Too Damn Hype - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

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Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype(How y'all feel out there?) --> Run
(Ah yeah!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
(Ah yeah!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
(Ah yeah!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
(Ah yeah!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
(Get down!)Too Damn Hype
(How y'all feel out there?)
Too Damn Hype
(Ah yeah!)In the place to be
The 1989 Too Damn Hype posse
What are we?

Too Damn Hype
I can't hear y'all
What we're?
Too Damn Hype
And alright
And pump it up y'all
Too Damn Hype
And come on
Say what, say what?
Too Damn Hype
That's alright
Come on, we are, we are
Too Damn Hype
One and ehm
And two ehmEvery Friday night we like to cool at the jams
And if the MC ain't workin, I smack the mic out his hands
If the beat ain't slammin and the deejay ain't def
I snatch the needle up off the record and send somebody to get Jeff
(Ah yeah!) when Jeff comes back with his Technics 12
We slap high fives and start cause it's time to raise hell
Bam is right beside me, people rushin the door
Charlie Mack in the back, [Name] on the dancefloor
Now it's time for us to cold get loose
To show everybody out there that we got juice
Tonight's the night to set what ain't right right
And we'll fight if we gotta, because we're too damn hypeToo Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn HypeYes yes y'all, we are the Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype, now let's do this right(Get down)Too Damn Hype, let me explain what it means
It's the energy that you feel when my posse's on the scene
Well, it's not that we're rowdy, rude, raunchy or loud
But a match into nitro is like my crew into a crowd
I'ma take a minute or maybe I'll take two
To introduce the Too Damn type posse to you
I'ma start the introductions with the man on my left
The undisputed, the greatest alive, my friend and my DJ, he's Jazzy Jeff
On a motorcycle is next [Name]
He's my personal manager, he's the Hammer J.L.
And when I got flack, you know he got my back
He punched a hole in the wall all the while he broke a mirror, he's Charlie Mack
Down by law at each and every show
Nicknamed ?Al Diesel? but for short Aldo
And when something goes wrong this is where we go
His favorite line is 'Excuse me, hops', he's [Name] Polo
You met the crew and you know where we live
You met Omar, Money and my man Wiz
The posse is here in full effect tonight
Like gas we'll ignite cause we're Too Damn HypeToo Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype(As we go a little somethin like this
Hit it!) --> Slick Rick(Ah yeah!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
(Get down!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
(Get down!)Too Damn Hype
Too Damn Hype
Too Damn HypeHere's where I end off, this is your funky send-off
You say we didn't rock it? There'll be a doom call
Man, my posse is worldwide known
All the way from Philly to the streets of Rome
Too Damn Hype led by Jeff and the Prince
You're spending dollars and cents
We're spending pounds and pence
And yens and rubels and marks, you think I'm playin
Man, my posse is large, get what I'm sayin?
You met the whole crew and you know who I am
And if you wanna be down with us, follow the program
Come to the shows and play this jam every night
That's how you get to be down with the Too Damn HypeToo damn hype
Too damn hype
And all the people on the left are
Too damn hype
And everybody on the right is
Too damn hype
And everybody in the back is
Too damn hype
And everybody upfront is
Too damn hype
And alright, say what, say what
Too damn hype
Say it again, say it again, y'all
Too damn hype
Is that right, alright
Too damn hype
1989
Too damn hype
A little louder
Too damn hype
Come on say what...
Too damn hype
Pump it up a little, pump it up
Too damn hype
Pump it up a little
Pete is
Too damn hype
And Ni-Ni-Nigel is
Too damn hype
Cha-Cha-Charlie Mack
Too damn hype
And [Name] is
Too damn hype
Hey yo, Jeff is
Too damn hype
Say what, say what, say what
Too damn hype
I can't hear y'all, what we're?
Too damn hype
And alright and alright
Too damn hype
And alright and there's a party and a fight
Too damn hype
And we're givin it up
Too damn hype
And everybody come on
Too damn hype
Let's rap to the cut
Too damn hype
We got DJ Jazzy Jeff and my name is the Prince
Too damn hype
Rockin somethin funky, it goes like this
Too damn hype
It's called the 'Too Damn Hype' and you know how we're livin
Too damn hype
And we're livin like every day's Thanksgiving
Too damn hype
And we're livin it up in the place to be
Too damn hype
Yo, Jeff ????? and me
Haha1989 Too Damn Hype posse
In full effect

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Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was a 1980s and 1990s rap duo. The vocalist of this duo, Will Smith, met Jeff Townes while trying to make a name for himself in West Philadelphia’s local party/rap scene. After joining forces, the team became local celebrities. Philadelphia-based Pop Art Records released their first single, Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble, in late 1985, a tale of misadventures with the opposite sex. The song sampled the theme of I Dream of Jeannie. Smith became known for lighthearted, storytelling raps and capable, through curse-free, 'battle' rhymes. Townes was known for his turntable acrobatics, and is credited by many as inventing a style of scratching called "transforming".

Based off this success, the duo were brought to the attention of Jive Records and Russell Simmons’. Their first album, Rock the House, debuted on Jive in the summer of 1987. The band found themselves on their first major tour with Run DMC, Public Enemy, and others, that same year. The album sold about 300,000 units. Their 1988 follow-up hit, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper made them multi-platinum stars. Mostly recorded in the UK, the album was rap musics’s first double-vinyl LP release (also issued as a single cassette and CD). Parents Just Don’t Understand, the lead-off single, made them MTV household names, and tracks like Brand New Funk was received well by their fans. Rock The House was re-released to gold sales later that year.

Another single, Nightmare on My Street, showcased a fictional confrontation with movie villain Freddy Krueger. Coinciding with the release of the fourth Nightmare on Elm Street film (1988’s "The Dream Master"), New Line Cinema was not pleased. A video allegedly shot for the single was buried, and a disclaimer was hastily included on pressings of the album indicating that the record was not officially affiliated with any of the "Nightmare" films (ironically, Jive Records ended up releasing the soundtrack to the next film in the series, "The Dream Child").

1989 saw the release of And In This Corner..., which sold gold, but saw the duo slip in popularity. The crossover curse of various rap acts had come to pass, as their initial audience felt they had become too accessible; non-crossover rap acts like Big Daddy Kane and Boogie Down Productions had bigger street followings; meanwhile, pop radio had latched on to new faces like Tone Loc and Young MC, while non-radio followers became more enamored with hardcore acts like Ice-T and 2 Live Crew. In a bit of mild irony, the lead single, I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson, featured the brawler in its video, but shortly after the band’s Grammy performance in 1990, Tyson lost his first fight with Buster Douglas.

Smith would later admit to a spendthrift attitude during this time, becoming near-broke, which led him to feel he had nothing to lose when a TV producer approached him to do a show on NBC. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air boosted his profile, and pocketbook, giving him the leverage to stage a comeback album, Homebase, in 1991. The platinum album featured the lead-off single Summertime, which has become one of their most enduring hits. Code Red, their last studio LP as a duo, released in 1993 to gold sales. The duo made it to the very top of the Singles charts in 1993 with the single Boom! Shake The Room.

Shortly afterward, Smith began to look at acting full-time; his movie roles increased, finally getting his first lead role in 1995’s Bad Boys. 1996’s Independence Day cemented him as a major draw, and he left the Fresh Prince that same year. Strangely, he and Townes ended up being sued by Jive, who alleged that the duo still owed them albums. In an intervew, Smith has stated that while shooting the Men in Black movie, Smith approached Jive with the "Men in Black" single; they turned him down, saying that it couldn’t be a hit. In the aftermath of the movie and soundtrack’s success, the duo settled the lawsuit out of court. Hence, their Greatest Hits compilation includes two cuts from the M.I.B. soundtrack.

Since then, of course, Smith has released three Columbia/Sony albums under his own name; a separate "solo" hits cd was released in 2003. Jazzy Jeff, meanwhile, recorded an aborted album for Columbia in 1999 (including a song with Eminem), and then independently released The Magnificent in 2002. He has also become an R&B producer of note, overseeing releases by Jill Scott and others.

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