Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Boom! Shake the Room CD Check video.

Description

Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince* Boom! Shake The Room!
Label: Jive JIVE CD 335
Format: CD, Maxi-Single
Country: Europe
Released: 1993
Genre: Hip Hop
Style:Pop Rap
Track list
1 Boom! Shake The Room! (LP Version) 3:51
2 Boom! Shake The Room! (Club Radio Mix) 3:55
3 Boom! Shake The Room! (Street Remix) 4:30   Remix DJ Jazz, Victor Emanuel Cooke  Remix, Scratches Jazzy Jeff*
4 Boom! Shake The Room! (Mr Lees Club Mix ) 5:02  Mixed By Mr Lee*
5 Boom! Shake The Room! (Mr Lees Extended Club Mix)  5:55 Mixed By Mr Lee* Edited By Wayne Williams
6 Boom! Shake The Room! (LP Instrumental) 4:12
7 Boom! Shake The Room! (Street Remix Bonus Beats) 4:17
Remix DJ Jazz, Victor Emanuel Cooke
Remix, Scratches Jazzy Jeff*

Producer, Arranged By Mr Lee*
Vocals [Backing] Edwin Smith*, Antonia Maxwell, Ardria Pitmann, D’Nita Welch, Jameelah Jeff, Jeffrey Mitchell, Kaay Alexi Shelby, Kimberly Adams, Monica Maxwell, Rhonda Cotton, Samotta McKeever, Silk E, Sirgio, Tyrone Smith
Written-By K. Mayberry*, L. Haggard*, W. Williams*, W. Smith*
Barcode: 5 013705 143229

“Boom! Shake The Room” is the second single taken from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Princes fifth studio album, Code Red, released in 1993. The song became the duos first number one in the United Kingdom, as well as reaching #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of their last significant hits. The song samples “Funky Worm”, a song by the Ohio Players, and “Jump”, a 1992 hit by Kris Kross. On September 17, 1993, the Recording Industry Association of America certified the song gold.

Songfacts®:
By 1993, gangsta rap was the big trend in hip-hop. This is a very PG song, with no guns or overt sex, but compared to the duo’s previous hits (“Parents Just Don’t Understand,” “Summertime”), it’s straight nasty, with Will Smith – still known as The Fresh Prince – getting bragadocious and telling some girl that he’s going to turn her around and “work that booty.” Aggressive stuff, and not real believable coming from the wholesome Smith. And while other rappers who turned suddenly Gangsta in the ’90s (Kriss Kross, MC Hammer) saw their careers implode, Smith didn’t need to keep rapping, since he had a solid acting career. This was the last single he released with DJ Jazzy Jeff, and four years later, when he resumed his rap career under his real name, he apparently learned his lesson, as he stopped posturing and focused his lyrical content on having fun and promoting his movies. Huge hits followed, including his first single “Men In Black” in 1997 and “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” the next year.

This samples “Funky Worm,” which was a #15 US hit released in 1972 by The Ohio Players. DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jeff Townes) is a very well respected DJ who created the tracks and worked the samples for the duo.

This is a rare rap song with some stuttering, which Smith uses to demonstrate how he conquers his fear to rule the microphone.