JumpinJack AJ

Won't happen...can't happen.

I'm going to Texas AGAIN for business. This is like the 5th time in just over a year. I think the company needs 2 save their money and do this 2 me alot less...ha ha. So, i'll be gone til Thursday or Friday. I'm not sure if i'll have internet access there. Have a good week!

SPEECH - I'm Just AN M.C. Hoopla '98 (1998) ...one of the greatest Hip-Hop's 2 drop b4 the 2000's. Incredibly overlooked. Yo Tim, this 1998 release from Japan has 5 trax not on the 1999 version. Usually it goes crazy expensive whenever it shows up on ebay. I got this one for just $5. There was another, u might wanna check 4 it!

Some of those songs are really good. I'm impressed. I find it a lil' hard 2 take him seriously as an artist tho.' I kinda felt that way about Jamie Foxx back in the mid-90's but i'm over that now. Hopefully i can do the same for Wayne Brady. I had no idea he sung at all. Thanx!

ICE CUBE + KRAZIE BONE - Until We Rich War & Peace: Vol. 2 (2000) I remember when this got spins on the radio. One of the best songs out at that time.

Naughty has been totally open about this new album for at least a year...whenever they announced Kay Gee was back (thank God!). I read somewhere else recently how things are coming along really well. I can't wait, Naughty is one of the best!

ONE BLOCK RADIUS - Shoplifta (self-titled) (2008) Has anyone checked these guys? I stumbled across their myspace page the other day and really liked alot of their songs. The album dropped Tuesday so i picked it up and i'm really pleased. It's a Hip-Hop group with reggae and indie rock influenced laced thru' out the music. Circuit City has their album on sale thru' Saturday for just $6.99. I urge y'all 2 check 'em out.

I don't follow sports, but this guy sounds like a loser (the original word i just typed was a bit distasteful...ha ha). I hate when people use "freedom of speech" as a ticket 2 be stupid and disrespectful. And i don't know how any black people feel about is comment, but i would be embarassed for him. We're all just people...but when u say things like that, u label yourself.

I'm sure they will eventually be released. It's only one of the most succesful shows of all time. At the same, shows are released when they are in demand. I can't imagin this show not being in demand. Especially if they've gotten to season 4. Sometimes they don't release an entire series because the previous ones didn't sell. Is everyone buying the seasons when they come out? If we, the fans, aren't buying them, then that's saying something. And someone who doesn't have season 1 thru' 4 has no reason posting and complaining about season 5 and 6 not being released yet.

Soul II Soul - Back To Life

Ha ha...this video is monumental. It's like, the moment that is truely showing the downfall of the pathetic rapper who's light, that was only fueled by gimmicks is burning out for good. It's like watching a car wreck in slow motion. Unless Kanye's music is nothing like his new single, i won't be checking for EITHER album.

Soulja Boy is mentally about 13 years old. His music and actions reflect it. I also think he's an idiot for dissing things that most Hip-Hop heads respect. I LOVE that i have cassettes and vinyl back in the day. I was never a breakdancer...but i thought it was cool that some of my friends back in the day did. Soulja Boy is everything wrong with commercial rap and commercial rap fans. Not only do they make music that acts as if true Hip-Hop music never existed and that talented people layed own the foundation for people like him 2 follow, but he knows nothing about Hip-Hop music or culture and infact disses it. That is the exact reason the people on the radio shouldn't even have gotten a record deal and that represents your average radio-listener. They get no respect from me. And on top of that, all these emcees and rappers over the years have put on this fake images. Let me be honest. If i saw 50 Cent, Ja-Rule, Eminem, Dr. Dre or anyone like that in the street, whether i liked their music or not, i wouldn't sweat it. There's probably a very few people in Hip-Hop and Rap that i wouldn't wanna make mad, and Ice-T is one of them....ha ha.

GYM CLASS HEROES - Home The Quilt (2008)

On another note, it is his last album on the label formally known as Def Jam. It's time to get revived and on another label that supports his kind of music.

LOG IN!!! I don't feel LL's last 2 albums were compromised at all. LL seemed comfortable with them. Lyrically he was at home. Maybe a little 2 comfortable but comfortable none the less. He wasn't letting the commercial scene effect his music. I understand that LL is doing something for the fellas, which i appriciate, but he has totally compromised on this album. He shared in past interviews that as a man of God, he didn't wanna cuss in his music anymore. He made that effort and executed it. He said in interviews. "I don't care if i sell less, I'm not gonna make explict records anymore." After 7 years of cleaned up lyrics, i don't think LL is convincing and comfortable making some of the records. I'm one of his biggest fans. I listened 2 those last 3 records non-stop....and still do. My main issue is the production. Half of it is not good at all. It's the kinda crap u hear on the radio. It's not his style or his sound. That's compromising 2 me. That's selling out. And the fact that he did it and didn't have a huge debuting week makes it even more sad. Ice Cube's record suffers from the same wack production. Last night i was watching "Ice Cube: The Videos Vol. 1" and was reminded just how dope his solo work was up until 2000ish. I haven't listened 2 his new record since the week it came out. I'm probably gonna pick up Ice Cube's "The Essentials" album that he just dropped Tuesday even tho' i have most of the stuff on it. We all know i support the legends. I hate the crap on the radio with a passion. I love the old school...i love the early and the mid 90's...and even some of the late 90's but i can't totally back some of my favorite emcees when they are compromising their music 2 stay "relevant" 2 the mainstream. FP needs 2 come back and show them how it should be done.

I think it's funny when we all throw our opinions out there since none of us know what's went on. None of us have room 2 judge. I'm sure polotics had something 2 do with it. FP being new 2 the acting thing and being "the star" and getting his way. As a veteran, it's sometimes aggrivating 2 see others coming up with success when u yourself studying it more, worked harder, and for much longer. I'm sure there were wrongs on both ends. It's ridiculous 2 totally defend either person unless it's pretty obvious that the wrong was all on one end. I'm sure he did catch a raw deal, leading 2 the bitter attitude. She sounds like he's past it, which is good cuz there is no reason 2 hold on2 bitterness for long. I almost make the same Ready Rock C comment that Tim made but thought it would be wrong...ha ha. I mean, he got the raw deal 2. Just dropped from the line up out of nowhere from your best friend. That is messed up. He had the right 2 be mad for a minute but it's not right or healthy 2 harbor that negativity. I know how it is 2 have people in your life that used 2 be your bestfriend and they did u wrong and even when u are mad at them, u still hope good things happen 2 them. It kinda drives u a lil' crazy. I think all of them are talented. I'd admire what they've done and support them all.

Personally, i think this is his weakest album. The focus isn't the strong. He's compromised his sound and style 2 have an album that will get attention from a male and more mainstream audience.

By the time it would be appropriate 2 consider this, Michael Keaton can play the older Batman with Tim Burton directing. Chris O'Donnel can be Alfred's replacement.

Everytime i come 2 the board and i see the title of this post...i think to myself "No...just NO."

RAPHAEL SAADIQ - Keep Marchin' The Way I See It (2008) He's back with a great vintage R-N-B sound. This is totally authentic. All Tony Toni Tone fans, R-N-B, Soul fans, and Motown fans need 2 check this album. I'm only 3 songs in and i'm very impressed.

If anyone tries 2 persue this...they need 2 wait until the current Batman run is finished. Maybe an animated movie would make more sense. And no offense 2 Stallone, but needs 2 stay away from Batman.

No disrespect Kanye fans, after all i like some of his stuff 2...but i think this song is TRASH!!

I highly doubt the track will ever surface. It definitely wasn't "Bonnie & Clyde"...the 1st time he did that song was about 2 years before he even got and attention. Jazzy put "B&C" on "The Vibe I'm On..." but i don't think they did any music 2gether until 1999. It was probably during the sessions that that "When To Stand Up" was recorded for Jeff's Columbia album. I doubt that track will ever surface. I'm intersted in hearing it tho'...JJ+FP riding of the success of Big Willie Style and Eminem at his prime....just seems like it would be good...and interesting.

Is the next step "Stop playing videos games and get a life"? No offense gamers. I just don't know where anyone who's out of their teens has time for gaming anymore...ha ha. If this idea that seems 2 have been created by an 8 year old has any sucess, i may start my own program "Stop smoking and send AJ the money you would be spending on cigarettes." At least that way the money is going 2 someone who isn't trying 2 kill them by using their product.

I'll try 2 make a new post about it 2day and go for number 4!!