JumpinJack AJ

When it comes to Code Red singles, they only released "Boom! Shake The Room,""I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me)," and "I Wanna Rock." Overseas they released singles for "Twinkle Twinkle (I'm Not A Star)" and "Can't Wait To Be With You."

Other than "Game Proof" I wasn't really into Chilli's leaked stuff that much. It all sounded very Ciaraish. I've only heard one of the leaked songs from T-Boz's album and really liked it. I really wish there was an official release of that FanMail concert. It was so dope.

So overall, this album isn't what i wanted. I didn't expect her to come with another Black Reign. I expected some singing but the truth is there is only 4 straight Hip-Hop joints on the record. It's still a good album and it does reflect where she is in her career properly. This is definitely a grown Queen Latifah. If u ignore the last Flavor Unit album, her greatest hits album, and her 2 Jazz/Soul/Pop albums, this is her 1st urban studio album in 11 years. Much of the album is what i guess u would call mainstream Urban music. It's not straight R-N-B but it's not pop music. "The Light" has Latifah hungry and spitting over a polished Hip-Hop record with a simple/sung chorus. I think this is a good opening record. "Fast Car" has a progressive urban mainstream vibe. Latifah is singing with vocoder background vocals buried in the mix. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot has rap on the track. From 1996-2001 i LOVED Missy. Ever since then she's gotten more annoying, lyrically predictable, and artificially southern. I used to hold Missy as an up-and-comer to the ranks of Hip-Hop's female legends. It hasn't turned out that way...so why is she rapping on a Latifah joint when Latifah could do it better herself? "Cue The Rain" is another urban mainstream track with dance-style synths and rock guitars. Latifah sings with a bunch of swagga on this track. It's not what i want from the Queen but the song has got some energy. It'll make u move. "My Couch" is still keeping the record in the urban mainstream area with a rhythmic R-N-B feel. "Take Me Away (With You)" is keeping the feel of the previous songs in tact. She still singing on a danceable rhythmic R-N-B track. This one features Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry. Latifah does manage to spit a short verse towards the end tho.' "With You" evolves from the previous song and gets dancier with vocoder vocals. "Hard To Love Ya" is a good record. It's got a modern radio-ready Hip-Hop beat. Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men is on the chorus. This is the perfect track for Latifah to spit on but she's singing. Busta Rhymes shows up for a love-based verse. This is one of my favorites on the record. "What's The Plain" is a bland urban mainstream song. U can groove to it, but that's about it. "Long @$$ Week" is Latifah getting back on track (finally). The modern polished Hip-Hop beat has Latifah spitting and not missing a beat. The song is about letting go and having fun after a long and stressful week. It's a feel good record. This is Hip-Hop growing up...i know it speaks 2 me. "Runnin'" has the confusing mixture of dance-synths and and rock guitars. Latifah sounds really good singing on this with moments of her rap-singing as well. Not my flava, but i like this. The song is about a relationship where the loyalty to each other is ?uestioned. "People" may be the best track on the record. The soulful R-N-B meets Hip-Hop track has Latifah spitting alongside Mary J. Blige on the hook. I love this song. Give us a video 2 this!! More grown-up Hip-Hop for the real heads. This is just dope. "If He Wanna" is a reggae-tingled R-N-B joint. Latifah is singing sweetly with Serani on the hook. Simple, relaxing, and good...but not as good as "Weekend Love" off Black Reign. "Over The Mountain" has the Queen explaining how this album was about her "spreading her wings" but that she's not a changed person other than growing. It's a essentially a gospel-message wrapped in a slow haunting Hip-Hop meets Soul track features guitars in the mix. I really like this one. Oh, and she is rapping on this one 2. "The World" has her sing-rapping over a laid back grown Hip-Hop/R-N-B beat. ----------------- The concept of the album was 2 mix all these 2gether....hence the title "Persona." U can also get that impression by looking at the album cover which features 5 Latifahs on different vibes. The fierce ghetto Latifah, the "I'm about to receive my Grammy Latifah, the strictly business Latifah, the housewife Latifah, and the rock chick Latifah. I haven't had time to really get in2 the lyrics. The truth is, alot of those urban mainstream tracks just don't keep my attention enough to even grab what they are about. In my opinion the best songs are the Hip-Hop joints and those are the songs where she sounds most at home (after all she didn't need to stretch for them) and the subject matter is the most clear and the lyrics the most creative. Those open to an experimental Latifah need to get the album. I also think that this album will really speak to females. When i make a copy of this for the car, it'll probably only have about half of the songs off of this album mixed with some of her most recent songs i liked from the past. Latifah really should do an official mixtape for those of us really wanting all Hip-Hop.

Visqo, i spelled her name wrong...it's COLBI CAILLIT. She's an acoustic soul singer. She had some big songs a little over a year ago with "Bubbly" and "Realize." Brakes, i'm liking that song. It's alot better than the previous song he put out for the new album. QUEEN LATIFAH - Cue The Rain Persona (2009)

Classic...definitely one of the masters. Thanx for posting this. Anyone else interested in a Biz Markie remix of an MJ classic? ha ha

COLIE CAILLAT - Runnin' Around Breakthrough (2009)

They performed somewhere in Japan a couple months ago. U never know.

I had no idea it was dropping yesterday until yesterday. I'm gonna write my review soon. I was wondering if anyone else has gotten the album. It's not the Hip-Hop album we all wanted, but it's got 4 or so Hip-Hop joints on it. The rest of it is a mix of R-N-B and Mainstream Urban. I wish it was straight Hip-Hop but i'm still liking this alot.

TLC Prepping First U.S. Concert in Seven Years Posted Aug 25th 2009 12:45PM by Latifah Muhammad Filed under: R'n'B News The women of TLC are looking to get back into the swing of things by way of their first stateside concert in seven years. Although now a duo, following the 2002 death of member Left-Eye, T-Boz and Chilli are billed to play at the "Justin Timberlake and Friends" benefit concert on October 16. Hosted by the Grammy-winning singer, the concert will take place at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center and will also feature performances by Alicia Keys, Ciara and Taylor Swift. The annual event is accompanied by Timberlake's charity gold tournament, which will take place October 16-18. Tickets for the concert go on sale Saturday. Following the death of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, TLC maintained a low profile. In 2004 T-Boz, born Tionne Watkins and Chilli, born Rozonda Thomas, starred in the reality show 'R U The Girl?' where they searched for a new group member. After crowning 20-year-old Tiffany Baker as the show's winner, the threesome never recorded an album stating that they had no intentions of replacing Left-Eye. Known for colossal hits like 'Creep,' 'Waterfalls,' and 'No Scrubs,' the trio became the first female group to have an album go diamond-with over 10 million units sold of their sophomore album 'CrazySexyCool.' Once the biggest selling girl group of all time, TLC's musical success has been riddled with financial-lows most notably when they filed for bankruptcy in 1995. Both T-Boz and Chilli are said to be working on solo releases ------------------------------------ Am i crazy 2 be considering going out 2 Vegas 2 see this? I have a feeling they'll begin 2 do more shows so i should probably wait. I got a few days 2 figure this out...ha ha.

Definitely a few albums i'm interested in getting. I knew they were working 2 get that Q-Tip album out...i didin't know it was happening. I also didn't know about the Rakim one. I wonder how the John Forte one is gonna be. There's alot of non-Hip-Hop albums coming out that i'm hyped for...Mariah Carey's, Colbie Callait's, LeToya, All-4-One. This is the time of year that big albums start dropping with the holidays right around the corner. Alot of these people are gonna remind us what music should be like...and that it's still okay 2 buy albums.

I don't think Hancock was good enough of a movie to have a sequel. I guess there is stuff they could do with the story but do they really need to? Since all of this movies do well they just wanna do sequels to all of them. The problem is, only a very few are the kind of movies that can make total sense by having sequels.

I wish i could get excited about this.

Ugh...Jada is one bad check...but this just isn't authentic 2 me....which is good cuz i think this is terrible.

AQUALUNG - Brighter Than Sunshine Strange & Beautiful (2005)

Wow, that was awful. What does JJ+FP have to 2 with that hot mess, dirty south, ghetto trash?...other than doing a weak version of "Apache" in the middle of the video?

JJ+FP - I'm All That Homebase (1991)

JAY-Z, RIHANNA, + KANYE WEST - Run This Town Blueprint 3 (2009) I like the beat at the minute mark when it finally drops. I like Jay-Z not doing his predictable flow...but i'm not in love with his flow. Kanye sounds good 2 any of that Heartbreak + 808 crap but he'll never be better than below average. His voice just doesn't command any attention and his lyrics and flow are always a bit sloppy. I like Rihanna on the hook. I can't wait til she desides 2 be pretty again. Time 2 throw on some acoustic 2 fall asleep 2...i'm thinking about my man Keirnan McMullan... p.s. Brakes, page 60...u know what that means...

I still need 2 get his new album...shame on me!! JJ+FP - Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff's Mix) Summertime (CD Single) (1991)

AJ's life story...coming soon...

Yeah, i don't wanna claim to be a know-it-all or anything but "Summertime" is straight Fresh Prince. His lyrics, style, and writing parttern of each era are so strong that u can tell when it's all him...and Homebase is all him. I was listening 2 it on the way home from work 2day and just being sucked back in 1991. Classic FP.

Funny. Was FP properly interviewed during that show...cuz it looks like i missed this one. I've never seen it before.

The beat is dope and the lyrics are great. I know nothing about the group but i'll be getting this remix album.

JASON MRAZ - Curbside Prophet Sold Out (In Stereo) (2002) I must add that Jason Mraz broke a record this past week. "I'm Yours" has been in Billboard's Top 100 for 70 weeks. This is the 1st time this has happened since 1951! It entered the charts in May 2008 and after the 1st 6 weeks it has stayed in the top 40. Black Eyed Peas have been in the top spot for 20 weeks...this record broke Usher's in 2004 for "Yeah" and "Burn."

I mean, it looks alright for being F 2 the A 2 the K 2 the E. Nobody else's name would go b4 FP's and like pointed out earlier her, he's be on the poster. Not sure why that 3rd name is there tho.'

That was hilarious.