JumpinJack AJ

FP did write the song. He wrote it back in 2003. And he did wanna release it. It waz originally slated as the 2nd single (after they backed out on "Party Starter"...and then changed their mind again). It's no secret that Ludacris' pop appeal is why most of his single are a hit. FP has 2 work harder since he's got the movie career going on and won't lower himself 2 the level of most of the crappy, cussing, negative artists that get success these days. When i hear "Runaway Love" (Ludacris' best song ever), i see it as a mix of "Tell Me Why" and "Brenda's Got A Baby." Unlike Jadakiss' schetchy single "Why"...i actually believe Ludracris has his heart behind the song. An interesting thought would be that one of the more talented "remixers" on this board could make a mix of "Runaway Love" and "Tell Me Why" so that FP gets some attention on the music front piggy backing it on the already successful Ludacris single. We could put it all over web (Ludacris/FP/Hip-Hop/Rap message boards) and draw alot of attention 2 the song. Kontempt, Vipa, anyone?

AOL has a feature on the worst movies based off of TV shows. And even tho' it waz practically the oldest movie on the list, at the moment, the poll has it rated as the 2nd worse movie of the ones listed...here's the current outcome. Bewitched 18% Wild, Wild West 16% Fat Albert 14% The Dukes of Hazzard 13% The Avengers 7% Inspector Gadget 7% Lost in Space 7% The Mod Squad 6% Scooby Doo 6% The Flintstones 3% SWAT 2% I thought time would be more forgiving.

JOHN MAYER - Your Body Is A Wonderland (Live) As/Is (2004)

It could be lots of reason. Sometimes the record labels don't like certain songs and try 2 keep them off. Sometimes the artist doesn't like the song or even wants 2 keep the song 2 themselves cuz it's so personal. Sometimes a song can't get a sample cleared and it has 2 be kept off an album. Like Weird Al's "You're Pitifull." James Blunt stopped Weird Al from putting it out since it waz parodying what he considers his art. That's why Coolio waz mad at him years ago, cuz Coolio didn't have the power 2 stop Weird Al's parody of his song from coming out. I kept this a secret for years (tho' i might have let it out some time last year)...but "Pump Me Up" waz intended for Big Willie Style. However, due 2 the fact that they couldn't clear all the samples in the original one, they had 2 re-do it and release it on Willennium. So that's a case where they couldn't clear the samples...but they did re-do it, re-record it, and release it later. The new rock group Hinder actually almost didn't have their hit single on their album. Their song "Lips of An Angel" waz one of their favorite song...but their label wanted 2 keep the song off the album and use it as a b-side on something else. The group fought 2 get the song on the album....and now they one of the biggest hits of 2006. It's just politics. That's why DJ Jazzy Jeff's album on Columbia never came out. They wanted an album kinda like BWS but Jazzy wasn't goin' for that...so the album never came out. Soul singer Maxwell was trying 2 put out an album around 2003 or 2004. But some of his lyrics came off as a double-meaning homosexual way (even tho' he's not gay) and the album got shelved. Q-Tip's 2nd album waz shelved cuz he waz a jazz album where he waz doing alot of singing. Even his 3rd one waz supposed 2 come out a year and half ago...and there's been no sight of it other than the single that came out way back then...which has since popped up on a Busta Rhymes mixtape. Rakim and Dr. Dre couldn't meet each other on the same level when it came 2 music...so no Rakim album. It's all politics...which is stupid since it's supposed 2 be about art. I think that if a record lable isn't going 2 use and artist's material, they should get 100% ownership of it so that they can put it out exclusivly if they want.

TAMIKA SCOTT (of Xscape) - Greatest Gift Daddy's Little Girl Soundtrack (2006) All R-N-B fans need 2 check this soundtrack. Like every other Tyler Perry soundtrack, established talent and new talent hit u with quality R-N-B music (Anthony Hamilton, Jaheim, Musiq Soulchild, R. Kelly, Adrian Hood, Whitney Houston, Yolanda Adams, Brian McKnight, Beyonce, Governor, + Charles Moore)

Agreed, but telling Lerkot 2 think postively is a waste of time. He has being realistic mixed up with being negative.

I don't follow this movie stuff very closely. But i did catch some of E!'s coverage of the red carpet. I didn't see anything with FP except for this one shot where other celebs were walking the carpet, posing, taking pics, etc. But in the background, i could see FP up against the wall talking 2 the people in the stands watching everyone who waz walking by. He waz signing autographs and picked up somebody's pen that fell when they reached out for an autograph...ha ha. It waz cool seeing him talking 2 all the people while everyone else waz trying 2 be Hollywood.

The Hip-Hop Prayer Book seems a bit much (and kinda cheezy 2 me) but i've always wanted something like this 2 pop up in my area.

I have no idea. Back during the 1st 2 albums is when they did most of their touring. I think by '89, they were busy doing FPofBA. By 91/92, they were doing the music, plus the TV show, push their individual projects. With almost every solo WS album, they did a mini-tour that usually piggybacked one of FP's movies promotion.

I didn't check the clip...but is this the one where they are watching "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" or "I Wanna Rock." If it's the "I Wanna Rock" clip...that clip is the 1st time i ever saw the video since i never saw it played on MTV back then. I liked Beavis + Butthead when it waz new...but when it got popular, it started 2 annoy me. Mostly cuz people were going around imitating them all the time....which waz very annoying. But whenever i look back on the show, i laugh. I like it again. It just takes me back 2 the time when new episodes were rolling out.

HIP-HOP CHURCHES The New Face of Christianity or Sacrilegious? By Angela Bronner, AOL Black Voices Kurtis Walker, also known as hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow, is founder of both the Hip Hop Church and Hip Hop eMass. "It's not that I'm trying to bring hip-hop into the church," says Walker. "I'm trying to bring God into hip-hop." Kurtis Walker, also known as hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow, is founder of both the Hip Hop Church and Hip Hop eMass. "It's not that I'm trying to bring hip-hop into the church," says Walker. "I'm trying to bring God into hip-hop." On an average Thursday evening in Harlem one could almost miss the Greater Hood Memorial Zion AME Church -- it's tucked away on a nondescript block with hardly any foot traffic. Yet, what makes Greater Hood stand out is the scores of teens milling about on its steps -- lounging around, sipping soft drinks and waiting for church services to begin. That's right, church! Greater Hood has been the site of the Hip Hop Church for about six months and the service is certainly reflective. As one walks over Greater Hood's worn burgundy carpets and into the wood-paneled sanctuary, there are dozens of teens dressed in hoodies and jeans, doing the chicken noodle soup and free-styling at the altar. The teens lead the prayers over popular backbeats (including The Game's "One Blood" and Cam'ron's "Touch It Or Not" -- changing the words to be more appropriate for the venue); the offering is taken during Jim Jones' "We Fly High" -- with shouts of "Ballin'!" coming from the amped crowd. To some it's a bit disconcerting -- is this church or the club? Throw your hands in the air, to be sure. But this certainly ain't grand mama's house of worship. All of this makes perfect sense to old-school legend and founder of the Hip Hop Church, Kurtis Blow (who now goes by Kurtis Walker). "When you go to a rap concert, you see Jay Z on stage, you scream your loudest," says Walker. "You see 50 Cent up there; you're losing your mind. But when you go to church, why can't we have that same intensity? I know that God is most incredible. So why don't we give him that same praise?" With a generation more familiar with Kanye West's "Jesus Walks" than the Bible's shortest verse, "Jesus wept" -- it seems appropriate that the spirit of hip-hop is making strong inroads into today's church world. Not only is gospel music becoming more secular by incorporating the beats and vernacular of hip-hop into its music, first made popular by Kirk Franklin's groundbreaking single "Stomp," which flooded urban radio, but there now exists a thriving genre of hip-hop being dedicated to the Lord. Your Voice There are no hard numbers on how many hip-hop churches or services exist in the nation today, but increasingly, more Christian denominations from AME to Baptists to Episcopalians, Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists are reaching out to their young people by Rapping for God, Crunkin' for Christ or just plain ole Holy Hip-Hop. From Houston to the South Bronx where hip-hop itself originated, the youth (and those who love them) are taking that old boom bap to the sanctuary. "I always knew that there was an incredible amount of spirituality that went into hip-hop," explains Walker, who officiates the weekly hip-hop church service at Greater Hood and travels the country leading similar services elsewhere. "We call it a musical youth ministry, so we're trying to reach the kids and teach them about Jesus and the Bible and God in a language that they understand. "Jesus, when he was around and walking in the flesh, he was a teacher and a preacher," Walker continues. "And he analyzed his audience. Like if he was with the farmers, he told stories about sowing the seed, and building your house on solid rock. And this is what we're doing today with the hip hop church." The New Face of Christianity or Sacrilegious? Across the bridge in the South Bronx, Father Timothy Holder, 51, a white Episcopalian minister from Tennessee, runs the Hip-Hop eMass, which was founded as a summer program for the youth of the community. Incidentally, Holder started eMass with Walker but the two separated due to "theological differences." Poppa T, as he's affectionately referred to, rocks a shiny "blinged out cross" over his black robes, and says he had to educate himself on the culture of hip-hop, but now knows that this is his ministry. "Jesus was not preaching to the elite, he was preaching to the down and outcast, the rag tag, the boys from up in Galilee and the girls who were following him," he says. "And that's revolutionary. It's death defying. But I have to say, there's nothing more powerful. Hip-hop talks it real. And if the church wants to be real and not plastic, then we will hear the cries of our children." Over the last three years, Poppa T has taken his eMass around the country (to over 25,000 congregants, according to his estimates) and has completed a CD ("And the Word Was Hip-Hop") as well as published a beautiful Hip Hop Prayer book that puts a new spin on ancient words: Psalm 23 reads in part: "The Lord is all that/I need for nothing/He allows me to chill/He keeps me from being heated/and allows me to breathe easy..." All prayers are ended with "Amen" and then "Word!" Lloyd "Paradox" Gonzales, 34,who occasionally attends the eMass, keeps it simple when asked why he raps in church. "I'm a rapper. And I was a rapper before I was a Christian. And that's my talent, that's my skill." Your Voice Poppa T says he has gotten some flack from his congregation -- "I have been called a racist because I would employ hip-hop to so-call enslave the children of my community in hip-hop. So there's some very deep feelings." But he adds, all in all he has been educated from the experience. And speaking of backlash, Walker simply dismisses it as small mindedness. "There are the purists and the traditionalists who say they know God and have all these rules and these traditions and all these laws," he says. "Those are cool and fine, but you can't put God in a box. He's too powerful, he's too awesome; you don't know him. We are all working for the same team." Says gospel hip-hop producer Chris "Rock" Belmont, 26, who has been attending Hip Hop eMass for two years and travels frequently with Poppa T: "Church people have a lot of rules. Like one big rule is covering your head in church or women wearing pants in church. But it's a tradition, and I would respect people if they just said it was that instead of saying it's a sin. "Are you mad at the service because of the form or are you mad at it because it's not showing God's love?" queries Rock. "Is it about the form or is it about God?"

CHRIS BROWN - Say Goodbye Step Up Soundtrack (2006)

MATISYAHU - Jerusalem No Place To Be (2006)

Well, if he's still working on the album and if the tracklisting and finished versions of the trax are gonna be different, i gotta get it. Mos Def is one of Hip-Hop's only real talents that gets any commercial attention these days...i can't pass up on that.

Thanx 4 that article...i better stop sleepin' and get the album b4 they disappear.

MAT KEARNEY - Girl America Nothing To Lose (2006)

Like others...i think this post is stupid. Until he actually says he's hanging up the mic, i don't believe it. 2 more posts about this topic being wack and it'll fall victim 2 my super-fly deletion.

OMARION - Ice Box 21 (2006)

This is definitly something 2 look forward 2!

Ha ha...i'm happy Jim is opening up 2 the album. I've always liked the album. It isn't exactly what i wanted back in 2002, but i loved it anyways. I think reading some of the interviews like this one will help a few people understand the album better.

I'm not 2 worried about it. But that's stupid that he would say that.

Turntable, come on...what do u think is street...Ja? Fat Joe? There's nothing inspirational about that crap. Ja's been a joke since he had his 1st hit. Fat Joe's stuff has taken steps back with every hit he's had in the past 7 years (his new single is his worst ever...garbage track). People who have been recording for years are no longer "in the streets" and if your music isn't telling a tale with a message or saying that they demand a better way for their original enviornment, it's not really 'street'...it's frontin.' It's trying 2 live off of something u aren't a part of. Every person who has gone to Africa has called it inspirational. Including FP when he waz shooting ALI. The current rap scene sucks....it has sucked for awhile. I don't even care 2 hear the underground stuff anymore cuz more than half of what i've heard is just immitating the crap on the radio. And when someone who has their ears being fed that commerical rap stuff non-stop, u just won't get it. Infact, most of the 'underground' or indie stuff i really listen 2 these days is stuff Tim, Wes, Vipa, TopDawg or Jim mentions. If FP's coming back with music...i want him 2 do it cuz he's inspired. I wanna see it cuz he has something new 2 say. And i don't wanna see it as just another album he wanted 2 drop after a few years. Let's be real, a change of enviornment would be good. Cuz Hollywood isn't gonna help anything.

PUBLIC ENEMY - If I Gave You Soul (What Would You Do With It?) Beats And Places (2006)

I love Jackass...and i am interested in this movie...ha ha...as stupid as it could turn out. ---------------- Jackass Crew Gets Hosed ... by Madonna? Posted Jan 10th 2007 12:02PM by Jennifer DeFilippo Filed under: Comedy, Newsstand, HBO Films I bet the Jackass crew has done a dangerous stunt using a fireman's hose. I've never been able to bring myself to watch either the TV show or the film -- I'm not particularly interested in watching a guy wax off all of his body hair while getting kicked in the scrotum -- but I'm sure a professional fire hose has come into play at some point in their careers. Now, four of the risk takers will appear in a scripted film produced by Madonna's Maverick Films and HBO -- with a fire hose as the inspiration. Hosed will be a comedy about a volunteer firefighter who has big aspirations but little physical talent. Finally, this Good Samaritan is "assigned to a firehouse where he has to deal with a band of misfit firefighters from the wrong side of the tracks," as described by Hollywood Reporter. Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Steve O, and Jason Acuña will be the 'misfits.' We know these guys can be naked, struck by a taser gun and maced, all at the same time, but do they have the acting chops to even pull off an Adam "Tex" Davis (Just Friends) film? We'll have to wait until it's released to find out. As far as the story goes...an inept volunteer firefighter and four unruly veterans? It sounds like blind leading the blind. Let's hope that whomever they cast as the inevitable mishap firefighter is enough to carry the film on his clumsy (yet hopefully broad and attractive) shoulders. -------- From AOL News

PUBLIC ENEMY - Grand Theft Oil Beats And Places (2006) Just picked this up...much better than that album with Paris!!