J-Live was born and raised in Uptown Manhattan, New York City. After making… Read Full Bio ↴J-Live was born and raised in Uptown Manhattan, New York City. After making a home for himself in Brooklyn upon graduating from SUNY at Albany, J relocated to Philadelphia in 2003. "Moving to Philly was more for the family than any kind of career move. But the whole music scene here and the hip hop community here have embraced me with open arms since I arrived. I've gotten a lot of support from so many different artists and dee jays. This city is jam packed with talented and beautiful people."
J-Live started his career by releasing solid 12" such as "Longevity", "Braggin' Writes", and "Hush the Crowd", which earned him a spot in The Source's "Unsigned Hype" column.
Recorded mostly at J's own Triple Threat Studios in Philadelphia, The Hear After actually seems to have taken on a life of its own. Guest vocalist on the album, include up and coming artist, Kola Rock, Cvees, and the soulful sounds of Virgin recording artist, Dwele. The album features production by Floyd the Locsmif (Atl), Hezekiah, James Poysner (Philly), Probe DMS, Fire Dept., (NYC), Oddisee (DC), and J-Live himself. "The title is a play on words. People think of the here after as the after life or somewhere you go when you die. Like heaven or hell. Me personally, I see heaven as being at peace with yourself while you're alive. I see hell as the path you choose in life as opposed to a place you go after death. The album is called The Hear After because I'm at peace with myself musically, and I've been through hell to get that way. This is what you "hear after" all that has transpired so far. This is what I've been working to accomplish since the last album."
Like J's last two full length records, The Best Part and All of the Above, The Hear After covers a wide range of thoughts and emotions both musically and with its subject matter. "If you were to look at the whole thing, you would see a story line about an artist trying to maintain and expand his career and still be there for his family. That was the biggest struggle while making the record, and its no coincidence that it's a theme that becomes obvious listening to it. But there are songs about almost every aspect of my life from growing up in the city, to raising kids, touring heavy, building and teaching, politics, party and bullshit. I can't just spit about one thing for a whole record. That's not my style."
J-Live has been rhyming and mixing since the age of 12 but he has made much more of a name for himself as an MC than as a DJ. "I definitely focus on rhyming more. Growing up doing both it was easier on the pockets to be an MC. Records and equipment can get expensive. But I love spinning." One of the highlights of his entertaining live show is when he rhymes and beat juggles on the turntables simultaneously, performing his classic, "Braggin' Writes." J-Live is also known to produce beats.
J-Live has always used music to get his messages across. He explains, "I grew up listening to everything from BDP to NWA, to PE [[artist]Public Enemy], Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Nice and Smooth. Whether the music was pimped out, gangsta, militant or whatever, rappers had something important to say to kids like me. And I listened intently. As a 5%er, I can't imagine how much of an influence hip hop had on the way I see the world."
Case in point, J's favorite song on the album, "Audio Visual" is so descriptive it's a song "in 3-D". From the quirky, key accents to the thick-ass bottom running throughout the song, J-Live paints a colorful, picture of his life on and off the mic. "Brooklyn Public" is his ode to his days as an educator. Earlier in his career, J-Live taught middle school English/Language Arts in Brooklyn for a few years.
Making music for the walkmans as well as the Jeeps, J-Live made a mature, sonically sophisticated album. "I feel like I represent hip hop's middle class. Seems like everybody's either crying broke or screaming rich or both. I try to speak to the people in between. The everyday hard working fun loving hip hop heads."
Year Formed: 1995
Official Site: http://www.j-livemusic.com/
J-Live started his career by releasing solid 12" such as "Longevity", "Braggin' Writes", and "Hush the Crowd", which earned him a spot in The Source's "Unsigned Hype" column.
Recorded mostly at J's own Triple Threat Studios in Philadelphia, The Hear After actually seems to have taken on a life of its own. Guest vocalist on the album, include up and coming artist, Kola Rock, Cvees, and the soulful sounds of Virgin recording artist, Dwele. The album features production by Floyd the Locsmif (Atl), Hezekiah, James Poysner (Philly), Probe DMS, Fire Dept., (NYC), Oddisee (DC), and J-Live himself. "The title is a play on words. People think of the here after as the after life or somewhere you go when you die. Like heaven or hell. Me personally, I see heaven as being at peace with yourself while you're alive. I see hell as the path you choose in life as opposed to a place you go after death. The album is called The Hear After because I'm at peace with myself musically, and I've been through hell to get that way. This is what you "hear after" all that has transpired so far. This is what I've been working to accomplish since the last album."
Like J's last two full length records, The Best Part and All of the Above, The Hear After covers a wide range of thoughts and emotions both musically and with its subject matter. "If you were to look at the whole thing, you would see a story line about an artist trying to maintain and expand his career and still be there for his family. That was the biggest struggle while making the record, and its no coincidence that it's a theme that becomes obvious listening to it. But there are songs about almost every aspect of my life from growing up in the city, to raising kids, touring heavy, building and teaching, politics, party and bullshit. I can't just spit about one thing for a whole record. That's not my style."
J-Live has been rhyming and mixing since the age of 12 but he has made much more of a name for himself as an MC than as a DJ. "I definitely focus on rhyming more. Growing up doing both it was easier on the pockets to be an MC. Records and equipment can get expensive. But I love spinning." One of the highlights of his entertaining live show is when he rhymes and beat juggles on the turntables simultaneously, performing his classic, "Braggin' Writes." J-Live is also known to produce beats.
J-Live has always used music to get his messages across. He explains, "I grew up listening to everything from BDP to NWA, to PE [[artist]Public Enemy], Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Nice and Smooth. Whether the music was pimped out, gangsta, militant or whatever, rappers had something important to say to kids like me. And I listened intently. As a 5%er, I can't imagine how much of an influence hip hop had on the way I see the world."
Case in point, J's favorite song on the album, "Audio Visual" is so descriptive it's a song "in 3-D". From the quirky, key accents to the thick-ass bottom running throughout the song, J-Live paints a colorful, picture of his life on and off the mic. "Brooklyn Public" is his ode to his days as an educator. Earlier in his career, J-Live taught middle school English/Language Arts in Brooklyn for a few years.
Making music for the walkmans as well as the Jeeps, J-Live made a mature, sonically sophisticated album. "I feel like I represent hip hop's middle class. Seems like everybody's either crying broke or screaming rich or both. I try to speak to the people in between. The everyday hard working fun loving hip hop heads."
Year Formed: 1995
Official Site: http://www.j-livemusic.com/
Cold Currents
J-Live Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by J-Live:
3 Out of 7 Not the type to crash out I just took the trash…
9000 Miles [stroke] [stroke] [stroke] [stroke] [stroke] [stroke] [strok…
A Charmed Life Africa Port-Au-Prince Knoxville Anvan Manhattan South Bend A…
After After midnight We're gonna let it all hang out After midnigh…
All In Together Now Gonna, gonna, gonna-gonna-gonna blaze the cold rock stuff Y…
All of the Above Yo yo yo Right about now your mind is mine and…
All OF Ya'll You hating ass niggas, fuck all of y'all We go ham…
Always Will Be Here now, we’re walking in healing Once bound, we’re living …
As I Start Sarah teaches yoga every night of the week Desmond's got to…
Be No Slave It's just an unexplainable feeling It's like it's just meant…
Be Still Peace What's up baby? It's Ambrose in this bitch and uh I'm bout…
Blackout Eighty-six, too adjacent to the places where his kids would…
Braggin Writes For underground metaphors You can scrape an inch below the t…
Braggin' Writes Revisited For underground metaphors You can scrape an inch below the …
Braggin’ Writes For underground metaphors You can scrape an inch below the t…
Brooklyn Public Part 1 It's dedicated to Bed-Stuy It's representing of Brownsvil…
Can I Get It Verse 1 ------- It was a summer mornin' at the age of…
City To City Ridin' through the city, bands all on me Got your diamond…
Coming Home I've always been a-roamin' round this world And I've never c…
Do My Thing Imma do my thing thing Imma do it right right Imma get…
Do That S Yo, I'm just shooting the breeze with carbon dioxide That ne…
Don't Get It Backwords Why don’t we have a say Where’s the world at today It’s…
Don't Play You over did it homes (laughing) (Chorus) Don't play ga…
Epilogue [** scratched **] "What does it take" "to be a great" "MC…
Feel Like Spittin' The lights on your car Burn a hole in the dark You…
Feel This この街に 今年もまた 鐘の音(ね)が響く 足早に過ぎ去ってく カレンダー見つめてた 曇り空が晴れてくように 気づけば そ…
First Things First [kid giggles] [Kid 1 (Kid 2):] We...just gonna get our s…
From Scratch Double cup with the codein Endless blocks Filled with dope …
Get It Together Verse 1 ------- It was a summer mornin' at the age of…
Get the Third (*scratching of "let me tell you" from Pharcyde's …
Got Me Thinking Oh oh whoa I Yi Yi, Yi yeah I Yi, Yi,…
Got What It Takes Ayo, calling all hot college radio spots I'm coming to your…
Happy Belated [Verse 1] Unforceable, invincible, atypical, enter this ven…
Harder Sorry im not a scholar Wish that i was Smarter Wish that…
Here So will you save me if I fell (fell)? Will you…
Home or Away The leaves change colors once again Another rotation around …
Home Or Away Remix Caught in the nightlight Attraction in the dark My primetime…
How Real It Is [talking] Yeah... ladies and gentlemen... Know what time it …
Hush the Crowd Verse 1: MC's out there how deep does the underground get? D…
I Am A Man If a picture is a 1, 000 words Has it occurred Cause…
I Just Don't Penny for your thoughts And here's a dollar, that's to keep…
Interlude 1 She only ever walks to count her steps Eighteen strides and…
Interlude 2 You called and said you on the way You said you…
Intro What Zeus had kept inside the box Broke loose from…
It Don't Stop Just a small town girl Livin' in a lonely world She took…
Kick it to the Beat Let’s see what I can do about ol’ Oh snap! Yo…
Like This Anna (Background:) It's like this, Anna, it's like that, Anna It'…
Listening Kola Rock: I'm listenin' to Loni Listen Smith Loni Listen L…
Longevity With or without the mic when my mind gets phonetic The…
Lyricist Dear diary, here I be droppin' some shit But not journals…
MCee [J-Live] Straight from New York where black music was moder…
Money Matters Your world my world same shit different day Different shit …
Music From the I-95 to the Autobahn I dig grooves and rhyme…
Nights Like This Ooh, yeah, you're living in your zone Ooh, comes through on…
No Doubt Gotta try to get you right now, baby right now Get…
No Time To Waste Ay The devil kicked me out of hell cause I'm a…
Ole Otetaan kuppii nuotiolla Lumme kukkii on hyvä olla Olla nuo…
Once Upon A Mic Im legendary Super scary You a fairy That's ordinary But…
One for the Griot I like how, when you turn the intercom up Like all…
One To 31 To everything there is a season, a time for every…
Pay It Forward Here we go again Enough with that old man Constant put downs…
Peace Be Still What's up baby? It's Ambrose in this bitch and uh I'm bout…
Peep My Words Battling my thoughts got me caught up in my words I…
Play I know you're in love Cah me have di MAC with…
Poetry In Motion Body In Motion…
Practice They say practice what you preach But if the preacher don't…
R.A.G.E. (Chorus) The rule of Allah is God's equality Desire for my…
Raw Footage Yo P Lemmi get in my zone Lemmi get in my zone Black…
Red Light Green Light I be vibin with a shorty, and she jus gave…
Satisfied Hey yo Lights, camera, tragedy, comedy, romance You better d…
School's In Welcome to the voice response registration system of True S…
Shiesty I Was Down And No1 Cared Ain’t Show No Love, Till I…
Simmer Down It's hot right now And I'm Floridian But this type of…
Step In The Arena Healing in three steps Discuss Exhale Sleep…
Stir of Echoes [Verse 1] Ayo, the hotter the summer, the cooler the fall …
Super Good This lil mama Oooh This lil mama Ohhhh This lil mama Na oooh…
That's Them Not Bring it in Once upon a time there was a brotha…
The 4th 3rd Can't even call this a blues song It's been so long Neithe…
The Authentic Well if it isnt that outbreak monkey for the latest…
The Best Part {*scratched: "Hip Hop"*} [J-Live] MC's out there,…
The Day I Fell Off Down the close darkening lanes they sang their way To the…
The Incredible I've had some problems Some great and some small You being…
The Lyricist Dear diary, here I be droppin' some shit But not journals…
The Me And You 네가 보고 싶은 오늘 같은 날이면 머릿속을 비우려고 애를 써봐도 잘 지내고…
The Sidewalks (Verse 1) {J-Live} Yo, I grew up on the chill…
The Upgrade Как получить Upgrade upgrade updgrade Ехала сэлэбрэйт (Сэлэб…
The Way That I Rhyme You know life is funny When you look at it everbody Wants…
The Zone (Where's my safe zone?) (Let me know, if you know) (Where's …
Them That's Not Bring it in Once upon a time there was a brotha…
Timeless (Verse 1) My style has no birth record You might know when…
Travelling Music From the I-95 to the Autobahn I dig grooves and rhyme…
True School Anthem [Verse One] Yo I rock shit like this to leave skid…
Untitled You ready, killer? Tell me when you're ready One, two, one, …
Watch Sun Watch Taking taking take off your clothes Oh no, oh no no,…
Wax Paper Check, turn up my mic a little Yeah, a little more,…
We Are La, la, la, la, la (hey, hey) La, la, la, la,…
What Up We got another one yo I ain’t ever suss We the ones…
What You Holdin' Do you hear what I hear? Do you hear what I…
What You Holdin'? 눈을 감아 넌 답답해 입을 닫아 난 몰라 작은 표현…
Who Do You Call Warning, MC's stand back You better take a chill and observe…
Whoever Am I dreaming? (Wake up!) To whoever finds this message I …
Yes It goes one for you, one for me Two for you,…
Yes! La, la, la, la, la (hey, hey) La, la, la, la,…
You Out There 힘껏 안은 두 팔이 느슨해 질 때 더 힘껏 내게로 안기는 애타게…
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