JumpinJack AJ

I love Damon Wayans...i can't wait 2 see what all he does.

LOOSE CANNONS - Summer Girls (Live) Unreleased (2006)

Jagged Edge - Hopelessly (self-titled) (2006)

I think that the reason alot of parents hate Hip-Hop music and Rap is becuz it has a bad reputation that has it associated with guns, drugs, sex, and worshipping material things. And the truth is, if i waz a parent, i wouldn't want my kids listening 2 that trash either. On top of that, i gotta say that there is nothing more annoying than a white teenager who is trying his best 2 be stereotypically black. Those cats are the most ignorant idiots i've ever seen. As a parent, i'd be totally embarassed if my teenager waz trying 2 act like somebody in a rap video (who is already putting on a front). As i got older, my parents didn't care what i listened 2 as long as i didn't make them listen 2 it. I might have a 'hood edge but i've never tryed 2 be something i wazn't. After all, i got it from growing up in my mother's brother's place. And i also don't drink and i've never done drugs. I've never had a serious problem with violence and i've never got wrapped up in material things. As i got older they actually praised me 4 my decisions in life.

Ha ha...that sucks. But i can relate. I remember when i waz younger, i'd hide my more explict stuff. I waz between 9 and 13 when i had some stuff like N.W.A, 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Onyx, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Naughty By Nature, MC Lyte, Ice T, etc. My parents rarely heard it cuz i waz good and keeping my music purchases secret. It's funny tho'...cuz now that i'm older, i really can't stand cussing and get the edited versions of CDs that do have explict lyrics. I gotta be corny and say "Parents Just Don't Understand." My parents didn't really understand Hip-Hop and Rap back in the day...but things were alot different back then. I remember when i got Jodeci's Diary of A Mad Band, they heard the extreemly sexual lyrics of some of the songs...and made me dub a copy of the album on cassette minus 2 or 3 of the really sexual songs. I remember they also heard me blasting Queen Latifah's "Black Reign" and the song "Rough" waz on. While there isn't a crazy amount of cussing on the album, they heard enough and took it from me...but let me keep the singles i got from that album...ha ha. A few years down the road i got it again. My advice is 2 just keep your purchases secret. There isn't much u can do 2 change your parents' opinions of Hip-Hop other than having them hear songs like "Tell Me Why" and the really positive stuff. Making an agreement with them of what they think is appropriate is cool 2. Let them know about a certain artist b4 u get and album...have them check their website or lyrics. Let them know u aren't gonna be going around cussing, getting drunk, addicted 2 drugs, and acting all negative. Let them know u are making a choice 2 listen 2 positive stuff. Ask them if they listened 2 anything racy in the day, ask them who music they think u should listen 2....just 2 see and then compare various Hip-Hop acts 2 that artist. On a kinda funny note, i waz washing the car a few weeks back and blasting Rev Run's "Distortion"...my dad came out and said "man, that sounds angry...i can't stand when u listen 2 stuff like that." I just laughed cuz it reminded me of when i waz alot younger. Of course Run is a reverand and doesn't cuss or preach poison in his rhymes...so it made it all the more funnier.

CYPRESS HILL - I Could Just Kill A Man (self-titled) (1991) Julie...did u check Shanice's new album?

Replying 2 Fuq....most of the album is definitly taking from his life. After all, pain is the best inspiration. That's what often makes the best songs in every music genre. It makes me wonder what direction his album waz taking b4 all of that.

Now i don't know if i'm on the right board 2 be posting this...but i gotta give my man props. Let me start off by saying that i slept on 98 Degrees. I HATED boybands back in the day...for obvious reason. I didn't mind 98 Degrees, but since i couldn't stand Backstreet Boys and NSYNC (who now no longer bug me...ha ha), i just couldn't get into them. About the time Newlyweds started airing, i started checking their stuff out. I never imagined that this guy in baggy jeans, a hat 2 the back, and a down 2 earth personality waz the same guy singing those R-N-B pop songs and wearing matching suits in the guy group. Nick just cracked me up on the show...partly cuz i could relate 2 him on some of the stuff he waz going thru' on the show. So i found the groups albums crazy cheap at a used CD store. I always knew they were strongly R-N-B based...but their sound and harmonies made me a fan. 4 guys with a sound that smooth and with people like Montell Jordan and SoulPower behind them impressed me. Well, i pick up his lackluster debut solo album. I couldn't get in2 the uptempo poppish trax so much, but the soulful R-N-B trax were amazing 2 me (check This I Swear, Edge of Heaven, I Fall In Love Again, The Only Place, Open Your Eyes, and On And On). For a year or 2 i've closely followed his career which led up 2 him previewing his current hit single "What's Left of Me" on AOL. I loved the song...i'm sure most of u remember me tripping out over this song (now accompanied with a video that's getting lots of play). Well, the album dropped this week. While i waz disappointed that Nick put his signature smooth R-N-B style, i really do like this album. He pens most of the album, and it serves as an open letter of his life. Lots of it has him pouring out his heart about his break up, his growth as a person, and a new outlook on life. I love albums where ever lyric has a purpose, and this is one of those albums. The majority of the album is a breezy pop sound filled with pianos and acoustic guitars. His voice adjusts 2 the sound with a more raw sound as opposed 2 his smoother style...which really only shows up on the amazing song (and scheduled single) "Resolution." That being said, i think this album is gonna be huge. I picked it up Saturday and thought my mom would LOVE it. So i went out 2day 2 get another copy 2 be a part of what i'm getting her for Mother's Day. The album was sold out at Circuit City, Target, K-Mart, and almost sold out at Borders and FYE. It looks like Nick Lachey is on his way 2 a healthy solo career.

I've heard their main single. It doesn't do much 4 me. I'll keep my ears open 4 other stuff but Cee-Lo annoys me. I hate his voice on most of his stuff.

I've never thought huge sales and successful singles were all that Hip-Hop has 2 offer. I waz back on the Sony boards in 1999 saying that...ha ha. I'm just saying that even the underground doesn't do much 4 me these days. Alot of them don't even come with the total package (delivery, flow, lyrics, beats, chemistry). I'll check a few of the groups that u guys have mentioned that i haven't heard yet....but even 4 those who have skillz...it doesn't change the fact that real Hip-Hop are nearly extinct.

I got this when it 1st dropped...i love the album.

I read it...but it only makes sense 2 me. Let's hope i'm wrong. :)

To me, it sounds like she likes Hip-Hop, but that it doesn't have much 2 offer her. Which i can relate 2. Oprah has had FP on the show a few times. I have a video i taped back from 1993 where she had on TLC, Kris Kross, and Marky Mark + The Funky Bunch. She had each of them perform 2 songs (great performances from each group) and did lots of interviewing. U could tell she waz a big fan of the music...especially TLC's. U would see her in the audience singing along 2 the lyrics. Oprah has a strict opinion on what she thinks is acceptable. She has alot of deserved power, and if she chooses 2 overlook a discusting person like 50 Cent...then so be it. Why put someone u don't repect out there and help their career?!? If Ludacris doesn't wanna be called out, then maybe he should make good music. If he get offended by what she said, then he has 2 agree with what she is saying 2 an extent.

Man, i've been listening 2 alot of old school CDs recently. And i'm really missing what Hip-Hop groups used 2 be like. Sure, there are groups like Arrested Development, 4th Avenue Jones,' De La Soul, and a hand full of underground/indie groups are keeping the quality music coming. AD and De La of course have old school and early 90's roots. But lets be real, not even many underground or non-commercial groups actually balance out meaningful lyrics, dope production, chemistry, and a true friendship or bond. I'm lookin' at JJ+FP, Salt-N-Pepa, Kid N' Play, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Fu Schnickens, Public Enemy, Eric B. + Rakim, Pete Rock + CL Smooth, A Tribe Called Quest, Whodini, Arrested Development, The Fugees, Brand Nubian, and so on. They are all different...u may like some of the...u might not. But when u look at them all, from their early stuff 2 their most recent stuff. U see a consistency in the lyrics. U hear lyrics that are anything from funny and simple 2 deep and complex...but every lyric has a purpose. Every lyric waz thought out. U hear the beats...and most of them were good. Not every song might be amazing, but the production would be consistently good enough that skipping thru' the album was simply an option...not something that waz done often. And most importantly..INTERACTION. When u are JJ+FP adlibing back and forth...it's JJ+FP. When u hear Run and DMC going back and forth during a verse...it just fits and flows like wather. When Kid N' Play would stop in the middle of a song 2 do a dance break...it waz rehearsed but natural. When CL Smooth waz just flowing over a Pete Rock beat, u could feel the connection between them even if Pete Rock wazn't rapping or adlibbing on the track. When u have Chuck D and Flavour Flav on a track 2gether, they may have 2 totally different voices and styles....but what one didn't have or had that didn't appeal 2 the other...the other one did or didn't...know what i mean? On top of that, u could tell these groups made music 2gether cuz they loved it. Whodini could never just write the same song individually...they DID IT 2GETHER. When u hear a D12 song...u can tell Bizzare wrote his verse over a lunch break, Eminem wrote his a year ago which is what the whole song is based off of, and so on...then they just put it 2gether in a cut-n-paste song. I really miss the good old dayz. When is it gonna come full circle?? G-Unit, DTP, D12, and all these other groups. They suck! They have nothing going 4 them. In the meantime, i guess, like in most things with Hip-Hop music...we have 2 look 2 the old stuff 4 the good stuff.

SALT-N-PEPA - Hyped On The Mic A Salt With A Deadly Pepa (1988)

Thanx 4 posting that. I side with Oprah on this. Ludacris and 50 Cent are in a position where they could make a difference in young people's lives. But they don't...they make watered down music with crappy lyrics that often glorify the wrong things in life. I don't respect them or their music. I know there are some Ludacris fans here...so don't take what i say 2 seriously. But if Oprah didn't invite him...he didn't need 2 be there. And Ludacris saying he waz there as an actor is really stupid. 2 say she only should have talked to about his acting is rediculous. Oprah is smart and does her part 2 change peoples lives. Ludacris...and especially 50 Cent are a waste 2 society.

There's won't be other trax added...it just wouldn't make sense. It's The Best of...and those are all the main singles. Whoever typed up one of those tracklistings just made some mistakes. Why would they accidentally leave so many trax off it and how would they fit 21 JJ+FP trax on 1 CD?!?

I like that cover alot. I can't wait 2 pick it up. And i wouldn't expect any unreleased stuff. Those are all the main singles.

NICK LACHEY - What's Left of Me (Live On Jimmy Kimmel) What's Left of Me (2006)

JAGGED EDGE - So High (self-titled) (2006) They've done it again...JE + Jermaine Durpi created one of the best R-N-B songs released this year.

JAGGED EDGE (Self-titled) (da NEW album) (2006)

That song is dope...it's definitly stood the test of time. It still pops up on compilation CDs and soundtrack regularly. It's funny u brought up Whodini. Just this past weekend i found a Terminator X CD single that featured Whodini from 1994. I had 2 pick it up.

Well, when we saw those recent pix of FP with his shaved head, people tripped. I don't know why, it's just hair...but whenever he dose something different, people always bug out since we are used 2 his hair always looking the same. AOL had a feature on celebrity's recent hair changes and had their users vote on which style they liked better. FP waz one of the 1st few. They had 2 good pix of him...one with hair and one without. When i voted, the results were WITH HAIR - 82% WITHOUT HAIR - 18% This waz silly but i thought i'd share. Whoever else has AOL should find it and vote later and post the updated results later.

FP is lookin' smooth!! Check that suit!! Thanx 4 sharing!

PUBLIC ENEMY - Get Your $#!+ Together Son of A Bush (2003)