JumpinJack AJ

I thought the soundtrack dropped in October!! So Sept is even better!! Less than a month. Fresh Prince + Mary J. Blige...seems like a great combination. Hopefully it's got a basic Hip-Hop feel with some soul thrown in their. If u heard "All My Love" off her last album, that's what i'm hoping 4 when it comes 2 the sound and vibe.

[quote=Prince,Sep 2 2004, 03:44 PM][/quote] 'Sup with the "white" references? :dunno:[/quote] I am white...so that's not a racist comment. When it comes 2 very commercial-sellin' albums, that fact is, mostly white people are buying them. Ain't nothing wrong with that at all, but certain artists that make music that will relate ultimatly 2 the kinda person who has lived thru' this or lived thru' that. It's just kinda funny when the audience of an album seems 2 outgrow the kinda person that album relates 2. Alot of these young white kids from the suburbs are hearing stuff from him (and other artists) that they simply only hear about on the newz or in music and havn't witnessed it. My overall point is that most of the people who buy his albums dont' have the same taste as me and aren't exposed 2 Hip-Hop music as a whole. They know Eminem and what's in the top 10...and that's not my thing and i don't think alot of that stuff is legit in the 1st place. While some people will buy both albums, they definitly make music with 2 different standards or quality and respectablity. Eminem isn't making music 4 the same people that Fresh Prince is making it 4. Sorry if i over-explained myself, but hopefully that cleared up what my point waz.

Where in the world is "The Rain"...and how did "Willow Is A Playa" make it on there?!? "Potnas" is still my fav tho.'

I think we should have another poll asking how many of the people who voted 4 the original actually heard the other remixes. Since they are all good, i can't believe it's so one sided.

Jill Scott still.

Is Eminem a threat commercially...yes. He has 100s of trailor parks and armys of white 14 year olds ready 2 line up 2 get the album. But FP doesn't exactly make music 4 the same people so it's not like people will be choosing 2 get one album and not the other. Is Eminem a threat as a human being...NO. He's a 4 foot white kid with serious issues in the head and he whines more than Corey Fellben on A Surreal Life.

Yeah, MC Hammer dropped a promo-vinyl single 4 his song "Full Blast" w/ the summertime b-side "Sunshine." I waz actually in Bon Ton and all of a sudden, "Full Blast" started playing. I cracked up cuz i thought i waz the only person that knew about it. They had the music video on the TV screen!! I only caught the end and the TV waz so big that i waz hard 2 see the image, but i'm hoping it gets some play. I'll see if i can't post some of the lyrics soon. He dosen't call out Eminem by his name but uses "8 Miles...2 more 2 go" in a lyric. He talks about a rapper who has a big mouth and a "bleached out wig". :roll: He also talks this rapper complaining how this girl and that girl hurt him, how he hates them, and that if he dosen't like girls, he should just come out a about.

YES!!! Album cover confirmation is always a good sign!! :scared2:

WELCOME 2 DA BOARD!! Every album is different. Some people drop their single months b4 their album comes out...some only a week or 2. It just depends on how completed the album is and how they plan on marketing. Tamia dropped her single "Officially Missing You" the summer of 2003, it did well amoungst R-N-B fans, but the album didn't come out until April of 2004. That's a loooooong gap!!

I went with the Candyhill Remix. I like the original, but i can see why it didn't make an album....it seems a lil' outta place but it waz perfect for Greatest Hits. This past year, the TLAC Remix has been growing on me. It's similar 2 the original version but the production level has been stepped up.

I waz just bein' goofy in that other post. I think The Slim Shady LP is dope. The Marshall Mathers LP is okay...but after that, i just think he just stopped caring. I think "Lose Yourself" waz a good song. Positive message and defintly something i could relate 2. MC Hammer disses Eminem in his new single...it's kinda funny. The song is done old skool style on the lyric tip so even if people hear the song, they probably won't understand it just like they didn't understand "So Fresh."

Alicia Keys "Diary"...well, i'm actually watching video. Before that, they aired Maxwell's "Fortunate"...another great song.

There's never any plans for JJ+FP stuff...other than possible tours and colaboz on their solo albums. There would have 2 be some kinda buzz about them and then a bunch of paperwork done since Jive and JJ+FP aren't affiliated.

There's actually a music video compilation VHS that videos by all of them on it. I'm thinkin' that's what u might be thinkin' of. I've seen it b4 on the internet. It's from 1988 or 1989.

Leave it 2 Da Prince 2 take a stupid decision by Puffy and turn it in2 a success. I wish this waz on video. :roll:

One time i waz in a public bathroom and desperatly needed some toilet paper. A D12 CD appeared outta no where. I waz about 2 used the CD insert in place of the toilet paper...but then i realized i didn't dare want a D12 CD insert 2 come in contact with my butt cheeks. Then a copy of The Eminem Show magically appeared....so i used that. :speechless:

I think Fabolous and Jadakiss are really outta place on the song. I think LL Cool J, Fresh Prince, Run, Queen Latifah, Chuck D, or MC Lyte would have gave better raps 2 it. I guess u could compare this 2 2001's "What's Going On" except this song is better...no offense 2 those people on that track, which is very good itself. I'm hoping there's like and EP or single coming out with different versions. It's hard only seeing some of those artists singing the chorus. The song is called "Wake Up Everybody." The group is Wake Up Artist Coalition.

[quote=bigted,Sep 1 2004, 12:29 PM]LL brings hope for all the ol' school mcs, this might not be his best album, but he's still miles ahead of the rest of the game.[/quote] Definitly!! There waz a time in Hip-Hop where current album didn't have 2 be the artists' best, but it waz still a great album. Now it seems like current commercial guys are just dropping average (or bad) albums all the time with no pressure 2 do any better. What kinda artist is that.

I used 2 love Eminem when he 1st came out. But as his career went on, his creative and witty lyrics seems 2 take the back seat 2 his showbiz gimmicks and overall stupidity. I think he dose have talent, but i don't think he uses it nearly as often as he did when he came out. I think D12 is pure garbage. Eminem clearly shines on all the stuff i've heard from them and the other guys are just really sloppy rappers with crappy lyrics. Eminem actually sounds better on "How Come" than he dose on his solo stuff. Maybe he should record 1 and 2 verse songs from now on. :roll: I like Dr. Dre, but he hardly ever releases anything. And i waz dissapointed in the late 90's after he waz like "gangsta rap is dead...gangsta rap is wack" but then he recorded and album where half of the material waz so-called gangsta. Aftermath isn't that great of a label in my opinion. They couldn't put out Rakim's album and Truth Hurts waz the only good act i heard from them. Other than Eminem and Truth Hurts, what have we heard from Aftermath since they started in 1996?!? When we are dissing artists like 50 Cent, it's simply cuz they make awful music. There's so much talent and skillz out there, but that stuff often never makes it on the charts.

I think part of FP's success and his remaining down 2 earth is becuz he has the Too Damn Hype posse helping him out on all affiars. :roll: I honestly think that waz one of his smartest moves in his career...keeping home and friends close by.

I waz working 2nite (at the mall) and i saw 2 14 year old boys walking around with G-Unit shirts on. 1st off, they looked some some cheap shirts, no design or creativity 2 them. Anyways, i just wanted 2 walk up 2 them and smack them in the head. Then i'd ask them what's wrong with them and walk them down 2 the music store and load their arms up with JJ+FP, LL, Run-DMC, Eric B. + Rakim, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Brand Nubian CDs. I'd tell them 2 buy them and stop growing up being suburban white kids who think that they hardcore and foolin' people with their cheap-lookin', oh-so-gangsta G-Unit shirts. What the heck dose Gurilla Unit stand 4 anyway??!?! Maybe it's short for Gurilla-Faced Unit cuz those 3 guys are mad ugly and look like they've been chasin' parked cars all their lives.

The funny thing is...Run-DMC spent most of their later years performing for audiences that came 2 see the other headliners where were rock bands and they got mad love. Also, Salt-N-Pepa and Arrested Development did Woodstock and got love from the audience who came 2 see all those rock and alternative groups that were performing. I just think fans of other music styles realize trash when they see it.

Heck yes!! It is now time for some good beats, dope lyrics and a reminder of how Hip-Hop music should be like. Here we go y'all...a ride thru' LL's new album (his 11th) thru' the ears of AJ. HEADSPRING - This is the club bangin' new single. Energetic masculin joint that makes u wanna nod ya head. U've heard it...u don't need 2 have me talk about this one anymore. Props 2 Timbaland 4 the beat. RUB MY BACK - Another Timbaland joint here. Pimped out mid-tempo joint. One of the more average songs in my opinion...but it sounds extra dope in a good car stereo. I'M ABOUT TO GET HER - Lyrically cocky joint with R. Kelly on the hook. Teddy Riley produced this track along with Eric Williams (of BLACKstreet). The beat is slick, smooth, and bit crazy. Before the song is over, u are chanting the hook. MOVE SOMETHIN' - Commerical beat with some funky futuristic sounds 2 it. This would be one of the more average trax but it's not like the boring kinda average song. HUSH - This one is CrAzY!! Smooth Hip-Hop/R-N-B track that opens with some beatboxing. The 7 Aurelius group on the hook have this studio enhanced sound that is very cool over the beat. It's just a really uneek song. Just dope!! What would and LL album be without at least one love song?! EVERY SIP - Another Timbaland track with his signature scattered beat mixing traditional Hip-Hop with some crazy sounds. Sweet-voiced R-N-B hook. Cool song about a girl who drags him closer 2 her everytime he learns something new about her. SHAKE IT BABY - This Hip-Hop beat just lets the beat swing like crazy. LL just keeps flowin' makin' people dance on this one. CAN'T EXPLAIN IT - Another "next-level" beat from Timbaland. LL is speakin' 2 the ladies on this one again. The beat has the bumpin' low key beat featuring wind-blowing sound efx and a steady percussion section. The R-N-B vocals are kinda ghostly on it. Traditional clever LL lyrics on this one. FEEL THE BEAT - Just a raw yet slick Hip-Hop joint. This is the song featuring at the end of the "Headsprung" video. Just a dope song where he's flowin' remindin' folks why he's the G.O.A.T. Timbaland outdose himself with this one again. APPLE COBBLER - Aggressive Timbaland beat loaded with chants in the background and on the hook. Definitly a new skool funk track. 1 IN THE MORNING - Old skool meets new skool on this one. Fresh beat and signature LL lyrics for the 2-0-0-4 and 5. This is the kinda Hip-Hop i wait 4. Clean, respectable lyrics filled with clever rhymes and sugject matter. Not 2 mention a flawless flow and multiple flavas all over the album. It offers a lil' bit of the old and a lil' bit of the new. It's good 2 see an emcee who dosen't need 2 change 4 the times, but is timeless.

If u liked Kenny Lattimore + Chante Moore's album of covers, then i think it's safe 2 say u will like this one. The new Jill Scott album is out tho'...i promise u will love it...SO GO GET IT at Circuit City where it's $11.99 and comes with a 1-track single featuring a club remix of her new single "Golden." U can usually go in2 stores like FYE and listen 2 the albums thru' their computer datebase. Just don't buy it there cuz they are over priced. Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy are the places 2 go for new releases.

I'm listening 2 Jill Scott's new album right now...i waz just listening 2 LL's new one in the car...expect a review from me on the new LL very soon.