The Fresh Prince wants the world to love him again, writes Fiona Sturges. But he’s going about it the wrong way, with the most tortured career resurrection in recent times

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    11 hours ago

    He thinks he’s still 20 years old in Miami in the 90s. He has no appreciation for the fact that he has changed and rap has changed. No one wants to hear a creepy old man singing about offering jetskis to get with girls at a club.

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      I think when he was rapping, it was always a watered down pop, gentle version anyway. That was fine, because it was fun. Music doesn’t have to be meaningful. But as you say, there is no growth there.

      He’s tri d a few times to have growth in his acting, chasing the Oscar. However, his strength was the smart talking kid who thinks he knows better, but gets schooled by life only to learn a life lesson.

      Fresh prince, MIB. They were awesome.

      Ali, not so much.