This Sunday, Peacock will premiere the primary episode of Bel-Air, a up to date, dramatic reimagining of the beloved ’90s sitcom The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air. To mark the event, The Ringer is trying again on the legacy of the unique sequence and the affect of the star who outlined it, Will Smith. It is a story all about how popular culture obtained flipped, turned the other way up. Welcome to Contemporary Prince Day.50. Wild Wild West (1999)Each scorching streak wants a warmth verify. My man Will Smith was coming off a three-year stretch that included Independence Day, Males in Black, and Enemy of the State—so who can blame him for pondering he might additionally make Hollywood gold out of [checks notes] a Western-slash-comedy through which an evil genius builds a large mechanical spider and makes an attempt to dissolve the US of America? Wild Wild West is horrible. Like, “one of many worst movies ever” horrible. And but, it deserves a spot on this listing, as a result of each every so often it is advisable remind the folks that even gods can fail horribly. —Andrew Gruttadaro49. Suicide Squad (2016)“What, we some kinda Suicide Squad?” —Deadshot, Suicide SquadSmith dominated the ’90s and early 2000s with The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air and a sequence of profitable blockbuster movies, however the actor made some … let’s say, questionable, decisions in movie roles through the 2010s. On paper, 2016’s Suicide Squad most likely appeared like a fantastic thought on the time: a star-studded solid, a superhero movie that promised to be totally different by specializing in the villains for as soon as, and a writer-director who appeared as much as the duty in David Ayer (Coaching Day, Finish of Watch). However from Jared Leto’s Joker (and his reported, although later denied, behind-the-scenes mayhem) to regardless of the hell the plot revolving across the Enchantress was, Suicide Squad was an absolute mess.Nonetheless, the movie was a field workplace hit, thanks largely to the star energy of Smith and Margot Robbie. However even simply final yr, Ayer was nonetheless publicly criticizing the way in which Warner Bros. dealt with the theatrical launch, declaring that “the studio minimize will not be my movie.” Greater than half a decade after Suicide Squad hit theaters, all I care to recollect Smith’s Deadshot for is his love for then-New York Knicks president Phil Jackson and his triangle offense amid Jackson’s transient, disastrous reign in New York. —Daniel Chin48. Gemini Man (2019)In Ang Lee’s Gemini Man, Will Smith is at warfare with himself—actually. Taking part in an completed murderer going through off towards his personal, a lot youthful clone, Smith pulls double obligation with assistance from CGI. As a blockbuster, Gemini Man does flex just a few standout action sequences, together with a scene through which the Smiths interact in one thing that Lee aptly describes as “bike-fu.” However the movie suffers from the restrictions of its pc graphics: The extra time that’s spent on the de-aged Smith’s bizarrely clean and expressionless options, the extra the character approaches the uncanny valley. (It doesn’t assist that Smith stays one of the crucial charismatic actors in Hollywood, making his CGI’d counterpart appear to be he was plucked from a online game cutscene.) However regardless of its flaws, Gemini Man is a captivating exploration of Smith’s profession, and of what occurs when an growing old movie star seems at himself within the mirror. —Miles Surrey47. Males in Black II (2002)Males in Black II has: Johnny Knoxville as an alien with a second head (additionally Johnny Knoxville) protruding from his neck; a 600-foot subway worm named Jeff; Rosario Dawson as a waitress who’s secretly an alien princess; Michael Jackson and Martha Stewart taking part in themselves; and a civilization of diminutive aliens worshiping Agent Okay (Tommy Lee Jones) as their god. With all of the WTF moments on this wildly uneven movie, Smith’s Agent J doesn’t stand out like he did throughout his first go-around. As is usually the case with sequels, Males in Black II had a tough time dwelling as much as the unique, as much as and together with Smith’s newer (and barely inferior) bop. —Surrey46. Aladdin (2019)Smith might need a long time of receipts to show he’s a severe field workplace draw, however the live-action Aladdin introduced one of many hardest challenges of his profession: filling the sneakers (er, the lamp?) of the late Robin Williams. Voicing the Genie within the animated Aladdin was arguably the very best efficiency of Williams’s superlative profession, and if that wasn’t daunting sufficient, Smith needed to painting the character whereas caked in blue paint, making him appear to be a Smurf who’d been pumped with an excessive amount of HGHAladdin, my man: identical.However despite the fact that the movie is actively working towards him, Smith does his finest with the Genie’s garish CGI and delivers, taking the character in a brand new course slightly than attempting to mimic Williams, which might’ve been a shedding battle. If we’re being trustworthy, the brand new model of “Buddy Like Me” is a certifiable banger for those who simply shut your eyes by way of it. (Or take heed to the audio-only model on YouTube.) My one want is that Disney gave Smith the particular results that his surprisingly strong efficiency deserved. —Surrey45. Homebase (1991)DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Contemporary Prince’s fourth album, launched as Smith was turning into a full-blown sitcom star, options a number of the duo’s greatest hits. In 1991 and 1992, “Summertime,” “Ring My Bell,” and “The Issues That U Do” have been performed time and again on radio throughout the nation. There was additionally “You Noticed My Blinker,” a track suburban youngsters thought of edgy as a result of Smith does one thing in it that he usually doesn’t do: swear.The duo put out another album of authentic materials, 1993’s Code Purple. “Increase! Shake the Room” was on it; that was fairly large–however Homebase was their true final hurrah collectively. —Alan Siegel44. Concussion (2015)I commend Concussion for attempting to shine a light-weight on traumatic mind accidents that occur in America’s greatest sport. Will Smith truly delivered one of many higher performances over his profession, proving he doesn’t should be humorous or excessive to be efficient. However a very dramatic narrative that’s cliché in all of the mistaken spots took away from an vital matter. Whereas the movie spiked extra dialogue and consciousness round concussions, not a lot has modified for the reason that movie’s launch. —Arjuna Ramgopal43. “Buddy Like Me” (2019)Let’s get this out of the way in which: It was gonna be unimaginable for Will Smith to fill the Shaq-sized sneakers of Robin Williams’s Genie from Aladdin. Williams was constructed for it. To be honest, Will Smith actually tried to construct himself into character and was kind of profitable (dude seems like a blue Aaron Donald).If somebody might feasibly make “Buddy Like Me” work, it’s Massive Willie Model. His power is vibrant. His bars are of the Kidz Bop selection, however hey, this can be a Disney flick. The horns nonetheless slap. He convincingly sells himself as a fairly good good friend for, you understand, a manipulative genie. I imply, I’ve all the time needed a good friend who might beatbox like Doug E. Contemporary, pull a magic carpet out of a hat, and reenact Child ’n Play dance strikes. The movie could have upset, however this tune ain’t half dangerous. —Keith Fujimoto42. “Swap” (2005)So it seems that “Swap” is form of my “Shazaam”—it was solely whereas scripting this that it sunk in that (a) Will Smith’s 2005 single isn’t a part of or associated in any respect to his contemporaneous movie, Hitch; and, relatedly, (b) Hitch doesn’t have the identical plot as Adam Sandler’s Click on … bizarre! At any charge, “Swap” combines Smith’s signature peppy, PG-rated bounce with a mid-aughts devotion to the dance flooring. (And, within the video, a mid-aughts fashion.) In the event you actually squint your ears, it has components of one other track 10 spots above it on 2005’s Billboard 12 months-Finish Sizzling 100 chart: “Pon de Replay.” It’s a kind of songs that all the time sounds prefer it’s on repeat, however in a catchy means. In “Swap,” our narrator stands on the sting of the dance flooring, trying respectfully. “One thing attractive ‘bout a lady on the ground, all her buddies round her,” he muses, then hastens so as to add: “I imply, actual clear, ain’t gotta contact or nothin’.” Nice track; courteous king. —Katie Baker41. Shark Story (2004)After watching his dad make “mature” movies like Ali, Males in Black II, and a Unhealthy Boys sequel, Will Smith’s center youngster, Jaden, then 6 years previous, had a request for his über-famous father.“Daddy, you gotta make one thing for me to see.”Papa Smith took these phrases and turned them into one in every of his most illuminating performances up to now. Within the 90-minute movie, he performs Oscar, a bluestreak cleaner wrasse fish, with desires of seeing his title atop Southside Reef. He does so by proclaiming himself a shark slayer, cashing in a blatant lie. His acclaim provides him money, entry, and a deluxe condominium within the sky, nevertheless it doesn’t quell the guilt he feels concerning the lie he created. The plotline wasn’t dissimilar to Smith’s inside battle through the first decade of his profession. To be able to attain his desired stardom, Smith constructed a rigorously manicured persona that made him the largest star on the planet, but couldn’t erase the ache he was making an attempt to eradicate.“What you might have come to know as ‘Will Smith,’ the alien-annihilating M.C., the bigger-than-life movie star, is essentially a development,” he wrote in his autobiography, Will. “A rigorously crafted and honed character—designed to guard myself.”What makes this efficiency notably attention-grabbing is how a lot Oscar foreshadowed Smith’s private life. Like Oscar, all the pieces in Smith’s life started to crumble when he prioritized ambition over steadiness. In his early 2000s quest for thematic dominance, his marriage started to crumble, his movies suffered, and he felt all the pieces he’d constructed professionally meant nothing. However like Oscar, all of Smith’s issues started to subside when he began loving what he noticed within the mirror. —Logan Murdock40. “Ring My Bell” (1991)This fizzy and extra-frictionless jam from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Contemporary Prince’s 1991 album Homebase will not be the very best single on that document (that’s “Summertime”), neither is it any enchancment on Anita Baker’s 1979 disco-ecstasy authentic (that’s ridiculous). However this new “Ring My Bell” is an endearing barrage of candy discuss all the identical, through which the Contemporary Prince steals a younger girl away from her inattentive boyfriend through such PG-13-at-worst quips as “The place he at now? / You don’t know / Layin’ up beneath some ho—ld up wait / Simply let me chill / No want for me to get sick.” And there may be, certainly, no want for a budding celebrity this effortlessly lovable to get sick. Try the bubbling video for the best 1991 needed to supply in cordless- and car-phone expertise. —Rob Harvilla39. Welcome to Earth (2021)About quarter-hour into the premiere of Welcome to Earth, Will Smith meets his first volcanologist. The volcanologist explains that they’ll be descending into Mount Yasur, an lively volcano within the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu that we’ve watched billow and rumble and pitch in slo-mo 4K for the previous 5 minutes or so, to put in some sensors by hand. The digicam pans to Smith, now 53, and lingers expectantly, hoping for an outsize Smith response, a “sensors for WHAT” or some form of acknowledgement that he was about to enter the gates of hell unprovoked, however all we get is a little bit of exasperation on the fringe of a wince. Smith folds his arms behind his again and patiently waits for the volcanologist to doodle their sport plan within the filth with a stick.It was at this actual second I made a decision this present would have benefitted from extra uncles and fewer foremost specialists. Not that they don’t all do their jobs capably, however Smith is form of simply there, being a vacationer with nobody to gape at. Even Smith describing the volcano to a blind companion feels just a little awkward and stock-still; it has all of the components of a singular and highly effective expertise, however then I’d slightly simply watch a scoreless “Oddly Satisfying” video of molten lava on YouTube. Simply think about if he would’ve introduced Martin Lawrence alongside for the experience. As an alternative, Earth falls someplace between earnest and playful, and finally ends up feeling like a shifting SkyMall catalog. —Micah Peters38. “Will 2K” (1999)The second single from Smith’s second studio album, Willennium, “Will 2K” was just about assured to succeed. For one, it has a ridiculously catchy pattern from The Conflict’s “Rock the Casbah”—however as a substitute of repeating these authentic three phrases, Smith has featured singer Okay-Ci repeat “rock the dance flooring.” Think about listening to this at a home occasion on New 12 months’s Eve in 1999; you have been both having the time of your life or anxiously spiraling over the lyrics (“Man I keep in mind when the ball dropped for 90, now it’s 9-9, ten years behind me / What’s gonna occur? Don’t no person know / We’ll see when the clock will get to 12-0-0, chaos, the cops gonna block the road”) In any case, dated lyrics and all, “Will 2K” nonetheless lives as much as its placement on Smith’s best hits album launched in 2002. It may not be as iconic as his earlier work with Jazzy Jeff or different singles like “Miami,” nevertheless it’s a kind of tunes that randomly pops up at a perform once in a while will get you nodding alongside. —Aric Jenkins37. Focus (2015)I don’t perceive why this movie will get a lot hate. As somebody who has hardly ever let a movie involving heists, thieves, and/or con artists go him by, I beloved Concentrate on first watch and proceed to on subsequent rewatches. Does the ultimate third lag, and solely vaguely make sense in some sections? Sure. However there’s nothing extra enjoyable than sitting and watching folks pull off cons or an enormous rating after which break all of it down for you. Inform me this isn’t enjoyable as hell. Almost each scene with Nicky (Will Smith) and Jess (Margot Robbie) crackles with chemistry. And each occasion of Nicky being a seemingly out-of-control risk-taker whereas his protégé tries to tug him again to actuality is enthralling. The primary hour-plus is a dizzying experience of cons and misdirections that will get your pulse racing.However that pesky ultimate part—together with an absurd and probably plot-breaking quantity of double crosses—drags the movie down. So come into this movie for the enjoyable outfits, the extraordinary “Is there any probability Nicky hasn’t thought this all through?” moments, and the power between Robbie and Smith, which was palpable sufficient that it sparked affair rumors. Carry some popcorn, and doubtless a drink or two, and also you’ll have a implausible time. —Kellen Becoats36. Hancock (2008)Whereas doing press for Hancock again in 2008, that is how director Peter Berg defined why the movie appealed to him: “I beloved the thought of an alcoholic, nihilistic, subversive superhero, preventing crime drunk.” He even in contrast the title character to Nicolas Cage’s in Leaving Las Vegas.It is a Will Smith blockbuster? On the floor, it doesn’t really feel prefer it. However by the top of the 2000s, he was clearly able to dabble in antiheroism. It was good to see him as soon as once more taking part in a wiseass, one thing that he’d seemingly outgrown lengthy earlier than that. Smith appeared to have enjoyable flying round like a sauced-up, surly, profanity-spouting Superman. Hancock, which regardless of middling-at-best evaluations made $629 million worldwide, didn’t precisely work—it’s a R-rated action comedy within the physique of a PG-13 one. Nevertheless it’s at the very least totally different. And that’s what made it attention-grabbing. —Siegel35. Spies in Disguise (2019)What does Will Smith, B-plus animation, birds, and Tom Holland all mix to make? Spies in Disguise. Smith’s most up-to-date foray into animation produced a extra compelling movie than Shark Story, however one which was largely ignored when launched. Will voiced a suave tremendous spy who will get become a chicken and has to navigate espionage as a pigeon. There are the standard hijinks that each family-friendly animated movie has, coupled with just a few emotional beats to maintain you invested. Calling it a bizarre movie could be an understatement, nevertheless it’s fast and fulfilling sufficient to go a while. Simply don’t anticipate Pixar-level storytelling right here. —Ramgopal34. “I Suppose I Can Beat Mike Tyson” (1989)Generally I believe we underrate Mike Tyson’s reign as Baddest Dude within the World. From the second he knocked out Trevor Berbick in 1986 by way of his spectacular fall towards Buster Douglas in 1990, Iron Mike was a mythic determine, as well-known and fearsome as any man who had ever placed on boxing gloves. This was the universe “I Suppose I Can Beat Mike Tyson” was launched into, the place the thought of moving into the ring with Tyson was so scary it shortly turned comical. A decade earlier than Tyson made his first official look on wax, Will recruited the boxer and his promoter Don King to look within the video for the track, which finds the satisfaction of Philadelphia channeling his inside Rocky and making an attempt to go toe-to-toe with the champ. “I Suppose I Can Beat Mike Tyson” begins with Will operating his mouth, earlier than finally backtracking and barely escaping along with his insides intact. When requested why he bolted, Will gives sage knowledge: “An excellent run is healthier than a nasty stand any day.” There’s a lesson in there—and it’s one which Marvis Frazier and Michael Spinks and Peter McNeeley all might’ve used just a little sooner. —Justin Sayles33. Will Smith’s Instagram (2017–current)Will Smith is a kind of follows on IG that you simply don’t keep in mind when or why you began following him, however you do vaguely keep in mind opening the app someday and seeing his account because the second or third put up in your feed and pondering, “Huh, I should be liking this dude’s posts fairly continuously for him to be this excessive up.” Sooner or later previously 5 years, Will Smith swapped out being a reliably bankable movie star for being an Instagram meme god. I don’t know if he has an elite communications agency doing his bidding (most likely) or if he’s simply extremely internet savvy, however the man can ‘gram.Instagram with nice curiosity. And if that’s not for you, there are attractive stills from his new Nat Geo documentary sequence Welcome to Earth or snippets from Purple Desk Discuss. Will isn’t simply counting on his superstar to do numbers on IG; he’s earned that observe. —Jenkins32. Males in Black 3 (2012)The final entry within the Will Smith Males in Black trilogy has largely been forgotten because of a failed try at a crossover with 21 Leap Avenue and a horrid spinoff, MIB: Worldwide. However the 2012 movie was truly a fairly enjoyable time and a redemption from Males in Black II. Sidelining Tommy Lee Jones for many of the movie most likely wasn’t the very best thought, however Will nonetheless obtained to be the lovable Agent J throughout from a greater than succesful Josh Brolin. A wacky villain, time journey, and an emotional arc about father-son relationships highlights Smith doing what he does finest: having enjoyable whereas offering just a little little bit of drama. —Ramgopal31. “Increase! Shake the Room” (1993)“Each this track and the album it got here from are thought of the toughest Smith ever went,” wrote some dry joker on Genius, “though after all that could be a very relative comparability.” The fifth and ultimate DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Contemporary Prince album, 1993’s Code Purple, is certainly a (comparatively) extra pummeling and virile affair, as evinced by this boisterous single through which a cuddly sitcom celebrity hits the membership, scopes out the women, after which raps, “I see the one I need / I mentioned ‘Come right here cutie’ / I flip her round after which I work that booty.” The pattern of the Ohio Gamers’ “Funky Worm” is an insidious earworm certainly, and Smith is tremendously charming even at his most macho and semi-deep-voiced. His ultimate verse, through which he feigns nervousness and stutters so much (“So I simply attempt to ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chill”) is mildly insensitive however a semi-catchy tune all the identical. —Harvilla30. “Women Ain’t Nothing however Bother” (1986)A little bit little bit of Slick Rick blended with a hearty dose of Grandmaster Caz, “Women Ain’t Nothing however Bother” lives on as one in every of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Contemporary Prince’s most enduring hits, regardless of it being the primary track ever launched by the duo. Constructed round a pattern of the I Dream of Jeannie theme, the Rock the Home single performs like a PG-13 “La-Di-Da-Di,” with Will recounting ill-fated trysts with Sheila, Unique Elaine, and his girlfriend, Betty. (Of the three, we may give Betty a go; all she did was make Will miss the Run-DMC present, whereas Unique Elaine obtained him beat down by the cops.) “Women Ain’t Nothing however Bother” isn’t essentially the most deft storytelling rap has ever produced, nevertheless it’s a enjoyable showcase for Jeff’s (extremely influential) scratching skills and Will’s charms. (Critically, image every other ’80s rapper promoting the “hell of a man” line like Will did.) The track would later be rerecorded and tacked onto Jeff and Will’s colossal sophomore album, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. The grittier authentic remains to be obtainable on YouTube, and whereas it doesn’t pop as instantly because the MTV-approved model that will assist break his profession large open, the billion-dollar charisma was simple in any kind. —Sayles29. Willennium (1999)This album was a meme, proper all the way down to its title, but in addition this album was very actual. Will Smith had Dru Hill jigging in full-body leather-based over “I Want” with Stevie Surprise on the keys within the music video. He had Eve rapping double-time over “Workin’ Day and Evening.” For the actual heads nostalgic for DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Contemporary Prince, he even had a pleasant little throwback to “Charlie Mack (The First Out the Limo).” However primarily Will Smith had Okay-Ci belting the phrase “Willennium” in all seriousness. What a time. Will Smith went double platinum with a rap album primarily rated PG—not even PG-13, however PG. Nas won’t ever hear the top of so many rumors and jokes about him ghostwriting Massive Willie Model, and but we hardly ever talk about Masta Ace’s function in Willennium, an album filled with oversung hooks and unsung heroism. —Justin Charity28. Unhealthy Boys for Life (2020)As a self-professed Michael Bay hater, I’m hardly the audience for Unhealthy Boys for Life, which makes it all of the extra surprising that the movie is … genuinely touching??? The senseless Bayhem that outlined the primary two entries within the franchise takes a backseat to Mike and Marcus discovering themselves at a crossroad. Mainly, Mike is form of washed and doesn’t need to admit it, even after he’s practically killed on the streets of Miami by a gangster who’s later revealed to be his son. (Smith being repeatedly bested by somebody who’s mainly a youthful model of himself additionally makes Unhealthy Boys for Life an odd companion piece to Gemini Man.) It’s emotional, it’s explosive, it’s obtained Martin Lawrence saying “Mike, you fucked a married witch?!” All informed, Unhealthy Boys for Life is a near-perfect blockbuster: a reminder that Mike Lowrey, and the star who performs him, can nonetheless convey their A-game. —Surrey27. I, Robotic (2004)One other nice movie through which the long run is horrifying, the previous is uncomfortable, and Will Smith will get irritated at white folks for holding out on helpful bits of data. There can’t be any severe complaints on I, Robotic as a result of it’s a movie that hardly takes itself critically. Shia LaBeouf is a hang-around teenager in Smith’s condominium constructing who’s worse at cussing than the left fielder in Mr. 3000. Chi McBride’s police precinct has a large glass case in a chief’s workplace for the categorical objective of a single scene when Chi McBride makes use of a pump shotgun to dispatch a number of androids gone haywire with a well-placed blast by way of every facade.Is I, Robotic dumb? Completely. However prime action-hero Will Smith didn’t want a premise to be sensible and even efficient—he might carry the entire thing with quips. There’s a scene when he asks one too many questions and will get escorted out by constructing safety. As Smith and the 2 guards step out of the elevator into the foyer, one locations a hand on Smith’s leather-based duster coat. “So what hospital are you going to? I’ll meet you there so I can signal you and your buddies’ casts.” —Peters26. Amend: The Combat for America (2021)After I noticed Will Smith because the presenter of this undertaking, I used to be a bit skeptical. That’s to not say that Smith can’t deal with severe topics; I used to be only a bit frightened that he may detract from the present’s message. However he, alongside well-known faces like Mahershala Ali, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Laverne Cox, assist convey historical past to life with impassioned readings of speeches and historic paperwork. This isn’t actually a present you possibly can binge, with episodes slowly progressing by way of the adoption of the 14th Modification to the Civil Rights Motion to the combat immigrants at the moment face to remain on this nation.This present is a revelation, with a beautiful mix of historians, well-known photos, and narration from well-known voices weaving an enthralling tapestry of historical past. As a self-professed historical past nerd, I couldn’t suggest this present sufficient, particularly for those who’re searching for one thing pretty new to look at throughout Black Historical past Month. —Becoats25. Purple Desk Discuss (2018–current)For a wonderful, brief time period, for those who have been a celeb and also you had a difficulty—you went on Purple Desk Discuss. After launching in 2018, Jada Pinkett Smith’s DIY discuss present shortly turned floor zero for a form of intimate, clear superstar harm management you’d by no means see on At present or The View. Jordyn Woods went on Purple Desk to speak about being castigated by the Kardashians; Olivia Jade Giannulli went on Purple Desk to speak about Operation Varsity Blues; T.I. went on Purple Desk to make clear feedback he made about his daughter.However in essentially the most iconic second within the internet sequence’ run, Jada and Will Smith themselves went on Purple Desk after rapper August Alsina claimed that he and Jada had an affair. The ensuing dialog is considerably onerous to parse and positively bizarre—the friendliest factor I’ll say concerning the Smiths’ ideas on marriage is that they’re fairly Californian. However it is usually stunningly frank—at one level, Will forces Jada to make clear that by “entanglement” she means “romantic relationship”—and uncooked in a means celebrities hardly ever are. Positive, it’s nonetheless two well-known folks actively crafting a story, and profiting off of it by doing so on their very own Fb-branded internet sequence. However hey, at the very least that they had the heart to do it to your face. —Gruttadaro24. Jaden Smith (born in 1998)Biologically talking, Will Smith made Jaden Smith, however in a a lot bigger sense, he additionally made Jaden Smith. Will began his son’s performing profession by placing him in The Pursuit of Happyness at 8 years previous (he additionally just about ended it by placing him in After Earth seven years later). From there, Jaden has confirmed himself to be fairly the bizarre whippersnapper, a post-millennial multi-hyphenate. He raps, he stars in New Steadiness advertisements, he sells water in cartons. Syre is a legitimately first rate album. One time he tweeted, “If Everyone In The World Dropped Out Of College We Would Have A A lot Extra Clever Society.” Not all concepts are good ones, however Jaden Smith has a variety of them, and that’s one thing. One thing that we will finally thank (or blame?) Will Smith for. —Gruttadaroobserve us for extra Put up Views: 248