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Reply #30 posted 10/23/12 12:04pm

Timmy84

^ Because Biz Markie did it first. lol

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Reply #31 posted 10/23/12 12:13pm

jaimestarr79

He is better than most of these clowns out here today. In his era....he was a decent rapper. He was no rakim, qtip, phife, or LL cool J.

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Reply #32 posted 10/23/12 12:14pm

Stymie

Timmy84 said:

^ Because Biz Markie did it first. lol

Yeah there is/was a lot of the same people doing the same thing. A lot of early hip hop was fun.

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Reply #33 posted 10/23/12 12:15pm

Timmy84

Stymie said:

Timmy84 said:

^ Because Biz Markie did it first. lol

Yeah there is/was a lot of the same people doing the same thing. A lot of early hip hop was fun.

Yeah. That's why I don't get the arguments that Will was "different". In the era he emerged from he was far from it. Heavy D was another of the "fun rappers" that was doing it before he did it (though Will and Heavy both came out around '86, it was Heavy that was more popular).

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Reply #34 posted 10/23/12 12:21pm

Stymie

Timmy84 said:

Stymie said:

Yeah there is/was a lot of the same people doing the same thing. A lot of early hip hop was fun.

Yeah. That's why I don't get the arguments that Will was "different". In the era he emerged from he was far from it. Heavy D was another of the "fun rappers" that was doing it before he did it (though Will and Heavy both came out around '86, it was Heavy that was more popular).

nod

Heavy was a person that came to mind when I read your respond to me. Heavy still gets love and Will gets dissed. I don't understand it.

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Reply #35 posted 10/23/12 12:33pm

paisleysoul
Meh.....my husband says he's the greatest rapper ever, but I think he says that to annoy me cuz all he listens to ice cube and dr dre.Never thought Will had any rapping talent Imo.
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Reply #36 posted 10/24/12 1:00am

whodknee

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Stymie said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah. That's why I don't get the arguments that Will was "different". In the era he emerged from he was far from it. Heavy D was another of the "fun rappers" that was doing it before he did it (though Will and Heavy both came out around '86, it was Heavy that was more popular).

nod

Heavy was a person that came to mind when I read your respond to me. Heavy still gets love and Will gets dissed. I don't understand it.

It's backlash. At his best Will could tell a story and was mildly funny. I liked a few of his songs like Brand New Funk and.....umm...... yeah. lol Once he became a full-time actor he started taking himself too seriously I think-- his tone changed and he became irrelevant as a rapper.

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Reply #37 posted 10/24/12 12:38pm

Timmy84

whodknee said:

Stymie said:

nod

Heavy was a person that came to mind when I read your respond to me. Heavy still gets love and Will gets dissed. I don't understand it.

It's backlash. At his best Will could tell a story and was mildly funny. I liked a few of his songs like Brand New Funk and.....umm...... yeah. lol Once he became a full-time actor he started taking himself too seriously I think-- his tone changed and he became irrelevant as a rapper.

Yeah he was only a decent rapper for about seven years. After he became Hollywood, like I said, just another actor who thinks he's a rapper (or still a rapper).

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Reply #38 posted 10/24/12 12:57pm

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I liked thos one...

lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #39 posted 10/24/12 1:18pm

Toofunkyinhere

As a non-rap fan i like him a lot more than other rappers

We're here, might as well get into it.
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Reply #40 posted 10/24/12 4:53pm

smoothcriminal
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Comical.

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Reply #41 posted 10/24/12 11:27pm

funksterr

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Will Smith doesn't have to curse to respond to threads, well I do...lol

So F**K him and F**K you, too biggrin

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Reply #42 posted 10/25/12 8:51am

Timmy84

funksterr said:

HonestMan13 said:

Will Smith doesn't have to curse to respond to threads, well I do...lol

So F**K him and F**K you, too biggrin

You couldn't say fuck? lol

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Reply #43 posted 10/25/12 9:17pm

funksterr

Timmy84 said:

funksterr said:

So F**K him and F**K you, too biggrin

You couldn't say fuck? lol

Sorry, I only know the radio version of the song. I had noooo idea what the other letters were until you told me. biggrin

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Reply #44 posted 10/26/12 6:33am

Graycap23

Skill: below average

Writer: Above

Performance: average

Image: Above above average

[Edited 10/26/12 6:35am]

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Reply #45 posted 10/28/12 4:49pm

funksterr

Will Smith freestyle with Dougie Fresh from last night:

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Reply #46 posted 10/28/12 5:41pm

LittleBLUECorv
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Kool Moe Dee ranks him as the 23rd greatest MC.

PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It
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Reply #47 posted 10/29/12 7:12am

KCOOLMUZIQ

His hit song "Parents just don't understand" is what started & was based on his mega successful series "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" so his story telling caught Quincy Jones attention & he demanded a tv series for him from NBC.It may have been the fastest casting in tv history. Will also was the first rapper to win a Grammy along with his still close friend Dj Jazzy Jeff...We all know what happen next. He became the "King of Hollywood & just hosted a benefit dinner for Michelle Obama & has a very successful wife with his talented kids....

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qTbQgwy8qkk/Si9lGRR5KnI/AAAAAAAAAiA/9v5F6KpyY3Q/s400/will_smith5.jpg

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #48 posted 10/29/12 8:13am

KCOOLMUZIQ

Live Performance: Will Smith Rocks The Mic At Gabrielle Union’s 40th Birthday Party! [Video]

Posted on October 29th, 2012

It’s been a LONG time since we’ve seen this!

Will Smith Performs “Summertime” And “The Fresh Prince Theme Song” At Gabrielle Union’s 40th Birthday

Saturday night, DWade’s boo-thang Gabrielle Union turned the big 4-0. To celebrate, she threw a huge party in Miami that brought out her A-List homies, including “The Fresh Prince” Will Smith. Big Willie From Philly didn’t buy Gabby a present, but he did give her a gift, a rare performance of his old school hit “Summertime” as well as a brief rendition of the theme song that he made famous in the early 90′s.


Will still has it!!!!!!!

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #49 posted 10/29/12 12:36pm

bigd74

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i quite like this

She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo

If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?
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