If you managed to get Swaggberry out of your head already we have another BBM song to implant in your mind for the day. This time Jim Jones asks What's Your BBM? No fun video to go along with this one (yet!), but the tune is pretty sweet and you'll most likely be singing this one for the rest of the day. The song speaks on the fact that many just want to use BBM - "don't text, don't call me honey" - and not SMS, email or phone.
It actually makes a pretty valid point in the process. As my buddy Anton Wahlman pointed out recently, many "a-listers" really rely on BBM for secure conversation and won't be switching away from BlackBerry anytime soon. Since they don't have to give out their actual phone number or email address, giving out their PIN for BBM only to people they want to talk to is a pretty solid solution. Users obviously have the ability to approve or decline requests so as opposed to having anyone who wants to call or SMS, BBM gives you control over just who can contact you. Hit the video above to check it out. The video does contain some foul language so its pretty much NSFW.
Reader comments
New Jim Jones song asks Whats Your BBM?? [NSFW]
Im selling dope, call her my crackberry! LOLLLLL
LOL thats not Jim Jones....!
It is...it's all over his twitter tl ;)
(feat. Hardluck, Lady H & HIM)
I am very disappointed, the quality of the lyrics is sad,
I'll admit I haven't been a big hiphop rap fan since the mid 90's so many this is the quality that is standard now. but come one the chorus has no hook, "whats your bbm" repeated over and over isn't catchy,
but I'm glad they like Blackberry enough to be trying to make music about it
Yeah, you're referring to the "golden age of hip-hop", which WE will never see/hear again!
It wasn't considered "Hip-Hop" then,...it was just good old "Rap music",...nothing more,...nothing less!
A lot of this new spit their spitting is wasted time,....IHMO!
JMD
are u kidding me????????
that was a pid for lyrics song. blackberry cant compete, not introducing any new phones and needs to keep the buzz up somehow....... hmmmmm.. "oh i got it lets pay a hip-hop artist to make a song, that should keep our customer base"....... stop it with the music and put out some damned phones already!!!!!!!!!
STFU
Um... Almost positive RIM didn't commission this song (or any others, for that matter). With that logic, you'd say any of the many liquor brands mentioned in almost any rap song about the club life were commissioned by their respective companies. Only, they aren't (recall the whole Cristal fiasco). Is it so hard to believe that celebrities and music artists can be fans too?
+1
SHOUT OU TO CRACKBERRY! ON THE TRACK! baby whats your bbm
Haha! I bust out laughing at my desk.
this sucks and its not jim jones
That is Jim Jones!
2nd verse
Anyone have any grape kool-aid?
@DeRussett.. if you're listening to this, or Jim Jones in general, and expecting to hear deep lyrics or compare it to real hip-hop, you're looking in the wrong place. There are diff kinds of rap just like diff kinds of rock, people just can't seem to recognize the differences as clearly as metal/alternative/punk/etc.. you wouldn't listen to Korn and make a judgement on punk-rock would u? no cuz their diff sub-genres within the rock umbrella... so by the same token we shouldn't say Jim Jones represents hip-hop... especially when people like Slaughterhouse, Fashawn, and tons of other up and comers do that just fine...
I agree it was nice to be able to hear the good stuff on the radio in the 90's.. but you're right now the radio is flooded with bullshit pop-rap (seemingly a new genre on it's own) so you have to dig for it but HIP-HOP is alive and well.
and on topic, as far as the song goes, it's not thought-provoking but it's actually not bad.. it's got a couple nice lines and it is probly the best BB-related song I've heard so far...
BAAAALLLLLLIIIIIINN! lol
DIPSET!
just got a refurbished bb bold from verizon my tour took a crap in like december of 2010 had a contract renewal so 1 penny alright trackball went so i hope the trackpad is better great song by the way what is jim jones bbm
he twitted and then now he's bbmin whats next droiding? haha just kidding i love bb but i wish the keyboard wasn't so small and i am glad they did the trackpad because the most time my trackball lasted was 6 months keep it up bb i will never stray from you best phones ever
Where are we in the comments? Am I supposed to claim it's not Jim Jones or am I supposed to say that rap music is no longer in a "golden era"?
Damn!!!!!!!! Somebody other than Me gets it! Right On NINJAB!!!!!!!!
wow. This is HUGE!
Very very catchy. Love it. You want my BBM?
BB is awesome.
I miss Run DMC, Public Enemy, 3rd Bass, Kool Moe Dee, DJ Magic Mike, EPMD, Tribe Called Quest, and probably another hundred or so....
It is really a stretch to call BBM, with a single shared key for the entire world, secure.