Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Discography /// Misc Releases /// Chart Stats /// Videography /// Audio Downloads /// Video Downloads // JJFP The Fresh Prince (b. Will Smith, 25 September 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is just as famous for being the star of television series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, wherein he plays a street-wise tough who suffers culture shock when transplanted into an affluent Beverley Hills' household. However, this is very much a second career for Smith. Together with DJ Jazzy Jeff (b. Jeffrey Townes, 22 January 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), this young duo had already cut a highly successful debut album. Smith actually got the show because of the airing of his raps on MTV. Musically the duo operate in familiar territory, working a variety of inoffensive, borrowed styles to quite good effect. Jazzy Jeff started DJing in the mid-70s when he was a mere 10 years old, (though he is not to be confused with the similarly-titled Jazzy Jeff who cut an album, also for Jive, in 1985). He was frequently referred to in those early days as the ‘bathroom’ DJ, because, hanging out with better-known elders, he would only be allowed to spin the decks when they took a toilet break. He met the Fresh Prince at a party, the two securing a recording deal after entering the 1986 New Music Seminar, where Jeff won the coveted Battle Of The Deejays. Embarking on a recording career, the obligatory James Brown lifts were placed next to steals from cartoon characters like Buggs Bunny, which gave some indication of their debut album's scope. In the late '80s they cemented their reputation with million-selling teen anthems like Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble, which sampled the I Dream Of Jeannie theme, and was released three weeks before Smith graduated from high school. They became the first rap act to receive a Grammy Award for their second long player's Parents Just Don't Understand, even though the ceremony was boycotted by most of the prominent hip hop crews because it wasn't slated to be ‘screened’ as part of the television transmission. In its wake the duo launched the world's first pop star 900 number (the pay-phone equivalent of the UK's 0898 system). By January 1989 3 million calls had been logged. HE'S THE DJ, I'M THE RAPPER contained more accessible pop fare, the sample of Nightmare On Elm Street being the closest they come to street-level hip hop. The raps were made interesting, however, by the Prince's appropriation of a variety of personas. This is doubtless what encouraged the television bosses to make him an offer he couldn't refuse, and The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air's enormous success has certainly augmented his profile (he also moved on to dramatic film roles, beginning with Six Degrees Of Separation). Jeff , meanwhile, has formed A Touch Of Jazz Inc, a stable of producers working on rap/R&B projects. The duo picked up a second Grammy for Summertime in 1991, before scoring a shock UK number 1 in 1993 with Boom! Shake The Room, the first rap record (Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer aside) to top the British singles chart. Rock The House 01. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble 02. Just One of Those Days 03. Rock the House 04. Taking It to the Top 05. Magnificent Jazzy Jeff 06. Just Rockin' 07. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble 08. Touch of Jazz 09. Don't Even Try It 10. Special Announcement He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper 01. Nightmare on My Street 02. Here We Go Again 03. Brand New Funk 04. Time to Chill 05. Charlie Mack (1st out of the Limo) 06. As We Go 07. Parents Just Don't Understand 08. Pump Up the Bass 09. Let's Get Busy Baby 10. Live at Union Square (November 1986) 11. D.J. on the Wheels 12. My Buddy 13. Rhythm Trax - House Party Style 14. He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper 15. Hip Hop Dancer's Theme 16. Jazzy's in the House 17. Human Video Game And In This Corner 01. Then She Bit Me 02. I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson 03. Jazzy's Groove 04. Everything That Glitters (Ain't Always Gold) 05. You Got It (Donut) 06. Girlie Had a Mustache 07. Reverend 08. Who Stole My Car? 09. Men of You Dreams 10. Numero Uno 11. Too Damn Hype 12. Jeff Waz on the Beat Box Homebase 01. I'm All That 02. Summertime 03. The Things That U Do 04. This Boy Is Smooth 05. Ring My Bell 06. A Dog Is a Dog 07. Caught in the Middle (Love & Life) 08. Trapped on the Dance Floor 09. Who Stole the D.J. 10. You Saw My Blinker 11. Dumb Dancin' 12. Summertime (Reprise) 13. Ring My Bell (Remix) Code Red 01. Somethin' Like Dis 02. I'm Looking for the One (To Be With Me) 03. Boom! Shake the Room 04. Can't Wait to Be With You 05. Twinkle Twinkle (I'm Not a Star) 06. Code Red 07. Shadow Dreams 08. Just Kickin' It 09. Ain't No Place Like Home 10. I Wanna Rock 11. Scream 12. Boom! Shake the Room [Street Remix] Some Of Their Videos Boom! Shake the Room I Wanna Rock I'm looking Ring My Bell I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson