JumpinJack AJ

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.

Some people clown me when i talk about the difference between Hip-Hop and Rap. They can keep clownin' me all they want, cuz a Hip-Hop historian just supported my point with a comment in that article. Nelly is a pretty ignoarant person when it comes 2 music. His lyrics are trash and his beats are empty, trendy and disposable. There are a few trax by him that i like, like Over And Over, Ride Wit Me, Dillemma, and My Place....but it's simply 4 the song...not the substance. He has what it takes 2 sell some records now, but he dosen't have what it takes 2 stick around much longer. U'll see the same thing happen 2 50 Cent, Ja-Rule, and lots of others. When u make music stricly 2 make money, u will fall flat on your face in a matter of time. That's why i like artists like Fresh Prince. He'll do something strictly 4 the clubs and sales, like "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"...but then he'll turn around and do a song like "The Rain." One dementional artists can't stand the test of time...but FP, LL, and Latifah have accomplished this feat, and their music backs all that up.

I wouldn't compare it 2 "Summertime"...but i do like the song alot. I put it on the end of all my Hip-Hop summertime mix CDs. Classic pioneer disco-Hop-Hop music!! I just got done listening 2 a Top 40 radio station and they were playing Avril Laviegn's (sp?) "Nobody"...i really like that song!!

Yeah, while i don't remember the scene in detail, i just remember him dancing 2 a Hip-Hop beat 4 a second...which, if i'm right, did sound like one of Jeff's tag beats. I remember wanting them 2 release a Hip-Hop/R-N-B/Jazz CD featuring all the great music and tags he did 4 the show.

Redman is actually a part of Def Squad. That's Erick Sermon's clique. Parish's side waz Hit Squad. I only remember Das EFX being part of the Hit Squad. Redman is part of Erick and Keith Murray's clique. Redman and Das EFX did a song or 2 2gether tho.'

Man, i hate this topic...cuz i don't know which one 2 choose. I voted Code Red since it has so many flavas and different subject matter on each track. Homebase waz my fav for YEARS tho'. I just think that album is kinda dated compared 2 Code Red...very early 90's...which is my favorite era of music. I think He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper or Homebase is their best album tho'....the overall quality and theme.

That's hilarious!!

JENNIFER LOPEZ - Get Right USHER - Caught Up

I remember the scene but i don't remember the music. Wazn't it just a like a Hip-Hop beat that playes for like 3 seconds?