Homebase (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Homebase
Type = Album
Artist = DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince


Released = July 23, 1991
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 77:36
Label =
Producer = Quincy Jones
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:dpfixqy5ldde link] |
Last album = "And in This Corner…"
(1989)
This album = "Homebase"
(1991)
Next album = "Code Red"
(1993)

"Homebase" is the 1991 fourth album by hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. It reached #12 in the mainstream U.S. charts. The album was certified double Platinum, reached #5 Top R&B/Hip Hop albums, and won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album.

Track listing

# "I'm All That"
# "Summertime"
# "Things That U Do"
# "This Boy Is Smooth"
# "Ring My Bell"
# "Dog Is a Dog"
# "Caught in the Middle (Love & Life)"
# "Trapped on the Dance Floor"
# "Who Stole the D.J."
# "You Saw My Blinker"
# "Dumb Dancin'"
# "Summertime (Reprise)"
# "Ring My Bell" [Mr. Lee Radio Mix] (bonus track)
# "Lets Party"

ong Information

*Singles: "Summertime", "Things That U Do", "Ring My Bell", & "You Saw My Blinker (song)"

*The song "Summertime" earned the duo's second Grammy.

*Prince's voice is a bit deeper than usual, to make it sound like he's agitated, similar to "Then She Bit Me" from "And in This Corner..."

*The song You Saw My Blinker (song) is one of the few tracks that Will Smith curses in his music. This song reached #20 Billboard Hot 100 and #22 Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles. The song is about an old lady that crashed into Prince's new car and his anger at the events that happened thereafter. The lyrics are

"Will: To the left lane I tried to switch, then, you saw my blinker, bitch"
.