He has the goods. The JBs, like many hip-hop performers of the 1980s, have been underrated and underappreciated by music writers and historians. It's the people who were down with Straight Out The Jungle who really appreciate their contributions to hip-hop. When we're out here and we're hitting these arenas, or when we're doing club dates, we look for the fans to give it up. That's what it's really about.
Critics are cool, but critics come a dime a dozen.
A lot of these guys are writing to pay a bill, or they don't do enough research, or they're not really into a band. It's the fans who pay the bills. It's all about the fans. Those are the people we're after. Critics, they're like the weather.