knock Knock” becomes a hit, Hoeppner wants some action. “It’s going to be a hit and I’m claiming 50 percent rights,” he says with his usual reach-for-the-stars optimism. “I’m the promoter.” Actually, he’s not, but since he controls Bennett’s playing time, nobody argues. Bennett drops names throughout the song, mostly teammates such as Kyle Killion, John Pannozzo, Yamar Washington and Chris Taylor. Hoeppner is mentioned, of course. Bennett is no fool. But that’s as far as it goes. “In the video, Coach Hep doesn’t sing and he doesn’t dance,” Bennett says. What if it becomes a hit? “There’s no chance of me singing,” Hoeppner says. This chance, it seems, belongs all to Bennett.

wow if you are gonna do sum hating you would think you'd notice ludacris aint even on the track.. but he takes over the whole number? yeah right chuck :davidblaine:

http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/single...t_id=1001053834 WILL SMITH Party Starter Producer(s): Polow da Don, Treeza, O'Banga Writer(s): W. Smith, Publisher(s): not listed Genre: POP Label/Catalog Number: Interscope (CD promo) Source: Billboard Magazine Originally Reviewed: September 10, 2005 If there remains any doubt that Will Smith should have let his rap legacy rest in peace in the previous decade, "Party Starter" will settle the debate. The addition of Ludacris—who pretty much takes over the number—is about as fitting a match as caviar and Ripple, only it's tough to decide who is acting in which role. Pure and simple, this is just plain noise. Smith attempts to sound like he's a serious rapper, perhaps so that his matchup with Ludacris doesn't seem like such a train wreck. Nobody will be fooled by this farce: The emperor is as naked as a jaybird. —Chuck Taylor

dont get ya tickets too late it will probably sell out :word:

Will Smith determines how much they spend on the video.. and all artists have to pay for half the cost of the music video..

the mysterious fake jazzy jeff.... :damnyou: I think the shots they use are disguising who it is..

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Hahaha... Will should have added some relevant lyrics... WoahhhH!!! I'm the hoe-down starter Ya'll might have a good time, but we line dance harder So... Tell the musicians this ain't no hoax We can dance all night like them city folks... ← look out for the party starter hoe down remix :paparazziupinthespot: but seriously its just great to have a proper hip hop single from Will for once.. the last 1 was probably I Wanna Rock in 1994 :jusmindyabizness:

the line dancing is so ridiculous that the more I watch it the more I like it.. I dont know how you cannot laugh at that last bit :mrt2:

:word: You are right Da Brakes! ← well said brakes.. I cant believe the hating this video is getting.. Yes I would have rather had dj jazzy jeff there instead of a fake jazzy jeff..yes I would have rather them focus on wills 3rd verse and what hes saying.. yes I could have done without the rock and line dancing scenes.. But how can you ignore the incredible special efx in this video.. the amazing transitions, the little things.. classic fresh prince humurous girlie action.. the energy!! how good is each frame in that 2nd verse!..the way they change the dancers in the background.. the way the background reacts to what Wills doin..the incredible colors!!! maybe when people watch the video a few times like me they'll notice how good it is...

line dancing in a hip hop video........ THATS GANGSTA

I agree on the third verse.. they should have been focusing on what Will was saying not showin will moshing and line dancing... BUT I think it's one of Will's best videos anyway so I'm givin it a 10 :sipread:

Well the artist pays for half the video.. I think Will probably payed for most of it..and good on him! I dont care how much they spend if Lost and Found goes platinum cause that means 1 million people heard a dope album :word:

how do you see it? :stickpoke:

for those who cant see anything.. I couldnt get the video to work either.. go to the audio forum here and you can download it

heres the link to use http://music.aol.com/franchise/firstview.adp

everyone needs to start posting the link to the music video everywhere..forums etc.. lets get the word out!!!

some views from the chat [] 4:29 pm: haha i just noticed sumthin.. and u notice sumthin new everytime u watch this video [] 4:30 pm: what's that [] 4:30 pm: watch what will does during the "praying for the days they would one day praise him.." hilarious! [] 4:31 pm: what's that? [] 4:31 pm: look at it [] 4:31 pm: 1:32 [] 4:31 pm: He pray's gestures to himself, then it cuts to him gesturing to himself again... [] 4:32 pm: He looks like he's acting like he's got a gun? [] 4:33 pm: apparently cute girls like a man sitting on a couch with an instrument.. [] 4:33 pm: yeah he does the praying signal and then signals himself ha [] 4:33 pm: Ahh [] 4:34 pm: the great thing abt this video [] 4:34 pm: it has no crunk to it all [] 4:34 pm: Hahahahahaha [] 4:35 pm: if they'd done a video like 1 of lil jons every1 would be sayin [] 4:35 pm: oh wills tryin to do crunk music now yadda yadda [] 4:35 pm: but hes doin sum very gay lookin line dancin..so take that! [] 4:35 pm: yea, no doubt [] 4:35 pm: hahahahaha [] 4:35 pm: but yeah great video..cant wait to see it on TV [] 4:35 pm: There's gonna be a plethora of "corny"s thrown out [] 4:37 pm: Wow, it looks like the video hasn't been dl'ed yet [] 4:37 pm: oh yeah theyll come at will for the line dancin [] 4:37 pm: and the rock scene [] 4:38 pm: actually I should write a blog beofre any1 even has a chance haha []: has left at 4:38 pm [] 4:38 pm: hahaha, yea [] 4:38 pm: omg hahahaha [] 4:39 pm: everytime i see this video the more i like it [] 4:39 pm: hahaha [] 4:39 pm: what now? [] 4:39 pm: i just realised will rewound the record for that girl to come back to him haha [] 4:39 pm: hahahaha, yea... Didn't he use that move in another video? Will2k maybe? [] 4:40 pm: sum classic FP girlie action goin on [] 4:40 pm: I love the droppen of bottles of water at the beginning, great contrast to the liquor in other videos [] 4:40 pm: thats why his name should still be the fresh prince..so jada doesnt get upset [] 4:40 pm: Yea, when he's macken the girl at the bar [] 4:41 pm: if i was impartial and i just saw the video on tv.. i think id love it [] 4:42 pm: Oh definately, peoples jaws are gonna drop when they see it [] 4:42 pm: Then they'll see the end, not get it, and be like "huh?" [] 4:43 pm: Then they'll see it again, get blown away again, and start picken up a lot of the little things, and want to see it a third time :) [] 4:44 pm: Lol, Will releasing new material is, for me, a lot like watching the Colts play... I'm routing for "my team" to "win" [] 4:44 pm: that shot at 3:36 [] 4:44 pm: of the crazy shadow women haviin a convulsion is awesome [] 4:44 pm: yep yep

See if Will had the real jazzy jeff he wouldnt have had to stop the record himself.. but when you got a fake jazzy jeff.. well i guess you have to go overe and slow it down... :kekeke:

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http://www.jazzyjefffreshprince.com/audio/PartStarter.wmv

WHATS WITH THE FAKE JAZZY JEFF???? where you at Jeff!!!! :woono:

the first two verses are incredible.. i was not feelin the rock or line dancin.. that 3rd verse is so important they should have been focusin on what will was saying!

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