JumpinJack AJ

Check out that guys channel and his "favorites." I have downloaded at least 4 long play albums worth of his music and I'm not even half way finished downloading. The only thing that could be better is if 2Pac's came released a boxset with all this stuff mastered.

Happy B-Day!

AOL's News' "The Boombox" featured this article on the mixtape. It's good 2 see a main news source talking about the mixtape. The article is also linked up at the bottom at the top of Hip-Hop's headlines that feature news on Alicia Keys, Eminem, Puffy, and Mack 10 so a lot of people who have no idea about the mixtape will see the headline. http://www.theboombox.com/2010/07/06/dj-jazzy-jeff-and-mick-boogie-celebrate-summertime/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DJ JAZZY JEFF + MIKE BOOGIE CELEBRATE "SUMMERTIME" Fresh off a cameo at The Roots' third annual picnic earlier this month, DJ Jazzy Jeff continues to channel the good vibes of summer. Along with fellow beloved spinner Mick Boogie, the one-time Will Smith collaborator dropped a new mixtape that's simply called 'Summertime' and goes well beyond the usual watermelon picnics and poolside BBQs associated with the season. "49 songs... expertly mixed, cut and transitioned by two of America's most popular DJ's," reads the tape's very true Web description. "The songs cover any and everything 'summer' related. From songs about summer to songs that just feel like the sunshine season, this multi-genre mix will be sure to make your already great summer even better!" Released by Undrcrwn, a clothing company that apparently tries to mix street wear fashion with the spirit of basketball, the tape truly does seem to be made with our long barbecue season in mind. The mix kicks off with Kool & The Gang and Quincy Jones before delving into a mixture of hip-hop, r&b and classic summer jams. Along the way, there's appearances by Ice Cube, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, LL Cool J, Pharcyde, De La Soul, Notorious B.I.G. and some nostalgic one-hit-wonder anthems from acts like Skee-Lo and Montell Jordan. Don't sleep on this one. This is the perfect concept for both of these DJs and they sound great ripping through so many classics back-to-back. Download the tape here and view the full track list here.

From AOL News... Eminem's 'Recovery' Expected to Break Platinum Although record sales are at an all-time-low, Eminem continues to consistently keep going platinum. The Detroit rapper's latest, 'Recovery,' debuted at No.1 on Billboard's American and European Albums charts -- his sixth straight No.1 album -- and remains at No.1 on both the U.S. and U.K. charts in its second week of release, Though many doubted Em would be able to continue his streak, especially after 'Recovery' leaked, the album sold 741,000 copies in its first week, and is expected to move a projected 320-340,000 more in the U.S. in its second week, making it the best-selling U.S. debut since 2008. The album's Rihanna-featuring single, 'Love the Way You Lie,' is currently burning up the singles charts, alongside the album's first single, 'Not Afraid.' A slew of other album tracks are currently on Billboard's Hot 100, including 'No Love,' '25 to Life,' 'Won't Back Down,' 'Space Bound' and more. It's not like they predicted another platinum plaque for Em for the season seven finale of 'Entourage' or something. Oh, wait -- they did.

Where are all of the 2Pac fans? I thought this would have been big news. Maybe I'm the last 2 know about this...lol.

B. REITH - Awe-Struck The Forecast EP (2009)

B. REITH - Go On The Forecast EP (2009)

A little bit ago I was on YouTube, rekindling my love with 2Pac's music. With no original music coming out and most of all of the remixed stuff being pretty bad, I've gotten away from his music (even tho' he's one of my favorite emcees of all time). Anyways, I came across some his music on YouTube. His original music...no crappy modern day producers...no wack commercial rappers from the 2000's that would have never worked with...THE ORIGINALS. And alot of the songs are good quality to. And for those of u who loves his music, even the poorer quality songs are dope. These are better than the bootlegs that some of you (including myself) used to buy back in the day. The best part is that this guy has downloadable MP3's of most of the songs. I've been spending most of my time on the computer recently downloading albums worth of his ORIGINAL and UNRELEASED music. Here is a link to one of his many videos. Open it in it's own window and be linked up to dozens of 2Pac original songs. 2Pac fans, enjoy...A prayer has been answered.

On the topic of Rihanna, I love her but I hate her pop sound. Do a pop song or a dance song here and there, but I miss her R-N-B/Dancehall stuff. This dancey pop crap isn't gonna stand the test of time. She does it well, there's just no soul to it. I also think the dark, edgy stuff is annoying. And when it comes to that song with Eminem, I stand by what I said. I believe in this over-used phrase "keep it real"....and that's NOT what she's doing. Read the interviews and you'll see what I mean. JENNIFER LOPEZ - If You Had My Love On The 6 (1999)

Yeah, it's amazing how many people couldn't come back after Bad Boy. Faith did alright with her last album but she hasn't done much since ( and I believe she was the greatest thing Bad Boy ever had). Craig Mack was the illest emcee Bad Boy ever had, but his 2nd album w/o Bad Boy only stirred things up a bit before disappearing. The only other thing he did that was well-known was when he rejoined Bad Boy for a short period in 2002. Total made some music even tho' they weren't the biggest talent but they disappeared. Mase's fire burned away by 1999. His comeback album on Bad Boy did okay but he's been but as an "artist" he's been silenced and doesn't now who he is. Dream was a nice group but they couldn't form another album after BB. There's a smattering of artists of artist and rappers we could go down but each of them only had some success with a single or 2...up to 2 albums at the most. Puffy is rich, famous, and occasionally has success for himself. That's all the good I can really say about him. His artists haven't had lasting success. His own career as a "producer" or "rapper" has never been consistent. It's hard to imagine him as a person who cares much for other people outside of himself. He also has a history of treating people like crap. Just ask Steve Stout....lol. When it comes to 50, all I can judge is some of the music I've heard and the interviews I've seen/read. As a rapper, there's nothing really impressive about him (lyrically, flow, voice, etc). I've never seen his acting but I don't know if I care to see it. By his interviews, he isn't the most intelligent person or the nicest person. He also seems focused on himself and often childlike in his attitude. It's not my job to judge character but I like to support people like Fresh Prince, LL Cool J, Heavy D, Ahmad, etc....guys who are nice, down to earth, funny, talented, positive, etc. Most of their careers are also filled with good music, movies, projects, etc.

I see him as a pretty good business man and nothing else. I can't consider him a producer. Stealing a beat in it's entirety and attempting to rap on it isn't producing.

LOL! "Love The Way You Lie" is one of my least favorite song on the album. I think it's mostly because of how Rihanna has tried to be a bad girl after the whole Chris Brown thing and how she's said she won't go back to him because she doesn't want her young female fans to see her as weak. Then she does this song about being okay in an abusive relationship. I think her singing on the track is totally hypocritical and in bad taste. TLC - Diggin' On You (SoulPower Remix) Diggin' On You (CD Single) (1995) This remix/song is a MUST for your Summertime mixtape. Jazzy overlooked this one.

That tracklisting is dope! I love that most of the songs are about the Summertime or were big hits during the Summertime. The rest are classics with a Summer feel. Most mixtapes don't have this much thought put into them.

It's only fitting....but good to hear. Is MIB on that list? MIB usually gets a lot of air time on TV this time of year too.

I actually like that Selena Gomez song too. It's just a good dance track. I previewed the album online and thought it was the really good song on the album tho.' The rest were average to less-than-average pop fillers songs. But that single is killer tho' when it comes to a dance song. BRITT NICOLE - Lost Get Found Lost Get Found (2009) I stumbled across this artist last year and fell in love with her. Her music and lyrics are great.

I don't think either of them are good. I've heard a good bit of stuff from each of them over the years and they rarely ever say anything relevant (if they say anything at all). Neither of them have flow and each of them occasionally chooses really good production.

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I love the Bad Meets Evil reunion!! And yea, there were traces of late 90's Eminem in his freestyle. Good stuff.

TRAVIE MCCOY - Billionaire Lazaras (2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jnvEuAis-I Travis McCoy is in my top 3 emcees 2 become popular in the last 5 years. Not only does he usually have a message, but he's not to go to an emotional place lyrically. On top of that he's mad clever and often funny. I'm feeling his album.

Finally...someone else who actually respects Mark's music....lol. Tim, I love India.Arie. She is one of the greatest female artists of all time in my opinion. I couple of years ago they re-released her 1st album with a bonus disc containing 7 other songs and remixes. They just did the same for her 2nd album this year. And 2 think, she got her 1st big break on one of Speech's songs. P.M. DAWN - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (Richie Rich Mix) Red Hot + Dance (1992) This isn't the remix, but here's the classic video. I was diggin' thru' a used music store and found this CD and flipped when I saw this remix on it. It also has some Madonna, George Michael, and Seal on it.

Yeah, I remember in the early 2000's (maybe 2002 or 2003) they "closed." Other than this recent news I think I remember seeing them pumping out compilation albums. I'm not 100% sure tho.'

Awesome! Where can we get more info on this?!?

This is for Brakes and anyone else that cares....I'm looking forward to his next album. I hope it's better than his last. I felt that his last was his 1st average album. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Lovers & Friends) Marques Houston: Marriage Is A Scary Topic For Men VIBE.COM By: Vibe Posted 6-28-2010 2:00 pm Share Lovers & Friends is VIBE's weekly celebrity relationship blog. Check back every Monday for a new installment. I’ve definitely thought about marriage. It’s always been something that I wanted to do. My mother passed away but I grew up in a real stable home with both my parents. I watched them have a happy marriage so I’ve always wanted to be married and do things the right way and have children once I was married. I don’t believe in having a child out of wedlock. I’ve always wanted to do everything right, by the moral standards that I was brought up with. I feel like [being faithful] is a choice. I’ve never been a cheater. I’ve had girlfriends my whole life, I’ve been dating since I was a young boy. I’ve always felt like it's never been necessary to cheat. I’m definitely what you call a one woman man and I believe in that. I believe if you ever feel like you have to cheat you shouldn’t be in a committed relationship. If you wanna do your thing and you wanna go out and have different women and you wanna do your thing I don’t agree with that either but if you do, don’t commit yourself to one person if you’re not ready to be fully committed and ready to take on the responsibility of a relationship because I feel like there’s a lot of responsibility coming with having a relationship. I don’t believe that relationships should be taken so lightly as I see them being taken nowadays. Even if you're in a relationship, just a committed relationship, you should treat it like a marriage. [Marriage] is just a scary topic for a man to feel like he’s being tied down. Some men if you meet the right woman, the world is so corrupt nowadays you have all this stuff on the Internet, you have all this on TV, there’s no moral driven anything on TV. Everything is cheating. You got cheating wives. You got these shows that promote all this cheating and being promiscuous and you don’t see any Cosby Show's anymore where you see a couple that are together and they have children and they have a great family and a strong foundation so people don’t believe in that anymore. People feel like it’s okay to just cheat and do their thing, even women now. It’s not even on the men anymore. Now you talk to these women and they’re like I wanna do my thing and I wan to do this and I don’t need to be tied down so now its both sides and I just feel like it’s kinda sad but it all comes with raising as well. If you raised around all that cheating, you'll naturally do the same thing but I think if you really read the Bible too. In the Bible it shows the family structure and it shows being with one person so I think people just gotta be on their game. I think fellas just get scared of that but women get scared of it too. But I feel like if you have the right person that makes you happy there’s no reason to step out. There’s a lot of single Black women just as well as there’s a lot of single White women and Hispanic women and Asian women. I’ve been around women my whole life. I meet so many women on a day to day basis and a lot of these women’s stories are so different yet so the same. I’ve been brought up with the morals not to cheat, always respect women so I have a lot of respect for women and what they go through. It's hard to be a woman, especially nowadays with the world being so dominated by men. It’s hard to be a strong woman out there and do your thing. Even women in the industry to not have to feel like they have to sell themselves short to even get somewhere in life. I try to talk to young women all the time and tell them never sell yourself out. Always have respect for yourself because the more respect you have for yourself the more respect anyone will have for you. —As Told To Clover Hope ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marques Houston Talks Near-Death Experience With Brandy, Offers Halle Berry Dating Advice VIBE.COM By: GangStarr Girl Posted 5-28-2010 10:15 am Share VIBE speaks with the former frontman of IMx about anything but his upcoming album, Mattress Music Interview by: Starrene Rhett VIBE: Who is your industry best friend? Marques Houston: Omarion is too obvious because he’s my brother. But the closest person in the industry to me who is like a big brother is Tyrese. He gives me a lot of good advice. We both do the same things. We’re both from the same background. He comes from Watts. I’m from South Central. He also started as a musician turned actor, the same way I did and I like that fact that he’s able to do both and be successful at it. Being around him, I’m able to soak up a lot of knowledge from him as far as movies go. While we're talking Hollywood, why can’t Halle Berry keep a man? Halle Berry can’t keep a man because she’s probably very controlling and aggressive, and men don’t like that. I know from a lot of women friends that I have who are Leos. They don’t really have men because they’re really really aggressive and controlling and men don’t like that. I don’t know Halle Berry personally but I’m guessing that she’s one of those women that likes to be in control of the relationship and most men don’t like that. What’s your perfect ice cream sundae? Vanilla mixed with strawberry swirl sauce on top and some fresh skrawberrys on top. SKRAWBERRIES! Know what I mean? [laughs] "He actually came out with a gun and had he not seen it was us, [brandy and I] probably would have gotten shot!" What’s the sneakiest thing you’ve ever done? This is actually a really weird story. Brandy Norwood and I always bring this up whenever we see each other—we say we almost died together. It was our old office building and there was a guy who had a back office. He was working real late one night and we scared him. We kept sneaking around to the window and tapping on the back and he actually came out with a gun and had he not seen it was us, we probably would have gotten shot! But that’s one of the sneakiest or most mischievous things I’ve done when I was young. What personality traits did you have in common with Roger? None. Absolutely zero. Roger was the complete opposite of me. I used to really tell people that that was my twin brother. I was so different from him because Roger was a nerdy guy who couldn’t get girls and he was goofy. I was the complete opposite. I was the ladies man in school. I always had friends, people looked up to me. When I was seven, my two best friends were 12, they looked up to me, I was the leader so it was completely opposite. Roger was totally a character. Is the rumor that you took Beyonce’s virginity true? No, that’s not true. Who was the craziest girl you’ve ever dated? I’m not going to say her name, but one time I was coming in from out of town and she just showed up to pick me up, unannounced. She would do things like, one time I had 100 missed calls in a row from her. One time I was at the movies and I came home and I had all these crazy messages on my answering machine like, “Why didn’t you call me back?" and then four messages later she’s apologizing. It was a crazy experience. But you’re young, you date, you live and you learn. Were you ever forced to take a form of dance that you were embarrassed about? No Spectacular. No. I didn’t grow up on dance class. I was always natural. I’ve been in the industry since I was eight and I’ve always had a choreographer since then. But I never really took ballet or anything like that. "I was at the movies and came home and had these crazy messages on my answering machine like, 'Why didn’t you call me back?' Four messages later, she’s apologizing. It was a crazy experience." What are some talents of yours other than singing and dancing? I’m a barber, a professional barber. I don’t have a license or anything but I cut hair. I cut my own hair. And I can also draw and paint. What do you do outside of music for fun? I like to collect. I’m a tech guy so I like to have all the latest TV and Blu-Ray players and stuff like that. I just collect anything. I started collecting baseball cards and basketball cards when I was younger. I have a CD collection that turned into a DVD collection and I have a Jordan shoe collection. And I don’t drink but I have a wine collection. I just started a sweatshirt collection. Every city that I’m in I buy a sweatshirt. It’s just something that I do. I also love going to the movies and spending time with my friends. I love to bowl. I’m a good bowler too and I love to play basketball. Does it annoy you when people still call you Batman? I haven’t been called Batman in so long but the other day, I was in Washington D.C. and this girl called me Batman. She was like, “Come here Batman,” and it threw me for a loop. I was like, “Why did you just call me Batman?” [laughs]. That was strange.

MARKY MARK + THE FUNKY BUNCH - Super Cool Mack Daddy You Gotta Believe (1992)

Ooooohhhh....crappy rappers fighting each other. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diddy Fires Back at 50 Cent 50 Cent has been highly critical of rap mogul Diddy as of late, attacking him for aligning himself with 50's rival, Rick Ross, and questioning his artistry. Last night, at BET's post awards show, Diddy fired back, albeit without mentioning any names. "Yo, let's stop the hate, man. Congratulate!" an enthusiastic Diddy yelled, at the end of the show. "Hate is for suckers. If you hatin', you'se a sucka, and you ashy, and your breath stinks. And you know who I'm talking to, you hatin' a-s crab!" 50 dissed Diddy back in 2006 on a mixtape track called "Hip Hop," implying that Diddy knew who killed his former partner Biggie Smalls, but was too scared to do anything about it. Though they later squashed their beef, it was rekindled apparently, when Diddy began managing Rick Ross. In recent interviews, 50 has questioned Diddy's relationship with Nicki Minaj and Ross, who the Bad Boy boss controversially compared to Biggie and Lil Kim. Furthermore, 50 said Diddy's "not an artist," and that he's bad for hip-hop. "His music sucks," 50 said in an interview. "It's bad. He's not an artist anyway, so it doesn't really matter. When you think about it, is he a rapper? Because he says he doesn't write rhymes, he writes checks. Like the same things that I would say are wrong with a Rick Ross project, it's not authenticity to what he's doing. Now he's a singer?...Why does Rick Ross remind him of Biggie? Any Biggie fan objects to that. So how can he say that?" In a recent performance at the House of Blues in Boston, 50 took it a step further, calling out Diddy and saying, "F--- that n----, tell him I said that s---." We'll be interested to see how this develops, now that Diddy's put together his Dream Team, which includes Ross, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, DJ Khaled, Nicki Minaj and Red Cafe.