JumpinJack AJ

I'm done with this topic. Most of the other old heads are gonna waste time defending their opinion this long. If i don't like someone's music, i'm gonna call it wack. What i think is wack is something someone else is gonna like and vice versa. I don't think that's tough idea 4 us all 2 understand. I really like Nick Cannon's records. Alota people here say they suck. I might defend him in a reply but i'm not gonna spend my entire existance on this board trying 2 change the opinion of everyone else. I consider FP and Nick Cannon straight Hip-Hop with mainstream appeal. Sure, it might sound good on the radio when it gets play, but they aren't doing what everyone does 2 fit in and guarentee a hit. 50 Cent and Ja-Rule are doing what they do in every song and what other people have done for years. If u wanna overlook the heart and the art in it all, fine. But i feel that the heart and art of FP, LL, NC, and so on are what confirm their stuff as Hip-Hop...and the lack of heart and art of Young Joc and Babyboy classify them as commerical Rap...on top of the fact that their music is trash. Say what u want, disagree all u want, but i'm done with this post. It waz dead posts ago. Any further ?uestions can be directed 2 the first joint off that KRS-One + Marley Marl album.

That's cool. Maybe he needs 2 sign up 2 the board!!

Nice article...thanx 4 sharing. I really wanna see JJ+FP live again. It's been the highlight of my life in the past....4 real!!

USHER - Pop Ya Collar Pop Ya Collar (Promo) (2000)

Turntable. Listen 2 yourself. UGK. They truely suck. Pimp C and Bun B are garbage rappers who think that sex, drugs and money is a new concept in music. Even album reveiws from their fans have said stuff like "they don't a whole lot to say"..."every verse has referenced to drugs and sex." Anyone who is gonna say "Hip-Hop is about sex and drugs" is just an idiot. Those fools didn't stand up for their own music and get off Jive. Jive refocused their music 2 pop music, dumping most of their Hip-Hop and Rap acts. UGK's music from today is the same crap that they were doing over 10 years ago. I have some mixtapes, compilation albums and soundtrack albums with music by them...it's awful. They aren't doing anything that Babyboy, Three 6 Mafia, Lil' Jon + The Eastside Boys, and Young Joc aren't doing. This last paragraph isn't even necessary. All i really gotta say is this..."Tribe Called Quest...UGK." Any questions?!? Visqo, i know u are being sarcastic with that post...but incase we need a brush up on wackness. Wack means bad with no redeeming qualities. Not "the lyrics were great but the production was weak" or "that song is awful, but Common Sense's verse waz good." Wack mean unforgivably bad in every way, shape, and form. And when it comes 2 greedy "quick 2 make a buck" artists, not everyone is doing what they do just 2 make money. Look at it this way. G-Unit obviously spends no time trying 2 write good songs. They don't care about having a song that has no lyrical focus or a wack chorus. They shamelessly will put out whatever. They want money and they talk about it all the time. They don't have any real respect for Hip-Hop music or Art in general. THAT'S COMMERICAL. Sure, FP puts out music videos and wants respectable numbers, but he's actually trying 2 do something with his music. He's telling a story on "Scary Story." He's packing the dancefloor with "Switch." He's making people laugh with "If U Can't Dance." He's showing concern for the world with live in on "Tell Me Why." He's venting on "I Wish I Made That." He's speaking his mind on "Lost + Found." He is making $20 million dollars when he makes a movie. Do u think has has any reason 2 rap anymore...any reason 2 promote his music. Heck 2 the nizzo...he does it 2 balance out the crap some of u support. He does it 4 the fans. Speech releases half of his music online with promtion. Public Enemy makes music videos still even tho' they aren't going 2 get aired. They do it for the fans...4 the people who have a moral standard 2 what they listen 2. DJ Jazzy Jeff puts out The Return of The Magnificent with no music video, no real money behind the project, yet talented artists come out 2 be on it and the production is 100 times better than any album in the top 20 right now. I feel like i'm beating a dead horse with this post. Either u get it or u don't. U feeling Rakim or are u feelin' Young Joc. U feelin' UGK or are u feeling De La Soul?? Do u think Ja-Rule is lyrical or do u think LL is lyrical. Do u think Slim Thug is talking about his actual life in his music or do u think Common Sense is talking about his real life in his music. Like what u wanna like and listen 2 what u wanna listen 2. But don't ever tell me that Young Buck and Young Dro make quality Hip-Hop music. Hip-Hop is something u live and something u feel. Commerical Rap is for those who are motivated by sex, money, drugs, and material things. Shallow, pathetic, negative people who can only talk about that garbage aren't Hip-Hop...nuff said.

Yeah, the production of the whole album is raw but good. It totally took me back 2 the time when u didn't need fancy sound effects and sugar-sweet slick, over produced beats. Not one beat is bad, but they aren't made for radio at all. The pure Hip-Hop sound like on the album makes it so that, and i know this is a crazy idea for some people, u'll actually listen 2 the lyrics. The emcee actually had 2 write something dope so u aren't noticing that it isn't a Jus Blaze or Neptunes track. The lyrics are pretty creative across the whole album. KRS has always been this creative and consistant tho.' That waz a nice article 2. I've always hated when people knocked emcees for doing commercials. I mean, as long as they aren't promoting something negative, let 'em do their thing. I remember the Jazzy Jeff/Starter promo, MC Hammer/British Knights and Popcorn Chicken commercials, and the dope Sprite commericals from back in the day (A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, Kris Kross, etc). I never saw that as selling out. I remember the mid-90's commericals for some alcoholic beverages by Snoop and 2Pac. Whenever commericals like that came on, i waz like "put that on an album!" cuz the music waz do good.

I don't think there's ever been a bad time for a new WS or JJ+FP album. I think certain times call 4 it more than others...since Jazzy just dropped The Return... i'd love an FP solo album with a JJ+FP album officially in the works. L+F did good things for FP's music career. So if it gets in the lab sometime soon, i think the album would be welcomed by music fans. The state of Hip-Hop and Commerical Rap is incredibly interesting at the time. Sure, alot of crappy music is still on the radio, but it just feels like something crazy is gonna happen sometime soon.

H A P P Y B - D A Y, K E V ! ! !

I might have 2 check this out. I saw the 1st when it hit DVD and thought it was good, but waaay overrated compared 2 what everyone was saying. I didn't bother seeing the 2nd cuz nobody said they liked it. But if the new one is good, i might watch the 2nd and go see the 3rd.

JJ+FP is amazing live...but i honestly rather have a new album. It's just been soooooooo long. I want it more than anything. It'll hold me over much longer than a show. If they only wanna tour, that's fine...then release a live album!!

This isn't an album review...cuz i'm just now skimming thu' the album. But let me say that all true Hip-Hop fans NEED 2 check this album. I know i waz kinda turned off when reading the article saying KRS-One and Marley Marl were doing any album 2 show that beefing artists can squash it and work 2gether. That article waz corny and wack. It made the whole album sound like a stupid gimmick. However, when i saw the album being advertised in an ad, i just got HYPE. KRS-One, arguably the best emcee ever and Marley Marl, arguably the best beat maker working 2gether. We are talking about 2 Hip-Hop greats...2 kings, making an album in this pathetic days. I scooped up the album and i'm loving it. The beats are pure unadulterated, unsweetened Hip-Hop...and KRS's lyrics...well, need i say more. Just check this album. This week it's on sale at Circuit City for just $11.99 (tho' they had 2 fix it in the system at my location). And the Circuit City version has 3 bonus trax on it. And i can tell why they weren't part of the album...it's definitely worth getting this version if u can. I'm lovin' this!!

KRS-ONE + MARLEY MARL - I Was There Hip-Hop Lives (2007)

U have raised your kids well...ha ha. Yeah, i don't doubt Master P growing up. Even if i don't appriciate an artist's musics, i totally respect ideas like this....providing it truely is coming from their heart and not a PR move. Seems like every one is calling 4 a change which is great, even tho' we could have used it 10 years ago.

This is the most respectable, mature, and articulate thing Master P has ever done. His music is awful, but i respect what he's doing here. I think it's kinda strange that someone like Master P is "reaching" out to FP, Latifah, and Run since he doesn't make music like them. Great idea tho' and hopefully it's one of the steps taken that changes the game. And hopefully it serves as inspiration to get the 3 of them in the studio with new albums.

WHITNEY HOUSTON: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Posted May 21st 2007 9:45AM by Karu F. Daniels Filed under: Entertainment Newswire By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices What's really going on with Whitney Houston? Said to be on the comeback trail, the Grammy Award winning diva is back in the news again -- in good ways, and bad. Last week, the former top-charting chanteuse was made headlines. And she also made head turns, as well. According to 'Fox News' gossip guru Roger Friedman, sources said that the 'I Will Always Love You' singer looking "stoned" at Stevie Wonder's lavish 57th birthday celebration during the star studded opening of The Cove in The Bahamas. But a record label source dismissed that talk. "Whitney ... is straight as an arrow, not doing drugs and working hard in the studio. That's the word from her record company Monday in response to my weekend report," Friedman wrote two days later. Okay. Back at the ranch, her ex-husband Bobby Brown filed papers in California's Orange County Superior Court recently challenging the terms of his April 24 divorce. According to 'MTV News,' the former pop star turned reality TV personality is claiming he was distraught, depressed and so strapped for cash at the time that he couldn't afford a lawyer. He's now specifically trying to contest a judge's decision to grant physical and legal custody of the pair's 14-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, to his ex-wife. 'Access Hollywood' obtained papers that support Brown claims. The documents reportedly claim that "Whitney repeatedly assured Bobby that he need not file a response and that reconciliation was possible," and that "Whitney did so at a time when she knew that Bobby was particularly vulnerable." A June 15 court date has been set for Brown's new case. And while Whitney is done with Bobby, Verizon is officially done with Akon. But she said to be ready to make musical magic with the Senagelese singing sensation -- even after the telecommunications giant dropped him as a spokesperson (thanks to the internet footage of him in a comprising position with a minor.) The 'Locked Up' crooner has reportedly signed on to write and produce material for her big comeback project. According to 'Billboard,' Akon says the songs will most likely represent everything she's been through over the years, as well as where she is now in her life. The album, which may feature collaborations with Ne-Yo, Diane Warren, R. Kelly, Jermaine Dupri, Jennifer Hudson and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, is expected to be released later this year.

LOOSE CANNONS - Jamie Got Her Boobs Done Life Goes On (2006)

HAPPY B-DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll have 2 check this. After 2000, i waz pretty done with Eminem. His music and his status of an artist have totally changed. The quality totally disappeared. When i hear this, i'll probably remind me of when i waz excited 2 hear his music and proudly called myself a fan.

If that's how u wanna look at it. But just because a group, an album, or a song gets popular, it doesn't mean a legit artist all of a sudden is commercial. I'm not saying that it hasn't happened (example; Eminem). But just cuz Common Sense and Talib Kweli get video spins on MTV doen't mean they go from credible Hip-Hop artists to the status of 50 Cent. That idea is straight ignorance.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Miracles Since The Last Time (2007) ...the best group u aren't listening 2

NELLY FURTADO - All Good Things (Come To An End) Loose (2006)

NITTY - ABC Player's Paradise (2005)

YOUNG MC - Principal's Office Stone Cold Rhymin' (1989)

You dont know ish about my cd collection dont you? Well, u regularly praise certain artists and rarely mention others. It shows your taste. Who really cares?!

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Heaven Since The Last Time (2006) Yeah, A Tribe Called Quest is arguably within the top 5 Hip-Hop groups EVER.