J-Live

   
Artist: J-Live

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   

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Discography:


   
 The Best Part

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Tracks: 24

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Brooklyn MC J-Live outset garnered notice with the spill of his 1995 single "Bragging Writes." Delivering his thoughtful lyrics with confidence and informality, J-Live's rapping was inviolable and his soul-inflected grooves immediately appealed to fans of metro hip-hop. A twelvemonth later he followed up with some other hit, "Hush the Crowd," and started to bring forth a palpable buzz. With tracks produced by luminaries such as Prince Paul, DJ Premier, and Pete Rock, the outlet of J-Live's full-length debut The Best Part was hotly awaited and the future looked promising for the ascendent MC. At this point, though, J-Live was incrust by a host of troubles. Amidst invariant label shambling and plagued by a series of illegal bootlegs, the spill of The Best Part was delayed for five age. There was some talk that J-Live was behind some of the bootlegs -- a few of which were of highly high quality -- and the ongoing saga became something of an subway system caption. In the meanwhile, J-Live worked as an one-eighth grade instructor in Brunswick and continued to prettify and refine his debut. He unbroken good company, making cameo appearances on hard albums like Handsome Boy Modeling School's So How's Your Girl? and J Rawls' The Essence of J Rawls. The Best Part finally enjoyed its official release in the fall of 2001. All of the Above followed one year later on, and 2003 brought a bipartite mini-LP-tribute to his early days, Always Has Been and Always Will Be.

Vinyl turns 60

Vinyl turns 60


Although analysts and nay-sayers have predicted its demise for the last half-century, the good old vinyl album simply refuses to roll over and die as hi-fi purists, DJ�s, young hipsters and simply those with a keen sense of history continue to argue its corner as the most emotionally charged and sonically-rich means of hearing your favourite tracks.
As methods of music carriage grow ever tinier and conceptual � the romance of the album becomes more compelling with the passage of time. The rituals and reminiscences attached� the artwork� the inner sleeve� the sheer size of the package � all take on potency as time passes. The limitations of the format meant that every masterwork had to come in around the 40 minute mark. Because there was no self-programming � the only running order you knew was the one that was painstakingly concocted in the studio. That�s why it�s impossible to hear �Visions� from Steve Wonder�s Innervision without waiting to hear �Living In The City� about to start. Or getting ready for �Blue Condition� to end on Disraeli Gears by Cream so you could hear �Brave Ulysses�. If you wanted to skip a track � you had to get up off your backside to move the needle on. And that of course was all part of the love affair. And now, according to Billboard � there is a growing generation who are eschewing CD altogether and plumping instead for a vinyl version and a download instead. s
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the long-playing record, Universal Music Group is proud to announce the release of 80 titles (in four batches) on much loved 30cm black vinyl across 2008; starting with the first batch of 20 titles in July 2008. All will be exact replicas of the original packages. Classics of the past sixty-years will be available again!
No mere history exercise for dewy-eyed oldies � each album contains a voucher enabling the purchaser to download MP3 versions of the songs within!
The releases begin July 19th 2008 � it�s time to embrace the past � as we march into the future!
Titles in the first batch include classics from Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Kiss, Marvin Gaye, Cream and ABBA � alongside more contemporary offerings from artists such as Eminem and Amy Winehouse.
Future releases are rumoured to include Guns n� Roses, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi, John Coltrane, The Who, Sonic Youth and many many more.
Get Back to Black.

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Portman was slated to appear opposite German actor Michael Fassbender, who will play the iconic Heathcliff in the film.

Movie bosses at Ecosse Films are said to be determined to shoot the movie on schedule and are currently searching for a replacement for Portman.

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