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what would be great is if they did a dvd of the tour!!! 1000 posts hmm.. im the admin..thats my excuse :ohnoes:

besides jjfp and will.. who is your next favorite artist?

all i know about is a US tour at this stage

jazzy jeff and fresh prince are looking to do their first tour in some 15 years!! will and jeff definitely want to get out there and do their thing... its still in its planning stages..and it may not happen.. but if it does.. look out.. :switch: :switch: :switch: will and jeff definitely want to do it.. and wills schedule is finally clear these next few months.. so if the deal can be done.. jazzy jeff and fresh prince will be back up in ya face in a big way

[quote=Da Brakes,Jul 30 2004, 05:30 AM]It was called 'Simone'!! I took it down tho a while back! Thats your fav 1??? Mine has to be 'Understand'[/quote] put it back up!!!!! :poke: :poke:

mine is the one abt his female stalker :bowrofl: sorry that just makes me laugh hey is that song still up db? what was it called again?

i hope its like code red and willennium.. ol skool mixed with the new.. great party albums..yet still able to have serious moments.. and i get a feeling it will be

the old jjfp board

heres another article [url="http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=869672004"]http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=869672004[/url]

u know jeff signed up to the old board as "da_magnificent" but just as he signed up that board was down for about 3 months! :ohnoes: but do we really need will to reply to that kfc post :cya:

thats great all you guys are gonna meet.. jeff said he definitely wanted to be there 4 london.. so expect a jazzy jeff and fresh prince performance!!!! get the posse going!! :beer: :grouphug:

u uk guys better get there... and record this!!!

WHAT WILL HE DO NEXT? Jul 29 2004 GET ready for some Big Willie Style as sexy rapper turned actor Will Smith whips up a frenzy for next Wednesday's Leicester Square premiere of his new flick I, Robot. Our source says the 35-year-old former Fresh Prince will return to his rapping roots on the red carpet. The insider confided: "Will's determined that the London premiere is the best of the summer and the fans who turn up for Will's show are in for a real treat. "It's all being kept under wraps at the moment, but he really wants to perform a couple of his hits for his fans outside the cinema." [url="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/page.cfm?objectid=14473484&method=full"]http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/page.cfm?objec...484&method=full[/url]

Posted on Thu, Jul. 29, 2004 Mack's mission -- Will Smith's friend aims to rebuild his old neighborhood inside hed: Mack's a man on a mission By BARBARA LAKER - lakerb@phillynews.com THE TOWERING Charlie Mack ambled down a ravaged Southwest Philadelphia block where a sticky summer breeze drifted through rows of brick shells that used to be homes. He rounded the corner onto bustling Chester Avenue where heads turned and hands waved. Everyone - from the barber and basketball coach, to the sock-selling street vendor and guy who was locked up for 23 years - yelled: "Hey, Charlie," or "I love you, Mack." This 6-foot-7, 275-pound powerhouse is their homegrown superstar, their street-smart high school dropout who grew up to be best known as Will Smith's bodyguard and personal assistant. He's a magnet to the megastars, the man behind a Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend earlier this month to benefit Mothers In Charge, a local grass-roots anti-violence group. Mack, who has lost two brothers to murder, assembled a juggernaut of entertainers and basketball stars to promote peace. Among those attending were actors Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union and welterweight champ Vernon Forrest. That, he says, is just the beginning. Now - with financial help from Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith - he wants to rebuild the streets that were once his. He plans to transform the abandoned Matt's Ice Cream store on Chester Avenue where he used to work into an emergency shelter for kids, and rebuild three blocks eaten up by urban decay and neglect. To put it simply, Mack, 38, has come home. "This," he said, "was the springboard for me." Mack comes home "See those guys on the corner," he said, pointing to a group of men on metal folding chairs. "They've been sitting on the corner every day for 12 years. I was able to go outside the neighborhood, but I never forgot. I will never forget." He moved back to Philly from Los Angeles last fall to spend more time with his six kids and run his local entertainment company, which promotes musicians and social causes. While he's technically no longer Smith's personal assistant, Mack said: "I'm his big little brother. He's my little big brother. It will always be that way." It's that brand of loyalty that most impresses his working-class family and friends. "You know, my son's accomplished a lot, but you know the thing I'm most proud of?" asked Mack's father, Charles Ramey, a machine operator. "That he was living in California with Will, and he gave up Hollywood to be with his children. Most people would just send money home. He wants to be here." It's Mack's straight-talking, keep-it-real ways that attract celebrities who are sick of glitz. "In this industry and town [L.A.], people are fake and pretentious, Charlie is genuine and down-to-earth," said Chestnut in a recent interview with the Daily News. "He's real and in this town, that's easy to identify." Where he came from To understand Charlie "Mack" Alston, you have to examine his roots. His mother, Evangeline Ramey, had him when she was 16, the first of her five children. "He's a love child," she said of her son, who walked at 9 months. "I had my son because I wanted someone to love me." Mack's parents separated when he was about 7, and Mack became "the man of the house," she said. They lived in modest rowhomes, mostly in Southwest Philly where his mom worked as a seamstress. They moved so much, Mack says he felt like a gypsy. Even as a child he was a clever entrepreneur and promoter. Admitting he always loved to be the kid everyone knew, he threw parties in the basement for up to 150 kids and charged $1 admission. "My mother would come home and everyone would have to run out the back," Mack said with a smile, staring at the modest gray rowhome where he grew up. "I need people drawn to me." He moved out at 15 because he was overly stubborn, he said, and didn't want to do household chores like wash dishes. So he moved nearby and often had no hot water. "Nobody could say nothing to me," he said. He dropped out of high school because he found it boring, and never earned a GED. "I don't need it," Mack said. "I've traveled all over...I've walked it. I've lived it. You can't get that kind of education from a book." With a natural athletic flair, he played basketball and could have been great but had this thing, almost an obsession, for money. Even though he had a job at the ice cream store, he sold drugs on the corner, making $5,000 to $10,000 a week, he said. "I loved money," he said. "I didn't want to hurt nobody, I just wanted money." He was arrested twice but never got locked up. He knew he couldn't get lucky three times. He also accidentally shot himself in the stomach. "Anything with the law scared me. Selling drugs was just my way to make money. I realized this isn't what I wanted my life to be. I knew I gotta rewrite my book." He quit selling drugs and found that if he clung to his street-savvy roots and charisma, he could climb his way out. Local star athletes mentored him, and DJ Jazzy Jeff, another native Philadelphian, hired him to do security for him and the Fresh Prince, now better known as Will Smith. Mack became a star in his own way. "He grew up in the ghetto and he always wanted to be more, do more," his mom said. "He has true glitz and glitter." "He's the type of person that can win you over," his father said. On their 1988 hit album, "He's the DJ I'm the Rapper," DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince recorded a song called, "Charlie Mack (1st Out of the Limo)." The lyrics begin: "Everywhere we go downtown or to a show We have two necessities Charlie Mack and our limo He's feared by suckers yet he's loved by kids Pay attention and let me tell you who Charlie Mack is He is our homeboy from around the block He's regarded through the city as the hip-hop cop Height about 6'6" weight about 190 Everywhere I go Charlie Mack is right behind me." He's lost loved ones As Smith's fame blossomed, Mack fended off overzealous fans all over the world while he stayed in five-star hotels with 300-count goose-down comforters. His most daunting task was pulling Smith, a deep sleeper, out of bed. From 1990 to 1997, Mack also ran celebrity basketball games back in Philly. But there was a dark side. His brother, Ronald Alston, was shot to death in October 1994 at 17 by a close friend over a girl. Another brother, Desmond Bates, 34, was shot to death last January, also over a girl. After the second loss, Mack contacted Mothers in Charge through a friend, Rochelle Lampkin, a group member. "Charlie reached out to us to help the cause. He's an all-around great guy," Lampkin said. During a recent two-hour stroll through his old stomping grounds, Mack, dressed in baggy shorts, an oversized white T-shirt and a baseball cap, couldn't walk a few steps without someone recognizing him. "He always comes back to see us," said barber Charles Smith. "He supports the community. He never forgot where he came from." Said Eddie Magic, his former basketball coach, the one Mack calls the father of the neighborhood: "I saw everything in Charlie. I could see the ambition he had. He just had this thing." As Mack walked down the blocks he wants to revitalize, he said: "You can see through these blocks. It doesn't need to be this way. We need to build up, not tear down." His plans for the neighborhood, which he calls the Make It Beautiful Project, are in the infancy stages. He wants to buy and revitalize three blocks - Cecil Street and Alden Street between Greenway and Woodland; and Chester Avenue between 56th and 57th - for low-income families. As for properties that are occupied, Mack says, he will offer to pay for home improvements. He is currently putting together a plan to present to City Council for approval. For now, Mack's kids live with him part-time in a three-bedroom, comfortably decorated rowhouse. (He asked that the Daily News not reveal the area.) He's currently looking for a home for his family. He had his children, ranging in age from 15 to 4, with three different mothers. He's never been married. "I move around too much. If you do one thing, something else suffers," he said. For 20 years, he's been known as Mack for his way with women. "He's a ladies' man," his mother said. "Dealing with women is one of my flaws," he said, sitting on his couch, surrounded by his children. "My career has a demanded a lot of me. I have to take care and provide for my family, but relationships - that hasn't been my No. 1 priority. That's a problem for me. I know I've failed with relationships with women." All over the house there are photographs and albums of him with everyone from Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal to former President Bill Clinton. He smiles proudly when he looks at them, but that's not what puts a glimmer in his eye and makes him talk so fast it's as if he's on speed dial. "I'm most proud that I overcame the stigma that society has of the young black man not doing for himself. Ending up in jail or dead. "Things were not easy for me, but I have to be a man who adds value to someone's life," he said. "I always have to remember where I came from, who I am. "I came up from hell; I didn't come down from heaven...My life was spared, so I could do better." [url="http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/9268817.htm?1c"]http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertain.../9268817.htm?1c[/url]

big willies done it again probably the most consistent hollywood movie star at the moment... virtually every movie will does goes past 100 million :eek4:

All the right moves By GEOFFREY LIP At the start of a whirlwind 12-day press tour covering Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Stockholm, London, Berlin and Moscow for his new movie, I, Robot, actor and pop star Will Smith took some time off to tell GEOFFREY LIP about his new movie, music and philosophy of life. WILL Smith is a happy man, and happy in an infectious sort of way. As he sauntered into Sydney’s Park Hyatt suite for his round table interview with journalists from Asia in conjunction with his latest movie I, Robot, one could feel the joy and energy oozing from his 1.88m frame. “I just do not find the pain in situations. When things happen, I am just intrigued by how I can turn it into a win versus allowing it to be heavy. I always say to myself, ‘what would a normal person do?’ And then I look at it, think about it in those terms and try to do something different,” said Smith. “If I cannot be happy now with a hit movie, a successful relationship and a healthy kid, when am I going to be happy?” questioned Smith. And Smith has every reason to be happy, with his new movie giving him his individual biggest ever opening in the United States in his entire career, and to date has already grossed well over US$90mil (RM342mil). In the movie Smith plays homicide Detective Del Spooner, a robot phobic detective in the year 2035 where robots are everywhere serving people. He has to investigate the murder of a friend, but the circumstances of the murder seem to violate the three laws of robotics as all the evidence points to a robot being the murderer. While the role looks like it was tailor made for Smith, the character of Del Spooner itself was anything but familiar as he comes with a major chip on his shoulder, filled with angst and paranoia. “What was difficult for me was to play a dude that is unhappy. I am very happy every morning that I wake up, so it was hard for me to get into the mindset of someone who dreaded waking up in the morning. When I get out of bed in the morning, I am already acting silly and playing,” said Smith. As such, the movie turned out to be a good opportunity for him to flex both his physical and acting muscles. “I have had the opportunity to work on artistic films such as Six Degrees of Separation and Ali, and I have also had big blockbuster films like Independence Day, Men in Black and Men in Black II. I, Robot is the first film I have ever worked on where I felt like I got to use both sides,” said Smith. His secret to handling each role is simple: Be prepared. “What I try to do with films is to do all of the homework ahead of time so that when you are on the set, you can just allow it to be what it is going to be versus trying to force a scene, just allow the scene to naturally play into what it is going to be,” said Smith. Smith’s personality and work ethic have inspired confidence in others that he can pull off any role. “Will has an incredible humanity to him and he brings that to all of his characters. He has a great sense of humour, is ‘alive’ and he is as human a human being as you can find,” stressed I, Robot director Alex Proyas. “While the character is pretty dark and he has had a tortured past, I wanted Will because I thought he could rise above that and he did it beautifully,” added Proyas. And Smith believes that this role could also be one of the best roles he has had in a long time. “I, Robot and Enemy of the State are two films that are the most complete films that I have ever been able to work on. I just love being able to have a scene where robots attack a car, but also where there is a character who talks about the pain that he experienced and why he is the way he is. You just generally do not have those scenes in the same place with one another,” said Smith. While his character in I, Robot may be different, Smith still maintains a predilection for sci-fi movie roles, and it would surprise no one that this former computer-engineering student is a techno-junkie. “I love everything about technology. I always have the latest iPod attachment, the latest software for my computer and the latest music and filmmaking technology. I am also always making short films at home and editing it on my computer,” said Smith, who turned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology scholarship to pursue his musical career. In fact, it is one sci-fi movie in particular that drives him to make the movies he makes today. “I just want to make a movie that makes people feel the way I felt while watching Star Wars. When I watched Star Wars, it was not even about a movie, but about the hope for the human spirit,” said Smith. “When I was watching that, I thought to myself that somebody sat down in their house and they did not have any money, they did not have anything but an idea. All those people came together with all their ideas and energy, and the sole purpose was to make me feel the way I felt while watching it,” added Smith. And he has channelled his own energies into crafting performances that would inspire hope in others. “I love making movies where people win and there is a hopefulness of winning. When people ask me about the success of my films and my life, I always say I sell hope in insurmountable situations. I like playing guys that can win no matter what the odds are,” said Smith. However, Smith hopes to be able to try newer roles that will challenge him, roles that will demand a broader range of acting from him. “I love a film where I am able to be very funny, but I can also be warm and emotional, and then angry in another scene, and where I get to fight in yet another. It covers a more dynamic human spectrum,” said Smith. Another of Smith’s aims is to find the “number one answer”, the kind of movie like Gladiator, Forrest Gump or Jerry Maguire that would demand an Oscar worthy performance from him while also scoring big at the box office. One thing is for sure, while he may be producing a TV show with wife Jada Pinkett Smith called All of Us, do not expect him to appear on a TV series anytime soon. The success of I, Robot, apparently “puts TV way in the background.” While we may not see the Fresh Prince on television anymore, it does not mean Smith has given up on comedy entirely; in fact, he will appear in romantic comedy the Last First Kiss with Eva Mendes and Kevin James in February next year. Smith will also have a new album which is slated to be released at about Christmas time this year. “Where in I, Robot you see a slightly more mature but still a little of the old Will, that is sort of the same place where I am with my music. There will still be a little of the old-school flavour but it will be slightly more mature. It is still dance oriented but there will also be a lot more moments of reflection for this album lyrically,” said Smith. Besides his family, music, acting and producing credits, Smith still finds time to fit in one more passion – golf. “When I did (The Legend of) Bagger Vance, the whole game opened up more as a connection to life, a connection to the universe and the concept of the yin and the yang of hope,” enthused Smith, citing the book Zen and the Art of Archery for his theories on the game. “One of the concepts is the problem that when you stand over the ball, and you hope the ball goes straight, the problem with that hope is that hope is interconnected with fear. It is the concept of being able to release the hope in order to release the fear and just feel and connect and let what is going to happen just happen,” adds Smith. That is a philosophy that could easily be applied to Smith’s own life, letting things happen while he went on to embrace his dream. “The best thing about life is the ability to dream something and see it. That is such a gift I have right now, that I can lay in my bed and dream something, wake up and have the facility and support to realise that,” said Smith. For a man who gave up the prospects of a stable job and future to pursue his dreams, Smith portrays himself as an example of how one’s hopes and dreams can come true if you give it your best shot. “It is almost better to not live at all than not to follow your dreams. It is a terrible place to wake up one day and realise you have not taken the shot that you always wanted to take.” Smith concluded: “It does not matter how old you are, how many people are against you or how much money you are going to lose. Just exhaust all of your options to chase the thing that is your biggest dream. I am living mine everyday.” [url="http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2004/7/29/movies/8530440&sec=movies"]http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.as...0440&sec=movies[/url]

Smith will also have a new album which is slated to be released at about Christmas time this year. “Where in I, Robot you see a slightly more mature but still a little of the old Will, that is sort of the same place where I am with my music. There will still be a little of the old-school flavour but it will be slightly more mature. It is still dance oriented but there will also be a lot more moments of reflection for this album lyrically,” said Smith. ECentral

will never rapped on fpoba because when he started the show he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor..not a rapper doin a tv show.. they had 2 convince will 2 do the opening credits and thats all he really did.. he really wanted to seperate the 2 careers

this golden track is bananas! :music: :music: :music:

jeff has definitely checked the site.. in fact hes a big fan of it.. i actually helped jeff a bit with his site.. that a touch of jazz discography i wrote up is on jeffs site...stacy from squarebiz.org(puts on shows in philly) showed jeff the site back in like 2002.. i somehow had managed to send her sumthin abt the site.. when i met will and jeff.. i think will may have said that im the one with the site...i said to will "have you seen the site" and he said "no, but jeffs been telling me about it" so will may just check it out now :thumb: darnell (jeffs merchandising/touring guy) was just put in charge of updating the jj and atoj site.. he said he's gonna put a link to jazzyjefffreshprince.com on both sites.... darnell's also got sum dope t-shirts he was showin me.. he said he might even do sum jazzy jeff and fresh prince shirts we can sell on the site.. he wants to do a brand new funk 1 :switch: so it's all good! i can also let you guys know they are re-doing willsmith.com as we speak! so no more of that sony rubbish

that reminds me when i used to always request jjfp on this request show.. but they'd get so many requests it wouldnt be played for 3 weeks or so..anyway i never bothered to watch every minute..but it seems id always change the channel and catch the last half of i'm looking for the one.. on one hand i was happy i was seeing it..on the other hand i wished i'd taped it seen the whole thing.. i never saw the full im lookin video till i got the greatest hits Video

im gonna put em on the website and then ppl can use it to spam..i imean umm promote wills album at other sites...

i give my vote to bigted

i just find it funny how he has really flashy videos and really hot women now.. a long way from country grammar actually i find that song 2 be quite awful

naa thats just 4 australia man :touche: