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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: MTV
Salesrank: 112321
Released: November 28, 2006 |
| Our Price: $7.50 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
BLOWIN’ UP is a "comedic reality" series for the MTV Network, following actor Jamie Kennedy (The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, Malibu’s Most Wanted) as he attempts to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming a rapper. As Kennedy tries to launch his rap career, against the wishes of his agents, managers and parents, he is joined by sidekick Stu Stone. Together, the pair struggle for respect, resent each other, totally ignore common sense, and find out that while rappers have no problem breaking into acting, it isn’t so simple the other way around. BLOWIN’ UP is driven by the duo’s original music, which they write, record, perform, and hope to release as a quadruple triple platinum album.
Description of Jamie Kennedy's Blowin Up:
A reality series in the loosest sense of the genre, Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up delves into the world of hip-hop by way of comedy. It's not a bad effort either. The MTV series is equal parts ad-libbed and scripted, but the actors on the show are so good that you'd swear they were just a couple of clueless knuckleheads trying to become rap stars. Kennedy (Scream, Three Kings, Son of the Mask) is no novice when it comes to comedy, having hosted and performed in The Jamie Kennedy Experiment--which was a cross between Punk'd and Candid Camera. Here, viewers follow Kennedy and his sidekick Stu Stone as they try to land a recording contract, deal with a demanding Bob Saget, and hobnob with real rap stars such as Paul Wall, Snoop Dogg, and Ice-T. This isn't the first time Kennedy has tackled music. In 2003's Malibu's Most Wanted, he resurrected one of his popular characters, B-Rad Gluckman, a rich Malibu kid who wants to make it in the rap world. Here, his role is funnier because he's playing a less capable version of himself. Just seven episodes long, the set includes quite a few fun special features, the best of which may be the surprisingly good "Rollin' with Saget" music video. If this were a real reality series, with Kennedy actually trying to become a rapper, it would be an uncomfortably embarrassing addition to his resume. But as a comedic piece of work, Blowin' Up gets the job done. --Jae-Ha Kim
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin Up Reviews:
freaking hilarious! 
2006-11-28 - i loved the show when it was on and love it now that its on dvd. I had family and friends from europe ask me about it.. Jaime is funny and Stu is too!
"Blowin' Up" Don't Blow 
2006-11-16 - Jamie Kennedy's success in stand-up comedy, TV and movies will have viewers wondering how real the hip-hop career of white-bread Kennedy and Jewish sidekick Stu Stone is in the reality TV show "Blowin' Up." Especially since Kennedy lovingly spoofed a white rapper in Malibu's Most Wanted. After watching an episode or two of the seven-epi season on this set, viewers will learn the music is legitimate, the duo's ambition is strong, and the show is partly fiction and partly fact. The fact that "Blowin' Up" isn't 100% real is a gift to viewers. It's better that the stars be in on the joke, too, when it comes to reality TV.
Kennedy and Stone run from East Coast to West Coast to South Coast (Florida) to get advice from rappers, producers, stars and agents, while simultaneously trying to get a record deal. Kennedy plays his perhaps real-life unassertive persona against his aggressive, beat-making, mooching partner Stone, whom Kennedy calls a Chihuahua in one scene because of his tendency to yap without end. Many of their trials and tribulations are clearly staged, as are most of the cameo conflicts.
Fans of Kennedy will adore this, as it highlights Kennedy's natural, laid-back charm in the face of rapping greatness and his hilarious annoyance at getting a contract, getting credibility, and getting his sidekick out of his face once in a while.
Of course, the show is a bit of a commercial for Kennedy and Stone's album. At their best, they rap furiously and hilariously on the level of The Bloodhound Gang on top of beats that even impress rap legends Rza, Ice T and Method Man during the show. I liked the goofy tunes so much, I bought a copy here.
DVD Extras: Serious fans get commentary from the producer, Kennedy and Stone on all seven episodes. The Internet hit music video for "Rollin' With Saget" is here. Weakest are the DVD extras that were originally marketing material: a prequel, podcasts and a CD commercial. Proving lots of funny was left on the cutting-room floor, the many deleted and extended scenes in various guises on the discs are worth a laugh or two.
