JumpinJack AJ

Man, I remember some of these articles at the time they were out and the 1996 one u sent me a couple years ago. I'm totally in BWS mode right now. What a great time. Hip-Hop had been taking hits commercially for a few years but alot of artists back then at least had some talent and/or dope beats under them. FP's spark was being rekindled. What a great time. I remember ordering that Special Edition of BWS like 4 or 5 times before they stopped sending me the regular album because the version with those other tracks doesn't exist. Isn't it time for a Big Willie Style double disc platnium edition featuring a bonus disc with remixes, unreleased tracks, and a DVD featuring videos, interviews, and performances from that era?

There's a video online somewhere (maybe YouTube).

AOL's Boombox had this article based on T-Boz's interview on Monique's show. This proves TLC was the thugs of the industry. Ha ha...they kick Puffy out of meetings in his heyday. --------------------------------------------------- TLC Member T-Boz Reveals Holding Clive Davis at Gunpoint Posted Oct 22nd 2009 5:45PM by Latifah MuhammadComments [51]Print | Email More Back in the 1990s, TLC became the top-selling girl group of all time, so they had some power. So much power, in fact, that once when the group didn't get money owed them by their record label, they held storied record executive Clive Davis at gunpoint. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins recently hit up comedian Monique's late night show to spill the beans behind this moment in TLC's colorful history. "TLC had generated, on 'Crazy Sexy Cool,' $75 million and they gave us $50,000 a piece," Watkins said. "I was like, what the hell? So, of course, Lisa ['Left Eye' Lopes] was the ringleader, like, 'We need to go get our money. I need to know where my money is at!'" "We had the limo driver, he was the getaway car," Watkins continued. "So we went up there, and Puffy was the one that snitched us out because we kicked him out of the meeting. It was rude -- we interrupted Puffy's meeting. We were getting sick and sweating, and we were really working hard for [the] money and we wanted to know who the hell had our check. [LaFace Records head] L.A. [Reid] said [then-Arista chief] Clive had it, [so] that's where we went." In the end, the girls prevailed and, lucky for them, weren't arrested for their stickup. "They did give us some money, but they still took it back and recouped it, but it's all good," she explained. "You live and learn in the business." Since the 2002 death of Lopes, the group famous for hits like 'Waterfalls' and 'No Scrubs' has maintained a low profile. Last weekend, T-Boz and fellow surviving member Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas performed their first concert in seven years at the Justin Timberlake and Friends charity event in Las Vegas. T-Boz and Chilli are currently prepping an upcoming tour.

Is anyone intersted in taking this further? Seriously. My online time these days is very limited. I don't know where to to and what to do. I'm willing to do stuff but I need some input. And at the same time, if someone has an idea, why don't they do it themselves? I just don't feel that the board is really commited to this anymore.

FP's entrance bit is HILARIOUS!!

I doubt it was that girl. She didn't seem 2 be a big fan of his music and movies in the sense that whatever she said about him was pretty general. I think she genuinly loves FP but that she's amping up the character for TV. She doesn't look like she could have much of a dark side. Loretta in the song sounded 2 have that crazy dark side.

I rather see him do something good instead of just anything.

FP has been getting in2 some weird stuff this year....first Lady Ga Ga...now soaps...ha ha.

Love the pic! I don't know if I get that network. If I do, I'll be sure to catch this. Thanx 4 posting.

This could get BIG!!

I did see that a couple weeks ago.

I remember seeing a shirt from He's The DJ in a record store YEARS ago. The one time i went there to buy it, they were all gone. I do like that shirt u posted. I just may have 2 get one of those.

I remember when someone thought that FP saying "click" as in her hanging up the phone was taken as her cocking a gun and killing herself...ha ha. I never took anything in the song as saying she's dead. I think if that were the case he would have put it in the lyrics.

I mentioned this a few weeks ago on the What Are You Listening To post. I was happy to see VH-1 airing this video. Since then the video is still being aired and I've even heard it on the radio. I don't think they've had a hit here since the mid-90's. When i 1st heard the song i initially fell in love with the feel-good vibe.

I think about half of Mario's album is good...the other half sounds like the crap on the radio. R. Kelly's "Double Up" was awful. The newest "singles" weren't very good either. I think he's lost his touch temporarily.

COLBIE CAILLAT - Falling For You Breakthrough (2009)

No way, I thought most of the performances were great. I love the way Onyx remixed the track a bit. It was good 2 see them performing with the same energy that they did 15 years ago.

Jazzy did his thing. Seeing him do his thing for the LL Cool J bit, the Public Enemy bit and the finale was just ill. 2 see Jeff work along side so many legends and big names was just amazing...Public Enemy, EPMD, The Roots, Eminem, Kid Rock, Foxy Brown, Fabolous, etc. The JJ+FP tribute is on the horizon....FP better not be holding it back from happening. I love seeing Jeff at these events.

I gotta get up early in the morning or I'd write about it right now. What did u guys think? I loved it. The show was dope. Once again, this is Hip-Hop's biggest night on TV each year.

That is such a good song! QUEEN LATIFAH + DADDY-O - The Pros All Hail The Queen (1989)

I'm sure that's a typo since it's not a Tuesday release. I looked 2day and picked up the new Kevon Edmonds album and the new Mario album. I also picked up Deathrow's new Snoop Doggy Dogg album. Deathrow's new owners put 2gether a good album. It took me back 2 Snoop's prime.

I've heard "This Is It." It's a good song. Nothing too amazing but definitely good. It's kind of disappointing that it's an old song being reworked tho.' MJ constantly was writing and recording music but it seems like mostly everything after Invincible was him using and reworking old material. I think it's insane that his 2003 compilation album is the number one selling album this year. Here's 2 articles... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson dominate American Music Awards nominations October 13, 2009 | 11:40 am A fast-rising country superstar and a fallen pop icon dominate the nominees for the 2009 American Music Awards. Taylor Swift, who was the bestselling artist of 2008, leads all nominees for the fan-voted gala with six, including recognition in the artist of the year field. Yet in major categories she'll be up against sentimental favorite Michael Jackson, who has dominated sales and headlines since his death June 25. Jackson received five nominations, including artist of the year, favorite pop/rock album, favorite soul/R&B artist and favorite soul/R&B album. Unlike the industry-voted Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards base their nominations on sales and radio data from Nielsen. Expect the American Music Awards to play out as a tribute of sorts to Jackson, allowing his 2003 greatest hits package "Number Ones" to score a nod for favorite album, where it will compete against Lady Gaga's "The Fame" and Swift's "Fearless." The American Music Awards will air live for the East Coast from downtown's Nokia Theatre on ABC at 8 p.m. Nov. 22. The awards are determined by onling voting from fans. After Jackson's death, his "Number Ones" surged to the top of the charts. It sold more than 440,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, in the 10 days following the star's death. It may very well end up as 2009's top-selling album. Jackson was featured heavily on the first-ever American Music Awards broadcast in 1974, and has a total of 22 American Music Awards trophies to his name, including one for artist of the century. In 2009, SoundScan reports that Jackson's "Number Ones" has moved a total of 1.9 million copies. Swift's "Fearless" ranks as the year's second-best selling album thus far, having sold 1.8 million copies. Swift remains on track for a blessed award season. After securing an entertainer of the year nomination at the Country Music Awards, Swift snared American Music Award nominations in major country and pop categories. In addition to artist of the year and favorite album, she's up for favorite country female artist, as well as favorite pop/rock female artist. Competing with Swift and Jackson for album of the year are Southern rock act Kings of Leon, pop star Lady Gaga and rapper Eminem. Completely left out of all major nominations, however, is Kanye West, who faced heavy industry and fan criticism after interrupting an acceptance speech from Swift at the recent MTV Video Music Awards. The rapper was a top performer on last year's telecast, where he unveiled "Heartless" on national television, but his "808s & Heartbreak" failed to receive any recognition in the rap, R&B or pop fields. Up for favorite soul/R&B album is Beyoncé's "I Am ... Sasha Fierce, " Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." and Jackson's "Number Ones." In the rap/hip-hop field, Eminem's "Relapse" will compete against Jay-Z's recently released "Blueprint 3" and T.I.'s "Paper Trail." Kings of Leon have had a breakout sales year for 2008's "Only by the Night," which has sold 1.4 million copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and the act was rewarded with three nominations. In addition to its artist of the year nod, the act will compete for favorite alternative rock artist with Green Day and Shinedown. In the country field, Swift's "Fearless" is up against "Unstoppable" from Rascal Flatts and the Zac Brown Band's "The Foundation." Teen star Miley Cyrus was represented twice in the favorite soundtrack category, once for "Hannah Montana: The Movie" and once for "Hannah Montana 3," the latest television soundtrack. But Cyrus will be challenged by the soundtrack to movie phenom "Twilight." The American Music Awards share downtown's L.A. Live complex with the Grammy Awards. The latter will announce its nominees in prime time shortly following the American Music Awards on Dec. 2. -- Todd Martens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Jackson's single 'This Is It' dates to a 1983 collaboration with Paul Anka October 12, 2009 | 6:54 pm Though officially released less than 24 hours ago, Michael Jackson's first posthumous single, "This Is It," has turned out to not be so new after all. After rampant speculation Monday that the song has decades-old roots, a representative to the special administrators for the Jackson estate has confirmed that "This Is It" was originally co-written with Paul Anka in the early '80s. Anka tells Pop & Hiss that he recorded two songs with Jackson in 1983, both intended for Anka's 1983 album "Walk a Fine Line." One of them, "I Never Heard," contains the identical vocal and piano line heard on "This Is It," Anka said. Anka said that in the hours since he first heard the song today he had reached a deal to receive half the publishing royalties. He repeatedly called the situation an "honest mistake." Anka said he was tipped off to the song when he received a call from TMZ's managing editor Harvey Levin, who was inquiring about the song's similarities to a 1991 cut Anka gave to Latin artist Sa-Fire. Jackson and Anka shared a songwriting credit on her version of "I Never Heard." "I said, 'I don’t know what you’re talking about yet, but let me check it,' " Anka recalled. "I listened, and there were no similarities; it was the same damn song." The song takes it name from what would have been Jackson's comeback tour this summer, and will now serve as the title track to a concert film and accompanying album. The film arrives for a limited two-week run on Oct. 28, and the album will be released in North America on Oct. 27. “The song was picked because the lyrics were appropriate because of the name Michael gave his tour," said a spokesman for special administrators for the Jackson estate John McClain and John Branca. "We are thrilled to present this song in Michael's voice for the first time, and that Michael’s fans have responded in unprecedented numbers. The song was co-written by the legendary Paul Anka.“ Canadian artist Anka came out swinging on Monday, threatening to sue the Jackson estate in comments made to TMZ and the New York Times. He didn't mince words when speaking to the New York Times. “They have a major, major problem on their hands,” he is quoted as saying. “They will be sued if they don’t correct it.” It's not the first time Anka has had to have conversations with lawyers regarding the song. He said his relationship with Jackson grew strained after "Thriller" became an international hit, and he had to fight to regain control of the tapes to his recording sessions with the artist. "I took the tapes over to a studio on Sunset Boulevard," Anka recalled about working with the star in 1983, "and Michael was supposed to meet me there so we can go to the next phase of the duets. I go to work, and I am informed by the studio that Michael had sent one of his people over and took the tapes. They stole them. I said, ‘What?’ He didn’t want to do the project anymore." Anka said there was no such drama today. He said he heard from the special administrators to the Jackson estate around 2 p.m. "They said, ‘Look, we get it. We made a huge mistake. Please, we apologize. Don’t throw an injunction. We understand that this is your song.’ I said I wasn't going to hold them up, and wanted what was right, and that’s 50 percent," Anka said. "That was my vocal. That was nothing new for Michael." Yet the version released late Sunday/early Monday features some new flourishes, namely backing vocals from Jackson's brothers. The latter were added to the mix after Jackson's death on June 25, sources familiar with the song's production confirm, and did not exist in any prior form of the song. Lyrically and melodically, "This Is It" is nearly identical to a song recorded and released by Latin artist Sa-Fire in 1991. Times critic Ann Powers discussed the similarity in a posting earlier today on Pop & Hiss, writing that the version released by Sony Music Entertainment last night "lacks the popping bass and round-the-way funkiness of Sa-Fire's interpretation, instead residing firmly in the realm of worship music as the King of Pop imagined it." Anka, who is currently working on a book for release next September, said he had limited interactions with Jackson after the meeting in 1983. He said he recently was listening to the vocals on the songs he recorded with the pop star in the early '80s and was thinking of way to repurpose them. "I was going to go in and do a duet with him and another artist because I own that track," Anka said. "I was having dialogue with [producer] David Foster, who’s a friend. I was going to take that track and do exactly what they did with somebody else ... But I love what they've done and I do think it's an honest mistake." The other song to emerge from Anka’s session with Jackson was a song called “Love Never Felt So Good,” which is available online in demo form and was ultimately released by Johnny Mathis. --Todd Martens Photo credit: Associated Press

God forbid we post something of substance....ha ha.

I really like these lyrics. It'd be nice 2 hear the track when it's recorded and see how it fits on the beat...but u need 2 come up with names that aren't already used by well-known, multi-platnium emcees if u wanna be taken seriously. Will Smith and Chris Kelly beat u 2 those names years ago.

I think The Simpsons have done just about anything so they are willing 2 do just about anything they haven't done. I still think it's stupid. I don't know if they need 2 compete with anyone. The Simpsons have always been in a class all their own. Even all of the non-kid-aimed cartoons that were inspired or imitated them don't really compete with them. I don't see Family Guy lasting as long as the Simpsons have (i've never liked that show either). Even South Park started getting stupid 5 years or so after they started. I don't watch Simpsons much anymore since I never watch TV but from i do see it seems like they've kept things going smoothly while staying true 2 their roots. I just think that doing something like this, that can only aimed at adults (males who want to look at naked women...which is pathetic) is silly since teenagers and kids watch the show.