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Have You Met Miss Jones?: The Life and Loves of Radio's Most Controversial Diva

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3 star:		(6)
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1 star:		(8)

 

 

Ya know...I really do expect BETTER details from a tell-all memoir.

Before I start, I would like to know if it's possible for the folks who manage this site to allow us to rate a book 0? This book doesn't even deserve the honor and the privilege of being rated a "1".

Tarsha Jones' book is a joke, plain and simple. It makes Karrine Steffan's "autobiography" a true work of art.

This DJ chick goes on and on about how Doug E Fresh dogs her out, how Busta Rhymes LITERALLY busted her out (sexually) because of how WELL ENDOWED he was...oh and how quick he was in the sack..and how selfish he was afterwards...*sigh*, how Allen Iverson tried to get a piece, how a rival DJ at her radio station had it out for her, how her babydaddy wouldn't act right...oh woe is her! Playing the victim MUST be the modus operandi for these female human semen receptacles. Blame everyone else for dogging them but not taking responsiblity for the piss poor decisions they make.

My thing about these "true" memoirs is this: Why the hell do these chicks keep making bad decision after bad decision? Why write about it? Surely they're not doing this to help out the next young girl or for "release therapy" and ...don't these chicks have EDITORS to spellcheck before publishing? This book was so poorly written I would have guessed an 11 year old penned it. Also, the pics. I mean...isn't Ms. Jones OBESE? Why all the old pics of her? Show the new ones, with those elephantine sized hamhocks for thighs rubbing against one another or that quadruple chin. Show those. Why didn't she mention how she is OBSESSED with Beyonce Knowles? I mean the chick HAS to have posters with dart holes in them plastered all over her house. Why not mention that? Why not mention how JEALOUS she is of RnB singers who made it big while her one little single hardly got any fan fare. Oh I see...because she couldn't be the VICTIM. Typical.

THANK God I didn't plop down one red cent to buy this crap. I would have been more entertained eating a cabbage/collard green cocktail and listening to my butt bellow out a trumpet-like symphony in an crowded elevator.

It would have been less painful too.

I was HIGHLY disappointed in this book, as much as Miss Jones talks about people on a day to day basis, she couldn't come any better then this??? The vocabulary and wording in this book can be read by a first grader with attention deficit disorder. As they would be the only ones to understand her inconsistent thoughts about nothing in particular or importance.


How is it that you have a career in broadcasting, reporting news and events, yet have difficulty sticking to a single thought in your own book?? Jones jumped from one period in her life to another then right back to what she was originally talking about. Confused.... you should be that's how the entire book was written.

As she talk's about other peoples insecurites and what they've failed to accomplish, when 80% of this book was dedicated to people's so called misconceptions of her. I'm sure miss OHH WELLLL has heard the saying "NEVER DEFEND A LIE". Yet this book was dedicated to defending the lies spread to discredit her. If it weren't true why focus so much attention on it???

Miss "OH WELLLL" focused so much on star and wendy, leaves one to ask themself why are you STILL mad, if you have the #1 morning show? Wendy is in a different time slot, and star did himself in over a year ago. If you feel you are on top of your game and you are unstoppable, why feel the need to air one sided opinions, as you hopelessly brag about your unstable attempts at singing, and radio?

This book better helped me understand why Miss Jones always down plays people in the morning with her constant negativity. She has nothing to be happy about in her own life. Out of all you've been through with men dogging you out and taking advantage of your low self esteem and worth. A singing career that never blossomed, and the career you've stumbled upon in radio. What truly was the point in writing this book?. It's as if Miss Jones felt the need to hear yourself speak, what no one would care to listen too during her morning show.

Love Miss Jones, but I believe I set my expectations a bit too high for this book. As an avid reader, this book lacked the ability to keep my attention. I often found myself jumping around and skipping certain sections because the story was either too long and drawn out or simply lacked the ability to appeal to me.

I do commend her however, for being able to overcome and make it in the difficult industry of radio.

I listen to Miss Jones on NY radio every morning, and have really come to like her personality. However, this book was poorly written. There were grammatical errors, and little to no plot/character development. I would not buy another book by Miss Jones. Comparably, I am now reading The Wendy Williams Experience (another radio host's book) and am enjoying the style as well as content.

Because I am not from the N.Y. area I don't have the pleasure of listening to Miss Jones morning show, but when I saw her book in Waldenbooks and read some of the reviews I must admit that I was immediately intrigued by this woman that people loved to hate. Tarsha Jones took on an enormous task of baring her naked soul to the world, a big feat for a woman that is judged by million of listeners daily. Could I have written such a moving autobiography, I don't think so. It takes a real woman to admit her role in her failed relationships and career moves, then share with the world what she has learn from her past and how to move the hell on. I commend Miss Jones for being the woman that so many of us wish we could be! If you think you know her just from listening to her morning show then you are sadly mistaken. What starts off as a slow read that's a little ruff around the edges in the beginning picks up speed and smooths out into a fascinating story that captivates the reader as one of the most powerful women in radio takes you on a roller coaster ride that is called her life.

Good thing I sat in Borders and read this TRASH! I could use THAT $21 for a nice steak! I have listened to tidbits of her show and frankly I'm not impressed. I see why she's so bitter: Look at her past--broken home, poverty stricken home, bad parents ect. You would think after going through all that she would have actually made something of herself!!! Miss Jones spends too much time in this book bashing those who she despises or those who have hurt her. ARE YOU OVER IT?!?!? My biggest surpise of the book?!?!? That she was ever an "artist." I mean, she spent too much time talking about her "label to label" shift. I guess you weren't THAT HOT because I've never heard any of it. After reading it, I downloaded the song from some b-list site and LMAO. Jones note to self: Your singing=your comments about Beyonce's acting. And as far as being hurt by men--you put yourself in those positions: MEN KNOW WHO TO WIFE and who not to. My prediction: Jones career over in 5 years and you will be able to find this book at the $1 Store. STICK IT OUT 'TIL THEN.

The two star rating I'm giving this book is even generous. Once again, the plot is the same as with most "tell all" books by these former groupies who love to coin themselves as anything but.

Tarsha Jones was a simple "star effer" (pardon my french) who hoped to gain a music career from her activities. Loaded with the hope that she would be a star one day, she rode the coat tails of these men and became bitter when the plan didn't pan out as planned. In fact like Karrine Stephens author of "Confessions of a Video Vixen" Jones' account of the affairs she has with these stars seem very delusional and once sided.

I'm not sure how one could have percieved love or the possibility of committment from men like Doug E. Fresh and Busta Rhymes based on their actions. Based on her side Doug E. basically swept her off her feet at one point, bought her a car, put her up in an apartment and "promised" to be with her. While he recently impregnated BOTH of his "babies mommas."

I believe there was certainly more to the story and more than likely she was being kept in return for basic sexual favors and fantasies. Doug had the means and Jones had the need.

The relationship with Busta sounds a bit sketchy in my opinion as well. I'm not quite sure how one could be surprised or hurt that a man who prefered to pretend he didn't know you in public wouldn't think enough of you to offer you more than just a bite of the sandwhich that he made for himself after sex. Both men discarded Jones as they pleased because the simple fact is that she was expendable. All groupies are. Is that surprising? Well...Newsflash! Here on earth where most of us reside, this is common knowledge Miss Jones :)

While I found most of the book to be somewhat interesting, the material was very disorganized and seemed to jump very quickly to unrelated topics at any given moment.

Her criticisms of stars such as Mary J. Blige and Monica fell on deaf ears with me. After blasting Mary for sounding "depressed" and Monica for trying to appeal to the "youngins" with her new single (Every time the beat drops).

Tarsha goes on to defend her right to dislike any song she wants toward the end of the hodge podge of pages that mimick the adult version of a real novel.

Frankly I believe the industry knew her singing ability was "average" at best. The music industry along with fans of R&B had the right to dislike her songs. Weak sales and constant drops from labels proves this.

Throughout the book she peppers paragraphs with blame, weakly defending the reasons her music career never took off. After reading these excuses throughout the book, I decided to research the song she nearly forced down the readers throat as being a "hit." The name of the song was (Where I Want To Be Boy). While listening I took into account that the song was made in the 90's so the arrangement of the song was understandably primative compared to today's studio techniques. Even with that, Tarsha was weak and average.

While I personally make no serious judgements on the life Tarsha Jones AKA "Miss Jones" has made for herself I believe she is a bitter former groupie who was lucky that someone though enough of her to open the door even a crack so she could get her foot in the door.

I was curious about the life of Tarsha Jones since she "blew up" as a morning dj on a Philly radio station. I'd never heard of her before then and had no idea that she'd been a recording artist. The book was entertaining enough - I managed to read it in one day ( a work day at that!).

Her musings about her family laid an interesting foundation but then the immediate jump into her high school troubles and the drawn out stories of female beatdowns was truthful but odd in that it went on & on & on. I really enjoyed her brief recountings of going to a performing arts high school and her college experiences but the drama with her boyfriends revealed "TMI" that I found tedious & repetitious.

Her music industry experiences were also interesting WHEN SHE DISCUSSED THE BUSINESS aspect. Her romances left me puzzled - I mean, I know that these female "tell-alls" feel that name-dropping is the only way to pique readers' interest but her experiences left me feeling judgemental about her and wondering WHY she kept repeating the same mistakes with different (but ultimately the same) unavailable men.

I really enjoyed reading about her move into disc jockying and loved her accounts of working in Philly - she really was a breath of fresh air to morning radio for a time.

I'd recommend this book if you're looking for a quick read & are curious about Miss Jones' early years & how she'd gotten to where she is today.

This book for the most part was a pretty boring read. It started off very boring and she really did not have much "exciting" or "interesting" happen in her life, in my opinion. Towards then end when she dished on how Jay-Z can rap but has no social skills at all and how she went off on Tina Knowles, Beyonce's mom, that was funny. Other than that, this book sucked really bad!

A poorly written book makes for a very boring read. I actually expected better from someone who has so much to say. She could have told her story in a better way to make us actually care about Miss Jones but after reading this rehash of failed "romances", I couldn't care less!!!