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  1. Yeah i'd go 1. here he comes: killer bass line..love the detail in the track 2. party starter: more you listen to it.the better it gets..just a crazy beat!! 3. switch: this beat gets you movin! 3 great beats :2thumbs:
  2. Hey Man!, I'm gonna look out for you on that! :kool: I think it suxs that they just put it as a bonus with Hitch and won't sell it seperately..but I guess a lot more people who just want Hitch will get to see Wills music..cant wait to see this :1-say-yes:
  3. This is definitely happening :word: ..october and november..you heard it here first
  4. Hey Shawn, you picked up 3 great albums.. we got quite a few people who are into rock and JJFP round here so you should fit right in :2thumbs:
  5. no idea.. but id guess the places where switch has done well would have a good chance :2thumbs: so i'd probably lock in belgium on the european leg :kungfu:
  6. Sounds good. ← i agree with that ← No.. Will, Snoop & Jeff in a video would be awesome :jazzy:
  7. Yo that is the responsibility of the people being paid to run that site not us.. and if prince is leading the fight god help them
  8. ooohhhh..okay just 4 yall.. its gonna be abt a 90 minute show :1-say-yes:
  9. for those who like to click view new posts..you need to go into the JJFP forum and the big will forum..and check 2 exciting announcements!! :2thumbs:
  10. Hey i had this idea while listening to party starter in the car(best song i own to bump loud in the car btw) Will is in his old skool gear circa early to mid 80s.. with classic "fresh prince gold chain" round his neck.. hes teaching a class the class is filled with kids, many wearing g-unit clothes etc etc and Will is telling the story "He was raised in the days when the roof was raised Every rap occasion, new & amazing" it gets to He came to the show & somethin’ uncaged in him the camera pans back from the class room.. back and back the class room is actually a stage.. Will picks up the mic..the board behind Will rips apart and Jeff is their on the wheelz.. theres a huge crowd packed into see Will..and they are really hyped! Chorus- shots of will n jeff live rockin the house... now when it gets to this point "I call for the days of the unadulterated When the artistry was cultivated" Will is rapping to these guys down the front..its other rappers..and record execs.. and at this point He’s old-fashioned (yup), but let’s be happy he’s back you hear the crowd cheering..Will is just standin their feeling the love! the idea is that the music video builds just like the song does! still havent got an idea for the first verse..but i think at 1 point it would be good to have shots of some1 in the car singin along to party starter, some1 in the club doin the same, some1 hears it on the radio in a store or sumthin starts doin it..dead partys start jumpin..kinda like what maxfly said was gonna happen when the song gets released :wiggle:
  11. thats so awesome..I cant wait till Jeff gets his 1 from you Nat.. he should be blown away :2thumbs:
  12. everyone check that out
  13. we got a new chat room.. if you click on chat room link up the top right next to calendar..log in with your forum username and password... moderators of the forums will have moderation powers in the chat
  14. "Asking why I continue to make hip hop records is like asking why does a tree grow, or why does a river flow?" the West Philadelphia product says thoughtfully. "Because that's what it does. Hip hop is a part of why I was placed here. It's what I was born in the universe to do." that pretty much says Will is gonna be releasin records for a long time!! :jazzy:
  15. has any1 checked this out?i know i havent..they updated Wills bio..with the biography that would go out on the promo for L& F its very interesting..love what will says abt jeff :2thumbs: Will Smith's commitment to hip hop can never be underestimated. One of rap music's most distinctive orators and gifted storytellers, his track record is as enviable as any artist of the genre. From his inaugural Rap Grammy Award victory with Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince in the 80s through his multi-platinum success as a solo performer, his near twenty-year career has been a study in longevity and a testament to his devotion to an art-form. However, three years having passed since his last music project and his status as a global superstar already secure, the question is posed as to what would motivate him after all this time to once again pick up the mic? "Asking why I continue to make hip hop records is like asking why does a tree grow, or why does a river flow?" the West Philadelphia product says thoughtfully. "Because that's what it does. Hip hop is a part of why I was placed here. It's what I was born in the universe to do." With his latest album, Lost & Found, Will Smith delivers yet another irresistible showcase for his witty wordplay and unparalleled ability to create infectious songs. Beyond the catchy-club and radio-ready anthems, the LP also offers some of the most personal and thought-provoking material of Will Smith's career, signaling a rebirth for the rapper. "The title Lost & Found has a couple of different concepts behind it," he explains. "But the most obvious is that I feel like the rapper inside of me was essentially lost to my other career pursuits. There was a war inside of me, and the rapper lost. And in the past few months being back on stage, being back in the studio, there's a certain aspect to that guy that I've found again. There are certain elements that I've recaptured from being back in the music." Recording Lost & Found required what Will Smith describes as "full submersion in the lab." Will Smith found the opportunity to work without distractions extremely liberating, as is evidenced by the lyrics of the LP's lead track Here He Comes, "For years I've been trying to rip rhymes and get mines and spit lines hot lines like lava/ But this time I don't got a sitcom to bother with/ Or a time conflict with my sci-fi hit." Anchored by the popular Spider Man cartoon theme-a throwback to the TV motif of early classics like Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble-the song is one of a handful that reunites Will Smith with longtime partner and turntable grand wizard Jazzy Jeff. Lauds Will Smith, "To me, Jeff is really the center of my connection to music and hip hop. The direction of Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince was always Jeff's direction and Jeff's vision. He's the source for me. So I always plug back into Jeff when it's time to dive back into the world of hip hop." In the tradition of his biggest hits, Will Smith revisits the festive vibe of smashes like Summertime, Gettin' Jiggy with It and Miami on Switch, a club oriented jam intensified by a double-time clap track, and Party Starter, a crunkdafied groove that easily lives up to its title. Meanwhile, the knack for witty humor he immortalized on such early rap narratives as Parents Just Don't Understand and I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson, finds similarly strong vehicles in Pump Ya Brakes, a playful collaboration with Snoop Dogg, and If U Can't Dance (Slide), a hilarious, self-described "public service announcement" for the dance move-impaired that finds him deftly reprising the flow from UTFO's 80s classic Roxanne Roxanne. However, like all notable lyricists, many of Will's most memorable moments come when infusing his verses with fire drawn from his own life. On Lost & Found, Will Smith reveals a more contentious side to his personality that few have seen to this point in his storied career-that of the rapper ready to defend himself in battle. Over the searing guitar riffs of Mr. Nice Guy, he addresses misconceptions of his clean-cut public image and answers the criticism he has endured in recent years with one simple but effective thought, "Don't mistake nice for soft." I Wish I Made That discusses his love for parental advisory stickered hip hop, "I always envied how y'all rocked with Dre and The Chronic/ The way that 2pac, Biggie, 50 and Jigga got it." However, the song is also steadfast in expressing Will's resolve to forever do Will. Along the way he contemplates why his own innovations in moving the game forward-masterful comic timing, expanding rap's subject matter and pioneering new flows-have been continually neglected by urban radio. Rhymes Will, "Black radio/ They won't play me, though/ Ever since 'Summertime' they ain't like none of mine/ Even though the fans went out and bought enough/ I guess they think that Will ain't hard enough." "Songs like Lean Back and Drop It Like It's Hot-I love those records," he confesses, "but those kinds of songs don't come out of me." Meanwhile, the potent title cut's constructive critiques of his beloved art form begins with Will Smith reciting Webster's definition of "original" over an arrangement of terse strings. He explains, "If you don't dress like everybody in all the other videos dresses, or your drums don't sound like everyone's, or your rhyme scheme isn't like everyone else's, you don't fit in according to the industry. So originality isn't necessarily nurtured. As far as defining it at the beginning of the record, I did that to say, let's clear up what originality means and figure out how that could be a bad thing." "I'm a hip hop head from the old school, so I appreciate all kinds of hip hop. I just need it to just say something. I feel like N.W.A's first album and Biggie's first album should be used in psychology classes-they're such accurate, powerful depictions of the lifestyle. Such brilliant well thought out, well-defined, well-rounded albums. For my taste, I need records like those. They just have some intellectual base to it. I like fun records. I make fun records. But there just has to be a point to it." "Why should I try to sound like y'all sound/ That's what's wrong with the rap game right now/ And it's like a circus with a bunch of clowns/ Wit a bunch of cliques I'd probably rhyme circles around," Big Will spits before giving props to some of his favorite musical peers, the ones whose music provides a remedy for the game's blahs. Amongst the roll call you can find Nas, Rakim and rap revolutionary Dead Prez. True to his word, Lost & Found finds Will Smith moving courageously from aesthetic issues to world issues. While Ms. Holy Roller decries the religious fanaticism that suppresses freedom of worship, Why, featuring the impassioned singing of the Queen of Hip Hop and R&B, Mary J. Blige, recalls viewing the attacks of 9-11 alongside his son with a sensitivity and heartbreaking eye for detail few rappers could muster. "My son inspired that song," Will Smith says of his most powerful composition to date, "We were sitting and watching the attacks on the Towers on TV, and he was like, 'Daddy, were there people in that building?' And I was like, wooooowwww..." The song asks, why? But there really is no answer. There is no group answer, no universal answer. We have to find answers individually. Or, as Will Smith poignantly tells his son in the song's final lines, "You be the light for others, make them believe in God." If such messages are not what you are used to hearing from a Will Smith record, then it is probably because this is not the same Will Smith you may be accustomed to. The artist who makes people laugh and dance, loves his family and tells great stories has not gone anywhere. He is just augmented his work by adding a key ingredient: himself. "I guess this is really the first time I made an album that was just totally from my heart," Will Smith admits, "Everything was from an emotional base. Everything was, 'What do I feel about this situation? What did I feel today? What did I experience?' And that was always the spark for the records. Where in the past I would say, let's make a party record. What's not on the radio? Before, I was trying to take an intellectual approach. This time my intellect really just acted as the conduit between my heart and my pen."
  16. fan4evah if the guy who produced party starter and 2 A&Rs from interscope are mixin a new version for radio..its safe to say thats the next single.. anyway I think this video needs to be big willie style with a huge budget! switch was the gritty club scene dance video..now its time to hit em with sumthin really impressive..of course i think jeff should be in the video as the dj to play wills song..i'd also like to see ludacris in the video backin Will up.. and you want a lot of people with mad energy respondin 2 Will... I think the 3rd verse ..the imagery for that has gotta be really good, because Wills makin a damn fine point
  17. I like the idea of interspersing clips of live shows of will and jeff in the music video..i was actually thinkin the same thing.. hey we got sum dope ideas here..hopefully Wills readin!
  18. yeah you basically have to wait for Will to be doin promo for a movie to find out the situation with the music..but thats the media.. its like Will is on BET promoting lost and found and they ask what Wills next movie is..and Will says..I got things to say im doin music for the next 9 months(yeah shut em up Will) but I guess thats just 1 of the quirks of being a rapper who's the biggest movie star in the world :1-say-yes:
  19. why you got sum groovacide bomber ideas max :wink:
  20. i stand corrected :lolsign: yeah i dont think i can do anythin abt it.. i suggest you take a good look at the animations b4 u do any clicking :director:
  21. has anyone got any ideas on what they'd like the party starter music video to look like? :wiggle:
  22. see now id say 99.9% of us wouldnt even notice that :overhere:
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