DJ Jazzy Jeff

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Jeffrey A. Townes (born January 22, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff, is an American hip hop and R&B record producer and turntablist. He is best known for his early career with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. DJ Jazzy Jeff graduated from John Bartram High School in Philadelphia where he is enshrined in the school’s “Wall of Fame”.

History

When he was growing up, he found that listening to his parents was unbearable. He got a job as a newspaper boy at age 7 to support his family. Once he grew up, he developed a reputation and following as a school and block party DJ extraordinaire, Jazzy Jeff was the feature of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. As a duo, they had several gold and platinum-selling albums and singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, earning them the first rap Grammy ever presented in 1989 for Parents Just Don’t Understand. When Smith branched out into television with the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Jazzy Jeff played a recurring character named “Jazz”, Smith’s best friend on the show. The two characters always greeted each other with their signature handshake (swinging mid-five, point-back/snap with both characters saying “Pssh!”).

Jazz’ trademarks include being physically ejected from the house by Uncle Phil (James Avery), screaming as he went flying out the front door. This was referenced in the song “N.Y, N.Y.” by Lloyd Banks from his second album Rotten Apple, with the lyric “I throw a bitch out the crib like Jazzy Jeff”. [1]

The Magnificent
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The Return Of The Magnificent
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The Return Of The Magnificent EP
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Jazzanova
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Top Tracks

1	Rock Wit U	42
2	Musik Lounge	38
3	Travelz	32
3	Scram	32
3	Soon	32
6	In Time	28
6	For Da Love of Da Game	28
8	All I Know (ft. CL Smooth)	27
9	Know Ur Hood	25
10	Hold It Down (Feat. Method Man)	24
10	Da Ntro	24
12	Run That Back (ft. Eshon Burgundy & Black Ice)	23
12	All I Know (feat. CL Smooth)	23
14	The Definition (Feat. Kel Spencer)	22
14	We Are	22

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digitalform wrote:
yesterday afternoon

WORD DAWG!!

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AaronJerome wrote:
July 2008

Word Jeff!

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LilTheater wrote:
July 2008

"The Return of the Magnificent" is pretty much a perfect hip-hop album.

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artutabr wrote:
June 2008

maaan, when i become a producer i want to be like this guy :). I don't care if he's become underated, his music is incredible

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KingHeff wrote:
June 2008

sooooo dope

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Repcred wrote:
June 2008

Thank you for making hip-hop like it's supposed to be.

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hbananas wrote:
May 2008

Saw Jazzy Jeff dj for the first time 1 year ago. He's dope! I found this interview with him. Peep if you like. http://www.scion.com/broadband/index.html?ch=0&sh=1&ep=27

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numberoneoppa wrote:
April 2008

This guy made and produced true hip-hop.

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jones83 wrote:
April 2008

Awkward interview with Jazzy Jeff, he handles himself well though http://www.scion.com/broadband/index.html?ch=0&sh=0&ep=8

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Gee-La wrote:
March 2008

indeed! cant believe there's only 52 00 plays..

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k0narti5t wrote:
March 2008

Jazzy Jeff is such an underrated producer.

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Da-Swordsman wrote:
February 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+Fresh+Prince

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Gee-La wrote:
February 2008

DJ Jazzy Jeff group! http://www.last.fm/group/Dj+Jazzy+Jeff

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elektrojazz3000 wrote:
February 2008

The Return Of The Magnificent....Why did we sleep on this album!!!

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artutabr wrote:
January 2008

lol, allen iverson speaking in practice is the best: we talking about practice!

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Lhunagar wrote:
January 2008

so true, real_romek! .. even though I consider Run That Back to be the best track ;)

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ThaBigFish wrote:
December 2007

http://www.lastfm.fr/group/Black+Milk

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real_romek wrote:
December 2007

The return... was the best album of the year and she was so flyy was the best track of the year, no doubt

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Gee-La wrote:
November 2007

For da love of da game, let me hear you clap, brand new funk 2k7 etc. :P

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YoungVito wrote:
August 2007

when is his new album gonna get added

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