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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." Read Full BioJ-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/
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Get the Third
by J-Live
(*scratching of "let me tell you" from Pharcyde's "Passin' Me By"*)
[verse 1 - The Third Eye]
For the first third
I had to borrow three words from Stevie for the issue
For what it's worth I'm calling this official
To live and die for you is to live and die with you
If what we got ain't superficial or artificial
I feel at home with you if I share my dome with you
Develop your mind to understand mine and grow with you
It's hypothetical I have yet to meet you
But all it takes is time well spent alone with you
?? could move along to reach the 8th rank
To resurrect with the grace of a queen she will receive and reflect
Knowing just what I mean when I claim that I protect my useful land
like the fearless grown man that I am
With the plan to expand it's painstakin'
Like feedin' food for thought and regulatin' mental bakin'
Correcting each other when we're mistaken and debatin'
Turns to arguing but other ?? leads to the best earthquakin'
But still in all I needs no reminder
that God will be the maker and owner but not the finder
So in this wilderness I will reserve the Best Part
For each queen I meet I make it known from the start
When I tell ya like this.....
(Chorus w/ same background scratching as the intro)
"You can get the third;
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the leg or finger if deferred
Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the Leg or the Bird..."
[verse 2 - The Third Leg]
I set the speed in which you twist upon ya axis
From changing ya thoughts to turnin' over on the mattress
The fact is the culture that I practice
prescribes me the father of the civil so most muthafuckas lack this
More often than not the type of woman I attract is
lookin' to discover just another piece of steel
And you can test my heart ??
but see I can't be trapped by my magnetic field
To bring it down to earth I'm talking bout your sex appeal
You've got the good ?? and yes you know I know tha deal
Not even too concerned on who's the last and next to feel
cuz the sword that a weild sports a lubricated shield
The only problem is you never take the time to build
and then you've got the nerve to say I treat you like a freak?!
I try to chill and conversate with you but ?? don't stop
and that's my spot yo we hardly even speak
So get to know the mind behind the dick that I'm slingin'
Next time when I'm done yo try not to fall asleep
But still in all I really can't complain about ya "brain"
cuz you're the first on my mind when the time comes to creep
That's why Imma tell ya like this....
(Chorus w/ scratch of "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me")
"You can get the third;
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the leg or finger if deferred
Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the Leg or the Bird..." {*echoing*}
[verse 3 - The Third Finger]
I could've been chillin' with peeps
I should've been spending more time relaxing asleep
I woulda been pushin' up on girls like the first two
but instead I was wasting time fuckin' with you!
On some bottom line shit I know I played myself in retrospect
Givin' you the respect of a top choice select
On some "never again shit" I expect
I chalk it up to trial and error but I can't say I'm over it yet
Out of sight mind and body could've sworn you were the best of both worlds
in my eyes yo, you had no flaws
Then I learned it was to good to be true
so now my two favorite records are "Wildflower" & "Truly Yours"
I can't front though, you had me for a second
I was caught up in your words overlookin' your ways
Truth was seen but not heard you was lyin' for days
just to find yourself lost in your own damn age
Now my vision's clarified like Windex
you get the peace sign without the index
From ex to next--too complex?
I'll translate: FUCK YOU
clean bill of health still I wish I never stuck you
Claim to be my Earth but you too trife
more like Mercury you came close but too hot to sustain life
So now ya cast out far out like Pluto
three strikes through ?? but the choosen few
So Imma tell ya like this....
(Chorus w/ scratch of "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me")
"You can get the third;
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the leg or finger if deferred
Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the Leg or the Bird (*scratching of "Passin' Me By"*)
Contributed by Micah G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
by J-Live
(*scratching of "let me tell you" from Pharcyde's "Passin' Me By"*)
[verse 1 - The Third Eye]
For the first third
I had to borrow three words from Stevie for the issue
For what it's worth I'm calling this official
To live and die for you is to live and die with you
If what we got ain't superficial or artificial
I feel at home with you if I share my dome with you
Develop your mind to understand mine and grow with you
It's hypothetical I have yet to meet you
But all it takes is time well spent alone with you
?? could move along to reach the 8th rank
To resurrect with the grace of a queen she will receive and reflect
Knowing just what I mean when I claim that I protect my useful land
like the fearless grown man that I am
With the plan to expand it's painstakin'
Like feedin' food for thought and regulatin' mental bakin'
Correcting each other when we're mistaken and debatin'
Turns to arguing but other ?? leads to the best earthquakin'
But still in all I needs no reminder
that God will be the maker and owner but not the finder
So in this wilderness I will reserve the Best Part
For each queen I meet I make it known from the start
When I tell ya like this.....
(Chorus w/ same background scratching as the intro)
"You can get the third;
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the leg or finger if deferred
Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the Leg or the Bird..."
[verse 2 - The Third Leg]
I set the speed in which you twist upon ya axis
From changing ya thoughts to turnin' over on the mattress
The fact is the culture that I practice
prescribes me the father of the civil so most muthafuckas lack this
More often than not the type of woman I attract is
lookin' to discover just another piece of steel
And you can test my heart ??
but see I can't be trapped by my magnetic field
To bring it down to earth I'm talking bout your sex appeal
You've got the good ?? and yes you know I know tha deal
Not even too concerned on who's the last and next to feel
cuz the sword that a weild sports a lubricated shield
The only problem is you never take the time to build
and then you've got the nerve to say I treat you like a freak?!
I try to chill and conversate with you but ?? don't stop
and that's my spot yo we hardly even speak
So get to know the mind behind the dick that I'm slingin'
Next time when I'm done yo try not to fall asleep
But still in all I really can't complain about ya "brain"
cuz you're the first on my mind when the time comes to creep
That's why Imma tell ya like this....
(Chorus w/ scratch of "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me")
"You can get the third;
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the leg or finger if deferred
Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the Leg or the Bird..." {*echoing*}
[verse 3 - The Third Finger]
I could've been chillin' with peeps
I should've been spending more time relaxing asleep
I woulda been pushin' up on girls like the first two
but instead I was wasting time fuckin' with you!
On some bottom line shit I know I played myself in retrospect
Givin' you the respect of a top choice select
On some "never again shit" I expect
I chalk it up to trial and error but I can't say I'm over it yet
Out of sight mind and body could've sworn you were the best of both worlds
in my eyes yo, you had no flaws
Then I learned it was to good to be true
so now my two favorite records are "Wildflower" & "Truly Yours"
I can't front though, you had me for a second
I was caught up in your words overlookin' your ways
Truth was seen but not heard you was lyin' for days
just to find yourself lost in your own damn age
Now my vision's clarified like Windex
you get the peace sign without the index
From ex to next--too complex?
I'll translate: FUCK YOU
clean bill of health still I wish I never stuck you
Claim to be my Earth but you too trife
more like Mercury you came close but too hot to sustain life
So now ya cast out far out like Pluto
three strikes through ?? but the choosen few
So Imma tell ya like this....
(Chorus w/ scratch of "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me")
"You can get the third;
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the leg or finger if deferred
Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third
eye or the leg or the finger if deferred
I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word
Eye or the Leg or the Bird (*scratching of "Passin' Me By"*)
Contributed by Micah G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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