JumpinJack AJ

Ugh, this is driving me crazy!! All i wanna do is put the trax on these CDs in the order that they are in on the albums...AND IT'S NOT WORKING!!!!! Any suggestions? Here's and example of how i've labled them in hopes that they'd dump on 2 the CD in the right order...none of these ways have worked so let me know if any of u have any other ideas. --- Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble Just One of Those Days --- a. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble b. Just One of Those Days --- 1. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble 2. Just One of Those Days --- 01. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble 02. Just One of Those Days

2 me, it kinda depends on what the style is. If it's slick radio-friendly Hip-Hop music, then Will Smith works fine. In that case, Fresh Prince wouldn't make much sense. However, if he's working on Hip-Hop music from the soul relying off alot of old skool 4mulas...then Fresh Prince would be fine. Of course, that name always looks even better next 2 "DJ Jazzy Jeff." I don't think seperating the emcee from the actor would make 2 much of a difference since he's so well known 2 the world. I think he can carry a legit solo career under the name "Will Smith." I just think that it's the music itself that should determine the title he goes by. Will's always called himself by both names so it dosen't bug me as long as the music speaks 4 itself.

[quote=bigted,Apr 18 2004, 01:40 PM]Will doesn't tour because he has to take his time to study scripts and get himself ready for his movies.[/quote] That's true most of the time, but with Willennium, Will had more control over the album after the success of Big Willie Style...hence the improvement in quality of the music. Willennium waz when Will waz very focused on music and being a musician. Since the promotion waz messed up and the album wazn't represented properly, it didn't do nearly as well as it should have (but i is FAR from a flop). Will made that statement that he would put a tour 2gether when the album hit number one. Tim may have the article on the site...but i know he can back me up that Will said this. I hope FP is going thru' one of those times right now where he's very focused on music and ready 2 be a real artist this time rather than just doing an album when he can and only doing videos 4 it.

[quote=TopDawg14,Apr 17 2004, 06:57 AM]AJ, I think you missed my point. What I was trying to say is that Will should forget about signing with some label that's concerned all about album sales and TRL appearances. That's what rap is about today - straight commercialism. It's all about "hot" beats and hooks. There is nothing that moves me in rap today. I remember how I felt the first time I heard Heavy D. & The Boyz "We Got Our Own Thang". I remember how I felt the very first time I heard Slick Rick's "Children's Story" or Kool Moe Dee's "I Go To Work". I can't remember the last time I felt like that. Will has said he wants an old-school vibe with his next album. I doubt that labels are looking for retro-vibes in rap. They want what's "hot". They want CDs that are going to move units and be on TRL everyday. If Will wants to release the album independently or through the internet then that's all good with me. I just want Will to continue to make music that he wants - and not what these labels want. I want Will to control his music and his image and not these stupid labels who don't know a thing about hip-hop.[/quote] No, i defintly agree with many of your points...but at the same time, Will just isn't the kind of artist 2 run his career like that. I would have no problem with an independent release, but Will has made it clear that he wants 2 be out there. It dosen't means he's all about the commercializm, but he is about being in the limelight. I could never see Will trying 2 be strictly an underground artist, that just isn't his style. And like i said in the other post, Will likes 2 know that he is appricated by us music fans. If he isn't doing well, he'll hang up the mic. With Willennium, he said he waz gonna tour when the album hit number one (knowing that thousands of people out there wanted 2 see him). It didn't happen so the tour never happened.

[quote=lambertj3,Apr 17 2004, 01:23 PM]how sad top dawg you are missing out on west side connection, 50 cent , and eminem clearly the class of rap now unlike theses other commercial artist like the roots, how sad.[/quote] I hope this comment is suppossed 2 be a joke.

Yeah, i catch Chappelle Show when i can. I think it's hilarious even tho' it's a bit explict sometimes...ha ha. My brother has the 1st season on DVD so i've been catching up on the episodes i've missed.

WELCOME!! Glad 2 see u made it over here. I'm sure u've already found out that these boards are alot more active and have ALOT more news on them.

Yeah, we are pretty desperate. I'd be happy with 2 sentences from one of his new songs...ha ha.

I don't think going independent is what Will needs. Will isn't an underground kinda artist. Why he dose need 2 do what he wants 2 do, he needs 2 be promoted and put out there. Will isn't the kinda artist 2 be dropping albums for only a few thousand people. If Will isn't selling well, he just may hang up the mic...and i'd go out and buy a million albums myself if that's what it takes 2 keep him going. With this album, Will is doing what he wants. He's a free agent right now and his Overbrook team is putting the album 2gether. After his experience, i'm sure he'll sign with a label where he gets both creative control AND decent promotion. My main point is that Will isn't in the same place as P.E. and KRS-One. They are all legends and pioneers in Hip-Hop...but Will simply wouldn't work that way by dropping albums with no videos, single, or airplay.

[quote=bigted,Apr 13 2004, 07:44 PM]He should join the underground label Koch Records 'cause that's the label KRS-ONE and Public Enemy are on. That would be a perfect fit for Will. Either that or Def Jam which remains loyal to their artists 'cause LL and Slick Rick are still on the label after almost 20 years! I heard on MTV say that Slick Rick is now working a new album since he was freed from prison. He and Will are good friends so Slick Rick could help bring Will to Def Jam.[/quote] I don't think Koch is a good idea simply cuz Public Enemy and KRS-One havn't been heard of in a long time. Koch can't put out millions of albums easily and even if they could, they don't have the resources 2 properly promote an album. Def Jam MIGHT be a good idea, however when L.L. Cool J droped 10, he said that his contract waz never updated since he signed with them in 1985 and that he was very UNDER PAID for most of his career. Since he did it 4 the love of music, he didn't try 2 get a new contract with them. Most artists who have been around for awhile or who are very successful would have requested 2 re-work their contract. Of course Will is an established name so i don't think they would try 2 give Will a jacked up contract. Whatever he signs with, it needs 2 be big enuff 2 hold Will as an artist.

"Da Butta"...hummm...sometimes i think it's the weakest song on Willennium...sometimes i like it. It's produced by Kay-Gee...so i expected something really good, like the stuff he'd do for Naughty By Nature, Next, or Jahiem...but it's definitly not on that level. Very simple...not bad at all, just simple. Will's lyrics ain't bad at all, i'd just like 2 hear them over a different beat...or at least remixes this beat, beef it up a bit. I think Lil' Kim is wack and has no business on the track. There's just no chemistry between them even tho' they sounded like they were having fun. I think MC Lyte would be the perfect female 2 spit on that track (even tho' she waz already on "Who Am I." It's just one of those trax that u are either in the mood 4, or u aren't. My and my friends listen 2 it 2gether simply cuz we love Fresh Prince and cuz we used 2 say "butta" alot back in the day. It just means something is good 4 those of u who didn't know what it meant. BUTTA - good, hot, blazin'

I didn't vote simply cuz it's 2 earley 2 guess on something like that. Spider-Man 2 has the edge tho' since it is a sequel which will drag in fans of the 1st movie (who saw it in theaters and those who later rented it). I, Robot is a sci-fi movie and those are hard 2 market and get interest sometimes. However, Will can carry alot of fans on his shoulders 2 come out and see it all by himself. With the right promotion, the movie can get alot of buzz itself. It's just 2 early 2 guess on something like this...it could go both ways.

Tim, that waz beautiful...that darn near brought a tear 2 my eye. Poetic almost...ha ha. I agree 100%.

I can help clear that up. USUALLY when an artist sells a double album, it counts as 2 sales even tho' they are part of the same album. 2pac has had 4 double albums released since he passed. On top of that, he is one of those band-wagon artists where they have a solid fanbase, but then they drop a song or album in which all of the commercial rap fans jump on them. He had a solid carreer and reputation in Hip-Hop before All Eyez On Me, but that's when all these band-wagon fans jumped on. It wasn't so much about how dope he waz or the lyrics he wrote, but that everybody else waz feeling him...so other people copied. Sadly, since his passing, they have desided 2 remix much of his material resulting in weaker more-modern production when the original versions are easily considered better (and timeless in their original form). I wouldn't say that the sales mean anything tho'...we could joke that Will didn't push over 9 millions albums until he became and solo artist. And most of us will agree that the bulk of his better music was before BWS (not 2 say that any of his albums aren't solid releases).

Time dose the fly...the older u get, the faster it goes by. When "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" came out, i waz a senior in high skool. That last 6 years have flown by...but they seem like just yesterday in alot of ways.

Welcome back!! (sorry 4 the delay, i don't check the off-topic board 2 often sometimes.)

The 1st 5 boards are all JJ+FP, music, movies, TV. All these others are off-topic. It's not a big deal, it's just that some people (like myself) check the JJ+FP-related boards alot more than they do the off-topic boards.

Man, i just ripped Rock The House 2 different ways. One with the trax labled 1st by letters and then with numbers in the front. It just throws the trax on there in no paticular order. If i don't have any control over the order of the tracklisting i'll just be making regular CDs 4 my ride. Right now i'm using Audiograbber, i'm gonna get some other software this week. Hopefully the other software will drop the trax on the CD in the order of the tracklisting. If that dosen't work, i'll only be making HUGE mix-CDs where i don't care about the order of what's on them. I guess i'm just 2 picky about my music.

Big Willie Style is music 4 the clubs, music 4 the radio, music 4 the charts. Willennium is music 4 the mind, music 4 the soul, music at it's best.

Thanx 4 the help fellas...i'll have 2 try that out. p.s. Hey Vipa, drop me an e-mail or a PM reguarding the one i sent a week or 2 ago...incase u didn't get it, i'll resend it!!

Bad Boy would be awful. Puffy dose reserves the right 2 alter your image and trains u how 2 be something u are not. The second and artist dosen't want 2 be that Puffy wants 2 be, they leave. Think about it...Craig Mack helped put the label out. Once Bad Boy got all popular and flashy, he no longer wanted 2 be on the label. He left the label and dropped another album with another company. Craig Mack is the best emcee Bad Boy EVER had. Of course in 2002 he started working with them again but that's becuz the glam and glitz of Bad Boy had died down. I think he has since stopped working with them. Mase got so sick of the glam, glitz, and nastyness of the music industry that he dropped everything 2 follow his faith. 112 got sick of Bad Boy and later signed with Def Jam while still being signed 2 Bad Boy (don't ask me how that worked out). I just seems that every artist who really wants 2 be an artist on their own terms ends up leaving or having problems with the label. Carl Thomas and Faith are the only artists that i think have total control over their music and image. Tho' in the early days, even Faith definitly waz being groomed and styled by Puffy's crew. Will would NEVER work on Bad Boy, they stand 4 2 many things that he dosen't stand 4. Notice that establish artists never sign 2 Bad Boy. That's becuz they already have images that Puffy can't mess with. New Edition is the only established act 2 go 2 the label after already having a history. That album waz supposed 2 come out 2 years ago and still hasn't. New Edition had crazy problems with their past company (hence the lack of studio albums as adults and all the complitaions that've put out). Will needs a company where he can be himself and do what his dose best rather than having labels who wanna control his image and how he is promoted.

Okay, over the weekend, i skooled myself a lil' on this whole MP3 thing. Of course, the 1st CD i've attempted 2 make waz a JJ+FP one. I ripped audio from all the JJ+FP studio albums and set up a 6th full of b-sides and the best remixes. After completeing the CD, it bugged me that it put the albums in ABC order so i retitled the albums with numbers in the beginning (example: 1. ROCK THE HOUSE) which solved that problem when i re-made the CD. HOWEVER, i have one problem that's bugging me. When i make the CDs, it put the trax in random order...not in ABC order, not in the order they are in on the albums....just all mixed up. I havn't played the CDs in my car stereo yet cuz i havn't had time 2 hook it up, but i have played them back on my computer. I even went 2 the extent of re-titling ever song in each album's folder by putting numbers in front of them which didn't help. Can ANYBODY help me out on how 2 get the trax in the correct order? I'm using Audiograbber if that helps anyone help me out. If anyone can, i'll greatly appriciate it.

Check the singles!! p.s. Why do all these JJ+FP related posts keep showing up on this off-topic board? 1st the "best love song by Will" post, then this?!?

BIG WILLIE STYLE - Commercial beats. They are good, but they are a little lackin' compared 2 the thick beats on Willennium. The beats are good, but not many of them have soul. Will's rhymes are good, but not 2 man that really stand out. It waz definitly the kind of album 2 rule the end of the 90's...but i don't think the entire album is timeless and long-standing. When u listen 2 it now, some of the trax make u say "that is late 90's Hip-Hop right there." WILLENNIUM - This album has all kindsa flavas...kinda like Code Red. It's got a track 4 nearly every kind of Hip-Hop fan. After the success of Big Willie Style, Will is alot more relaxed on this album. He just dose what he wants and dose Will. And he's aggresive on this album, he's not aggressive on Big Willie Style at all. WILLENNIUM is easily the better album.

Sorry guys, but any list that dosen't have Rakim listed within the top 3 isn't a list at all. That's not opinion...that's fact, sorry y'all. :dunno: