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Most people don't know that Will's wife is in a heavy metal band, but they're not really as bad as you might first think. After being booed off Ozzfest, people have slowly started to come round, realizing the band have a lot of talent. I like them. Check out the videos: Website: http://www.wickedwisdom.net/

Cheers, dude.

My review of Da Brakes' album Clean But Still Street, from my website www.andycarrington.co.uk:

Cheers. Will do. Just out of interest, is this your second official LP? I was checking through your website, and gathered that 'Business as Usual' was your first? Just need to clarify before I do a write up. Listening now, seems great so far :) Keep UK reppin'!

Brakes, would you appreciate a free review from a freelance writer looking to get his name [and yours] out there?

That just sums up 50 Cent's fanbase.

I went a bit crazy with my student loan at uni and bought all of the figures from series I-VI, then I realised I had no bloody place to put them all! So I sold the majority of them and kept just the first series (the most sought after). Rocky rules!

No, but **** em. They have no concept of what is cool :P

A recent pic of me:

But then he wouldn't be so popular, would he? The man knows he audience, and exploits it. Fair game to him.

People are hypocrites.

That's true, too, with the standard of commercial Hip-Hop these days.

I'm just curious to hear other people's stories. Thing is, I remember my years back at school and college when many people would ask me what Hip-Hop artists I was into. I'd say Will Smith, among others, and they'd laugh. I'll always remember the comment "You know, if you told some guy in the hood that you like Will Smith, he'd laugh he's ass off." Is this common reaction an English thing, or is it the same the world over? Not that if ever bothered me; I've always thought Hip-Hop to be diverse, and Will Smith was one of the leading contenders in the commercial scene that always caught my eye.

Well, the link words. Hmm :/

Haha! Awesome!

"Unfortunately, things didn't turn our so well for Will Smith's career: a forgettable sitcom and some box-office bombs." If he's gonna try and be funny he could at least checked for typos :/

Which is why I said it's a no win situation. But I wouldn't agree that "Gangsta Rap is wack." I admit that it gets a little repetitive with all this young [fake] rappers coming out, aspiring to be bad boy emcees. I like JJFP, obviously, but I also admire the greats of Gangsta Rap, such as Kool G Rap, Ice-T, Ice Cube, etc. for what they've done for Hip-Hop.

^ That's the thing with Gangsta Rap. It's a bit of a no win situation. You can start out living in the ghetto, spitting the ghetto lifestyle, and getting respected. But when you start making money, you move out of the hood, into a nice mansion with the family and kids. So then do you keep spittin' the ghetto lifestyle to make people think you're still 'real', or do you start making positive, uplifting Hip-Hop music, reflecting the current lifestyle? I guess, you could stay in the ghetto, but as Ice-T put it "No one wants to live there." It's pretty damn difficult to keep it real within the eye of the media.

Dre is as fake as they come. I like his beats, but he should stay the hell away from the mic.

No, he's not the best, but the guy holds his own pretty well. I particularly like the one of Will beatboxing live, in his yellow adidas top, with Jazzy jeff. Nice video, dude.

Oh ****, I almost forgot about "Da Butta". That song is dynamite.

Do people really listen to Will Smith for "deep songs" like 'I Loved You' though? (This is a rhetorical question, by the way).

I'm thinking mainly of his solo work here, but feel free to throw some JJFP tracks in. How about, 'Y'all Know'? Some Fantastic lyrics: "Im back attackin the mic Hype like a viking Strikin like a python Blaze like jon A hip-hop icon, mc radical Back on track from my rap/act sabatacle Nine-point-six on the richter Kicked her, hands so slickta Chicks quickta flip tha Bright glance and the tight pants For the slight chance, big willie can we get one dance?" Same with 'Yes, Yes, Y'all': "Parades and accolades all shades and ages Me the outrageous My zeal contagious The smile inspirator Aspen to Grenada One of the only emcees to say cheese with Schwarzenegger." And 'I Loved You'- one of Will Smith's deeper tracks. You can just here his emotion kicking in towards the end. Classic.