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Bang bang bang, everybody hit the deck, hide the women and children, shots are  blazing.  Those shots are being fired upon a new yet overused component of hip hop called auto-tune.  As the smoke clears and the robotic screaming subsides, the individual taking the loudest shots is none other than the Marcy assassin otherwise known as the great Jay-Z.  Now it would be rude and stupid of me not to acknowledge that jigga man is the largest (non user of auto-tune) mc in the game, and to discount his actions and opinions on certain parts of hip hop would be disrespectful.  But on the other-hand who the f—, and I repeat who the f— is young Hov to put salt in the game for these young Alvin and the chipmunks sounding ass mc’s.  Let’s be frank (or whoever you wanna be), these cats are eating off auto-tune, talent or not.  Now last time I heard Hovi was rakin in the dough and was worth somewhere around half a billi.  So I suspect he is not hurting for that cheddar, in the way of needing to knock these young users of auto-tune out the box.  Since his self proclaimed burial of auto tune (DOA) seems not to be motivated by money maybe we need to put a microscope under this whole vocal process.  I would like to pose a question, does it help or hurt hip hop in any major way?  If it hurts the game, how does it?  Maybe its just the over-saturation of it right now?  Or maybe it can be blamed on the program directors of these radio stations playing these songs until our ears bleed.  Either way some of these songs are straight trash, basura, garbage, rubbish and should never be heard by humans unless they are locked up in Guantanamo bay and need to be tortured for secrets that threaten the safety of every American.  Now on the other side of that coin we have the man, the myth, the legend T-Pain (the artist out of Tallahassee Florida who has bought to the forefront and embodied autotunin). Outright this dude has simply and consistently made smash hits using auto tune.  He has been able to be creative and flawless in his execution of some pretty good songs, proving that auto tune is alive and well.  I believe if anyone should have that license to merc these corny copy cats it should be T-Peezy.

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MJ is a hip-hop artist that writes and produces his own material. “Now Showing” is a labor of love that he recorded and mixed at his home studio in Florida. “Now Showing” gives people a glimpse into this life and his point of view. From the thoughtful “Show Me A Sign” to the catchy “Stick Up” to the Smooth “Somebody to Love” MJ has something on this CD for all moods and tastes.

“It was a learning experience and a lot of work but I learned a lot and had fun.  I’m jus eager to take what I’ve learned and grow as an artist and make better and  deeper music.” -MJ