Njs4ever: The Forum

to RichNice, Futureboy, and newjackguru for the very nice words.

And to Futureboy: hearing that this site helped you find a long lost song is definitely one of the biggest reasons why Njs4ever was built in the first place! Thanks for sharing that. I consider <b>Pretty In Pink</b> in the "did they really exist or am I just imagining things?" category, along with <b>Good2Go</b>, which was mentioned somewhere else on this site. I think they'll be added to the Hall of Fame soon, as New Jack producer <b>Howie Tee</b> (<b>Chubb Rock, Color Me Badd</b>) was behind them. I think they were even on Motown come to think of it!

Anyhow, thank you all for joining up so far!

I'm new to this group. I love it.

John John here. Props for the site, Knyte. Yep, grew up in that era too. People will surely come, no doubt. Nice place to hang out. Peace.

Hey all !!!
I just joined. Great site!!!
I am giving myself a 30th b-day party. My theme is NJS. I grew up during this era and LOVED IT!!!! I want to find ideas, so that when my guest walk in, they know immediately what era this party is associated with.

So if anyone has any ideas, please share.

Know time to read the rest of the board

Hello dee:

I'm thinking that the music -- more than anything -- will set the tone. For example, if your guests walk in, and a song like <b>Guy's</b> "You Can Call Me Crazy," <b>Al B. Sure's</b> "Rescue Me," or "New Jack Swing" by <b>Wrecks 'N' Effect</b> is on full blast, that might seem a little peculiar. Or if you answered the door in a pair of overalls and polka dot shirt or something. If you have any posters from the era, I think that would help too...and maybe you could even have NJS-Era videos going -- or movies like <i>House Party</i> or <i>New Jack City</i> going, with the sound turned down...

I would also consider <b>Janet Jackson's</b> "Alright" (w/<b>Heavy D</b> if you can find it) a must-play record if you're getting a DJ...

Just my thoughts. But again, I'd say the music is probably your most effective tool in creating an NJS ambiance.

Hopefully some others on the board will chip in with their ideas too!

THANK U for joining!

I totally agree with Knyte. Also, you might want to speak the lingo of the day as well. Only initially though. You might transport yourself back to your teenage years. I know it might seem a little unorthodox, but it would make quite an impression!

Classic thread this, maybe this should be a 'sticky'?

It should be sticky Freez. I've never seen this before...the first ever NJS4e thread I suppose.

Wow, over a year ago and we didn't make this a sticky? I guess we should. We have some great posts in this thread and even though only a few members have posted regularly after that (Zeyl10, Futureboy, newjackguru, 97sbrown2 and of course our own Knyte), this really is a historical thread!

We'll probably make it sticky next time we visit it Freez (in a years' time )

This is cool! I really like this.

Yeah, this site really has accomplished a lot, hasn't it? This has become the standard for everyone who's fans of a whole genre of music! I mean...if I was responsible for creating that, I'd die a happy man! Bigger thrill yet...knowing that artists that I admired and were responsible for some of my greatest memories have probably been on this site more than not! I mean, if I knew Johnny Gill read this...DAMN!!!!!!

You know, I was SICK when you had your 1st party in the UK. I wanted to go SO BADLY and meet everybody (steveswing, jodecidal, K-bee, mello...she's my girl!). I hope that I can still make that happen!

Futureboy wrote: You know, I was SICK when you had your 1st party in the UK. I wanted to go SO BADLY and meet everybody (steveswing, jodecidal, K-bee, mello...she's my girl!). I hope that I can still make that happen!

It'll happen one day, I'm very positive about that!

Yeah, NJS4E has really accomplished quite a bit. I heard that we have a few hundred thousand unique hits per month! And the forum activity is really good too IMO. Oh yeah, I'd like some more activity here, but it's good the way it is and the most important thing is: it's very informative and respectful.

I am so proud to be a part of this!