Grammy Award-winning artist DJ Jazzy Jeff has returned with the finale to his Magnificent series, the appropriately titled M3.
The 15-track album (via Stem) is his first studio album as an independent artist, and follows the first installments of the series, 2002’s The Magnificent and 2007’s The Return of the Magnificent.
In a text message to HipHopDX, the veteran turntablist explained, “I’m trying to make a difference. I’m trying to create a movement with PLAYLIST. That’s why this is so emotional. We did all of this.”
The PLAYLIST Jazzy Jeff is referring to is a movement he created that promotes authenticity in music and empowers artists to remain true to their craft.
Jazzy Jeff enlisted world-class musicians from his PLAYLIST artist network, including Daniel Crawford, Kaidi Tatham and Philadelpha collective Killiam Shakespeare. Other notable contributors include The Roots’ James Poyser, Andre Harris, Stro Elliot and Jeff Bradshaw.
Throughout the project, Jazzy Jeff delivers a multigenerational perspective on life, love, the current state of society and the music industry.
Stayed tuned for DX video exclusives from DJ Jazzy Jeff in the near future but in the meantime, check out the M3 album stream, cover art and tracklist below.
- The Beginning
- Skaters Paradise
- Scars
- Where You At
- Hi & Hungry Interlude
- 2 Step
- Wide Awake
- It’s June Already
- Stronger Than Me
- Midnight Escapade
- Child Of God
- Ludesfordays Interlude
- The Way We Cool
- The Government’s Dead
- M3…The Outro [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
My Grandfather will cop this for sure lol
We can all hope that you’ll drop dead long before you are ever a grandfather.
Question for you young dudes that disrespect older generations and insult people based on age – do you think you’re gonna be young forever? And when you’re in your 30s, 40’s, 50’s, do you think you’re gonna be interested in listening to teenage and 20 year old rappers? No. You’re gonna want something a little more sophisticated and a little less “hey look at me!” This is the only country in the world where we clown on people for being older than us. Think about how dumb that is. You’re basically putting someone down because they are where you’re trying to go. Maybe, just maybe, you should try to learn from them instead. Your only 2 possible choices are to get old, or die. So to clown on people for being older than you, you must want the alternative to becoming old, which is death. Or you’re scared of getting old and your response to that fear is to make fun of it. Or, you’re just too stupid to realize that you’re making fun of what you’re destined to be very soon. Whatever the reason, it’s bad for Hiphop and for society, which you also are a part of, even though you think you’re above it right now. Peace.
Are u finished with the rant now gramps??lol. Are u cranky because you ain’t have your nap?? We get it, u mad because u can’t relate to the new wave and is withering away lol. Ain’t nobody give a shit about your “back in my my day” stories, foh. Stop complaining all the time lmao.
PREACH!! Whoever you are, you are dead on with your statement. And to the short-sighted dumb ass in the response, you are EXACTLY what this person is speaking about in their post. Too damn unaware and ignorant to understand you will either grow old, as you’re doing now, or live an unfortunately short life and die. So while you got your busted ass phone in your hands typing thoughtless and unnecessary comments and trying to figure out how you ‘gon pay your phone bill with your next fast food check before it gets suspended, realize reality phukboi… The age complex in hip-hop culture is stupid. Its dumb. Its self-defeating of the culture and its participants, artists and fans alike. But it’s silly asses like you who are way too immature to realize that. And if you don’t end up dead before your time you will definitely grow up to becoming a man-child, a baby boy, a scrub… an old bitch trying in vain and wishing to turn back the clock and relive your kiddie days because you spent most of your life with the misperception that anybody older than you is irrelevant.
Lol you’d actually be surprised at how many old ass black dudes I come across who still follow all the new stuff. I’m on your side, they need to grow up, a 45 year old bumping Young Thug is wack, but you’re wrong to say they won’t wanna hear that stuff when they’re older, because a lot of old cats do love the new bullshit
WHAT?! GTFOH! How’s the Raptors doing btw lmao loser ?
I’ve never listened to Jazzy Jeff’s order solo material, except for a song called “Practice” with J-Live that came up on Pandora once. Check it out, the song is hilarious.
I like how Jazzy Jeff and DJ Muggs left their successful groups to do real sh*t! Though I like both their former group of course. It’s a real lesson on how to stay in the game.
This album is mediocre. Hugely disappointing effort from Jazzy Jeff. The music is mostly absent of cutting and scratching… from DJ Jazzy Jeff, the “magnificent” of all people. Lyrically, The fake deep “girl you stronger than me because you give birth” and “Im praying to a god I can’t see” tropes are very tiring. There is no concentrated effort to reach a deeper thought process and convey it to us listeners WITH THE EXCEPTION OF: “The Government’s Dead.” Even in this song, there are flawed arguments.. but hey, it’s rap not midterms right? The younger MC, who’s age is evident in his shallow egotist lyricism, needs to read some Victor Lavalle or Samuel Delaney and record a verse every morning for the next 120 days to sharpen his pen game. Dude is baggage claim material. Rhymefest sounds defeated, his end is near. This work would have been better off a soundtrack to Jeff’s Instagram posts about the music industry.. even a full documentary of that interview would be a far superior listen than this metaphoric glass of warm water on a hot day. Hey Jazzy Jeff, next time drop an R&B album with Jill Scott, Maxwell, Stokley Williams, and Lil’ Mo. That line up fits your sonic offering perfectly, with utmost respect to all singers mentioned above.