JumpinJack AJ

Ummm...cuz he didn't wanna be on it. :werd:

I love how they also refur 2 him as "Rapper-Actor" and not the other way around. They just aired it again and said "tonight." Is he swinging by today or Wed?!?!

I don't watch 106+Park on a regular basis, i try 2 catch the re-runs in the morning when i'm checkin' e-mail, but i'm always hyped 2 see Freestyle Friday. For those of u who don't get BET or watch the show, every Friday, they bring on 2 unsigned emcees and rappers 2 spit 2 rounds against each other. One of them wins and goes on2 next week. Recently they had a guy Sonny, who had what it takes. Dope lyrics, flow, voice, the whole package, had 2 retire for winning 7 weeks in a row. He has this overall down-2-earth vibe that stood out as weel. Well, as he won that last time, Jermaine Dupri walked out on stage, said he wanted 2 sign him 2 So So Def and put a big blinged out So So Def chain around his neck. It waz the coolest thing i've ever seen. It's definitly a big sign of inspiration 4 us unsigned artists. JD went on 2 talk about how he followed Sonny's rhymes and waz very impressed and that he wanted 2 blow him up. Free then gave JD props for moving over 2 Virgin where he took So So Def and now serves as the President of the Urban Department. Free made JD stick around a lil' longer where she made him take off his hat cuz she heard he cut his hair...and sure enuff, he shaved he head. He then talked about So So Def bringing out a bunch of new artists and that he's starting So So Def Entertainment with a new show called Welcome To Atlanta which will focus on the ATL music scene with artists like Usher, Ciara, Lil' Jon, and so on. She asked him about Janet and he said everything waz great there. Lastely, he said that Bow Wow's next album is gonna be "stupid" and that the 1st single is gonna featuring him w/ Ciara. Jagged Edge is also working on a new album with him which is promises will be dope. He also said he worked on Mariah Carey's new single...which i've heard and i LOVE it.

BET is now airing a commercial for Wednesday's 106+Park when FP stops by. They show some footage of the video during it. I'm really glad i haven't checked it out on the internet cuz when i saw the parts of it in the commercial, that crazy excitment i'd get when "Ring My Bell" and the other older videos were premiering came over me...i felt i waz 11 all over again. Infact, the hype i picked up from this commercial waz alot more like the JJ+FP days then the time FP waz on Columbia. In the heart, i'm feeling really good about all this.

Happy B-Day!! :birthday: :bounce: :wavey: :switch:

Someone posted that FP waz an exec. producer of the soundtrack, didn't they? I think it's important 2 come out and support him that way. I really wanna hear those Amerie and John Legend trax....not 2 mention re-hearing "Now That We Found Love." :roll:

Just a reminder... The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air comes out on DVD this Tuesday. Circuit City has it for $22.99. Their add says "includes bonus disc" under it....who knows what that means. Shark Tale comes out on DVD. Circuit City has it for $14.99 and if u get it there, u get a free Shark Tale lithograph w/ a certificate of authenticity. They also have the Shark Tale soundtrack on sale for $9.99. U can find the Shark Tale DVD for $15.99 at Target...and if u get it there, u get a free Shark Tale bubble watch. I, Robot is also at Circuit City on sale for $16.49 at Circuit City. Last but not least, the Hitch soundtrack is out and on sale for $10.99 at Circuit City. It's a big week people...go out there and spend your money!! Besides, u won't find any of this stuff at sales prices like this after Saturday!! Oh yeah, on an off-topic tip, Circuit City has all their CD's for sale at $10.99 or less (as long as they aren't regularly priced over $13.99).

U know what's sad, i have Twista's album and didn't even remember the song being on it...shows how much i listen 2 it. Now that u bring it up, i do barely remember the song...but since i expected a lil' more from him on about half the album, i just don't listen 2 it that much and totally 4got all about it.

Don't be 2 sure of that...u are talking 2 the king of music-digging!! :ali:

Here they are in no paticular order. I'm not sticking strictly 2 this list tho'...there are way 2 many albums that are gonna be over-looked by a top 10 list. 2PAC - Me Against The World TLC - CraZySeXyCOol MC HAMMER - Inside Out SKEE-LO - I Wish AHMAD - (self-titled) ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Zingalamaduni SALT-N-PEPA - Very Necessary LL COOL J - Mr. Smith QUEEN LATIFAH - Black Reign SPEECH - Hoopla

Not Hip-Hop....toss Nelly in2 the "Rap Bin." Twista + Faith's "Hope" is an incrdible song. I'd like 2 see this song do well for a few more months. That song is flawless. The Coach Carter soundtrack dosen't look very good, but if the song isn't released on an import single, i'm gonna have 2 get it cuz the song is that incredible. Kanye West's "Jesus Walks" didn't impress me much. I like the song, but i think it waz very overated. Not 2 many people REALLY felt the song 4 it's lyrics. When i went 2 see Musiq in B-more, the DJ played the song b4 Musiq performed and these girls, who, 4 the most part, were strippers with cloths on, danced 2 the song. I waz just like, "how can u come here in boots and a skimpy dress and dance like that 2 "Jesus Walks."

There isn't any single for "Switch"...at least not yet. Interscope dosen't really release singles so i doubt it'll be released. Possibly overseas tho.'

Sports don't really interest me...but i would have watched if i knew he waz gonna be there. What exatly did he say and what waz he wearing?

"Just One of Those Days" is hilarious. Yet another track that deserves a video. The reason they edited "butt" waz just becuz Hip-Hop wazn't very commercial until the time of Rock The House...so they were keeping it ultra clean. After all, look at how they re-did "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" for Jive.

There's another version of the single where instead of using Red behind the font, they use Blue. I can see if i can scan them, but recently my computer hasn't been working great when sending pictures.

BIG WILLIE STYLE - Just Cruisin' WILLENNIUM - Potnas BORN TO REIGN - Act Like You Know

I don't think it's important 2 rap about politics. I myself don't follow them much at all...but when i wrote alot, i did write about the state of the world and life. Nelly (and most chart-topping artists) don't have anything benificial 2 say in their music. It's one thing if he wazn't preaching poison...but he's out there talking about material things and smoking weed, AND saying that it's important 2 steer away from anything serious...that's just sad. When Grandmaster Flash + The Furious Five did "The Message," it waz a landmark cuz it waz as honest as could be. Many Public Enemy and KRS-One trax did well or are well-respected cuz u are hearing it from someone who knows what they are talking about. Other classics like "Self Distruction" (Heavy D + The Boyz, Doug E. Fresh, Ms. Melody, etc) and "Waterfalls" (TLC) did well cuz the artists wrote the songs and can across in a personal way. But when u hear Jadakiss' "Why" is comes off very weak and unneccessary. He either is totally faking it 4 sales or his other music simply has really spoke 2 the people deeply, which is why the song dosen't work. Alot of current rappers like 50 Cent, Ludacris, Lil' Jon, and Chingy could never do a political song cuz their teenybopper fans wouldn't understand them and real Hip-Hop heads could never respect a song like that from them since it seemed forced or fake since their other songs have no real meaning 2 them. We haven't heard a real song about life commercially in Hip-Hop/Rap simply cuz the artists can't handle it. Black Eyed Peas pulled it off with "Where Is The Love"...but i can't remember the last time a song like that waz done.

JJ+FP - Here We Go Again One of the best songs they've ever done

Yeah, don't bother with the unathorized stuff. They did that with VHS tapes in the late 90's and they started doing DVDs a year or 2 ago. The quality and stuff on those DVD won't compare 2 what we'll be able 2 buy in stores.

I really doubt FP would write or record something distasteful. I haven't really read about song, but it could also be about people who are so caught up in their own religion that they are talking down on everyone else....or that some people's belifes are way 2 organized. Either way, i highly doubt we can expect something against faith from the man who brought us "The Rain." I will say that this track isn't at the top of my list of trax i wanna hear tho.'

I'm thinkin' the title "Mr. Nice Guy" will actually be about him being the bigger and more intellegent person by not rippin' Eminem. We'll see tho.' Just as much as i want him 2 rip Eminem, i still like the idea of him just ignoring him. I think it would be silly 2 attack him after all these years. If he waz gonna do it, he should have done it during the Willennium era where it would have fit. It's been years, AFTER Born To Reign, and all....it just seems like the time is all off. I haven't followed all the stuff in this post. But i noticed the last few replies were about white emcees/rappers. I don't think color has anything 2 do with music....but it dose have 2 do with the commercial side of things. I think 3rd Bass, Beastie Boys, and Marky Mark are all amongst some of the best artists Hip-Hop has had 2 offer....however, Vanilla Ice waz one of the wackest. Eminem WAS a creative, witty, edgy emcee. I waz one of this biggest fans from 1998 thru' 2000. However, he started slowly changing in2 the awful waste of talent he currently is. His flow and voice have never been a strong point, but now that his production isn't great and his subject matter is weak, he dosen't really have anything good 2 offer anymore...however, i do like his current single, written 2 his daughter. I'd like 2 see someone put him in his place. FP could be opening the door 2 alot of artists and fans speaking out against him.

Wow! I'm blown away that so many people voted Code Red. I think it would be interesting 2 see what current so-called Rap and Hip-Hop fans would say if they heard the album, but never heard it b4. I think it woul make alot of people realize they've had JJ+FP all wrong the whole time and they are simply amongst the very best (if not the very best) in Hip-Hop....of all time.

That's cuz that when it waz made. :roll: I see one or 2 pop up on ebay every year. One of these days i'll get around 2 getting a few. The music comes 1st...all that other stuff comes second.

I know Jeff did some of them....but i thought he did all of them. I remember seeing credits at the end of the some of the shows saying Jeff did them. I'm pretty sure i'm right on this, but maybe someone can look this up.

I've only read the things u guys have typed out...and things sound pretty good. I'd listen 2 the interview but i gotta get 2 work in a few minutes...i'm definitly checkin' this 2nite tho.' This album at least has alot of surprises. I don't expect it 2 be better than Willennium due some of the cameos and out-of-character kinda trax...but i know that outta-character type stuff may also make it his best album since it's seems alot more Fresh Prince and less-Columbia movie start type stuff. Makes me really wanna hear this album NOW. One think i really like is that Mary J. Blige did another song with him. "Got To Be Real" wazn't what i wanted...i'm thinkin' this other song with her is gonna be amazing.