--- description: The Fresh Prince is back title: Watch Will Smith and Jimmy Fallon Beatbox 'It Takes Two' Using an iPad App image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Will Smith and Jimmy Fallon Beatbox 'It Takes Two' Using an iPad App by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2015 3:42 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 6, 2015 3:42 PM CUT Will Smith is a man of many talents. After all, the Hollywood superstar got his start rapping as The Fresh Prince, but in recent years he’s become a mega movie star and left the music game up to his kids, [Willow](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/07/willow-smiths-whips-some-sand-back-and-forth-in-21st-century-girl-video/ "undefined") and [Jaden](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/18/jaden-smith-recommends-dropping-out-of-school/ "undefined"). But on Thursday night, _The Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon convinced Smith to remind the world of his mad skills. “You’re a famous rapper, and I’m a classically trained beatboxer, so I want to try something fun with you here,” Fallon told Smith, before pulling out an iPad app that loops vocal tracks. Smith and Fallon go on to build a song out of layered sounds (don’t expect the same results at home, kids) and soon Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s 1998 rap classic “It Takes Two” emerged from the iPad. That’s when Smith and Fallon took their show over to main stage for the Roots to take the song from a novelty to a full-on jam. Smith hasn’t released an album since 2005’s _Lost and Found,_ but seeing him rap again made us hope he would pick up the mic again soon. ### Biopic Actors and Their Real-Life Counterparts  Meryl Streep plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Suffragette Focus; Topical Press Agency/Getty Images  Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs in Steve Jobs Universal; Bob Riha Jr—Getty Images  Ellen Page plays Stacie Andree in Freeheld Lionsgate; Tom Spader—AP  Joseph Gordon Levitt plays Philippe Petit in The Walk Sony Pictures; Dave Pickoff—AP  Johnny Depp plays James 'Whitey' Bulger in Black Mass Warner Brothers; AP  André Benjamin plays Jimi Hendrix in All Is By My Side Patrick Redmond—XLrator Media; Photoshot/Getty Images  Adrien Brody plays Harry Houdini in Houdini. History Channel; Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Chadwick Boseman plays James Brown in Get On Up. 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Summit Entertainment; Raymond Boyd—Getty Images _Read next:_ [_Watch Jimmy Fallon Sing the Tonight Show Version of Fresh Prince Theme_](http://time.com/3693529/jimmy-fallon-fresh-prince/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3698687/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-beatbox-it-takes-two/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3698687/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-beatbox-it-takes-two/"},"headline":"Watch Will Smith and Jimmy Fallon Beatbox 'It Takes Two' Using an iPad App","datePublished":"2015-02-06T15:42:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:04.465Z","description":"The Fresh Prince is back","url":"https://time.com/3698687/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-beatbox-it-takes-two/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon","will smith"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3698687/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-beatbox-it-takes-two/","name":"Watch Will Smith and Jimmy Fallon Beatbox 'It Takes Two' Using an iPad App"}}]}] ```