Support the F.A.M.

We got some amazing talent in this town, and we really gotta support.
So... we got my man Switch, and his crew F.A.M., who have just currently battled on MOD on Much Music. To win this battle they are being judged by how many votes they get. Visit this site to VOTE for F.A.M, and support the Breakers of T.O.
http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/2009/01/mod_weekly_danc.php#

These guys are amazing with the amount of skill, stregth, and cordination to pull of moves that the average person beleives are impossible. They are a crew that is growing with every battle they do, and will be the crew to watch, as time goes on. So check out the interview with Devon from Much Music to hear what they are about and check the other video, of a sample of their skill.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR F.A.M


Link to interview of F.A.M
http://watch.muchmusic.com/muchondemand/2009/muchondemandbest-of-mod-2009/#clip132628

Jaff and Jcom at Lil Wayne's "I AM MUSIC" show in Toronto

What's up JCom-munity! It's Jaff. I'm here with my first official blog for Just Compton and I could not think of a better way to start off than by covering one of the hottest artists in the world today, the self proclaimed "best rapper alive", Weezy F. Baby...please say the baby lol. I'm talking about none other than the one and only Lil Wayne. I had the pleasure to check out Lil Wayne and company, as the "I AM MUSIC" tour rolled into Toronto for a sold out show at the Air Canada Centre. The show featured some of the biggest stars in hip-hop and R&B, as well as some on the come up. With Wayne headlining, he had a supporting cast of T-Pain, Keisha Cole, and Keri Hilson.

The show started off with Keri Hilson as she sang some of her hits including "The way I are" and "Energy". She then closed her set with a very special guest from the T-Dot (which I predicted by the way lol) as she brought out the hometown favourite and Canada's hip hop embassador, Kardinal Offishall. Kardi recieved a huge pop from the crowd as he performed his hit single "Numba 1" with Keri Hilson singing the hook. I was impressed with Keri Hilson's singing and live performance. It was clear to see that she has the talent to be one of the next big names in R&B, look out for her album coming out this spring.

Up next was Keisha Cole, who has recieved a lot of attention from her reality show "The Way it is". A show which basically documents Keisha and her crazy family. However, all on-screen antics aside, she really put on a good live show. Performing such uptempo hits as "Last Night" and "Let it go" to slow ballads such as "Sent from heaven", "I remember", and "Love". With her soulful and powerful singing voice, Keisha Cole reminded me of a young Mary J Blige, which are some pretty big shoes to fill in the world of R&B soul.

After that we were all entertained by the "Ringleader" himself T-Pain (in his traditional top hat and oakley shades lol). Now I'm not gonna lie, I was one of T-Pain's biggest skeptics. Initially I had wrote him off as just another gimmick with the whole auto-tune thing (the thing that F's up his voice). But love him or hate him, in the last few years no one has had a bigger impact on mainstream music than T-Pain (ok,with the exception of Lil Wayne). I remember when I couldn't turn on the radio without hearing a T-Pain song or one that featured him, he was everywhere! And with the release of his third album "Thr33 Rings" he let us know that he is still everywhere! At the show T-Pain performed such hits as "Buy u a drink", "Bartender" and "Chopped n Screwed". He even did some of his hooks on songs that he was featured on, such as: "Low", "One More Drink", and "The Good Life". He also had a dancer on stage with him at all times who was wicked at pop-locking and ticking, even T-pain showed off some of his dancing skills and I was impressed, the man can dance! What's even more impressive, the man can sing! I mean actually sing. As he sang "Can't Believe It" he made his way over to the piano and slowed it down a bit. It was just him playing and singing. No auto-tune, no effects. Just T-Pain and his natural God giving singing voice. It made me wonder why he bothers to use auto-tune at all because he sounds great by himself. He almost reminded me of a cross between Luther Vandross and Stevie Wonder. Needless to say, you can't make it as far as T-Pain has without having some actual talent. And for a guy who "Produces his own ish, writes his own ish, and sings his own ish" he definately made his point loud and clear. The crowd went nuts, almost on cue when he sang "I can put you in a condo, all the way up in Toronto", a line from "Can't Believe It".

It was now time for the headliner. The sellout crowd of over 14,500 at the Air Canada Centre stood on their feet chanting "Weezy!, Weezy!" in anticipation. After quite a build-up, Lil Wayne finally made his entrance and appeared on stage. The place went crazy. Playing infront of a five piece band, he started with hits from "Tha Carter lll" such as "Mr. Carter" and "Got Money", which he invited T-Pain back out on stage for. Everyone was out of their seats dancing "this-a-way, that-a-way". Wayne and T-Pain then went on to do a little comedy sketch type battle, which resulted in them joining forces and performing some new material from their upcoming joint album: T-Wayne, "He's the Rapper, He's the singer". Next Wayne went into some older stuff, doing songs like "Fireman" and "The Block is Hot" after which he departed for a quick break and outfit change. In the mean time we were entertained by members of Young Money, Lil Wayne's label. There were performances from Mack Maine, Jae Mills, and 16 year old Lil Twist. Then one more surprise guest hit the stage (again I called this one). Introduced was none other than Toronto's very own, Drizzy Drake aka Aubrey Graham aka Jimmy Brooks (The Degrassi star turned rapper) In the last year Drake has forged a partnership with Wayne, collaborating on serveral mixtape songs together. Wayne was so impressed that he's taken Drizzy under his wing and is now a part of his Young Money family. Drake came out to "I'm still Fly" then went into "Ransom". Once Wayne returned to the stage he asked Drake to stay on and give him a hand with "Mrs. Officer", he jokingly called him Jimmy Valentino as the part is normally sung by Bobby Valentino. Drake left the stage to a great hometown ovation. Lil Wayne then brought out Keri Hilson to perform her hit "turning me on". From there he went into "I'm Me", "Phone Home" and the mega smash hit "Lollipop" which resulted in him getting up close and personal with the stage floor (lol a lot of air humpin' going on). Now he began wrapping up the show with songs like "Shoot Me Down", "My Life", and the finale "A-Milli" which featured awesome pyro-technics and Lil Wayne shooting a tongue of flame out from behind a giant flame thrower lol. He then left the stage to Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" as an ode to us, his fans for our support, as he said "I wouldn't be sh*t without you!" 2008 truly was a great year for Lil Wayne, having sold a million records in one week, to being nominated for 8 Grammy's, he shows no signs of slowing down as he has even more projects slated for release in 2009 such as the previously mentioned T-Wayne album, and a completely alternative rock album in the works.

What more can I say. It was an amazing concert from start to finish. And I really enjoyed seeing some of our local artists (Kardi and Drake) get to shine on the big stage and represent not only for Toronto, but all of Canada. The supporting acts were all surprisingly really good, and it was great to finally see Lil Wayne live doing his thing. The I AM MUSIC tour made it very clear why he is considered one of the best rappers of our time.

Yours to discover...it's Jaff

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Jaff is Now on the Jcom Blog

What's up everyone, it's your boy Jaff. For those who may not be familiar with who I am, allow me to introduce myself. I am an aspiring emcee from the great city of Toronto who's JUST trying to break into the industry. I am also a close friend of one Mr. Julian Compton, owner/creator of Just Compton Clothing. And like JCom, I share in the belief that everyone should JUST chase their dreams and JUST be true to yourself. Now that's where I come in. JCom is much more than just the shirt on your back, it's a movement. From fashion, music, arts, and sports to dreams, goals, ambitions, and desires. All of which fall into the realm of what JCom is all about... freedom to express yourself however you see fit. And I'm here to hold down all things music in the world of JCom. Much like all of you, I love music, good music-PERIOD. Doesn't matter what style, shape, or form it takes, as long as it makes you feel something...anything at all, it's ok with me. Music is the soundtrack (or playlist) of our lives. So to make sure you have all the info you JUST need to know, I will be keeping you updated on upcoming concerts, cd releases, and any other musical related events in the city and world wide. I will also be giving you my concert and cd reviews, as well as shedding some spotlight and showing love to many of our incredibly talented local artists. So if you're down with Jcom and down with chasing a dream, then follow me on my journey to reach mine and I promise we'll do some cool ish along the way!!! Yours to discover...it's Jaff.

PS... To make sure you get the inside edge on what's new with Jcom Clothing, remember to keep hitting up the website/blog at http://www.justcompton.com/. And if you are not already a member, please join the Jcom Clothing facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=45552208323#/pages/J-Com-Clothing/30376047641. And to find out what's new with Jaff, make sure to check this blog/ add me on facebook/ e-mail me at cjaffray@hotmail.com. Thank you all for your continuing support!!!

Aziz Ansari with The Flight Of The Concords

On, more of a less serious side, I'm not sure how familiar many of you are, but we got Aziz Ansari and The flight of the Concords coming to town Jan 30th, to put on a hilarious stand up show at the Mod Club.

Aziz Ansari is doing a his stand up solo, but is know for his hit show Human Giant which is on MTV.

More of you may be more familiar with The Flight of the Concords which is air on HBO, and the Comedy Channel. This is based of two friends that move to U.S. from New Zealand and start a Band with their Manager Murray. They always just bust out in song thru out the episodes, it’s different but awesome.


This is a must for those who like to have a laugh and haven’t gone to yuk yuk’s for a while.

Check out some video of Aziz and The Flight of the Concords

Obama Day

January 20 – Inauguration Day

Now, checking back on the day set for the inauguration date for Mr. Obama, it couldn’t be any better of a day. Before all this, some of you may have thought, “well it’s just another day, nothing special about it”. But it’s not just about the 20th, it’s also about the day before - the day that is dedicated to another famous Black man that changed the way of living for many blacks in America: Dr. Martin Luther King. January 19th is Martin Luther King Day. How perfect it is that a man that did so much for America is remembered one day, and then the next is the day that many Americans will remember for years to come - as Obama will hopefully help not just in the U.S., but around the world.

There is so much hype based on this one day that the amount of people and tour buses is so extensive, that the city of Washington does not know what they are going to do with everyone and everything. This is an event many people though they would never see in their lifetime: a black President. What I love about this man is that not only is he black, but he is also white. I believe he represents the race of what the world will one day become – one of mixture. Why can't people have the best of both worlds? Why can't we all just get along? Does skin colour really matter that much? Well now, if you’re white or black, if you say anything negative about this man, know that you are talking about your own race too. Don't get me wrong - I'm not just talking about the world being only white and black and nothing else - I’m just saying that one day, the world shall be a mix of white, black, yellow, brown, and any other colour out there. We are all just people, and Obama is the man who has stepped forward to represent us. And I believe he will do a great job at setting everything up for the world to become a better place.

Clipse Back in town

WAMP WAMP
Check it out, Clipse is back in town. Not only for a concert at one of the best clubs in Toronto, that being Circa, Fri Jan 16th, but during the day you can do a nice meet and greet with the duo at Live stock Downtown. There will be a massive line up like always, so get there as early as you can. Clipse will hopefully giving us a little sneak at some of their song on the new album coming out early this year called "Till the Casket Drops".

Gonna be a Banger don't miss out.

Lil Wayne Finally In the T DOT

With Toronto being a major stop on almost every single major artistes tours out there, we have yet to see one of the best in our city. It is crazy he has never been here yet. But you know Lil Wayne is not the same as any "average" artist out there, with have a few different charges, and possibly with the substances that he may always be carrying on him, it may be a bit harder to cross the border. But FINALLY Wayne will make is debut to TORONTO. I think we have to thank our man Toronto’s own Drake aka Drizzy. He has been hanging with Wayne for a bit in that past, and working together. Even having Weezy, spit a whole verse on the MTV awards a couple months back. I am sure Drake will be making an appearance at the show.

The show will be taking place January 15th at the Air Canada Center, if you don't yet have ticket, well good luck and start checking craigslist or the scalpers, cause they are bound to almost if not yet sold out. It will also be featuring T-PAIN, KEYSHIA COLE ,GYM CLASS HEROES, AND KERI HILSON.

Big Month for Jan

So this is the first post of the new year of 2009, and what a year it will be. What a month we have to kick it all off with. Well in this beautiful month of January, we got lots going on. First and for most, we got the official launch of Just Compton Clothing, yea us, finally got our site up and running. So for those who have been waiting, here it is, well it will be on Friday, so CHECK IT OUT, Jan. 9th, 2009.

But, with things that aren't J Com Related, but Just related to YOU the people of Toronto, and the world, we first got:

Jan 15th
Lil Wayne Live in Concert at the Air Canada Center

Jan 16th
Clipse Live in Concert at Circa

Jan 20th
A Big Day in the USA, inauguration Of Mr. Obama

Jan 30th
Comedian, Aziz Ansari live at the Mod Club

I will elaborate and give more info and insight of each of the events with new posts.