WesSyde

yeah its nice that Lupe is selling a lot. but like Turntable said, hes not selling a lot cuz hes a good rapper, hes selling a lot cuz of hype. i think its great that a lot of people at my school like Kick Push, but its only cuz its popular and played on the radio. i think its a sign that if we play good music and promote it to people, they will like it, but if you play garbage, they will like that too. thats why we need balance.

didnt have time to read it all, but as a Jordan fan it wasnt up my alley. i am trying to be open minded, but: "he purpose isn't to determine that player X is the best ever...only that Jordan is NOT the best" ok, well its easy to prove Jordan is not the best if thats your goal, just like its easy to prove he is the best if you like him. this site seemed to lack an open minded view, just a lot of "Jordan is not the best and your opinion is bull if you think that" repeated over and over again. i will try and read the rest of it later on, but it seemed like he was reiterating the same point over and over again. one thing that i will say, Jordan is kinda like the 2Pac of basketball. he was a legend and still worshipped to this day and its hard to put a clear reason on why he was so good, but he just was. its hard to say why he got all the hype but he did. he was clutch, he was all around, he played with heart, he won lots of games. i think there are valid points for Wilt Chamberlain, the only problem i see is that back in Wilt's era the game was a little different, almost like it was not the same accomplishment to score 70 points as it is today. thats just kinda what i get, i dont have any proof tho and i do admit there are good competitors against Jordan. but for me personally, i had the privilege of watching him in his prime and he did things that revolutionized the sport of basketball.

Wow that really hits hard. my heart goes out to Rev Run, Justine, and the rest of the family

most of those people arent fans of Will so what can u expect. obviously Summertime was Will's best song ever and tons of people like it, but u cant expect all of those people to feel Will's stuff that's slightly weaker than that if its not their style. now if their commenting about "falling off" when they havent given any of it a listen at all than thats another story.

yeah no sweat JJ+FP will get their time. the only name on that list that seemed like JJ+FP could've replaced would be MC Lyte. they both came out in the same era and i think JJ+FP's career was a lil bigger than hers. no worries tho, it'll happen when it happens

tryin to keep you down there as long as i can!

Happy Birthday Big Will!!!

DMX - Life Be My Song X really stepped up his game at the end of the album. the ending is phenomenal

so how many of you guys checked out Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor? the album is amazing. i knew it was gonna be something special when i first heard the leak this summer. at first i when i looked at the tracklisting i was a bit dissapointed that some of my fav songs from the leak were not on there, but it turns out they were, just under different names. and in fact, the songs were more polished and as a result, better. this album has to be one of the best to come out so far this year. i would have to give it a 9 or 9.5 out of 10. the beats are very well produced and some of them have jazz and rock samples in them, which is very cool when done right. if you havent checked this album about, go ahead and do so. why did it get a PA sticker tho? it has the N word like 3 times and the b word twice and thats about it. so here's my track by track analysis: Intro - a spoken word intro. the beat on it is dope. Lupe explains the meaning of Food & Liquor comparing it to the good and the bad in the world 4.5/5 Real - wow i cant get enough of this beat. the chorus is corny in a good way and it gets stuck in your head. great message to the song aswell 5/5 Just Might Be Okay - been hearing this song since the leak and not my favorite beat, but Gemini does a good job on the chorus 4/5 Kick, Push - i think we've all heard this song. the beat is perfect, the lyrics are perfect. not much more to say. 5.5/5 I Gotcha - not a beat that i like that much and some of the lyrics i dont feel quite as much. the chorus doesnt quite do it for me either. sounds a lot like a kanye song haha. 3.5/5 The Instrumental - lovin the rock influence on the beat. flow is good and the story is a good one, i like this song a lot. 4.5/5 He Say She Say - i like the violins on the beat and the chorus is above average. but the best part of this song is the story tellin and flow by Lupe. "no positive male role model to play football with and build rail road models" 5/5 Sunshine - another great beat. i havent checked the producers of each individual song, but Jay-Z produced the album and i think Kanye had to have some input, and they did a damn good job. this is a song u can really relate to when u like/love somebody. pretty deep track 4.5/5 Daydreamin' - not really feelin Jill Scott or the beat on this one. i do feel Lupe's aggressive flow tho. 4/5 The Cool - another rock influenced beat. good message, about what happens to you when you try to do everything that is "cool" 4/5 Hurt Me Soul - originally called No Place To Go, a great song. "i used to hate hip hop because the women were degraded" "too short made me laugh/like a hypocrite i played it/a hypocrite i stated/but only reciting half/omitting the word bitch, cursin i wouldnt say it" 5/5 Pressure - one of the dissapointments for me. this beat of this song originally belonged to "Trials and Tribulations" which was a great song. however, Lupe scrapped the verses he wrote for that song and re-wrote it to feature Jay-Z who was a little less than impressive. the other version was better. 3.5/5 just because of the beat American Terrorist - originally called Close Your Mind. a real deep song with some good lyricism 5/5 The Emporer's Soundtrack - nice upbeat tempo with Lupe just flowin over it for 2:56 straight 4.5/5 Kick, Push II - this sound should've been left off the album haha. it shows what happens when you try to recapture a classic. not feelin the flow or the beat at all. 2.5/5 The Outro - Lupe wrappin up the album over the same dope beat that is used in the intro. basically he gives everyone love and shout outs that had/have helped him in his life... which takes a whole 9 minutes. so it does get borin but at least he's givin shout outs and props. im not really gonna rate this track since i just skip over it and if you bought the bestbuy version you would have 3 bonus tracks. non of them are that impressive except What It Do A couple of notes: the track "Make Sure" which sampled the beat JJ used in A Touch of Jazz wasnt included in the album. also the song "Gheto Story" also known as "Steady Mobbin" wasnt included on the album which is a major dissapointment to me cuz thats like my favorite song besides Kick Push. that song definitely deserved to make the album and was better than some of the other songs on the album. bottom line is invest the $10 for the album while its on sale cuz its really worth more than that haha.

wow that was really good tim! well done!

Happy birthday man!

cant see it, dont have quicktime and dont want to go thru the hassle of downloading and installing it just to watch the video haha

you have to take the 3 topic subjects and find a way to combine them to figure it out

They look kinda like post counts.... Or it could be some kind of years-to-word relationship... Kinda like 9263 = first, for first movie and first grammy, 1715 - relationship... or something like this Or it most likely is something completely different. check this out, every topic made has a topic #, this topic number is 9272. if you plug 9263 and 8996 1715 into the url, you'll get a couple of posts where tim made some suspicious comments. also the clue, look up must have to do with the URL at the top. try these addresses http://www.jazzyjefffreshprince.com/forum/...?showtopic=9263 http://www.jazzyjefffreshprince.com/forum/...?showtopic=8996 http://www.jazzyjefffreshprince.com/forum/...?showtopic=1715 altho the last one seems a little out of place, maybe the topic has something to do with the clues. i still dont know how to relate the topics in order to solve the clues, somebody help me, i think im on the right track

wow happy birthday Jada!! i didnt realize Will and Jada's birthdays were only a week apart

i dont know if any of you read the thank-you's on ice's album, but check this out: "Jeff, The Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff!!!! Townes.... what would we be without you paving the way? Thanks for the guidance and friendship... IT'S JAZZY JAZZY!!!"

have a good one

OMG R U SERIOUS JAYZ CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT?!?! LIKE OMG IM SO HAPPY!! :lol:

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Da Ace posted on his myspace that he will be dropping a new mixtape soon, i'll let you read what he wrote: aint that great? i was actually the one who suggested to Ace the idea and sent him the magnificent instrumentals. this next mixtape should be hot! you guys can check out Let Me Rock The Mic on his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/daaceakatrip

By the way, Tim and Wes, those where some brilliant attacks on me! I had no armor, at all, yet you still couldn't take me. i wonder why you ask when you know the answer

best 3 tracks are the path, the ugly show, and the real. i had already heard those songs previous to buying the album, so i was hoping there would be some new songs that were at the level of those, but it seems like those are the best tracks.

ok, so you dont like Ice Cube, Snoop, or Dre beats from the 90's then right?

i was a lil dissapointed. only 12 tracks and 48 minutes worth. also, the 3 best tracks off the album are on his myspace. i was expecting the rest of the album to be at the level or above the level of those tracks, but they all seemed below that level. still a good album compared to other stuff out there, and hopefully it'll grow on me. another thing i noticed, sometimes it seems like he's not quite flowing to the beat of the track, i dont know if that has anything to do with him being used to spoken word poetry or what. hopefully he keeps goin with his rappin and continues to improve himself in the future

btw thanx 4 sharin that Jonny, cool track