JumpinJack AJ

Big day! LL fans, be sure pick up the new album today. Many of us don't feel that this is one of his strongest, but it's not often that a legit emcee release an album at a mainstream level anymore. Downloaders, considering picking up an actual CD. Remember that that Target has an exclusive version with 4 bonus tracks, including "Take It" featuring Joe.

This is the post I've been waiting for! I noticed the Facebook activity and I like it. One a separate note, my job dealt with the same issues as Google. When we relaunched our website, we no longer showed up high on the list for what we sell. It's been three months and our traffic has greatly decrease (and we are an online retailer). It takes taking time to have thing build up again. Do all members have messages sent to their registering email accounts. It probably wouldn't hurt to reach out to a few of the people who used to post often just to stir up some new dialogue. After Earth will give us a little of a boost. Jazzy is staying active so that maybe we can mention the site in a comment on a YouTube video for Vinyl Destination.

I don't believe my eyes that "Take It" isn't on the standard version of the album (and was was removed from Amazon for download. All the legit LL fans NEED to pick up the album at Target, featuring FOUR BONUS TRACKS. http://www.target.com/p/ll-cool-j-authentic-only-at-target/-/A-14524690#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink item details. guest reviews shipping & returns 1. Bath Salt 2. Not Leaving You Tonight Feat. Fitz & The Tantrums with Eddie Van Halen 3. New Love Feat. Charlie Wilson 4. We Came To Party Feat. Maserati Cool J, Snoop Dogg & Fatman Scoop 5. Give Me Love Feat. Seal 6. Something About You (Love The World) Feat. Charlie Wilson, Earth, Wind & Fire & Melody Thornton 7. Bartender Please Feat. Snoop Dogg, Bootsy Collins &Travis Barker 8. Whaddup Feat. Chuck D, Travis Barker, Tom Morello & Z-Trip 9. Between The Sheetz Feat. Mickey Shiloh 10. Closer Feat. Monica 11. Waiting On You Feat. Babyface & Noelle Scaggs(Target Exclusive) 12. Jump On It Feat. Travis Barker(Target Exclusive) 13. Take It Feat. Joe(Target Exclusive) 14. Remember Me Feat. Alicia Meyers(Target Exclusive)

LEFT EYE - Hot! Supernova (2001) I popped this album in for the first time in awhile...and it took me on a ride. It still speaks to me in new ways.

Wow, this is is a dope beat. Jazzy, layered, solid. I don't know anything about Mac Miller, but his lyrics are a bit underwhelming and a tad tasteless, His flow is a little lazy but I don't mind it. It kinda reminds me of a west coast 90's flow.

I watched this one some what recently. I wanna hear FP talk about NEW music again. I wanna see their personalities being silly in NEW interviews.

Starter has continued making clothes over the years. You can find it in places like WalMart. I'm not really invested in name brands, but Starter has great designs when they were on top. I've seen Starter jackets slowly being worn more often. They look exactly like that the ones in the '90's, so I can't tell if they old or if they are new. They look new, but I can't imagine them not touching up their design over the years. A lot of early '90's styles have trickled back recently, so who knows?

For some reason it wouldn't let me copy and paste the text. The link below takes you to an interview where he talks about his family, his music, Justin Bieber's birthday, etc. http://globalgrind.com/style/jaden-smith-talks-relationship-kylie-jenner-wonderland-magazine-interview-photos

I definitely encourage you to see them. I've seen them twice and it was dope both times. They tour ALL THE TIME, so they are completely natural and on point. There's so many different styles of art on the stage that your brain explodes. It's more than a show, it's a life experience. Plus, if they have the chance, they will greet people afterward, either by selling t-shirts or by coming to the edge of the stage afterward. They'll greet people, sign stuff, and sometimes take pix. I took my cousin who isn't even into Hip-Hop that much and he loved it.

Can't say I'd want this to happen. I wasn't a fan of the first one and I think everything Will Ferrel touches is stupid. FP is too good to take part in this.

Arrested Development's Speech on Race, Religion, and Hip Hop This week in 1993, Arrested Development's "Mr. Wendal," an ode to a homeless man, occupied a top 10 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. One in a string of hits from the band's debut album, 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of ..., the song established the group as a mouthpiece for social issues and made rapper Todd "Speech" Thomas a key player in Atlanta's burgeoning hip hop music scene. Now a handful albums, a couple of Grammy awards and two decades later, Speech is pondering it all over a cup of hot tea outside Octane Coffee in the ATL's trendy Westside district. He's peddling a new project -- an arts and networking ministry called Mixtape Mixer (Speech became a Christian in 1996, we'll get to that in a minute) -- but we're mainly here to talk about 20 years of music. Arrested Development sold four million copies of its debut album; played for Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton; faltered commercially; disbanded; reunited; had its band name swiped by a TV sitcom; toured relentlessly, and accepted the new world order where everything happens digitally (for perspective, the aforementioned "Mr. Wendal" video has nearly two million YouTube views). In spite of a roller coaster career with its share of industry snubs and a revolving door of band members, Arrested Development's sound has never lost its mojo. Even those earliest grooves and poetry -- the band's own brand of beatnik black consciousness -- still feel fresh. Arrested Development 2013 1 of 11 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 "It's true. 'Tennessee' doesn't sound like a '90s track," Speech says of AD's first single. "I never wanted to do that 'Wild Thing' like Ton-Loc and just have a hit. I wanted the music to hold up really well, and it has." Speech reckons the combination of tough questions, positive spin, and simple beats have kept AD palatable to the mainstream and relevant to fans over the years. Although songs such as "People Everyday" (which borrowed the pleasant, hummable chorus from Sly Stone's "Everyday People" and fused it with sharp commentary about the ways a "brotha" should act) might be too thoughtful to pierce the pop charts in 2013, AD is still making its opinions about race known in smart refrains such as "Soul Sister," from its 2012 album, Standing at the Crossroads. "That song definitely reveals some of the love that I have for black women and the anger I feel toward their degradation, even by black men," Speech says. "And my anger about how some of the principles that were laid down during slavery still hold true this day." He started as a self-proclaimed "angry young black man" in Milwaukee who found a kindred spirit in collaborator DJ Headliner (with whom he founded AD while in college in Atlanta), but Speech says his conversion to Christianity in 1996 softened his outlook. "I had to really leave the whole black consciousness scene alone for a minute and just understand who Jesus was," he says. "That was great for me, because it helped me understand the world in a whole different way." His newfound faith ("never blind," he assures) also informed his group and solo work -- adding a patina of optimism to already upbeat lyrics. The 2006 AD album Since the Last Time explores spirituality, faith and family, and Speech has been very outspoken about fighting to keep his marriage (to Yolanda Thomas) strong. Right now, Arrested Development is working on a new recording, and Speech is holding court two Thursday nights a month at a Buckhead lounge, where he brings together young professionals for a little networking mixed with turntables and Bible verses. As for churning out beats and rhymes with AD's current and former members, Speech says he'll keep on keeping on, even if topping the charts is no longer a primary motivator. "Every year I decide I don't want to do this. I want to retire, plant gardens, go hiking with my wife and kids. But then something happens and I get re-energized and I do what I think I'm meant to do, which is to do music and to write. That's my duty. Whether it finds an audience in this generation, or whether I become like one of those painters and when I die, maybe someone says, 'That was brilliant,' I don't know. My job is to just do the art." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristi-york-wooten/arrested-developments-spe_b_3063067.html

Dope interview. I WANTED JEFF TO GET ON HIS SOAP BOX!!

Here's a 6 minute preview of the album... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFiYaD5ZxyA Here's an 18 minute preview of the album... I feel that if I took my favorite songs off Exit 13 and this album, I'd have a solid album that I really like...lol.

I agree with everything you said Tim. I like the visuals in the video (other than the overused, poor negative space (cropping). And you can't say "uh" when there's no bass in the music or energy to your flow...LOL

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NE-YO - Miss Right R.E.D. (2012) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWqBLDxCFis

That was dope! I loved seeing the atmosphere of where he does most of his creating. It's definitely set up as a fertle place for art to be created.

Anyone know why the videos disappear after awhile and get replaced by the link? FREDDIE FOXX/BUMPY KNUCKLES + PETE ROCK - Who Knows Why? Industry Shakedown (2000)

All I can say at this point is that "Take It" and "Whuddup" are the best Hip-Hop singles I've heard in years. I'm hyped.

I don't know, it all seems about right to me. If there were a few LL-love songs on the album, I'd be really upset, but it doesn't look too R-N-B/light like Todd Smith (which also had a few bangers on it). Authentic Hip-Hop was a little too spelled out to me. Keeping it just Authentic is much better in my opinion. The album cover is much more artsy too.

It looks like the album is coming out a week earlier now (APRIL 30TH). Here's the new tracklisting! 1. Bath Salt 2. Not Leaving You Tonight 3. New Love 4. We Came To Party 5. Give Me Love 6. Something About You (Love The World) 7. Bartender Please 8. Whaddup 9. Between The Sheetz 10. Closer 11. Live For You 12. We're The Greatest "Ratchet" is completely gone! You can still download the explicit and clean version on Amazon though. The "Take It" download as been removed but the explicit and clean version of "Whuddup" is available for download again. If you want to compare, here's the OLD/ORIGINAL tracklisting. 1. Something About U (FTW) 2. Where Ya At (BOSS) 3. Take It Featuring Joe 4. Closer Featuring Monica 5. Too Late 6. New Love 7. Dream With Me 8. Girl So Bad 9. Ratchet 10. Bartender Please 11. Bath Salt 12. Getting Paper 13. Jump On It 14. Hell Yeah 15. Whaddup

I don't know why so many people have given up hope. It really sucks, but it's only time that has passed. He constantly shows subtle interests in music. We have pix of him visiting studios and videos of occasional "performances." Regarding the board, I was just kinda hoping to see some of CREATE the activity on it.

Chris Kelly/Mac Daddy's pants were backwards. They were at the promo event too. I don't think Chris Smith/Daddy Mac's were though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpwhjV_nqYc

I forgot to post it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCLXChS2eBQ