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  1. Black Thought Defuses Will Smith “Feud” Before It Starts

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    1-That statement's false, Will's very much respected for his contributions to the rap community, especially since "Lost and Found" came out, many known mcs in hip hop you could think of like Nas, Jay-Z, Rhymefest, CL Smooth, The Game, Fat Joe, Common, LL Cool J, Chuck D, Ice T, Kool Moe Dee, Rakim, and The Roots have given Will props in interviews and songs

    To Bigted:

    You forgot about Joe Budden!

    when have they done that? you got any source for the interviews and songs?

  2. Will Smith: The Battle Rapper?

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    Also I found something about Steady B and Will battling!

    With an appealing blend of battle raps (most notably against LL Cool J, and local Philadelphia rap rivals Three Times Dope and the Fresh Prince) and freestyle lyrics, Steady B's style reflected the post-Run-D.M.C./pre-Public Enemy era of hip-hop. At his best, Steady mixed well-written metaphors and wordplay with sparse, yet catchy, drum tracks. Steady B released five albums over the course of his career, with mixed success.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady_B

    ?uestlove maintained, for the record, that Will Smith’s infamous radio battle with Steady B means he’ll “always respect him,” meaning no matter how many preachy family flicks he makes (besides, Ice Cube got away with “Are We There Yet?”) Musictoob will too; if only for his taste in flooring

    http://www.musictoob.com/former-fresh-prin...ndage-home-4434

  3. Will Smith: The Battle Rapper?

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    That would be something if he did hang toe to toe with Big Daddy Kane. I've never heard anything about it. As far as battling, it's been said by I think Jeff that they would drive to around philly looking for cyphers and Will would just join and kill people. I believe most notable is Schooly D in which I think Jeff or someone said Will killed him so bad that Schooly D was ready to get in an actual fight with Will. One thing about JJFP is that they are alot more intelligent than most in the game. Rakim gets a lot of love for his lyrics, but Will was highly educated and you can tell on his battle tracks.

    I heard that thing with Schooly D, too. Questlove from the Roots mentioned in some magazine. It was a few days after JJ+FP won the first ever rap grammy. He was talking **** about them on radio that they are soft and that it ain't real hip hop, bla bla bla...JJ+FP went to the studio and Will battled him. He got a joke for every punchline from Schooly D and killed him so bad that it was ready to get physical. Jeff mentioned that they had to call the cops so that everyone would calm down. For those who don't know, Schooly D was the first ever gangsta rapper in hip hop (not NWA or Ice-T).

    To Quote Black Thought:

    Yeah, Illadel! Home of the original gun clappers

    Out on the wrong corner your ****'ll get spun backwards

    The Roots - Don't Say Nothin

  4. Black Thought Defuses Will Smith “Feud” Before It Starts

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    I think Black Thought made a good point there, Will did a lot to represent Philly over the years in hip hop but there's no question he coulda done more with the status that he had and hip hop as a whole would be in a better place right now if he woulda tried to help real up and coming mcs get a shot in the game we wouldn't have all this wack junk out right now, if Will didn't want to rap anymore now he coulda opened up a bridge for real mcs to get in the game instead of it being like it is now, there's a lot of real mcs out there that deserve to shine, personally I'm tired of seeing these sucker mcs blow up and make millions while the real ones have to stay on the underground

    1. Why should Will help upcoming MC's, when most cats don't respect or ignore his contributions to rap music?

    2. If there is someone he should help to get in mainstream, he have to at least have some similarities with him music or characterwise. Just as Dr. Dre supports just gangsta rap, it would not make sense for him to support Nick Cannon.

    3. Mention some young talented Philly MC! Most of them talk the usual ****...guns,cars, money, hoes and love to cuss! I think hip hops capitol is nowadays chicago with talented young rappers like Lupe Fiasco or Gemini.

  7. Black Thought Defuses Will Smith “Feud” Before It Starts

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    May 7th, 2009

    Black Thought Defuses Will Smith “Feud” Before It Starts

    Yesterday, in a really interesting interview published at Hip Hop Game, Roots MC Black Thought was asked, “You have a worldwide fanbase but consistently work with Philly artists. How important is it to maintain that hometown connection?” A fairly innocuous question, but he created a bit of a brouhaha with his response:

    I mean, that’s super-important to me. That’s what I wish artists like Will Smith and some of the other artists who were popular representing Philly in the ‘80s and ‘90s had done because what it does is it’s good for morale. It’s just a good look for the city and I mean, it just opens doors for the next generation of artists coming from your hometown. When you’ve reached a level of popularity or fame where people are into you, they don’t necessarily know where you’re from. You have to remind them. Some people are under the impression that we’re from New York. Some people think we’re from Chicago sometimes.

    We have to reinforce that we’re from Philadelphia and this is a Philly-based team. There is no animosity or cross-city beef. Sometimes artists who are on the incline, up-and-coming artists, have little minor beefs within the city. The Roots is a brand that’s above any of that and that’s what I want to stress. I feel like sometimes the fact that we work with a certain sort of artists or more street level artists or more hardcore hip-hop, just straight ahead hip-hop artists from Philadelphia, I feel like it’s not a problem and we send out a message that we’re all one in the same representing the same city.

    And it breaks down a lot of barriers or apprehension that people might have about reaching out to a different sort of artist. Maybe the Beanie Sigels and Peedi Crakks will reach out to the Santogolds and the DJ Diplo’s but that just feel like it would be unwelcome. So we send out a positive signal with a positive vibe just by breaking genre barriers, so to speak, if that makes any sense.

    Whether or not you agree with his point (I definitely do), Black Thought was quick to clarify his Will Smith comments this morning with Charlamagne the God on 100.3 FM’s “The Morning Beat” show, reports SOHH:

    “The fact that I mentioned Will Smith was just illustrating a point, it wasn’t nothing that I said like ‘Oh Will Smith doesn’t reach back’ or ‘Will Smith blew up and forgot about the city,’” Black Thought explained. “I was just making a demonstration to my man, he was doing an interview asking the question if it’s important or how important is it to me you know, to reach back to up-and-coming artists or fellow Philadelphian artists. And answer to my question was bong, it’s very important to me and I would like to explain that I’m creating an outlet for up-and-coming Philadelphia artists and people from The Roots or Roots generation that didn’t necessarily have. I would never try to diss Will Smith, I ain’t make no sideways comments about Will Smith, the brother’s from Philly and the largest star in the world. He’s the biggest star on Earth.”

    Whew — we were kinda worried for a sec that Will Smith would bum rush the Roots Picnic looking for blood. Peace has been restored!

    http://music.pwblogs.com/2009/05/07/black-...fore-it-starts/

  17. Men In Black III in Development

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    As MIB3 is confirmed for 2011. I found something interesting.

    In 2005, Variety magazine mentioned that Sony Pictures was in talks with director Michael Bay to direct Men In Black III.

    I hope there is some truth in this, because MIB3 with Michael Bay as a director could be interesting. I rather would love to see BB3, but Smith, Lawrence + Bay seem to be too expensive for Sony! Also I read somewhere that Bay pushed the date for another transformer sequel back to 2012.

  20. Men In Black III in Development

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    Sony announced yesterday that they are doing a third installment of the Men in Black series, but there is not word yet whether Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones are involved.

    Details are limited this early on and the production company has only just now started searching for a screenwriter.

    Men in Black 3 is scheduled for a summer of 2011 release, piling on an already stacked summer with the releases of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Avengers, and Spider-Man 4 all coming out at the same time.

    http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/304...e-in-the-sequel

    If they are serious about realising it, MIB3 without Will & Tommy Lee Jones is a bad idea. One of the factors that made MIB great, was the chemistry between the main actors!

  25. Will & K. Smith

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    His nephew is whack! Will should seriously talk with him and persuade him to drop the mic.

    Dont hate the playa, hate the game. Ya gotta remember the era of rap K has grown up in. If you wanna make it in the game, thats what you gotta make these days. Lil Wayne syndrome.

    I agree there is some truth in your statement. But there are also young MC's out there like Lupe Fiasco or B.O.B who got skillz on the mic and are creating buzz!

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