JumpinJack AJ

Yeah, i can't wait 4 the new album. Hopefully they take it back 2 their roots. I only REALLY liked about half of the songs on their last album. The others were just alright or filler tracks. Hopefully they can get Queen Latifah outta her Hip-Hop hiatus for a song or 2. JASON MRAZ - Life High We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (2008)

I'm putting this prayer request out for my friend. Her 5 year old dog ran out of the house today and died instantly when she was hit by a car. She said her mom opened the basement door while the dog followed her. Her mom had no idea the dog followed her down there since she doesn't like to go in the basement. Her mom came back inside and the dog was missing. My friend went outside and called for her and didn't see or hear her. She walked out front (the live on a busy street) and she saw her dog just laying there on the side of the road not breathing. My friend said she stood there silent for about 5 seconds before she fell to her knees and broke down. She carried her dog back to the house and buried her. The driver never stopped, stuck around, or tried to figure out who's dog it was. My friend has gone through a VERY hard year. Infact, some of her past mistakes and selfish/bad decisions have put people like me thru' a bad year. She's recently got herself together and this shock has really hit her hard. I'm praying that her and her family receive comfort and an inner peace. I pray that her mom doesn't have a feeling of guilt over her head for having the dog follow her outside when she wasn't aware she was being followed. I also pray that i can be the kinda friend that will help her get through this rough time...being able 2 devote time in between my crazy schedule and saying the right things.

This is ill. I love the energy, the swagga, the grit, etc. I can only give the beat a 7...but i feel it's done that way 2 contrast the slick sound of the last album...2 put total focus on his lyrics and timeless flow. LL is putting 2gether an album much better than most of us thought. The video is ill 2. That classic black and white look reminds me of some of the 90's best videos. I don't see this getting really radio play...but if it does, i'll be the only good Hip-Hop joint 2 be on the radio in the past year or 2.

That might be the stupidest thing posted all month. If FP waz really like that, i'd have 2 call him out. That kinda stuff simply is not cool. I don't care if he's my favorite emcee. If he was like that, they wouldn't still be together. Even if FP didn't have standards, Jada does and would never put up with it.

Screw an Oscar...who needs it!! Ha ha...I can't wait for the next album. U know it's gonna happen.

I love the 702 and Naughty songs that were mentioned... CHANTE MOORE - Love Action Love The Woman (2008)

50 Cent...Lil' Wayne... It looks like all u need 2 do is make some of the worst music that ears have ever heard 2 accomplish such a feat. What are the odds that music's most untalented and annoying people sells that many records. What is the average IQ of those people who are buying that music?

It's an awful song by an awful rapper. I can't stand the radio...are they still playing that trash?

:shrug: Not really feeling either of these ideas.

I don't think there is a ?uestion.

I feel u...but these young people are fully aware of what they are doing. I don't think age really makes them less guilty or let's them justify things. Had R. Kelly not been famous, i bet the fingures would be pointed more equally. Famous people do some messed up stuff or make mistakes, they just catch the fire for it alot quicker and alot worse. People who have made the same mistakes will knock a celeb for doing the very same thing they did simply becuz they have cameras on them.

I think that's the best way 2 put it. I won't back down on my statement that she should be paying the same price that he is. U can be older and say she's a big victim who can't think for herself, but i just can't agree with that. I remember being 14. Sure we all develop differently, but i feel at that age, i waz pretty much the same person i am 2day minus the life experience. She is just as guilty as he is. I wasn't justifying anything. That kinda behavior is definitely wrong 2 me. I'm just saying that both parties should be paying. If they both have come outta this better people...then good, that's what this whole episode was for then. But if either of them is up 2 the same kinda thing, then i agree 100% that either or both of them need 2 get help. Because i didn't watch the tape and never plan 2, i'm not gonna throw accusations and i'm also not gonna defend him. Even if i wanted it, it's 8 years old. Unless this kinda behavior is still going on, u can't punish someone for something so old since none of us has the right 2 judge anyone. And person who has a problem, big or small, should get help, i'll just leave it at that.

Thanx! I'd never seen the whole video either. Classic song. I'm about 2 pop the album or the single in.

I don't like the beat much...but the way it's blended with the vocals is good. Thanx!

...just keepin' it real like a banana peel.

Wow! I didn't get 2 read the article yet...but in the words of Flavor Flav "Wooooooooooooooow." I didnt' see the tape, but i did read in-depth news on everything. I personally cannot say i care much about the outcome. I still buy his music cuz as an artist, he's one of the best...tho' i doubt he'll ever reach the level of quality he had between '93-'96...even thru' 2000. My biggest problem with this was that R. Kelly was taking all the heat. Things go both ways. Yes, he is the adult who should know better, but all other parties involved should be catching the same heat he has been and paying for what they did as well. If he did, then he's wrong and he can deal with it with God. After all this time, i'm sure he already has. But the girl needs 2 go thru' the same thing he goes thru'. It's take 2 to tango and teenagers shouldn't be treated like kids who don't know what they are doing...cuz they do. Again, right is right and wrong is wrong. I'm not the judge and i don't know what happened. I'm just glad the whole thing is over. This isn't like murder or rape. I'm not saying it's right by any means, but 1 person was catching the heat that 2 people should have been catching. If he's a changed man with a new out look on life...i say "Congratz"...if he's gonna be acting foul...then i'll just keep my thoughts 2 myself.

JASON MRAZ - The Beauty In Ugly (Promo) (2007)

A review for any Lil' Wayne album. Lil' Wayne has no talent. His songs are about nothing becuz he hasn't mastered the song writing concept of writing about something. His voice and flow are unbareably awful. His voice makes fingernails on a chalk board sound beautiful. His production is awful and he should be kicked in the face until he dies.

Hmmm...everything about this song is alright...ha ha. LL's lyrics are effortlessly common. Not bad by any means...just common. A few of the lines are a step down from his last few albums. The production is standard for the kinda stuff that hits the radio. I find the synths kinda annoying. The "ay's" are really annoying. The Dream isn't the wackest R-N-B artist ever...but his talent is very limited and boring. He has no presence on this at all. I'm sad this has 2 be the 1st single. It's so average that i would hope is was a filler album cut...not a single. Oh well, this could be what gets him some big mainstream attention again. It's average enough to be good 2 the average commercial rap fan. I just prefer the days when he released a really good song 2 get success.

Gospel and Christian music aren't the blame. Most artists from that genre aren't going for mainstream success. They grow and experiment like every other pool of artists from other genres. Gospel and Christian artists aren't controling or molding popular music tho.' I don't listen 2 any Classical music. It isn't contoling popular music and seems like it has to remain where it's at. Classical music doesn't have alot of room to evolve...but i could be totally wrong since i'm no expert on it. Rock has tons of influence. Rocks has always branched off in 2 different sub-genres. There are always bandwagons in Rock that make u ?uestion the artists. There was the grunge era...everyone jumped on it...even Heavy Metal artists. Then mainsteam Rock (Vertical Horizon) was big along with feel-good Rock (Sugar Ray). Now this awful emo style whiny Rock is big. I'm no expert on Rock music, but it seems 2 follow the same patten of popular Hip-Hop and Rap. Subgenres, gimmicks, bandwagons are all 2 common. Country has a few subgenres but i don't think they have anything 2 do with the overall decline of music. Their fans seem 2 be the most loyal tho.' The only reason the mainstream state of Hip-Hop sucks is becuz there is no loyalty in Hip-Hop music. Fans are quick 2 forget or ignore artists they once supported. Just compare sales of MC Hammer's "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" to "Too Legit To Quit"....or Fresh Prince's "Big Willie Style" to "Willennium." The quality of the music stayed the same, the promotion was the same, the vibe of the music was similar...but sales dropped, the media didn't support it, and fans sold out. I think that the audience that controls what is popular on the radio and on TV has a lack of knowledge of Hip-Hop music and culture. That is why untalented, uncreative people are finding success with garbage music. The fans don't know what good music is. They will buy in2 anything. They don't think for themselves. They let the media and other people tell them what is hot and what 2 listen 2. It's discusting. I think the average age that controls this has gone down 2. The only way 2 fix the industry is to not support artists who are clearly only gonna be here for a short time who have no artistic ability. They need 2 stop worrying about making a quick buck and INVEST in real artists. Hip-Hop needs 2 enrich the minds of the listeners by exposing them 2 good music instead of bad. Also, when u are pushing downloads and stuff like that, instead of albums. U are incouraging fans 2 buy in 2 gimmicks and flavor-of-the-month artists and NOT talented artists who are releasing albums. The industry is shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. They are setting up steps 2 do away with releasing real music in a respectable way. I could go on forever...but it's late and i'm about 2 crash. But because many of us are Hip-Hop, R-N-B, Rap, and Pop music fans, we are seeing the worst of it. Music as a whole is only suffering a portion compared to the fact that nearly every record on Rap and R-N-B radio is average at best...but mostly straight wack.

PRAS MICHEL + WYCLEF JEAN - Angels Sing Win, Lose, or Draw (2005)

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J-LIVE + DJ JAZZY JEFF - One To 31 Then What Happened? (2008) I just got this album...it's ill!! The best album since The Return of The Magnificent!!

JANET JACKSON - And On And On Any Time, And Place (CD Single) (1994)

That was funny. This reminds me of the Eminem that broke in2 the scene that i fully supported. He didn't really disguise his voice tho'....i think i would have assumed it was him from the start. I like how he waz clowinin' and actually showing me that he is a fan of real Hip-Hop since most of his new stuff and his people contradict that. Even tho' alot of the songs are scraping "average"...this got me in the mood for the new LL album. Shoot, them sparking a friendship could dig Em's music cred outta the gutter.