JumpinJack AJ

My guess is that Kanye produced something 4 him. I see that more likely than them appearing side by side on a track lyrically. Most of Kanye's beats are good and alot of his verses are good...so i'd be up 4 anything.

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I went thru' my Hip-Hop compilations and waz in the mood 4 some serious mid-90's Hip-Hop. From the 2 CDs i've been listening 2...here's a list of my favorite stuff off 'em... 95 South "Rodeo (Club Mix)" Nine "Whutcha Want?"* A Tribe Called Quest "Award Tour"* 69 Boyz "Tootsee Roll (Set It Off Dance Version)" KRS-One "Outta Here (Video Remix)"* Masta Ace Inc. "Born To Roll (Jeep Remix)" Black Moon "Who Got Da Props?" The Pharsyde "Passin' Me By (Video Remix Edit)"* Shaquille O'Neal "(I Know I Got) Skillz" Way 2 Real "Tha Butterfly (Chux Party Mix)" Erick Sermon "Bomdigi"* Method Man "You're All I Need To Get By" Redman "Rockafella" Scarface "I Never Seen A Man Cry"* Luniz "I Got 5 On It"* Fat Joe "Envy" Lords of Da Underground "Tic Toc"* AZ + Missjones "Sugarhill"* Mobb Deep "Shook Ones Pt. II" (one of the only Mobb Deep songs i actually like) 4 anyone wanting 2 explore some dope mid-90's Hip-Hop, u might wanna check out some of those trax (tho' i'm sure u've heard of a handfull of them). The ones with the astrics (*) have been some of my favs for years.

I don't care if Eminem keeps making music, especially if he actually would make good music again. I just hate the idea that such a negative, egotistical fool like him can be on top of the charts, making all this money, getting all this attention, and being looked up 2 by young kids who don't know any better. There are much more talented and good people out there who deserve the level of fame he has. His core audience has abandoned him cuz he dosen't make quality music 4 them anymore. It's all commercial music fans who jumped on the band wagon after some Hip-Hop fans got in2 him.

I have all my music and movies organized and in ABC order. I've been meaning 2 update my DVD/VHS collection for months so i'll probably post it when i finally get around 2 it.

Yeah, i agree that R-N-B has been a bit watered down since the late 90's. I personally wait on artists like Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Brandy, Jon B, Babyface, Musiq, R. Kelly, and a few others 2 put out dope albums everytime. Over all, i like more current R-N-B than Rap. Most rap these days has nothing 2 do with Hip-Hop and simply isn't any good. Average music is better than just bad music and unless u dig deep and stay current, u won't find any Hip-Hop or good Rap music. If it's on MTV more than 3 times a day, chances are, it isn't any good.

THANX!! Those pix are great!! Da 'Prince is surrounded by some equlectic company...Vivica Fox, Diana Ross, Puffy, Ludacris, Bruce Willis, David Lee Roth (!?), etc

...which will hopefully slow down these incomprehensable posts. How am i gonna pay attention 2 someone who can't even register at these boards?!?

Oh please...this is so silly. FP didn't say anything offensive or disrespectful...he only enlightened some people on something that they don't understand, and there 4 they feel offended (becuz of their own ignorance). I seriously doubt this is gonna slow up FP's Hip-Hop or Hollywood moves. It nice 2 see a rapper catch some flack 4 actually stand 4 something instead of just getting controversy 4 no real reason (at least no intellegent reason) for 1ce.

There more 2 being a great artist than vocal talent. Keith Sweat is the man. A great producer, song writer, hit maker, and a singer, but his voice has always been less than incredible. I'm not knocking him, i'm a bit Keith Sweat fan (and one of the few people who did by Rebirth). He's an R-N-B legend, but Usher has that superstar quality going on about him. Why compare them like this...they are R-N-B standouts to 2 different generations. I believe that Usher is gonna be the MJ of the next generation. Just compare his talents and style of 2days standards 2 how MJ did it in the 80's and early 90's. People always hate on who's big. It's the heart behind the artist that makes me like them or dislike them. Usher's got heart and when i hear him sing the stuff he dose, it speaks 2 me as another young male who's gone thru' the same stuff. Then u look at the way he handle's his career. He really goes 4 all that superstardom stuff he's got going 4 him.

MISSY 'MISDEMEANOR' ELLIOT - Pass That Dutch I got her latest album about a year ago and didn't like it that much...and have hardly listened 2 it. I know it's late, but i'm giving it another chance.

No, it's "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)"...after this post waz made i went up stairs and listened 2 my Technotronic CD. If it were "Pump Up The Jam" it would be easy 2 know what song it is cuz they say "pump up the jam" and "pump it up" 100 times in the hook. Trust me on this one.

:roll: Is this 4 real?? I waz actually wondering how his new album waz doing. He definitly isn't making a splash anymore like he used 2. All those gimmicks he's been making a career off of are getting a bit played out and his music is getting very stale and recycled. I know he's gonna remain sucessful 4 awhile...but FP called it when he said that Eminem wouldn't be on the same level of sucess that he waz at when he called him out on "Real Slim Shady" 5 years later. :hilarious:

Keith Sweat is a legend, but lets be real. He can't "perform circles" around Usher. Keith is a very avearge singer, he's never been a vocal gem in the world of R-N-B. Usher has a voice that wales, dance steps nobody can touch, crowd interaction, and costume changes. That "Great artists don't lipsync at all" is the silliest thing i've ever heard. Nearly every artist in the business has lipsynced at times, no matter how talented they are. JJ+FP has done it, Run-DMC has done it, TLC has done it, Keith Sweat has done it, and so on. I have video and/or audio footage of it. Sometimes that's just the way things are. And Ludacris' show waz very boring. If u wanna see a Hip-Hop artist or group do a REAL live show, go see JJ+FP, LL Cool J, KRS-One, Wyclef, Black Eyed Peas, TLC, Run-DMC, Naughty By Nature. They have DJ's, dancers, break dancers, crowd interaction, energy, costume changes, etc. Sometimes people call that stuff "hollywood"...but there's nothing wrong with a good show. Ludacris just rapped his songs over instrumentals. He's flow waz also really sloppy compared 2 the album/studio versions. Nothing is interesting about a guy just on stage rapping with 2 no-name fools walking around screaming half of his lyrics.

Which "other guy?" There's a few. I've never noticed Teddy Riley in it b4, i'll try 2 watch it and see who u might be talkin' about.

CARL THOMAS - My First Love USHER + ALICIA KEYS = My Boo

Maybe it's an overseas thing. I've been watching Usher do his thing since i waz 13 years old (that's over 10 years ago) and i've only seen him lipsync a few times. When u do shows like Soul Train, all of the artists lipsync...it's the way they run the show. I've only seen MC Hammer perform totally live on Soul Train back in 1995. I've seen the live shows he's released and most of the award shows he's done an it's only been live. A few years ago he danced 2 "I Need A Girl" with Puffy. His backing vocals were on the track but he didn't even pretend 2 lipsync, he just danced. I've seen Ludacris perform live. It waz just boring 2 me. A rapper on stage with 2 or 3 people just adlibbing half of his lines while he walked around on the stage for about half an hour.

Hey, hotzappa, did u know that Zhane is singing the hook on "Ring My Bell." FP gave them their 1st break. They then went on 2 hook up with Kay Gee and the rest is history (Hey Mr. DJ, Request Line, etc). My favorite chorus/hooks are... Summertime Ring My Bell Trapped On The Dance Floor Somethin' Like Dis I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me) Can't Wait To Be With You Twinkle Twinkle (I'm Not A Star) Shadow Dreams Just Kickin' It Men In Black Just Cruisin' Candy It's All Good Just The Two of Us No More The Rain Holla Back Give Me Tonite For Da Love of Da Game I like alot of 'em!! :lolsign:

I don't like Ludacris cuz alot of his music is just sleazy sex stories with no imagination. I think some of his cameo appearances are cool, but that's cuz he only needs 2 stay on topic 4 like 8 bars. He dose have some clever lyrics but his overall subject matter turns me off. His voice and flow sometimes are overdone and i can only stand so much commerical dirty south type stuff. I kinda liked him when he 1st came out, but all those "Roll Out, Move Out The Way, Stand Up" type songs kill me, i think they are awful. I thing Usher is a true talent. His live shows are great. He's got 2 concert videos out with the 3rd one on the way. He dosen't lipsync at all. He's one of the hardest working men in show business. If any one comes close 2 touching the crown of the King of Pop, Usher is the man. I'm scared 2 see the colabo album between him and Luda bring out a very stale formula and overdone dirty south vibe.

Back in the day i used 2 play alot of street ball and soccer. Sometimes in the spring and summertime, if me and some friends are hanging out with some free time we might start and unorganized game in a parkinglot or something. Sometimes we'll invent games 2. One time my friend who plays tennis took his racket out of his jeep, and i took my baseball bat outta my trunk (i've always hated baseball...but u never know when u'll need a baseball bat) and we started hitting the spikey-ball-like-things that were falling from a near by tree. It kept us entertained 4 about an hour and a half. :roll:

I think 4 alot of people who grew up on real Hip-Hop, they have come 2 a stage in their life where they can't keep up with music and stuff like that the way they used 2. Since real Hip-Hop is impossible 2 find unless u look 4 info on the internet or dig thru' CD stores, real fans just grew in2 other music styles. They probably got turned off by the Puffy, Mase, Ludacris, Eminem, Master P type stuff and simply don't know that people like De La Soul, KRS-One, Brand Nubian, and Shock-G are still making music. So they probably just started listening 2 other stuff. I know that if i didn't get on the internet so often and go 2 music stores weekly, i would hardly know about any good music coming out. All i see on TV and hear on the radio is trash by 50 Cent, Terror Squad, Chingy, and so on. I don't like that stuff so i would think that rap has changed so much that i'd no longer listen 2 it and move one 2 other music styles i like. When i tell some of my friends "oh, i got that new De La" they are like "De La Soul is still around?!" and they get all excited cuz they don't know that real Hip-Hop music still exists.

I never knew that about him. One thing i truely admire is people who overcome adversity 2 live positive lives. That would be a perfect example.

JAGGED EDGE - True Man

Eminem can really get a topic blazing tho'...ha ha. Whether u like him or hate him, topics with him sure do go on 4ever. Everything has been said about him 100 times tho.' Another reason i don't like him is cuz he's so immature and bitter towards people. I don't care how awful your family life is...u don't treat them and say things about them the way he dose in interviews and music. U keep that stuff 2 yourself, and if u are really a man about it, u makes things right. It's sinnful 2 be as hateful as he can be. Some like Fresh Prince are respectable people with morals. They know how 2 conduct themselves and live right. That why Eminem has stupid issues like lawsuits from his own mother, divorce problems and stuff like that. FP can go thru' divorce and still be on good terms with his ex while building a strong family enviornment. FP once said "never let the weather determine the man" which is a wise statement, but some people live lifestyles and look at life in a way that they bring stuff like that upon themselves. Eminem seems 2 be one of those people.

Yeah, Overbrook struck a deal with Interscope. No news since then.