JumpinJack AJ

Yeah, some artists like the idea of downloading music as a way of promotion and a way 2 please fans...but no artist wants people just stealing their music. Even the most non-materialistic artist would have a problem with people just downloading their music and not buying their music. I think that if the music industry and artists had more control over how downloading waz done...everybody would be happier (except the 4 the fake fans who only download music).

Someone who's not submerged in music all the time might be a lil' rusty. I know that when i go thru' a music phase, i'm good...but when i don't concentrate it then try it...i don't always impress myself..ha ha. I'm not saying he can't do it anymore, i've never seen him freestyle recently. I'm just saying it much more natural when u are submerged in music. Freestyling 2 perform would make sense...but not 2 battle. Will's above that, he's a livin' legend.

Yeah, it's 4 real. I saw it on TRL Friday and 4 some reason i could post it...then 4got yesterday. I just made a post about it on the main message board b4 i saw it here. It's alot more realistic 4 him 2 do it this week since the movie drops this week.

This Wednesday, Will is gonna be on TRL. I waz hangin' out with my friend the other day and TRL waz on. They said Will waz gonna be on this Wednesday and the showed 2002 footage of him on the show giving love back 2 the crowd. If u can catch it...DON'T MISS IT!!

Thanx 4 the shout!! :thumb:

Tarus....any reason u are asking. Please don't tell me that u believe that the destinations of the stars predict what is gonna happen in your future. :roll:

There's all kinds of mixtapes. As long as his stuff it dope, it's up 4 grabs. There's underground mixtapes...then there's top 40 mixtapes loaded down with good music that's aimed 4 radio. FP needs 2 have some of his stuff on mixtapes...it would be promotion 2 the fans who need 2 hear it.

My girlfriend pickedit up 2day...after she reads it at work 2morrow...she's giving it 2 me.

I've seen Will and Jeff in person twice and talked 2 Jeff thru' e-mail and instant messenger many times.

Will and Eminem battling would not make any sense. What dose an old skool playa, multi-platnium, Hip-Hop legend have 2 prove 2 some young new jack white kid who has alot 2 prove of himself?!? Will could tear in2 Em if he wanted, but there's just no point. Will has grown up, started a family and balances a HUGE movie career. He's not spending everyday of his life in a real studio just writing and living life. U out grow that stuff after doing it 4 so long and as your lifestyle changes. I'm not saying Will can't freestyle, but look at his life and career...freestyling simply isn't at the top of his priority list.

I agree...nobody in any music genre can touch MC Hammer's dance-style other than maybe MJ, James Brown, and TLC. He still can tear it down 2...i saw him on Dance Fever last summer.

There's a difference allowing downoads 2 serve as a promotional tool and peole who just steal music. Bottom line, if u like and artsit, there is no reason for someone to download their music if they don't buy the album. Especially in a case like Will's where he is representing a music style that is suffering...quality music by and intellegent emcee.

ANSWER THESE ?UESTIONS 4 ME... How old are u? Where do u come from? And How long have u been deep in2 Hip-Hop? I can't take my mind 2 a place where i can believe that u have been deep in2 the music and exposed 2 all sides of it for years. I don't think anybody who has been in2 real Hip-Hop music for the past 10 years could ever say Jay-Z and 50 Cent are amoungst the best. Everyone it entitled 2 their own opinion...but even their own biggest fans can't say they can hold a mic to the likes of Rakim, LL Cool J, KRS-One, and so on. They are new jack clowns making light weight music that sells records, but dosen't do anything but set rap music years behind. Can i get a witness?!

Cool...where is this from!?

Will freestyled alot when he waz fresh on the scene. It waz one of the things he waz known 4. However, after u establish yourself, there's certain things that take a backseat 2 life...and i think freestyling waz one of them. Then again, we never hear him do it so who knows. Someone saw him perform overseas w/ Wyclef and they freestyled 2gether in the summer of 2002.

I grew up on him. His "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" album waz the 1st Hip-Hop cassette i actually bought (previous JJ+FP, LL, Digital Underground, Run DMC, etc waz all tapped off the radio or off my friends' older siblings' stuff). I don't think he's lacks on the mic at all, he's got the lyrics, he's got the creativity, he's got the flow and i like his voice. Not 2 mention the fact that he can tear up any stage or dance floor. MC Hammer waz never a sell out. He took the millions he made and put that in2 his community and in2 organizations around the world. He's also waz one of the biggest employers of black people. He'd pay them just 2 stand there (literally). After 2 Legit 2 Quit dried up a little sooner than expected, he fought 2 keep people on (which lead 2 the money troubles). He is definitly a soilder that Hip-Hop needs right now. He's positive, intellectual, and has a heart of people and the art...that's what makes him a great person.

That's hilarious....sounds like something i'd do. I've written some crazy stuff in2 the shows i've done.

Hey, he's young and in shape....take advantage of it while u can. As long as he keeps his dangling un-mentionables 2 himself. :roll:

2day i had a mix CD with Nina Sky, Janet, Avant, Mis-teeq, etc......listening 2 Sean Paul right now.

:laugh2: Not really.

Wild Child...i don't understand how u are so confused. Here it is in the simplest explanation i can come up with. JJ+FP is known for respectable rhymes without heavy cussing. That stems from FP's grandmother telling him that intellegent people didn't need 2 use those kinda words 2 get their point across. When Homebase came around, JJ+FP waz regrouping and hardcore rap and gangsta rap really started getting big. As a joke, Will wrote this song. He pumps up his attitude and comes off kinda hard about this story that is just stupid and funny (who calls a little old lady that word?!?). It's kinda like him poking fun at the phoney stories u hear in gangsta rap...but his is just rediculous. He wazn't trying 2 be hard, he wazn't trying 2 scare old ladies around the country, he waz just making a funny story-telling song 4 the fans. My friend's grandmother thought this song waz hilarious when we made her listen 2 it 10 years ago.

[quote=KevTastic,Jul 9 2004, 11:51 AM]Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs (BTW AJ did you get hold of this album yet? You wont be dissapointed)[/quote] I'm waiting 2 hear it in the store b4 i buy it since i've never been a big Beastie fan b4. I've been in the music store 3 times this week and everytime i've forgotten 2 listen 2 it.

Just 2 share...i just started talking 2 this guy who seems 2 be a big MC Hammer fan with some connections. He says that MC Hammer plans on releasing and album this year called "Full Blast." I don't know about that album title, but if the music is anything like that track i saw him rip on that show Dance Fever last year, it'll be dope (far better than Active Duty). The guy also said this tho'...he's still kinda scattered about business and financial stuff. I think MC Hammer, along with Fresh Prince is just want the game needs right now. Somebody with talent needs 2 get on the radio.

2day i listened 2 Musiq, MC Hammer, and The Roots (interesting mix...i know).

On BET's Nightly News, they had a really short bit talking about I, Robot's premier. Will talked 2 the interviewer saying something like "I've spent all of my career clothed (must have 4gotten his 1st scene in Wild Wild West), and i've always had a goal to be buck-naked at some point in my career and i felt I, Robot was the right time." It then cut 2 a seperate interview with Jada and she said something like "Will needs to stop. He got in shape to do this nude scene that he didn't have to do just so he could show off his body." It was short, but really funny.