*mimi*

wow im very impressed by those two songs. Party Starter has some hot lyrics. Will is really steppin his game up. I'm lovin these two. Hey Hero, could u possibly contact Will and tell him to put these two out as singles?? Lol... u got connections right? I mean these two song will give Will the respect he deserves with the rap community. I wanna make those haters hear these songs!

yuck I hope not. I hope he does something else. Plus Imdb also had the Chris Gardner thing on there for a while but took it down. So who knows? Will might not be doin this film. Ben Affleck is box office poison right now. It wouldn't be the best move.

yay i love Jack Johnson too!! I like all 3 artists who entered this week lol

u never know... bootsy collins didn't even do well here. My thing is, I don't wanna see Will be called a failure or a flop again. He's doin real well in the movies, and hopefully he has luck with music.

actually he worked for Fox. Is that a small company? I'm sayin I know this b/c not only did he deal with the studio itself, he had to oversee some of the soundtracks for certain movies. The truth is, and most of u don;t want to accept it it seems, is people want to make it here. I don't want to use 50cent as an example, but he sold 11 mil in the US. he said if he doesn't sell 11 mil or more of his record this time, he will see it as a failure. Now, he toured in Euprope, Japan, etc. But, it's almost as if he doesn't count overseas success b/c the US is more important to him. BTW: All American artists have record labels here in the US. If they don't do well here, their "american based" record labels are gonna drop them quick. Jimmy Iovine (interscope) isn't gonna keep Will if he only does well overseas. Guess ya'll ain't think bout that huh? Also I never said the US is better. But business wise, if u wanna see Will stay in the rap game longer, his label is here in the US. Even if he wants to make an album, the record industry could become shady if he fails here. Like I said, u guys are thinking philosophically, getting offended when I didn't even imply the US is better than a foreign country. My parents are from mexico, so don't try to bring that **** on me U guys are disagreeing with me, but u have no basis to back up your claims. So when u can prove that Interscope won't drop Will if he fails in the US, then talk back please. Otherwise, u are disagreeing and i'd still think I'm right.

he lives in california...

some parts, especially in the entertainment business do. I know since my dad worked both in the US and overseas for a movie studio. I know about business so trust me on this one. American artists need it more in the US than overseas so get over it. Bitter foreigner LOL...j/k

sorry but u guys are very otherworldly... The harsh reality is everyone wants to make it in the US. Especially when u are a native, u have to want to do well in your home country. Plus when u mention the Black Eyed Peas sellin 6 million worldwide is that the toatl of all overseas countries?? If so, 1 mil in the US is a biggre amount from ONE country than say 45 combined to make 6 mil. I'm telling u no matter how well Will does overseas, if he doesn't do it here in America, it closer to being over. Harsh truth u guys. U may see it more excitement overseas, but I'm telling u success here is more important than u think. I could give u a list of American rappers/singers who do well overseas but flopped in America and their careers are dwindling.

i live in Cali too, but I've heard it on just Power 106 once. I don't listen to the pop stations (don't care about them much). How many times have u heard it though??

I'm gonna hafta disagree w/ you on the premis that it somehow counts more here-- it may mean more to him that ppl from his country appreciate what he's doin, but it's not somehow more valuable or important overall. Wahtever. Basically, I'm just wriuting this to say check out the "where are you ppl from?" msg topic I started under the "caught in the middle" forum. There are def more ppl here are from outside the US than US. you're looking at it from a philosophical stand point. I'm lookin at it business wise. If it doesn't do well here in the US, then most likely it will influence whether or not Will is gonna put out another album. If it does well in the UK, it doesn't matter cuz that's gonna gonna make him say "it did well in the UK, so I'm gonna put out abother CD, even if I flop in America". Maybe he'll get more money but not doin well in America is blah. He even said he didn't like Boom Shake the Room for the reason that it was a big hit in Irelend (or somethin like that).

^^^um it does count more here. People in the US love Will still, and he's from here. He needs more support from his home country than overseas cause this is where he's gonna hear whether he failed or succeeded with his album BTW, do most of u people live overseas?? U do know that ppl like 50cent are more popular b/c of the success they had in the US right? People are gonna talk about 50 selling 11 Mill in the US. Not the 1 million he sold overseas. That's why I'm sayin success in the US does count.

ok people...what about the US? Where Will is from and where his success really counts??

i get what you're sayin. Plus I agree it ain't even a beef. LOL who ever thinks that needs to slow down. Still hate em with a passion though... that's why I made this post

yeah that's what i'm sayin too. I've heard it on radio once, seen it on tv 3 times (excluding the premiere) but not much else. Where is this buzz that ya'll are feeling?

i voted 16 times... crazy right?

^^^yeah but that's just adding it to it's playlist. Isn't the success also determined by how much airtime it gets?? BET and MTV have it on their playlists, but ppl here are saying they don't see it much

it hasn't got on 106 & park though right? People are still voting for crap I guess.

that's real good to hear. I have some questions 4 u Hero, since you're know more inside the business than I do. How do u know that Switch gained music video play? I mean, how do u track these things? Just wondering cuz I could never find out. Also, do u know specific examples of radio/music video stations increasing Switch's play? Thanks

i don't really get how that thing works?? Can u explain it to me?? :dunno: and sorry for bein so heated ya'll but Em's dumb comments motivates me to vote for Will more lol...

I heard that Eminem was on a satellite radio station recently and the DJ's asked him if he heard about Will dissin him. I think Em's response was "oh really? Will smith is still makin records?" and he laughed. Now, I've hated Eminem since his punk ass stepped out. But now he irritates me even more. The man has no balls to go against other rappers that he's scared of and begs for peace in rap, but when it comes to Will, he disses him freely. Eminem is a whiny bitch. This has gotta make us want Will's CD to suceed even more. I don't know how well Interscope is gonna promote Will's album, but i'm steppin it up now. I want it to go a few times platinum. Eminem needs to shut his ass up. I know that if he ever encountered Will in real life, he would pee his pants.

wow Will and Eva seem to look real good in those pics. Will is so gorgeous! lol... Lucky u

Well put mimi. Anyway, I don't recall wether or not he said he wanted to stop being refered to as the Fresh Prince, but I do remember something about the Men in Black soundtrack cover being the copy of the poster, meaning his name was on the cover instead of Fresh Prince. Supposedly he let that slide and continued the trend of using his name in his albums. However I didn't pick up the soundtrack (I've never bought a soundtrack) so this is all from memory. thanks for that... I'm just tired of ppl getting unnecessary attacks

why isn't this song a bigger hit? I think this is one of nas' better songs as of late. He doesn't get much radio play or video rotation either. What do u guys think? What do u think of the guy rappin with Nas (Quan)?

http://community.allhiphop.com/showthread.php?t=104642 They're lovin Will's new album cover over there. Maybe only about 2 haters in the entire thread :)

wow u guys are real mean up here. Seriously, the guest ain't making it up. I heard him say the same quote in an interview not too long ago. I think it's alright to call him the "fresh prince" still if u want, but replacing the name Will with "Fresh Prince" for everything is pretty ridiculuos too. I'm talkin specifically to AJ about the Playboy interview he posted. I'm sure it didn't say "prince" on there. It seems to me that some of u are stuck on nostalgia and keep it old school all the time and refuse to let the old times go. But just because a guest is wondering why some of u call him Fresh Prince all the time doesn't mean u gotta attack the person. If u think it's dumb for asking a simple question and u go on attacking a guest, u just chased away another potential board member. I've seen dumber posts here by members and i think that it was a legit question that guy was asking. If u wonder why some people are standoffish with some of u, read your responses to these people. Will Smith, the man we're all here for is all about the positive. He never blatently attacks people for no reason. yet here u are, his fans, callin people dumb, "making the worst post ever" just cuz maybe he/she was expressing sincere curiousity. Im guessing that since I don't agree with u guys I'll be attacked for my opinions too huh? I guess like the guest, I'll be another dumb, offensive poster right??