JumpinJack AJ

Well, as a performer, it's important 2 please your fans and do all of your singles in the show. "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" and "Boom! Shake The Room" are the kinda trax he'd have 2 perform...unless he dose that stripped down show he's always wanted 2 do with Jeff. I could only see him doing the laidback album songs if they were doing smaller shows for non-commercial audiences.

There are some good albums listed there but this list is pure trash...ha ha. The order is all outta wack and there's like 30 albums he missed.

Man, this is the ONLY time i'ma talk about skool until a lil' over a week from now (when i start). I'm so freakin' sensitive about the summertime. I have so many traditions and plans that i go thru' every summer. It's my favorite time of the years. Summer 2003 waz incredible 4 me, but shortly after it ended, i got hit with alot of mess, including alot of pain. The entire skool year proved 2 be incredibly painful and huge test...which i think i passed. This summer waz kinda made up 4 everything but there still a bit of emptyness that exists. I'm expecting this upcoming skool year 2 not be 2 much fun either. This summer waz kinda like a short breather 2 give me a small 2nd wind. Hopefully alot of things in life will fall in 2 place by next summer. Okay, nomore talking about this stuff 2 me until August 30th.

Anyone know if this album made any noise on the charts?? Deathrow's packaging is embarassing 2 his legacy. Crappy artwork (if that's what u wanna call it), bad picture selection...and the music quality. 2Pac (and his mother) would never have wanted that stuff released.

I used 2 say he had down syndrome...that waz kinda ignorant tho.' I like this positive new style...but i also watched some old videos when i bought the Bad Boy 10 Anniversary CD on the bonus DVD and his goofy dancing and big smiles made me kinda apprieciate how he wazn't taking himself 2 serious.

:eek4: That title change is tragic!! Is that legit?! Where's the source?!?

"Back To Basix" is a Kid 'N Play song. I have the 12" single.

I think this post should get deleted. It's just serving as dead weight on the board.

That's...ummmm.....embarassing! I only checked that page, waz there alot of posts there?

Thanx 4 the info. That list is great...lots of talented artists w/ good songs and videos on there!!

I have a pic of Kel Spencer. I'll see if i can scan it in a day or 2. Kel's website has been down for months. I e-mailed Kel's camp a few days ago...i'm hoping 2 get a reply. If they don't get back 2 me, the e-mail addresses may not be current cuz b4 they were always responding 2 me last summer....not 2 mention hookin' me up with his single/EP.

Not 2 sound rude, but what can u expect from someone who makes a post asking if we wanna see an interview, then makes another saying they will post it....but never do. :speechless:

Since Rap music has declined so drastically since the late 90's, i waz actually hyped 2 hear Mase waz coming back (and i hated him back then). Just 2 know some goofy guy who wazn't scared 2 smile and come back clean got me hyped...but that hype is over. I'll never diss him like i used 2 cuz he's not awful as alot of people out now....but i am remember why i didn't like him much back then. I still like the idea that he's watching his rhymes these days. If that album ain't bad, i'll get it...but my hype has defintly gone away.

It looks like not many people have the "Summertime" single cuz nobody is voting 4 those trax. I think the Extended Club Mix of "Summertime" is great.

I think Nas has talent..but i don't think it's consistant. After his 2nd album, i think he started slipping. Since then i think he makes some good stuff and stuff that makes me wonder why he makes it. I havn't followed him since like 1997ish. I think Jay-Z made better music early in his career. I think most of his stuff is crap these days. Both artists have some good trax but i don't follow either of them. Skillz wise, Nas tears Jay-Z apart tho'...but i don't think he's on the level of Rakim, LL, or KRS-One.

Oh yeah...Kel Spenc dosen't cuss in his rhymes. The problem is...his album hasn't been released.

"Halle" and "slutty" should never be used in the same sentence. Don't go there. Her outfit and the disconnection from Batman all make sense when u see the movie. I waz talking about it with my friend who follows comic books and the movie actually sounds 2 be very accurate 2 the modern version of Catwoman.

Yeah, FP is in a class of his own. I give props 2 any actor who graduates from only doing hood flicks.

Yeah, the 1st time they threw him out...i laffed til i cryed...no lie!! Me and my friends used 2 record all kinds of stuff with out camcorder and one time we recreated Jeff getting thrown out of the house. I ran and jumped out my back door which is 4 steps up from the patio. Even with a matress over the concrete, i still messed up my arm. :roll:

Granted i havn't heard anything from Canibus since the late-90's...but Kel Spencer is 100 times more talented than him in my opinion. Kel comes so much more 2 his lyrics and he also has personality. Everytime i heard a Canibus rap, i thought he waz a very unlikable guy who had the personality of a cardboard box. "The Streets Know That" isn't even a deep song, but Kel rips it with creativity and class. Canibus dosen't have a touch of class.

The topic of Will's so-called ghostwriters has been discussed before. In a Source magazine from 1997 (with Puffy on the cover), Will talked about how him and Nas wrote some songs 2gether. Will talked about showing him some stuff he had written and Nas would be like "that's good, but how about u say it like this" and so on. Will said it waz a good way for him 2 comeback fresh since his skillz were kinda rusty from the early/mid 90's. He said working with Nas who waz newer in the game helped bring him up 2 pace. Kel Spencer also talked about writing with Will. He said that he dosen't write songs for Will but that they'd sit down and write 2gether, just like hanging out working on music. Kel stressed that he never wrote anything songs 4 him. Will dosen't hide the fact when he would co-write with another person, u can see Nas', Common Sense's, and Kel Spencer's names in the credits. FP isn't trying 2 hide it. I think that while he waz on Columbia, FP experimented with a few different things since it waz a new phase in his career. The co-writers dissappeared on Born To Reign other than Kel Spencer's crew working on a few trax with him. I would be really upset if people were writing stuff 4 FP and he waz just rapping it, but as they said in the interviews, that's not the case. As a writer myself, i can relate and not be mad at the situation. There were times when me and my cousin would just chill in the basement and write rhymes. It waz a fun way 2 pass the time, it waz never like "oh, i have no talent...help a playa out!" I'm sure other writers can relate 2 this. With FP's comeback on the horizon, i'm sure Kel's crew might have some minimal input, but 4 the most part, FP seems very hungry and focusing on music more than he has in over 10 years.

No way...what rappers studio-enhance their voice?!? U gotta keep in mind that spitting in2 a mic in a studio and rocking a mic live are 2 different things. Sometimes FP yells a lil' 2 much in the mic, but that's just the way the songs convert 2 live shows. FP's flow on "Act Like You Know" is crisp and aggressive, yet it's kept low. When he rocked it live in NJ when i saw him, he waz alot louder with it. There's no way he could rap that song live like he didn't in the studio. U wouldn't hear him and he wouldn't be able 2 move on stage. When most emcees and rappers perform live, they are extra sloppy and very average with it. Of all the acts i've seen, JJ+FP is the only one that has pretty much taken their songs from wax 2 and audience perfectly. I've seen De La Soul, Kris Kross, Pharsyde, Black Eyed Peas, Wyclef, and TLC live and they all kept their show 2 a great performance level. I've also seen Ludacris and Ms. Jade live...their live shows are like alot of other rappers where their songs just don't sound any good live cuz they don't have that crowd-moving ability. I like Ms. Jade either so don't think i'm siding with artists i do and don't like.

I waz CD digging 2day and actually found the Barcelona Gold CD at a good price. Since i already have 2 samplers with "Higher Baby" on 'em...i didn't get. But i'll probably get it next time i'm there. One things 4 sure...i know nobody will get it.

They are all great. The Hybrid Mix give the song a late-90's agressive dance vibe. The SoulPower '98 Remix bring the song 2 a late-90's (yet timeless sounding) sound. DJ Jazzy Jeff's Mix is great cuz it's just a re-worked version of the original. This version waz actually played on radio stations where i live (and still is). The other 1991 remixes are good cuz they don't try 2 re-make the song. They keep all the essential aspects of the song their and just add a lil' here and there. There isn't a bad remix of this song...which is amazing.

I walked in expecting the worse but left incredibley impressed.