JumpinJack AJ

No offense, but these are still really easy. Most of the people who post here are gonna know all these answers. Also, the whole multiple post voting this is gonna end up taking up alot of board space. I think this "quiz" should be done a bit differently.

I think Kanye is good...but i don't really want him 2 rap along side FP. The production i've heard from him is great...lots of his songs are good 2, but i don't care 2 hear them record 2gether that much. There like 50 other artists i'd like 2 hear him record with b4 Kanye. If FP would be performing on TV, i definitly would want him 2 handle the performance himself (or with Jeff). If he waz gonna perform with someone else, i'd want it 2 be and established artist. I think Kanye might cheapen his performance...especially after that recent post about him performing 4 that church.

I would probably go 2 see it in B-more 1st...but if it comes 2 Pittsburgh, i have a best friend who lives there and that would give me a reason 2 go visit her...not 2 mention a place 2 stay if i need it. We'll talk about that when/if that times comes.

Brandy's new one is great!! If u are a big fan of Brandy, try 2 find the Australian import single of "Talk About Out Love" ...it has the b-side "Like It Was Yesterday" which is an incredible song. No one laff :hsnono: , but right now i'm listening 2 Jessica Simpson.

Hardcore Hip-Hop is Hip-Hop music coming from an artist who came from the streets and puts alot of that in their music. I think Ice-T would be the perfect example of that. There's nothing phoney about Hardcore Hip-Hop. I would considered. Ice Cube, Onyx, etc. Gangsta Rap is just kinda all about style in my opinion. People would call this 213 album gangsta rap, but where on the album is their real gangsta stuff going on? On tracx like "Keep It Gangsta" they are clearly talking about their style, not going out killing people and running with a real gang. Fake Gangsta Rap is what all those other cats were making who weren't the originaters. Those ignorant fools who said they did this and say they did that but didn't really life any of it out. That's just mid-90's phoney trash...but some people called it gangsta rap at the time. G-Funk would personified with Warren G's music. Most of that is just Hip-Hop with that west coast, funk-influenced or funk-sampled sound. Warren G keeps his topic on the down 2 earth level that your basic Hip-Hop group would, but since he's a party of G-Funk, people always toss that in with Gangtsa Rap. p.s. i do remember back in the day, me and my friends used 2 laff that Snoop waz always wearing blue and Suge waz always wearing red. Snoop's past gang involvment i do remember. But Dr. Dre, Warren G, Sam Sneed, Nate Dogg....no way.

I live in the US. Here it's not common 4 them 2 be in ever music store or every music department but it's not that hard 2 find them either.

I pretty much put Kid 'N Play right up there with JJ+FP. They are another one of my favorite groups. That interview waz great. Why can't all rappers be as postive, respectable, and intelligent as Play is. U just don't see it in interviews anymore. I think it's cool that he's open 2 doing another movie. I hope something comes up 4 them. Hopefully that chemistry would fix itself and persuade him 2 record again. I doubt it, but i can dream can't i? I think if their fans could unite and let them know how much we miss them, there would be a chance of something musical happening. If "Rise" comes 2 B-more, Philly, or Pittsburg, u can bet i'll check it out. I'm glad 2 hear Dana Dane is a part of it. I heard that he waz killed during 9/11 and haven't heard anything about him since then...so this article waz very soothing 2 read and know he's alive and well.

www.CyberTLCWorld.net is the best unofficial TLC website. It's loaded with newz, articles, inside sources, thousands of pictures, downloads, and so on. The message board however has gotten awful. All TLC fans should check it out, it's pretty much the way this site is but for TLC fans.

Right now i'm listening 2 the b-side/remix EP by Beyonce that comes with her Live At Wembley DVD.

Don't 4get that word of mouth can effect sales. Street teaming on the internet in a mature way works 2. The best way is just just blast the music when u are in populated areas. Then tape a pic of the album cover 2 your window with the phrase "I'm listening 2 this right now." :roll:

Kanye is cool compared 2 this very low new skool standards in music...but he's no genious.

Let's be real about it. Who here considers people like those people on those Bloods + Crips albums rappers?? They are just people off the street putting an album 2gether. That dosen't mean they are rappers. They are just trying 2 monopolize off their stupid life choice. Do they live and breath Hip-Hop, perform, and put their art 1st?? And please confirm that the guys from 213 were legit gangbangers. I've heard them in interviews for over 10 years and they've never talked about that. My comment above comes from 99% of the rappers who call themselves gangsta rappers...they sold some drugs and have addiction problems and it makes them think they are hardcore hood-stompin' gangsta when they are really playing themselves and trying 2 fool their fans. REAL GANGSTAS DON'T RAP. How many people u know are like "Yo, after this drive-by, i'ma hit up the studio." :roll: Gangsta rap has been dead since 1996. Other than the necleus of "gangsta rap" (Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound), who actually attempts 2 make it anymore. Nobody, cuz when De La Soul, Fugees, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, and others were making real music. Intellegent music fans were realizing how stupid and phoney it was. Besides, other than the main players, all the wannabes fell off with no success. Some people would say Warren G waz a gangsta rapper...but if they actually listen 2 his lyrics, they'd realize he wazn't. People tryed 2 tag 2pac as that....listen 2 the man's words!! He would always knock that idea in interviews. Ice Cube makes hardcore Hip-Hop...not 2 be mixed up with gangsta rap like uneducated rap fans always do.

[quote=Jazzy Julie,Aug 26 2004, 09:22 AM]yey! that story is so amazingly bad that its good. Im sure it will be publlished. [/quote] Acually...i just think it's amazingly bad...period.

Ugh...if this is true, that's messed up. He's got talent, but not $30,000 worth for 2 songs!! On top of that, it's a church!! Churchs aren't exactly the richest organizations in the world. He should have done it for free. It's not like there were thousands of of audience members. Let's be real, he may be succesful right now, but he's not that big that he can be pullin' crap like that without suffering. He probably showed up all my himself so he could take all the money 4 himself. What a joke.

:hilarious: U'll have 2 make 'em harder than this.

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As a long time fan, i do feel kinda neglected with this new album. But we'll see how things turn out. I still got her back.

:roll: Those Bloods and Crips CD are trash. Just cuz u put out and album also dosen't mean u are a rapper. Those crappy old CDs would be the perfect example. And Snoop and The Dogg Pound aren't real gangbangers...they would be in jail if they were. Smoking some weed and selling drugs isn't gangbanging. Warren G even says a line on the album about them being "gangstas that never killed anyone." They use the term as a label...as a style. They aren't talking 4 real like they do that. U are talking about 3 guys who have kids and grew up in church. They are paid aftering being in the game 4 so many years and gangbanging is about as far away from what they do as u can get. REAL GANGSTAS DON'T RAP!! KRS-One said that 2 Eazy-E's face on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1993. Eazy-E just laffed cuz he had nothing 2 say. Eazy-E is the godfather of gangsta rap. If he wazn't challenging the fact, who can?! Anyone who says they are seriously a gangsta in their music is just a phoney and all their music is a joke. They are living a lie and any people who support that are just ignorant human beings.

[quote=bigted,Aug 26 2004, 02:15 AM]No Michael on the album?!!! :eek4:[/quote] Yeah, it really is kinda weird. I mean, he's 1/4th of the group and they aren't the same without him. He make their harmonies full and his monologs were part of the BIIM signature. I'm not sure the extent of his health problems but i know they've been serious on and off since 2000. He would miss some of their shows (and original member Marc Nelson...of Az Yet and singer of the 1999 hit song "15 Minutes" would sometimes fill in even tho' he's not a bass). U think he'd at least be able 2 record. Mike seemed like one of the nices guys in the industry. He waz soft spoken and always a positive kinda guy. He organized charity events and stuff without all the spotlight. I just hope he's doing good even tho' he's no longer active in the group.

Welcome 2 the board!! This is definitly the place 2 be.

I went with general Hip-Hop. FP said that the album will have a retro Hip-Hop feel. Retro Hip-Hop and old skool are 2 different things. Old skool would be like "So Fresh" where they actually take the music and rhyme styles back 2 the 80's. Retro Hip-Hop would be like "How Da Beat Goes" and "Pump Me Up" where the song is totally fresh with a feel good vibe and traces of old skool style. I'm pretty sure there will be a dash of experimental Hip-Hop in the mix tho.' After Born To Reign, he isnt' gonna just 2 the traditional stuff. Not 2 mention this being a big comeback 4 him...i'm pretty sure they'll be some new stuff thrown in2 his usual style.

I just saw The Cookout's trailor....it looks pretty funny. And Latifah gets her moments in it as well. September 3rd it drops.

I kinda count this album the way i would count a soundtrack that FP would do 4 a movie. It would still be his music...but i wouldn't throw it in the same category as his regular albums. "California Dreamin'" waz really good even tho' it wazn't what i wanted, but when i heard "Baby Get Lost" i waz just unhappy. I don't know if i want this album to be successful cuz i want her 2 get hugry and do a Hip-Hop album SOON.

I don't mind her doing Cover Girl and Pizza Hut commercials. I love seeing her on movie screens...but i want some Hip-Hop from her. R-N-B would even be fine, but these trax just aren't doing it 4 me. I would never call her a sell out cuz she's doin' what she wants 2 do. It's not about pleasing us as fans, it's about pleasing herself as an artist. Hip-Hop is the best way 2 express yourself so 2 me, these new songs are stictly entertainment and not really her expressing herself. I don't think we've heard the last verse she'll spit, but it looks like it'll be awhile til we hear it. Hopefully she's rip something real raw on the Taxi soundtrack.

Bloodline has never had any success...so if u missed it, it's no great loss. From the things i heard from them, they were only in2 gritty street stuff.