Just as I Am Legend smashes box office records Sony has released the teaser trailer for Hancock, the next Will Smith movie released July 2, 2008. The film is directed by Peter Berg and follows a depressed superhero. The trailer looks very funny. Check it out:
JazzyJeffFreshPrince.com is proud to give away 2 double passes to the I Am Legend Premiere in New York. The premiere is at Madison Square Garden at the wamu theatre on 7th and 32nd street Tuesday December 11th.
The film starts at 7pm but you will have to get there early because its gonna be crazy!
All you have to do to enter the contest is to reply to this topic on the forum with your name and e-mail. You will need to register on the forum to make a valid entry, I won’t accept entries from guests.
The contest ends thursday so you haven’t got much time.. I will put all entries into a hat and randomly select 2 winners.
Remember you have to be in New York or be able to get there for December 11th. Good Luck and remember I Am Legend is out everywhere December 14th!
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Never Retreat. Never Surrender. Kel Spencer has achieved a lot, but it doesn’t seem like the record labels want to recognize. He has assisted in 10 million record sales, writing for artists such as Will Smith, MC Lyte & Wyclef. He is a real artist, a genuinely talented rapper but where is the love? The music industry and the big record companies are at their lowest point right now. These record labels may underrate him, but Kel responds strongly in the Brooklyn Spartans mixtape. In 300, the Spartans fought against those that tried to oppress them, they held their position. Kel is coming back at the record labels and rap industry with the same mindset.
“doors slammed in my face by every label, told I needed more of a buzz by every label, was told I needed more of a story by every label.”
The mixtape starts off strong with Never Surrender. The track display’s Kel’s strong flow, he weaves in and out of the beat, dropping deft punch lines left and right while still moving forward.
“and y’all be waiting on the answer/the rap remedy for the current hip hop cancer”
In Rookie of the Year Kel raps over a great polow da don beat. It’s a standout on the mixtape. Kel Spencer is a master of crafting a hook. In fact it’s one of his greatest strengths. The hooks are always catchy enough to stick in your head, but still relevant to the track, not too complicated, yet not too simple. He rides so well over this harder beat you will be putting this one on repeat.
“ the homies bang like Vince Carter on a fast break”
Mash em out is a harder edged aggressive track filled with battle raps. My Profession features Kel’s brother Flo Blitz. This is a really strong track. Flo Blitz makes some good contributions to the mixtape. He drops some of the best verses on the album.
Searching is another great track. It’s a deep track with a reggae feel. I think Kel should do more tracks like this. He has some important things to say about life.
This is Brooklyn is another dope track. Kel gets some help from his brothers Flo Blitz and Pain. Get it, Get it is a grimy track. Bump it loud. Billy Jean 4000 is a crazy track about a crazy girl. It includes some very interesting answering messages. I’d like to hear the track without these though, because after a few listens it starts to get annoying. It’s an interesting story though, for sure.
Say It Ain’t So is another flo blitz track and he truly shines. He drops some great lines “suspect rapper , what’s your subject matter?” The main subject is the painful current state of rap.
The Titan and I’m a Soldier continue the theme of Brooklyn spartans. I’m A Soldier is one of my favorite tracks. It’s a Flo Blitz track and he delivers a powerful message.
“Brooklyn came to raise me/the good lord came to save me/you ask what the game done gave me?/strong heart big shoulders yeah I’m a soldier”
Don’t Play with Me features a vocal sample, a fast rap from Kel and more insight into who he is. I’m a Spartan I am not really feeling. This is Pain’s solo track. There are a lot of vocal samples from 300 in this that don’t really work, and I’m not feeling the subject matter. Kel rips it once again on Stupid. Come on Baby features some guitars but that beat doesn’t really work, that’s a skip for me. Talk it Up is a good track. Then you get a DJ Premier freestyle and Fantasia’s When I see You remix which you may have heard on Kel’s MySpace. The When I See You remix is really good and theres no surprise that got radio play around the world. Broken Language is more of the same, and Make Em Cry is another fantastic track. This is one of my favorite tracks and a really good idea and execution of a theme.
So what do you get with Kel Spencer? No cursing, intelligent raps delivered with skill and an emcee that is actually saying something. Get on board the Kel Spencer bandwagon because he is on a one-way path to success.
Master Plan finishes off the mix tape nicely and reveals the Brooklyn Spartans master plan in the rap game.
If you liked Kel’s first mixtape “Who is Kel Spencer?” you will love “The Brooklyn Spartans.” Its Kel rapping, but he has taken his skillz to the next level. The hooks are better and I think these tracks show off Kel more. His flow is tight and his lyrics are on point. It’s a perfect prelude to that first solo album. He has shown us what he can do, and we are seeing a lot of improvement since the days of Uuhhh. Now it’s time to deliver on that promise and give us that first album. If he sticks with the same approach of his mixtapes it will be a classic.
Grab the mixtape here: http://www.myspace.com/kelspencerfans
Taking a novel like I Am Legend and putting it in hollywoods hands is always a dangerous thing. Especially when millions of dollars are involved. Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel is a beautiful piece of work, but could it ever make it to the screen without being butchered? The answer is no.
The original ending of the novel has Robert Neville taking his own life. He realizes there are other living vampires and he is now the outsider. In the script for the new version of I Am Legend, Neville and Anna(Ruth in the novel) leave for a community. Its very much an open ended finish to the film. That ending tested horribly. It has left the filmmakers scrambling to film a new ending.
The film is released in just 4 weeks. They wrapped in March, but now they are trying to finish something that they really need another 2-3 months to complete. This means rebuilding sets and shooting new scenes. In the new ending Neville finds survivors in a new community. Yes, it’s a happy ending. A happy ending to.. I Am Legend. Only hollywood could dish up this and completely miss the point of the entire novel.
Its no surprise though. Millions of dollars are involved and studios get nervous. Its amazing how they are beholden to some random people in a few test screenings. Its interesting how 12 monkeys was one of the worst tested movies of its time yet was still a box office success.
This whole saga is exactly what played out in “The Player” the late Robert Altman masterpiece. A visionary director wanted to shoot this movie which ended with someone trying to save a women on death row, as he tries to stop the execution the pellets dropped she dies. He would not lose his vision and was intent on keeping this ending, it was the whole movie. At the end of The Player we see the actual movie, Bruce Willis comes running in as the execution nears, breaks down the doors and saves Julia Roberts. What happens to the ending they ask? The director says it tested horribly so they had to change it. Thats hollywood, people want to be entertained they don’t want to think. An important story like I Am Legend had no chance of making it to the silver screen in its original form. That’s hollywood for you. I suggest everyone buy the novel “I Am Legend.” I doubt you will get much from the movie.
Be one of the first to see the much-awaited Will Smith movie. Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague — The Infected — lurk in the shadows… watching Neville’s every move… waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered… and quickly running out of time. Be one of the first persons to see the highly anticipated movie at the New York premiere.
Bid on 2 Tickets to the New York Premiere of Will Smith’s “I am Legend” on December 11th, 2007 to Benefit The G&P Foundation for Cancer Research. Visit www.charitybuzz.com to Bid Now!
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