He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper: The 30th Anniversary
After the West Philadelphia hip hop duo released their debut album in April 1987, the duo returns with another hit album that took their career and status to another level. On March 29th, 1988, their second album “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” was released. It is known to be the very first double album in hip hop history. With Will Smith, aka The Fresh Prince’s witty, funny, and happy but lyrical style and Jeffrey Townes aka DJ Jazzy Jeff’s incredible mixing and scratching with samples over a beat, the duo goes down in hip hop history as one of the greatest duos of all time. With three singles released, “Brand New Funk”, “Parents Just Don’t Understand”, and “A Nightmare On My Street”, the songs are a reflection of The Fresh Prince’s life as a young guy with an understanding of the world around him and making it sort of a comedy without being a comedian, more so of an MC who is just sharing his experiences and his thoughts about regular everyday life as a young guy who just wants to be fresh, spit rhymes, meet fly girls, and keeping his pockets fat.