Will and Jeff were born in Philadelphia PA. Will in 1968 and Jeff in 1965.
They grew up in the streets in the city of brotherly love.
Dj Jazzy Jeff was one of the best dj`s in the world in the eighties.
Wills` rapping skills was also spectacular in the beginning.
(Just listen to him in the song "He`s the dj, I`m the rapper, the title song in the album with the same title)
Jeff invented a scratch tecnique called "chirp" that you can hear on Will Smiths
"Gettin jiggy wit it" and he was also the first to introduce the "transform" scratch on a record. There are many who means that he invented this scratch also though. Jeff has now "retired" in Philadelphia, his hometown where he works as a producer/Dj in his own studio "A touch of jazz" He`s currently working on his own soloalbum. But he has featured on the new albums by "The Roots" and "Slum village" and others.
The solo album will have more of an underground sound. Not the same style that Will is doing now.
Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh prince started playing toghetter in 1984
They met at a party where Jazzy Jeff was playing and they hooked up.
Will started rapping at the age of twelve so they had both some experience.
They started out playing on private partys. Jeff in charge of the beats and cuts while Will was rapping on top.
They released their first single "Girls ain`t nothing but trouble" in 1986 and the album "Rock the house" in 1987.
Since then they have released these albums:
"He`s the dj, I`m the rapper" in 1988,
"And in this corner...." in 1989,
"Homebase" in 1991,
"Code red" in 1993,
"Greatest hits" in 1998 and another
greatest hits album called "Before the Willennium" in 2000.
They were also the warm-up group for Run-DMC in the late eighties.
Their music style is strictly Hip hop with a comic twist. Alot of their songs are stories about everyday things like girls, parents and those kinds of things. Some are just almost strictly freestyle songs with Will showing his rapping skills and bragging about his dj, while others are just scratching productions were Jeff get busy on the wheels.
Their influences are old school artists like "Grandmaster Flash and the furios five", "Grandmaster Caz", "Run- DMC" and others.
Dj Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Princes` best album is without a doubt "He`s the dj, I`m the rapper. Thats just a classic. A musical masterpiece of real old school Hip hop.
Bio written by: kris |
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