JumpinJack AJ

It's crazy u posted this. I've been watching Code Red posters for years but have never gotten it. I was just thinking about it 2 days ago since i'll have a new place in 3 months or so. i'm thinkin' i'd have it framed in my "music room."

TLC - Let's Just Do It Last Days of Left Eye (Bonus) (????)

Yeah, there's no news or legit source. It just sounds like some 12 year old who loves gangsta rap and thinks the 3 of them rep Hip-Hop 2 the fullest wrote it. Nobody cares about 50 Cent anymore...only his loyal fans. Everyone else is sick of him and see's that he's a washed up gimmick who doesn't know when 2 quit. Who knows what's up with Eminem. He showed us one of the worse declines in the history of Hip-Hop and Rap. He went from a witty, edgy individual to slowly conform and be a negative, obnoxious cry baby who can dish it but not take it coming back at him. Dr. Dre went from being a pioneer, to a creative visionary, to a sell-out, to an ultra sell out. I can't wait 2 listen 2 the new Dr. Dre album, but i can't say my expectations are high. He's surrounded himself with untalented people who make bad music. The only dope artists who where truely talented don't really stay close by his side. Chronic 2001 was a good album with great production. But u can't go from "gangsta rap is wack...gangsta rap is dead...i'm gonna stop writing vulgar lyrics and do profanity, violence-free albums" to talking about guns, weed, and surrounding yourself with new jack wannabes. I do wanna hear it and i will have an open mind, but his decisions kinda turn me off. Same with Eminem, he's been so annoying since 2001 that it's hard 4 me 2 see him coming back 2 his authentic sound with the insanely clever and funny lyrics over real Hip-Hop beats.

Fresh Prince = Hip-Hop....any ?uestions?

That's really annoying. Is it worth contacting them 2 see what's up. I gotta admit, i only check YouTube for some funny stuff or rare stuff. Otherwise, i don't use it often.

I agree with Tim. Those songs Tim listed shouldn't even be in the top 200. I only like 8 songs out of the ones he listed. U gotta mix the old with the new i guess 2 be fair. So many classics were overlooked. When it comes 2 new music, none of the new ones listed were amoungst the best of recent music. I'm just happy that it's better than most lists like this and that they are supporting alot of artists who have been forgotten by those not down with the old school.

I can't believe some of u are supporting this idea. Then again, some people actually wanted there 2 be a sequel to Independence Day. The movie stands alone. It has enough flashbacks there there's no reason for a prequel. There is no more story left to tell. Especially since the first one wasn't even that good. There is a 99% chance they will not be able 2 come up with a decent script therefore if they make the movie, there is a 99% chance it will be an hour and a half worth of crap so that they can make some money. The average movie goer probably won't think there's a reason for a sequel either and i doubt it'll do what the 1st one did. The movie is already forgettable to me. After I Am Legend and Hancock, it looks like Seven Pounds is gonna save his career. After that, maybe they need 2 focus on another Bad Boys or Men In Black before their time is up...especially becuz we need a movie where he's doing "that Will Smith thing."

He's never done ANY serious singing in his career. "Willow Is A Playa" on Born To Reign is the only real semi-singing attempt and the song is more of a clever comedy type song anyway...nothing 2 be taken as a serious singing attempt. I'm sure he can carry a tune, but i don't want him dropping any R-N-B/Soul/Jazz/Pop albums like Queen Latifah...ha ha.

Tim has gotten more and more bitter about the movies over the years...ha ha.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Southern Fried Funk United Front (CD Single) (1994)

Awesome list!! I can't say i agree with the order...but nearly every song on it is dope!! They don't start thowing and dodgy ones until the 30's...and still then there are very few. Leave it 2 VH-1 2 show BET and MTV how it's done. Hip-Hop week is coming...I CAN'T WAIT!!

I miss those dayz!! Thanx!! Ha ha...this is definitely the most serious and energy-lacking interview i've EVER seen from the guys.

:::in my best Flavor Flav voice::: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!! I didn't know what 2 expect from this movie. It's looks really good. I'm totally hyped for it now. This will distract me from my music cravings for a minute. And Rosario Dawsom is eternally yummy.

Yeah, Jeff's shows are rarely advertised in the the US unless he's really focusing on the US at the moment. I'd really like 2 see him spin. It's been awhile. The site looks good. I must say i do miss the old one with him spinnin' and noddin' his head. I really wanna get one of the new shirts. I'm just not crazy about that price.

PUBLIC ENEMY - Louder Than A Bomb (JMJ Telephone Tap Groove) Greatest Misses (1992)

Intense

This is for Julie and anyone else who cares. To set the scene, Arista released Left Eye's Supernova album in 2001 overseas but wanted her 2 change it up for the US release. It was part a long fight that had been going on since 1997. Left Eye's original solo album (produced by Eric Sermon and Wyclef) was neglected and overlooked while they pushed for TLC's new album 2 get completed. Left Eye wasn't changing the album and just abandoned it and started working with Suge Knight on Deathrow. She was cool with the camp but never really stood for what they do. I believe the whole thing was one of her attention-getting moves. She recorded a small handful of tracks under the name N.I.N.A. Most thought she was going gangsta being on Deathrow and using a nickname for a gun...however, Nina is the name she used as her character who would seperate "Lisa" and "Nickie" ("Nickie was the girl she 'turned into' when she used to drink too much). After appearing out of character on 106 + Park with Deathrow and not being happy around their energy, she left Deathrow (even tho' she never officially signed with them...still in her pending Arista contract). When she passed away, she started working on the new TLC record. We all know TLC's 3D came out without much success. The album wasn't promoted, the girls didn't perform much, and the singles/videos were only moderate hits. The 2003 "Now + Forever" greatest hits album was only released overseas until they 'released' it in the US in 2005 with no video or promotion. After Left Eye passed, her family slowely took her legacy over. However, they aren't exactly the wisest business people. Her incredible interactive website eventually was taken down and their "repackaged" version of Supernova including unreleased songs and remixes never came out. Deathrow also claimed they were gonna release the N.I.N.A. with the 6 tracks she did with them plus remixed tracks from Supernova. All they ever released was the "Too Street 4 TV" track on the Dysfunkional Family soundtrack. Well, hey are inked a deal with Koch and Mass Appeal and a Left Eye album is dropping NOVEMBER 11TH. It was originally slated for an October release and has been bumped back at least 2 times. There's no news of what the album is...Supernova...all of her other unreleased trax, remixed solo work, a mix of all of the above?!?!? Also, earlier this month, they officially released VH-1's amazing but haunting "The Last Days of Left Eye" including a few deleted scenes. The disappointing thing about the release is that the unreleased TLC song "Let's Just Do It" that is supposed to be on the DVD-Rom portion of the DVD doesn't work. Also, for those that care, one of the N.I.N.A. remixes was recently leaked. It's a more urban version of "Life Is Like A Park" featuring Eastwood (one of Deathrow's only decent emcee's). The production is actually good. Better than anything I've heard come off Deathrow since 2000. Left Eye's and Carl Thomas' vocals are the same...Eastwood laid down a rap on it. In my opinion, he's alright on the mic...the song just doesn't need him. Her new website is supposed 2 be launched soon... http://www.LeftEyeLegacy.com

The production is flawless...the combination of artists is amazing. This reminds me of the time that good music waz a common thing!! My only suggestion would be 2 make Pharrell's verse a little shorter...Q-Tip or Lupe should have opened the track THEN Pharell, then another emcee, then Sarah Green. Dope song! Thanx!!

50 Cent is easily washed up. He has been since 2004. It just that the commercial fans are finally finding that out now. The same immature gimmicks he pulled in the 1st few years of his commercial career simply do not work anymore. He looks like a child when he's doing them. Kanye has me going back and forth. His lyrics are average, his flow and voice are average or below depending on the song. His production is good but seems 2 be getting stale. His ego has always been uncalled for and annoying. And his new single is awful. I want Kanye 2 make good music and have his stuff 2gether cuz i really do wanna support him. I have his 1st 3 albums becuz i gave them a chance and liked them...however, i pretty much never listened 2 them after the 1st week or 2 that i got them. And Dr. Dre's album isn't gonna make it this year. I remember reading an article in the last month or so where he talked about aiming for 2009.

I doubt Gorilla Black can act...but he can act like Biggie. From the music and videos i was exposed 2, he was just trying 2 be Biggie and did a decent job at trying 2 do so. He seemed like a gimmick just like The Realest was trying 2 sound and write like 2Pac. I have zero respect for someone like that becuz that isn't being and artist at all....but Gorilla Black definitely had Biggie down.

I think it's funny that the artist who would easily outsell the washed up wannabe gangsta moved his date.

Man, i don't know what 2 think about this. The picture makes it look like they could have casted actors who look more like the real people. This could have been the only acting role Gorilla Black could have gotten. I have problems when actors portraying real people don't look like or sound like the real person. There's no way they can tell the story without 2Pac...which makes me curious as 2 who is casted as him. I wasn't a fan of Biggie back in the day. In fact, i used 2 diss him alot back then. I'll probably wait for the reviews from this board before seeing it.

I can only see more movies coming from Bad Boys and Men In Black. Possibly I, Robot...but only if it's perfect. I'd love for their to be another Hitch movie, it just doesn't seem like there's a right way 2 do it. Same with Sharktale. I'd love 2 see another but i don't know how they could pull it off properly.

ICE CUBE - You Know How We Do It (K-Dee Remix) Bop Gun (CD Single) (1994) Classic joint...different vibe on the remix

Here's a new interview with Brandy that she posted on Myspace! http://www.djbooth.net/index/interviews/en...erview-0924081/ DJ Booth: What’s goin’ on everybody? It’s your boy “Z,” doin’ it real big, and joining me inside the DJ Booth is a multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning R&B singer who will make her official return to the musical limelight this November. Please welcome the very talented Brandy. Brandy: Hello, Z. You good? DJ Booth: Oh, I’m great – how are you on this wonderful Friday afternoon? Brandy: I’m great, I’m in Miami, working very hard, and just happy to be talking to you. DJ Booth: I heard you were in the studio all night long – that’s why you needed a few extra hours of sleep – so I’m glad you got that in before the interview; I’d hate to know that you were struggling to stay awake while I was talking to you. Brandy: Not at all. I’m excited, I can’t really get much sleep. I’m just excited about everything, and when you’re this excited, you just can’t get enough sleep, can’t eat enough food, you know? I’m just happy to be back. DJ Booth: Well, everyone I know is very happy to have you back. The title of the new album is Human, so does this mean that everyone who picks up a copy of this album is going to feel a common connection to it? ‘Cause we are all human. Brandy: At the end of the day, that’s what we all are. No matter what we are, we’re all the same at the end of the day. I love that, and I think that the fans will be able to relate to that and really connect to it. The music is just something that everybody can feel – I made this music for everybody. DJ Booth: What would you say, Brandy, are the most predominant human elements on the album – happiness, sadness, anger, jealousy? Brandy: I think it’s all [of those]. Mainly dealing with love, and talking about love in different ways. And happiness is a good thing. There’s definitely a lot of feel-good records on the album, a lot of records that deal with breakups, and overcoming things, and inspirational messages as well. So, like I said, it’s very versatile, and I made this album for everybody. DJ Booth: Brandy, over the last four years, your music has been M.I.A. on the charts, the radio, the television, even the Internet. So, big question here: do you consider this a comeback album? Brandy: Yes, I do. I definitely feel like it’s a comeback and a reintroduction to the world. I’ve been gone for a while. It’s good to grow and evolve, and be able to have something to give; it’s a beautiful thing. DJ Booth: In a previous interview that you did with MTV, you were reported as saying, “I just wanted to make a universal album, and we accomplished that.” How does an artist go about creating a universal album? How did you do it? Brandy: Well, I got with some of the best producers in the game, like Rodney Jerkins – our chemistry is really unbelievable, it’s just a blessing to be back in the studio with him. I just work with different writers who have worked with, like, Fergie, and artists like that, that have reached so many different people in this world, so I want to get with those people who could do the same for me, so it worked out. DJ Booth: I just spoke to Kerry “Krucial” Brothers a few weeks ago, and he said he actually was poised to do some work with you, and he was very excited about that. Brandy: Yes, I love him. His music is incredible, he inspires me. We didn’t really get a chance to get in, but I know that whatever we do is going to be hot. DJ Booth: You mentioned your work with Darkchild, and I want to focus on that for a second. Describe your musical relationship with Rodney. Brandy: Well, we always call it a “marriage.” We bring out the best in each other, and we both want the same things. As far as his beats, like, I sing effortlessly over his beats, and it just seems like he takes it to the next level when he works with me, and I have to do the same. Like I said, it’s a marriage, and I’m so glad to be working with him again. I didn’t think it would ever happen again. DJ Booth: On your last album, Afrodisiac, you and Rodney did not collaborate together – what was the reason behind that? Brandy: I just think we were in different places at the time. And Timbaland is another favorite producer of mine. He also has that chemistry with me, and I wanted to work with him, and give that a shot, and I think we made really great music. I just can’t wait to work with him in the future. DJ Booth: In the current musical landscape, there are very few artists who I can think of off the top of the dome who have penned their own successful R&B/pop records over the last few years. How much of this album did you actually sit down and write? Brandy: I wrote a lot on this album, and I was shocked, because the people that brought it out of me were, like, Natasha Bedingfield and Toby Gad. They really believed that I had potential to write, and I wrote the title track, “Human,” and I collaborated with Natasha on a record called “Fall.” And every song I had a lot to do with, it was inspired by my own experiences, and just things that I’ve seen in life, so I feel very involved on the writing tip, on this album. DJ Booth: Evolving from your previous works, do you feel a better sense of accomplishment, if you will, because you were more involved with the songwriting process, as opposed to getting a song previously written by somebody else and then just going into a studio and singing? Brandy: All of the albums that I’ve done, I’ve been involved in all the writing. I just never really wrote before, but, you know, everybody that I’d worked with had been inspired by me. And that’s a beautiful thing, because it makes them more honest, it makes them more truthful. If I’m not going to be the one writing it, at least I can be inspired by it, and they can be inspired by me to write such a great song. But it’s definitely different when you write it yourself. DJ Booth: Human will be released on Epic Records. It’s your first album with the company; your four previous albums were all released under the Atlantic umbrella. What do you feel you learned in the course of your 10 years and four albums with Atlantic, which helped you decide on Epic as your current label home? Brandy: I just wanted to get with a label that believed in me the way that Atlantic did when I first started. And with Epic, it was fate how we all met; like, my brother ran into Charlie Walk at a store, and from then we had a meeting, and met Brandon Creed, my A&R, and just connected as soon as we met. It just really seemed like he believed, and everybody that I met at the label, they really believed and wanted to give me a chance and introduce me back to this industry, and I’m so blessed to be working with people like that, because sometimes artists don’t get that lucky – you know, they get with people they have to prove and force to believe in them, and I didn’t have to do that with Epic. It felt like I was just at home when I went there. DJ Booth: Brandy, based on your mass achievements in this industry – you’ve sold 25 million-plus albums worldwide – how much, if any consideration did you give to going independent? Brandy: I thought about that, definitely, because my brother has had some great success with being independent, but I just felt like I needed that machine and that push, because I wanna reach as many people as I can reach. I wanna touch a lot of people with my music, and I don’t think [independently] I could do that. DJ Booth: You mentioned reach, and, really, no one knows more about reach than yourself – you’ve reached out both musically and on television. What are the chances that we see Brandy star in a brand new network televised sitcom sometime in the near future? Brandy: Well, I have meetings right now set up to do other sitcoms, and maybe a talk show in the future. That’s something that is a second level – my music is definitely first, but I love to act and be different characters, and act silly, and smile, and make people laugh, and that’s definitely in my future and in my plans for sure. DJ Booth: Okay, well I never got a chance to audition to be a part of Moesha, so if you do get a new TV show, hook [me] up, okay? Brandy: I will, ‘cause I love the way you’re talkin’ to me right now – it’s so energetic, and I love your questions, man. You’re talented, for sure. DJ Booth: I appreciate that. Actors, they want to record music, musicians, they want to act; many have tried to do both, but few, I feel, have succeeded like yourself. Who do you think is the best example of a crossover success story? Brandy: One of my mentors is Will Smith; he’s been able to bless this music game, and definitely get out there and give us inspirational movies. I think he’s probably one of the only ones. Definitely Jennifer Hudson with the Oscar and the music – I mean, that’s just unbelievable. Beyonce’s doin’ a great job. I just can’t wait to get back into that, because when I was a kid nobody said that that was something that could be done, but, when you take a risk, and take a chance, and explore all of your talents, you’re able to do things that people say you can’t do. I just wanna get back into that, and continue to do what I’m supposed to do – that’s my responsibility. DJ Booth: Brandy, what you’ve accomplished before your 30th birthday, is what most musicians hope to accomplish in an entire career. Do you ever think to yourself, “I’ve done enough; I don’t need to work anymore?” Brandy: I don’t think about it like that, because I love to sing and I love to act. I don’t know how to do anything else! This is what I was born to do, this is my purpose, and I feel like I would be unfulfilled if I didn’t do it. And then, maybe get married and have a family, you know? DJ Booth: And have talented little children who act and sing also, who you’ll breed to be the next Brandy. Brandy: Yes, and I already have a child that’s getting into that, too, so to have more, and to be married, and to sing all over the world, tour, that’s gonna be amazing, and I think about that all the time. DJ Booth: When you look at all that you have accomplished over the last 15 years, what does that tell you about the next 15? Brandy: That I have an opportunity to do it again, and I have an opportunity to touch people the way they deserve to be touched: with real music, with real films, with works that inspire people. And that is my responsibility. DJ Booth: Well, you have a lot of great things going on for you right now: a single at radio, an album on the horizon. Give everyone a website or a MySpace page, so they can find out more, of course, about the exciting new album you have in store, Human. Brandy: It’s myspace.com/foreverbrandy. And what’s so interesting about MySpace is I’m able to chat with all of my fans personally. There’s nobody else chatting for me, it’s me and my fans, one on one, and I do videos letting them know what I’m up to. I call my fans “stars,” because without them I wouldn’t be able to shine. DJ Booth: Brandy, I knew that you were an active participant on MySpace before you said all that. You know why? Because you knew your actual MySpace address. So many artists I talk to, they’re clueless – they go, “Hold on,” and you can hear them asking their publicist or their label manager, “What’s my MySpace, again?” Brandy: You can’t blame ‘em, but I really love my fans. DJ Booth: Well, I appreciate your time greatly, for joining me inside the DJ Booth, and I wish you nothing but the best of luck with your new project. Brandy: Thank you so much, you too, I will definitely talk to you again.