| Everything You Need To Know When It Comes To | | | | for no reason other than the fact that the chorus is |
| Yung Joc: | | | | hot. In the business everyone says you need a hook |
| A Little background: | | | | to be successful, and the hook to "Its Goin Down" is |
| First of all, Yung Joc, shockingly, is not Jasiel Robinson's | | | | absolutely perfect. |
| real name. Jasiel was born in 1983 and hails from | | | | New Joc City |
| Atlanta, Georgia. More specifically, Yung Joc is from | | | | The much anticipated debut album being released by |
| College Park, which you can hear referenced | | | | Yung Joc is entitled "New Joc City." This album is set |
| numerous times throughout his songs. Growing up Joc | | | | to drop on June 6, 2006. already has pre-orders going, |
| wasn't the perfect child. He states that he had a | | | | and other music sites are promoting the album. The |
| "smart mouth" growing up and he went through some | | | | album is being classified as "Rap/ Hip-Hop" and is |
| problems growing up. Yung Joc was a fighter, and | | | | under the Bad Boy South record label. New Joc City |
| skipped around from school to school before he | | | | features 12 songs including, of course, "Its Goin Down." |
| graduated. | | | | Some of the other songs that are spreading around |
| "Joc was 10 years old when artists such as Run DMC, | | | | the Internet include "Patrone," and "Dope Boy Magic." |
| Dana Dane, Ice-T, Slick Rick, and LL Cool J sparked his | | | | Here is the full list of songs: |
| interests in rap music. "Once I got a little older, my | | | | 1. "New Joc City" |
| hip-hop inspirations came from Outkast, Goodie Mob, | | | | 2. "It's Goin Down" |
| Tupac, and the Notorious B.I.G.," he explains. "By then, I | | | | 3. "Patrone" |
| realized that I could do some of the same things these | | | | 4. "1st Time" |
| cats were doing and use my situations to catapult me | | | | 5. "Picture Perfect" |
| into other opportunities" (yahoo.com). | | | | 6. "Knock It Out" |
| The 23-year-old rapper signed with Block | | | | 7. "Dope Boy Magic" |
| Entertainment after years of hard work and hustle. | | | | 8. "I Know You See It" |
| After impressing Block at a show one night, Joc was | | | | 9. "Flap Flop" |
| immediately signed to a deal. The days of hustling and | | | | 10. "BADD" |
| working hard weren't over though; Yung Joc admits | | | | 11. "Don't Play Wit It" |
| today that he simply works harder and harder every | | | | 12. "Its Official" |
| day. This type of dedication should take him a long | | | | (Retrieved from |
| way as long as bad luck doesn't get in his way. | | | | Joc-In |
| Its Goin Down: | | | | You know that dance that Yung Joc and his boys are |
| This is the song that did it all. Yung Joc's first single off | | | | doing during the "Its Goin Down" video? Well Joc has |
| his soon to be released album "New Joc City," "Its Goin | | | | labled that dance "Joc-in" and it is spreading like wild |
| Down," has garnered him more attention than any hit | | | | fire. The first major instance of the spread is when |
| single in a long time. Before his album has even | | | | Tom Cruise did the Joc-in dance. You know you have |
| released, Joc has topped numerous countdowns. BET | | | | gone mainstream when Tom Cruise is copying you. |
| has had Joc on the top for some time now, and the | | | | There is an animation located at Yung Joc TV that |
| Billboard Hot Top 100 for Hip Hop and R&B has | | | | has been spread all over myspace. In general this type |
| recently put "Its Goin Down" at the top of their chart. | | | | of marketing strategy is what puts Yung Joc at the |
| Looking Deeper into Its Goin Down: | | | | top of the game. Whenever a new rapper is coming |
| Lets start off with the very first thing you hear when | | | | out they need something that can be associated with |
| you pop on "Its Goin Down," "This a nitty beat (boing)." | | | | them. Not only does Yung Joc have Joc-in, but he also |
| That lyric right there is telling all the fans that the beat | | | | has P. Diddy behind him. |
| to this song was produced by Nitty. Nitty helped Yung | | | | Joc's future |
| Joc with the song, and the referenced to Nitty's work | | | | In reality there are tons of rappers who come out with |
| is made a few times throughout the song. Moving | | | | a hit single and then fall on their face. In regards to |
| along to Joc's first words you hear, "Niggaz in my face, | | | | Yung Joc, I simply do not see a drastic downfall |
| Damn near er' day, Askin a million questions like Joc | | | | coming any time soon. For one, he has a business |
| where ya stay, Tell 'em collegepark, Where they chop | | | | mind to go with his musical talent. Often the most |
| cars." Right there is a shout out to College Park | | | | successful rappers are businessmen who know how |
| Georgia, where Joc resides. Now onto the famous | | | | to get their name out there. Couple that with the fact |
| chorus: "Meet me in the trap its goin down, Meet me in | | | | that Yung Joc has P. Diddy behind him, and he would |
| the mall its goin down, Meet me in the club its goin | | | | really need something horrific to happen for Yung Joc |
| down, Any where ya meet me guaranteed to go | | | | to be a one-and-done artist. Yung Joc could use |
| down." That right there is what made Yung Joc | | | | another nice single or two to establish his dominance in |
| explode single handedly. That chorus is being repeated | | | | the rap game, and then from there I see him flourishing |
| 1000's of times each and every day. People are | | | | for the rest of his career. I am already anxiously |
| changing their vocabulary just to spit that line. I see | | | | awaiting his next album, even though his first album has |
| people posting those lyrics on their friend's myspace | | | | yet to drop! |