JumpinJack AJ

That sux...that's happened 2 me b4. In the summer of 1997, one of the biggest delivery companies in the country went on strike and i couldn't get SWV's "Release Some Tension" when it 1st came out...it took a lil' under a week 4 them 2 come in.

Yeah, back in 1999, she said she wazn't gonna do anymore music until at least after college. However, after her album proved 2 be very forgettable 2 commercial music fans, it started 2 scare me. I waz real happy 2 read that article saying she waz definitly working on music again cuz i thing Kiss The Sky is a great album. I'm sure that if she's lookin' 4 a label, Will is helping her find one or signing her 2 Overbrook (if they have a distributer).

I've never been a big follower of the Beastie Boys but i'm definitly gonna check out this album. Back in the day, they released a few singles i liked but often just made music i wazn't checknin' 4 when it came 2 full albums. However, i think these guys will definitly hold me over 4 some more good Hip-Hop.

I can't choose...i love both of them. The 1st waz bolder and funnier...but the 2nd waz so sweet and more motherly. They both had good things that the other were lacking in. I think it's cool that the show didn't try 2 find someone who looked and acted like Janet...that would have been fake. I also liked the way the 1st episode featuring Daphne poked fun at the actor switch.

At least the list is mostly filled with good artists tho.' I don't take charts 2 seriously cuz nobody will agree with every part of them. I think it's hilarious that Grandmaster Flash is number 8. He's definitly a DJ and not a rapper....on top of that he only had 2 real cross-over hits with the rest only being hits in the Hip-Hop community.

Tatyana has actually been working on a new album 4 a few months...but there isn't any details on it. If someone bumps up that post with that magazine article, u'll be able 2 read about it.

[quote=mfuqua23,Jun 11 2004, 06:20 PM]Somethin' gonna change. We just need the right type of new artist, doesn't give up on the fans of hip hop. :music:[/quote] There are plenty of true skool emcees out there, it's just that they aren't getting signed by lables that can promote them properly (or promote them at all). It's never been a problem with having good artists out there, it's just been a problem of who gets a record deal, who gets promoted, and so on. It seems that the business side of the music business only wants 2 support the bad and neglect the good.

That's awful 2 hear. Stay strong and keep pressin' on. Life has some crazy surprises but it's all about moving forward...so don't allow something like this 2 slow u down 2 much. Just think about the past things u've went thru' and realize that while life may never be the same, things will gradually heal 2 an extent and after awhile u'll learn 2 cope. It simply was his time 2 go whether it seems fair or not. Even if u deside 2 take a break from posting here...stop by 2 let us know how things are going.

I just wanted 2 remember Ray Charles who passed away Thursday. While i wazn't following his career closely, i spent time in the 80's and 90's watching him on award shows, talk shows and TV specials doing his thing. He's definitly a modern-day musical legend. This loss will probably shed some attention 2 the up-coming bio-pic on him featuring Jamie Foxx.

De La Soul actually talked about doing a triple disc (which i would have looked forward 2) but then they desided 2 release each album seperate. OutKast's album is actually 2 solo albums so i don't know if i truley count that as a double disc (even tho' there are 2 CDs there). I wish i could consider it a solid album, but personally only like half of the trax on each...the others just kinda lean towards that filler stuff. Left Eye actually challenged the rest of her group 2 do a similar thing by having all of them record a solo album then sell it as a triple disc and have fans vote which one they like the most (back when they were having problems). I actually have the triple disc Prince album....ha ha. Can't say i get past the 1st disc very often. I love 2Pac, but i don't like the way they've been releasing so many double albums. They usually pack about 5 or so really good trax which i think perfectly fit his legacy...then the rest are the kinda trax he would record non-stop just 2 make those albums 2 get off Deathrow.

I'm not saying they don't have heart...but they certainly don't have it in their music...which makes it one dementional crap 2 me. I like artists that i can get 2 know thru' their music...not artists that i'll never truely know thru' their music. Violence and stuff may be part of their enviornment, but that's not all they have been exposed 2...so why don't they spice up their music and talk about something else once in awhile. All great musician are multi-faced...why don't they find their 1st face and build from there.

Thanx 4 the newz!! BUT WHERE R THE PICTURES!?!? :confused:

It's not great either. Bow Wow waz opening for Snoop at like age 6. That rhyme reminds me of certain people's rhymes skillz on this board. :bowrofl:

I don't like the idea of double albums in general. I haven't heard all of the double albums that have been dropped by Hip-Hop and Rap artists, but in almost every case, they have less than a 1 disc album worth of good trax and a bunch of filler trax (trax that are recorded, that don't stand out at all). 2Pac's All Eyez On Me and Bone's "Art of War" are the only albums that i've heard that i think were put 2gether well.

After 1996, Nas just didn't impress me anymore. He still makes good music but not that kind that i care about. I think Since his "I Am..." album, he has made scattered good trax that are often hidden by music that i just don't think is very good or has any relevence. Just my opinion. I did go out and get the remastered re-release of Illlmatic and it totally reminds of me of what could have been.

Ha....thanx!!

I don't really care 2 have Nas co-write anymore stuff with Will. In fact, i don't like the idea of anyone co-writing with Will any more. It's just not neccesary. I think that's what's made the biggest difference in Will's music since he's come back...the trax he's co-wrote with other people just make the lyrics sound a lil' looser and sloppier than strictly his own writing. I think "Just Cruisin'" and "The Rain" are really the only exceptions. If Will waz gonna work with someone else again, i'd want it 2 be Common Sense again.

Ahhhh!! I've wanted that album since it came out. I havn't seen it in stores 4 a long time. I remember the video that put out 2 promote that album....it waz dope. I just remember it being out around the time that The Fugees, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Nas were out saving Hip-Hop from the dying gangsta rap at the time. Recently i've been just getting random stuff....i stocked up on old Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson CD singles last month. I just got Monica's 2002 album All Eyez On Me which waz re-worked 2 become After The Storm. Since it's summertime, i've been checking out some reggae. I also got the new Motown 1's CD filled with remastered Motown classics (most of them from the 60's..which i've fallen in love with over the past year).

I've read stuff where they said Trey wazn't that musically inclined. However, i have a feeling all his kids are gonna grow up getting involved with the industry. Trey's already started modeling and both him and Jaden have been acting on All of Us, not 2 mention music video cameos (well, Jaden didn't quite make it in BSC).

I don't know about 2005. After all, the album is "done" and him and Jeff already did work 2gether on the album. I guess we'll find out. It's really up 2 Will, after all, he hasn't really come public about the album so it's not like he has 2 rush it if it dosen't wanna...but since it's done, he can get it out really soon if he wants.

I used 2 like Nas when he 1st came out....i like maybe half of his 2nd album..but since then i've only liked select singles. I just think he turned his back on the style that got him where he is 2day. Most of his fans these days don't know much about Illmatic which is his best album....period. Since it waz just re-released and remastered w/ a bonus disc, many fans are finding out about real Hip-Hop just now which is good i guess. I don't think he's wack or anything, i just think he's making alot of music that isn't comparable and as meaningful as he can be.

I would never say "anything" by any artist cuz even tho' there are some artists i don't like at all...they occasionaly drop a single that i like. For instance, i like Nelly's "Dillemma" feat. Kelly Rowland, Jay-Z's Ain't No N!**@, Sunshine, The City Is Mine, Girls...", Chingy's new single w/ that R-N-B hook, Eminem's Slim Shady LP and a few later-released trax, and so on. I'm not saying i'm in love with those songs or the artist, but as songs, i kinda like some of them. I try 2 not 2 limit myself by i won't allow myself 2 like something by anybody...it just happens that some of them are wack, but get lucky or get some divine insperation 4 a good song. Sometimes i'll even dislike a song when it's new...but like it later. I used 2 dislike Coolio when he came out. However, his 2nd single waz dope (I Remember)...but when "Gangsta's Paradice" came out, i fell in love with half of his music (b4 it blew up) and started liking him. I no longer thought "Fantastic Voyage" waz a stupid song. These days, when i hear older music like the Bad Boy stuff of the late 90's that i used 2 diss, i actually kinda like some of it now. I don't know if it's cuz i now like certain songs cuz their is no hype behind them now or if i like some of them just cuz they take me back 2 when they were new. I'm not gonna turn around and say Black Rob's "Whoa" song is the illest of all time anytime soon, but i never thought i'd like this track like i do now. It's funny the way my mind will sometimes change i about music. Either way, my favorite artists and their music never changes in my opinion....just the stuff i disliked or didn't care 2 check out during it's time out.

This post isn't meant 2 start fights. If it dose, then the mod can lock it or delete it whenever they want. However, i wanna see what kinda lists we come up with. When i mean, wack, i mean awful from all ends. Some somes suck when it comes 2 the production, some suck when it comes 2 lyrics and subject matter (if any) and some suck cuz the artist has no talent. However, i asking 4 the kinda list where everything about the song is wack. 1. Harlem World "?...their 1st (and maybe only single) Mase's Harlem World waz like an All-Star group 4 the wackest artists ever. I just remember this song and thinking that it waz invented simply 2 suck and bring rap music back 3,000 years. 2. Nelly "Hot In Herr" ugh, Neptunes gave him an empty, wack beat. Since we are talking about Nelly here, of course the lyrics suck and the over-done dirty south talk is mad annoying. However, i think the most annoying thing in this song is what he dose in half of his songs...he raps like he's just been beat down and sounds like he's crying. 3. Junior M.A.F.I.A. "?...their 1st single" Ugh...trash rap. "Ladies, rub ya ******* if u love Hip-Hop"...man, that beat drove me 2 drink and like Harlem World, they were a group of artists that defintly couldn't hold it down as solo artists (yes, including Lil' Kim) and they actually couldn't even hold it down as a group. Man, they sucked. 4. Lil' Flip "Game Over" Man, what bet did Columbia lose that made them sign this guy. What makes this wack fool stand out from all of the other garbage rappers that have come out in recent years. The production drives me insane. And the weakly changed "flip...flip...flip" in the background sounds like they are drugged 2 sound awful. I guess it just shows how un-enthusiastic they are 2 hear this guy rap (if u wanna call it that). 5. G-Unit "Stunt 101" This is the kinda pointless song that comes 2gether when u put 1 C-level rapper in a group 2 hypemen who got their hands on a microphone. Dosen't it bug them that their song talks about nothing?!?

What do u think are the SEXIEST VIDEOS of all time?!?!? When i say SEXY, i'm talking about the aritst, their style, and the way the video was shot. i DON'T mean sluty, half-naked-4-no-reason type of videos....especially the typical rap videos where they just have a bunch of half-naked hoes dancing. 1. Aaliyah "Try Again" 2. En Vogue "Givin' Him Something He Can Feel" 3. Janet "Again" 4. TLC "Creep" 5. Jennifer Lopez "Waiting For Tonight" Other artists and songs mentionable...TLC (Red Light Special), Janet (Anytime, Anyplace), Ashanti (Aww Baby), Destiny's Child (Survivor), Aaliyah (Rock The Boat, One In A Million), Jennifer Lopez (If You Had My Love, Jenny From The Block, I'm Real (Remix), Mariah Carey (Honey).

We've been talking about Hip-Hop music and culture 4 awhile and i just wanted 2 express where i'm comin' so people know why i view things certain ways. I grew up on what waz on the radio...i just remember Michael Jackson being the only artist i really knew by name. Being around music at a really young age, i looked at it the way we all should look at it. Simply as music. It dosen't need 2 be labled as Hip-Hop, Rock, Jazz, R-N-B, Reggae, Club, Classical, etc...it's all music. Anyways, in the mid-80's, i waz exposed 2 Run-DMC, JJ+FP, and L.L. Cool J. While i considered it simply music...just as i would MJ, Madonna, George Michael, and so on...soemething about Hip-Hop just stood out. It just seemed as this fresh new thing that waz mine. There wazn't much of it existing and going on b4 i got in2 it. By the late 80's...Hip-Hop waz pretty much all i listened 2. My cousin waz a few years older than me and he had all the M.C. Hammer, Tone Loc, JJ+FP, Digital Underground, DJ EZ-Rock + Rob Base, Heavy D + The Boyz stuff that i consider the golden age of music. I also had other older friends who had this stuff and i just lived off of their copies. It just seemed 2 me that there waz always something new, current, and amazing about Hip-Hop. The end the 80's and early 90's is when i started actually buying alot of cassettes. Me and my friends would listen 2 this stuff in the basement, garage, front porch..whereever. While all the artists i listed above were what we listened 2 mostly...we also got in2 the less mainstream stuff (at least 4 people our age) like EPMD, AMG, Eric B. + Rakim. We also heard the Pubic Enemy and N.W.A. stuff that we had 2 hide from our parents. We used 2 rap and beatbox our favorite stuff and record it like we were trying 2 get record deals. I still have this tapes and videos of us doing this stuff. It waz the mid-90's where things got yucky. Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" waz blowin' up. It's a dope album, but people only saw it for the "gangsta rap" quality of it which planted the seeds for tons of untalented people 2 get record deals where they could talk about a lifestyle they never lived. I kept my feet deep in the waters of true skool Hip-Hop but alot of my friends started listening 2 more of the "other" stuff. Don't get me wrong, there's always a time and a place 2 nod ya head to "Dre Day" and "What's My Name?"...but i waz getting upset about how many old skool cats weren't doing their thing (and breaking up) at this time. I got in 2 Dre, Snoop, Onyx, Da Lynch Mob, Ice Cube, and so on...but those people were real. I remembered catching myself rockin' flannel shirts, saggin' jeans and Nike's thinkin' 2 myself "it's either go with the flow or just do me"...so i got rid of that "thugged out" look of the mid-90's and got back in my bright and baggy stuff. The sound of Hip-Hop right now waz thicker (which waz good) but it waz also darker (not always good). I waz annoyed that nearly every rap album coming out had an explict lyrics sticker. My parents didn't like finding those and i myself didn't like alot of cussing in the 1st place. I remember my one friend rating and raving about Biggie and i waz just like "what's the big deal about this guy"...he and most other new rappers at the time just didn't impress me. This is when i really got in2 R-N-B. I always loved R-N-B, but i waz relying on it now cuz Hip-Hop just wazn't doing it 4 me anymore in a big way. Noteable new artists who kept me happy for awhile were Ahmad and Skee-Lo. At this point, Heavy D + The Boyz, JJ+FP, and Kid 'N Play were simply done. M.C. Hammer released a dope album called V Inside Out which i listened 2 non-stop...but i saw nobody supporting it. I just had a feeling that my favorite style of music waz never gonna be the same. I used 2 say "rap sucks" all the time and my friends are just like "u just don't like it anymore" and i'm like "this is my favorite kinda music...but it sucks right now." Reguardless, me and my boys would still get 2gether and watch Yo! MTV Raps late in2 the nite on weekends. The really akward era leading 2 the late 90's waz again mixed with good and bad. I remember watching Yo! MTV Raps and flipping the channels alot. De La Soul, Nas, Craig Mack, Digital Underground, Das EFX, The Fugees, Busta Rhymes, and A Tribe Called Quest were the only artists i waz really checkin' 4. The murders of 2pac and Biggie waz were things changed. It waz kinda like they died 2 save Hip-Hop 4 the moment which waz awful. People realized how far the fake lifestyles and trashtalking 2 could and how it would bleed in2 real life. Those murders changed alot for the industry, the artists, and the fans. I just remember who dark and confusing that time waz. However, that opened the door 4 a 2nd wind for a tired music. With people sick of the negativity, it seemed like clock work that the old skool waz coming back AND the mainstream artists of the time were actually commerical artists rather than successful gritty Hip-Hop artists. Of course this introduced us 2 BAD commercial artists. In the late-80's and early-90's, the commercial artists who got mainstream love were good artists who deserved success. This late-90's era introduced success 2 not-so-talented artists. This is where Puffy, Mase, Master P, etc were getting lots of airplay and success. But that's all 2 the goodie cuz the old skool and true-skool of Hip-Hop kept things going thru' the end of the 90's...Fresh Prince, L.L. Cool J, MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa, EPMD, A Tribe Called Quest, Slick Rick, Young MC, Heavy D, Naughty By Nature, and Queen Latifah all dropped new albums in a matter of years. Now we are in the 2000's and i'm so disappointed with the music again. It's worse than the mid/late 90's. Fresh Prince MC Lyte, and L.L. Cool J are still doing their thing and Queen Latifah + Heavy D are all on their way with new albums. But the only artists out currently that can keep my attention right now are Black Eyed Peas, OutKast, Twista, + Kanye West. Otherwise, i simply don't like Rap. Nelly, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Chingy Lil' Flip and most of Eminem's and Jay-Z's stuff is just trash 2 me. I don't understand how people can like this stuff the way they do. The lack of good Hip-Hop and Rap has totally driven me in2 the arms of other music. My R-N-B collection is almost twice the size of my Hip-Hop collection. My Reggae collection is also growing faster than it has in the past 10 years. I'm not the kinda person 2 limit myself 2 one thing...so i'll like anything that i think is good and i've totally started digging old Motown stuff and a few Top 40 rock acts like Evanescence. I just hope that something happens 2 save Hip-Hop music. It sucks 2 have only 3 or 4 CDs come out each year from your favorite kinda music. Fans are neglected, young kids are listening 2 poison...it's time for real emcees 2 take a stand and take their music back from these wack, immature, phoney, greedy fools on the charts now. Let us remember what a real emcee is about...writing dope lyrics, being original, having heart, knowing how 2 perform, and actually knowing how 2 ride the beat.