JumpinJack AJ

I don't have a preference myself. There's a different vybe for different moods. Sometimes i like gettin' all jigged up and going out 2 busy late-nite restaurant or a bar and just going crazy, people watching, etc. There are other times when i wanna take 2 the park, or a playground, a rooftop, etc where u can just kick it.

I like A+...i think he's dope. His 1st hit waz 1996's "All I See" which waz a dope track. It came out in the summertime and i just remember it being surrounded by De La Soul, Fugee, Nas, + Digital Underground videos on Yo! MTV Raps. His 1st album is pretty good. Kiddie emcee's are always kinda akward, cuz half of them suck..and the other half are good, but since they are young, it's hard 2 take them seriously. I think that's why i waz wit Another Bad Creation, Kris Kross, Da Youngstas, and A+...cuz they were young, but so waz i. These days i can't get with younger emcee's at all...tho' the newer Bow Wow stuff isn't 2 bad. A+ dropped that "Enjoy Yourself" track in summer 1998. The album didn't do much tho'. The video got some play but i don't remember much radio air-play. His 2nd album waz good but it didn't keep my attention the way the 1st one did.

I think Hip-Hop/Rap has hit rock bottom....we are either gonna stay in this awful place or things are gonna get better...cuz i don't think it can get any worse. And i also agree with that statement about how neglected Hip-Hop fans have been that we think the okay stuff is great....like my opinion on the Mase track...ha ha.

Yeah, 2 me, it's a breath of fresh air. Mase is far from the best rapper...but in these days, it dosn't take much 2 look better than the rapper next 2 u. Just 2 hear a happy beat, clean lyrics, and song that dosen't sound like a 10 year old ghostwrote it makes me feel good. I'll never call this one of the dopest songs of year, but there's alot of crap out right now and i think i'll be supporting Mase this time around rather than dissing him 2 no end.

The only things Eminem said 2 mock Will waz that line in the "Real Slim Shady" which isnt' actually a diss. Look at the lyric above...people are simply 2 stupid 2 understand this. He isn't praising Will at all, but the line simply isn't a diss. He only acknowleges Will's speech at the MTV Movie Awards a few years back and mocks Will cuz of his own insecurities and becuz at that time he waz building his entire career off dissing people in general. In the "Forgot About Dre" video...there is a break in the song where he talks 2 a reporter and starts off by saying "i was upstairs listening to my Will Smith CD..." Again, not exactly a real diss, just mocking Will for being large. The real "battle" in this waz made up by Eminem fans. Most of them being 9 year old white kids who have mega-rich parents took those 2 incidents and blew them up in their own minds as real disses. I myself highly doubt Will waz loosing sleep after hearing them. Eminem didn't say anything else and hasn't said anything since. If he had a real problem with Will, he would keep runnin' his mouth about him...but incase u havn't notice, it's been almost 5 years since all that. If he really dissed Will, i have a feeling Will would have responded. He's the kinda person 2 stay on the high ground cuz he is in a position where he's an easy target and his so-called "compitition" usually never stays in the limelight 2 long anyway. However, if he waz really attacked, i'm sure he would head 2 the lab and rip Em until he waz crying mercy on the inside....which might be what he needs. The day any rapper takes Eminem serious will be the day Will agrees 2 do Independence Day 2.

The funny thing is, in certain interviews, Will has said things like "i've always considered myself a rapper 1st and everything else comes second" and when asked about which part of entertainment is his favorite he talks about music being the most personal, up-to-date, and so on. Music is totally in this man's heart but he's very wrapped up in acting. Music is a hobby tho'...acting is a job. Acting pays the bills. Will makes music 4 fun and puts it out 4 the fans. I can relate in my un-famous way that i've always loved writing and rapping but in recent years, i don't write 2 often or perform 2 often...but i've done tons of local acting. I get a lil' money from doing the acting and alot of people in my community recognize me and of course none of them know about my love 4 Hip-Hop. It's easy 2 get wrapped up in other things which can make your 1st love suffer.

No offense, but i'd really like 2 know where u come from and how old u are. Your exposure 2 Rap, your opinions, and your ways of conveying your ideas just seem like u are some young kid from from some place that only gets 2 hear top 10 Rap...which sucks 90% of the time. I'm not trying 2 be ignorant, i just think it may clear up why i can't agree with one thing u say.

He isn't....i've never seen a video on TV or heard a song on the radio. It's nothing but a big public embarrasment thing and so that a few people can make some money off this joke.

I only read the 1st half of that...but i totally agree. It's hard 2 have a conversation with younger fans of Hip-Hop cuz they don't know what it is...they simply don't know any better. They are totally ignorant about what real Hip-Hop is about and they don't know what good music should sound like cuz they are rarely exposed 2 it. 2 me, it just looks like a hopeless cause unless the real artists step up and make things happen themselves. Young MC, Coolio, etc are still releasing music, but they aren't signing with labels that will promote them correctly and they are settling for average production which ultimatly don't get them anywhere. Fresh Prince, L.L. Cool J, and Queen Latifah stay busy with so many other projects like movies, their own businesses, other artists, etc, which isn't a bad thing but it keeps them from focusing totally on the music. I personally don't blame them tho' cuz the money simply isn't in just rapping. U can only stay in one place for so long so i think it's a natural progression 2 do other things. But the music suffers when good artists like that wait 4 or 5 years between albums. The people who do get played on the radio simply don't care about their music, their fans or about the culture that some people associate them with. They preach poison, they don't bother 2 even try and be creative, they simply want fame and money. They'll find out a few years tho' when their fame dies, they have STDs from nasty groupies, and they realized they sold out all their real friends 4 business that played them why they played all the people in their lives.

...so dose mine :eek4:

I heard that it'll just be a score (orchestral music 2 the movie) but i've also heard that it would be a mainstream soundtrack. We do know that we'll hear something new in the fall when SharkTale comes out cuz Will put alot of work in2 that.

I used 2 know this but i totally 4get. Homebase did about 2-3 million and i think He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper did about the same. Since their release, all of them have gone platnium. Not sure about the Greatest Hits album tho.' Before The Willennium has probably done about 15 million by now. :roll:

nhawong:Welcome 2 McDonalds...can i take your order. AJ: Yes, i'd like a small Coke in a large cup and just fill it the rest of the way up.

i typed this whole reply with my nose.

I feel u. Petey Pablo has about zero talent and his music annoyes me 2 no end. I think Will would have much better chemistry with Twista or Kanye West. Neither of them are fake thugs and neither of them base their career or disrespecting people, cussing, and flossing a negative lifestyle. It sounds like Will is pretty finished with this upcoming album but dosen't mean he won't change it if the oppertunity pops up.

That is fly...i love it. The only other place i've seen that pic of Will is on the cover of a Nickeloden magazine from the BWS era.

The SharkTale soundtrack is what we are really waiting for. I never heard a legit source saying I, Robot featured work by Will.

U can find that track on that Japan Import Version of JJ+FP's "Greatest Hits." It's pretty rare and really expensive. I made an offer 2 some people 2 get a JJ+FP mix CD which featured this song but that time has come and gone. Pretty much nobody took up on the offer, but those who did are more than happy with the CD. Maybe later i'll put that offer back up.

I'm really in the mood for some marshmellows.

"Holla Back" waz recorded right after Willennium waz released. It's on various import versions of the "Freakin' It" single. For those who are interested in owning a brand new sealed copy....i got the hook up. Just e-mail me or PM asking how.

I think Jive did okay...after all, they loaded their past 2 albums down with 3 singles and videos each. However, we are looking at Jive with 2days standards which make them look good. But back then they were a lil' shady in different ways. Think about it, all their artists are on different labels. Smooth, Aaliyah, Fu-Schnickens, Shaquille O'Neal, Public Announcement, Q-Tip, Phife as solo artists, and Ali Shadeed all had problems and left the label (some havn't recorded since). A Tribe Called Quest looks like they will return as a group on Jive (guess they could only get off as solo artists) but i think even Too $hort left them. When JJ+FP came out with "Parents Just Don't Understand"...it blew their fame out of this world and Jive wanted them 2 be the Rap Pop stars...which wazn't what JJ+FP wanted. Check and Jazzy Jeff interview and some of Will's, they often talk about how Jive wanted them 2 always do the mainstream stuff when they wanted 2 show all their sides.

When it comes 2 gender complications...we can't 4get wills_girl aka love2will aka HarryN who fall in love with themselves, die in car accidents and come back from the dead 2 post.

Welcome 2 the board!! This is the place 2 be 4 all the JJ+FP news.

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I can't imajin Def Jam being one of those labels that really dose their artists long but i'm sure DMX had a reason 2 say that. L.L. did say this when 10 came out...he said that they were paying him on the contract that he signed back in 1985 and realistically, they owe him millions. But since he never fought 2 get his contract modifyed, he just kept getting paid the way he waz back in 1985. And as u can imajin, conctracts aren't done that way anymore...ha ha. L.L. loveds Def Jam and Hip-Hop so it never really bothered him that much. That shows that he's truly an artist who loves his music, his culture, and his fans...and that's what a true artist is all about in my opinion. I thought he waz gonna leave Def Jam after 10 cuz he contract waz finally filled, but i've heard things that make it sound like he's gonna stay there and get a new contract.