JumpinJack AJ

Like i said, about half of the album is party trax. While all the trax are ready 4 the mainstream, his 2 singles are very radio-friendly. Don't let that discourage u. "Hey Bitty" is the weakest track on the album. I guess they are releasing it since Man Of The House uses it in the movie. I'm just happy 2 see another clean cut brotha with actual skillz releasing music. This is music that real people can relate 2. Not like that G-Unit rubbish. Listening 2 music like this makes me feel that magic that Hip-Hop/Rap records use 2 make me feel back in the day. It's feel good music 4 the Hip-Hop head. Here's a message he has in the CD insert... --- FINAL THOUGHTS: In our lives we have many choices that mold and shape the pathways to our destiny. One event can change our entire future, whether it is positive or negative. Only we have the power to make these situations come true. We are responsible for who we are and the things we do. Society cannot dictate to us who we are, what we represent, or what we will turn out to be. The ansewr lies in us!! (And it always will.) In closing, I didicate this album to those who love themselves enough to take a chance in this world to be who they set out to be. To those who aren't afraid to go against the grain and fight for what's right to them and not settle for what others condition us to believe. I'm different because i choose to be. Because that's what i set out to be and that is what i will always be. My future is mine. I know exactly where i want to go. I hope to see you there. Peace... Nitty --- That being said, u know what this guy is all about. When's the last time u saw an emcee put something uplifting in their CD insert? I'll see if i can find any other snippets on the internet, cuz i don't want people 2 write him off just becuz of those singles (even tho' i love "Nasty Girl.")

And there is the Brady Bunch voice overs on "Break It Down."

I swear, this post is gonna make the wait feel 100 times longer. :nono:

Well, that's the way fashion evolves. Lots of colors were just popular back then. I'm still partly stuck in that era myself. I like 2 stand out so i alot of my gear is bold and bright. JJ+FP still love bright colors (especially FP). Check some of the pictures they've done in recent years. I remember seeing a pic of JJ+FP from over the summer where Jeff is rockin' a bright green shirt. I think their are still pix on his site from summer 2003 where he's rockin' a white hat with a bright red shirt. Born To Reign promo pix have FP sporting the bright red "Big Will" jersey. Lots of Big Willie Style appearances pix have FP with bright colors. The bright colors in fashion were BIG in the early 90's...they died out, kinda came back in the late 90's...but that's the way fashsion is. Since JJ+FP don't put on this fake images, they haven't abandoned color. When u look at 50 Cent, Ja-Rule, and other rappers who put on fake, hardcore images, they tend 2 stick 2 black cloths. JJ+FP, LL, Nick Cannon, Nitty, Comon Sense, Queen Latifah, the kinda artists who don't put on fronts aren't scared 2 embrace color. Colors can totally represent personality. Lack of colors in gear are usually sported by people with 1 dementional personalities....people with lots of personality tend 2 embrace color. We all know JJ+FP has tons of personality...ha ha.

I breifly checked his website. U can see his Bio and read news about him. In his bio, they mention DJ Jazzy Jeff + Fresh Prince as a main influence (along with Heavy D and Young MC). Later in it they compare him 2 LL Cool J. In the media section u can hear is 1st single "Nasty Girl." U can also hear his new single "Hey Bitty." Both of these are party flava'd trax so u only get one side of him, but it's a decent 1st taste.

Yo, i been waiting 4 this album 2 drop from just one track since October. I waz in a music store and realized that album just dropped last Tuesday. Since we all have different tastes, i can guess who will be feelin' Nitty, but we all love the Fresh Prince, which makes me say that EVERYONE here should check this fella out. His album is called Player's Paradise and his lyrics are totally clean, yet not squeaky clean kids' stuff (just like FP and LL). The beats are mainstream ready Hip-Hop and his stuff is always tastefull. The production is consistently good the whole way thru' the album and there are no big names behind it. Just talented people who love Hip-Hop. Nitty's big single is "Nasty Girl" which is an upbeat, fun party joint which borrows from The Archies' "Sugar Sugar." The album has half upbeat, party trax, the other half is a bit more down 2 earth. I'm not gonna review the whole album (at least not now), but i will tell y'all 2 peep the track "Sorry." It's amazing!! It samples Michael Jackson/Jackson 5's "I Wanna Be Where You Are." He raps 2 a past love wishing she waz by his side, but since he waz young and dumb, he messed up. Most of the lyrics are party oriented or directed at ladies and love. Personally, i've been waiting 4 an album like this for years. Walmart has it for $12.88 and Circuit City has it for $12.99. I haven't checked his website out since it didn't have much on it, but here it is...maybe there's some snippets on it. www.NittyOnline.com

I just picked up Usher's new DVD "Rhythem City: Volume One - Caught Up." U've probably have seen the short film that features a storyline based around the songs Caught Up, Red Light, Seduction, and Take You Hand. That's the main feature, along with his other Confessions videos (Yeah, Burn, Confessions Pt. II, My Boo, Caught Up). If u are an Usher fan, this is a must. However, my main reason 4 getting this waz for the bonus CD. It's features 4 new trax!! Here's a review... DOT COM This song is a super sexy, ultra slow song. It's creative and kinda silly. It mixes computer/technology as nasty/freaky metaphor. I waz with my friend when i bought this and i popped it in the CD player. I'm tellin' u, she melted in the passenger seat. I waz good tho'...i stayed on the driver's side with the seat belt on. Robin Thicke co-wrote and produced the song as well as helped out on the background vocals. DON' THE MOST This a sweet love song. The music is beautiful. Usher...well, most of u agree that he's got skillz...so there's nothing lacking on this song. Just a great love song. Jimmy Jam + Terry Lewis produced this one. IT IS WHAT IT IS This is a retro-feeling uptempo track. He's talking 2 a girl about how he has mixed feelings 4 her. I've only heard it once or twice so i'm not confident on the storyline. But one of them messed up or they both did and they are at a place where they need 2 find out if it's over or not. Another Jam + Lewis joint. WHAT YOU NEED This is an unlisted bonus track. It's produced by Jermaine Dupri, but u'd never guess by the sound (even tho' there are extreemly turned down adlibs from him in the back). This is a chunky, funky, upbeat joint. Kinda pimpish...Usher's tryna woo a lady in this one. For the other Usher fans, this is another must-have. I've grown up with his stuff and he's been bringing music 4 us young males in a way not many other artists are. The quality of his stuff is always consitent...somewhere between 'good' and 'dope' everytime.

Yeah, i live my life day 2 day as a happy person, careless of the things that could go wrong, but u gotta have those street smarts 2 back u up 2 kick in when necessary. U never know when it's your time 2 go, and i don't think u should dwell on that, but i think it's important 2 be ready 4 whatever.

Be a decent humanbeing....BUY THE ALBUM!! That track is dope. I used 2 think the song waz hilarious...only becuz i grew up 2 releate 2 it. :kekeke:

Those are great!! I waz gonna say they are from 1992, but they are from 1993. Notice the Janet Jackson "janet." picture in the back of the last one. That jacket that FP is holding in the 1st one is my fav. He's worn in photo shoots from 91/92.

SAM COOKE - Nothing Can Change This Love

What all this being ranked on that chart tho'? TV shows probably don't sell that much. Movies probably always beat out TV shows on DVD. It's probably doing what it's supposed 2 be doing.

50 CENT - I Like When Dogs Dry Hump My Leg (Get Me A Towel Remix) Skillz people! SKILLZ!!

50 Cent is the most uncreative person 2 record a rap record. His gimmicks are just watered down versions of stuff that 2Pac did, which were altered and later copied by Eminem. Then u have all this set up beefs and stuff. Everything he's done, including his lyrics and beats have been done 100 times. The difference is, after it's done so many times, there's is nothing left 2 what the original idea waz. He's just recycling everything he can in hopes 2 get sales. He's straight up said in interviews that he's all about making money and selling records. That's all good and fair, but not when u have no respect 4 Hip-Hop or it's listeners, it's just discusting. He's not Hip-Hop at all. Let me say this in advance... :ali: lambert, SHUT UP!! :chuks: :grin:

Earlier 2day, AOL featured an updated article. They caught the guy, he's in police custody. He came up 2 some girl who waz entering her house and he said that she had 2 let him in and let him stay there or he'd kill her. He either let her out of the house or somehow got away and called 911. Cops and a SWAT team surrounded her house, and after he saw what waz happening on the news, he surrendered. I read the news when it 1st happened. That guy is a psycopath.

Lerkot, no offense...but based on that last remix, your friend has absolutely no skillz. :kekeke: I'm not even gonna bother checkin' it out.

No doubt. I think he is honestly the worse commercial rap has 2 offer. When i hear Ja-Rule's "New York" and "Wonderful" on the radio, i don't always turn them off, the don't bug me as much as some of his other stuff. I immediatly turn 50's stuff off. At least Ja got some decent beats this time around. Nelly's "My Place" dosen't bug me so much either. Maybe it's cuz their music is slightly better than their past stuff...maybe it's cuz The Game's and 50 Cent's music is so bad that it makes the others look good by comparison.

:hilarious: Sorry, i read this last nite and it waz funnier...but it waz even funnier the 2nd time around. :hilarious:

I'll keep the family in my prayers. Seems like alot of people are going thru' some kinda drama right now.

Is this the same one posted a few days ago where they just put the "Girl's..." freestyle over that instrumental and u can hear both beats? If it is the same, i'm warning everyone 2 NOT check it out. U'll be sad u wasted your time giving it a listen. I just sounds like u have 2 stereos playing 2 different songs at 2 different tempos in the same room.

Well, it says the LAPD investigation is still open, but i doubt they are trying hard. Especially if LAPD could be involved.

Ummmm...HI. What is your deal?! We don't really talk like that here. Intellegence is requied 2 become a regular here.

Is it just me, or did they even "open" the case?? Anyways, here's the article. --------------- FBI Ends Investigation Into Notorious B.I.G. Murder 03.11.2005 11:38 AM EST Bureau gives up on theory that rogue police officer and Suge Knight plotted killing; LAPD investigation remains open. The FBI has abandoned a controversial 18-month investigation into the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G. that focused on whether Los Angeles police officer and Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight may have plotted the killing, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The investigation was shut down in January, not long after the FBI discovered that the lead agent on the case, Philip J. Carson, had met with the lawyers for B.I.G.'s mother, Voletta Wallace, and that he'd been subpoenaed to testify in her wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles (see " Notorious B.I.G. Wrongful-Death Suit Can Go To Trial, Judge Rules"). That case — which goes to trial on April 12 — accuses the LAPD of covering up police involvement in B.I.G.'s murder, which took place on March 9, 1997 after a music industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Carson was ordered not to have any more contact with Wallace's lawyers, who were informed that he would not be testifying in their case, according to the Times report. The bureau expressed concern that Carson may have been unduly influenced by Wallace's attorneys, but denied that he shared any information with them. Carson's investigation was shut down because it was determined that "there was no basis for prosecution," according to Louis J. Caprino Jr., acting head of the criminal division of the FBI's Los Angeles field office. Caprino denied that the agent's meetings with Wallace's lawyers factored into the decision and said the agent was not found to have acted improperly. Wallace's lawyer, Perry Sanders, cited an unidentified source in arguing that the LAPD pressured the FBI to shut down the case, a claim the agency denies, according to the Times (see "FBI Joins Investigation Into The Murder Of Notorious B.I.G."). The LAPD's investigation into the murder remains open, according to an officer reached Friday (March 11) in the department's homicide division. Theories on Biggie's killing have ranged from a connection to the East Coast-West Coast beef that also took the life of Tupac, to a 1998 theory pursued by the LAPD that a rogue former cop, David A. Mack, was somehow involved in the murder (see "Ex-Police Officer Suspected In Notorious B.I.G. Shooting"). Former LAPD detective Russell Poole's theory that Mack had planned the murder at the request of his friend, Amir Muhammad, sparked the interest of the FBI's Carson after the federal agent saw Poole discuss the case on a 2003 TV special. Reportedly acting on the suggestions of Wallace family attorneys, Carson contacted Poole and interviewed other detectives and witnesses in the case. Carson arranged new interviews with Poole and Mack — who alleges that the FBI agent offered to help reduce his 14-year bank robbery sentence if he cooperated, an allegation the FBI denies — and conducted surveillance on Muhammad, but the investigation turned up no new evidence, according to the Times. — Gil Kaufman

I waz on MTV.com and came across this page of fans reacting 2 the news that they aren't beefing. It's obvious that some of these people are idiots and the others know what they are talking about. Just thought i'd post. If u go 2 the page yourself, there is a picture of those 2 ugly guys standing side by side looking at the camera like they are all hard and stuff. --- 50 & Game: The Truce Updated Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:30 P.M. (ET) This is so monumental. It's like 50 and Game heard the silent cries of their fans to end the beef and responded in a huge way (see "50 Cent And The Game Call A Truce"). I view them as true hip-hop legends and they get all of my respect. It takes a real man to not only admit a mistake, but to do everything in his power to rectify it (see "50 Drops Game From G-Unit; Shots Fired At Radio Station"). This is something that everyone can look back on and say, "If they could end their beef, so can I." It will definitely have people thinking twice about their own petty differences. My hats go off to both rappers for taking such a tremendous step toward keeping hip-hop great. Crystal, 28 Lanham, MD It's nice that Game and 50 Cent are calling a truce, but what does that really mean, other than more publicity for 50 Cent? They're not fooling me. They still don't like each other, and I doubt that Game is going back to G-Unit. How could he when they went behind his back and straight to radio with their issues? It's more air time for the both of them, but none of their issues are resolved. Diahna, 19 Fort Washington, MD This sounds like too much of a publicity stunt to be real at this point. 50 Cent's schedule is right on target. Gain momentum for the album with the Game beef. Go platinum. Squash the beef. Right in time for dis records from Jadakiss (see "Jadakiss Jacks 50's Beat To Retaliate For 'Piggy Bank' "), Fat Joe and Nas to come out and give it more advertising. 50 Cent is a good businessman, and this battle is like a match for the WWE. Chuck, 23 Miami, FL It's fortunate that the 50 Cent/ Game situation ended with a truce and not violence. Both men are talents that the rap industry needs right now because everything else is stale. I hope they can at least continue to record together since they both make each other stronger. Chad, 23 Milwaukee, WI How convenient that this truce comes after 50 Cent's album hit stores? As talented as he is, 50 thrives off of drama and has been using it since he was up in the club, so why would he stop now? It's nice to see a truce, but all the beef they had was obviously part of their marketing strategy. It's sad that we can't rely on the music to sell itself these days. Cedric, 23 Austin, TX 50 Cent and the Game's truce shows that hip-hop is maturing. Some rappers are beginning to realize that they are role models to inner-city kids. Squashing their beef sets a positive example for the children who look up to them. James, 19 New York, NY 50 Cent is full of crap. If he really wants to call a truce and set an example for the community, then he needs to first call a truce between himself and Ja Rule. That's how all of this escalated in the first place. And he should also apologize to all the other rappers he has dissed, such as Fat Joe and Jadakiss. Demetra, 26 Dallas, TX I'm glad that all of this is over. 50 Cent and Game make great music together. Tiffany, 19 Murfreesboro, TN

Ahhh!! That's ill!! It fits perfect...catch the rap essence that waz sugarcoated on the album version!!