J-Zone
“Five Star Hooptie” b/w “Eatadiccup”
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J-Zone, one of NYC’s most buzzed independent MCs and producers, is on track
to issue his fourth self-released album, Sick Of Being Rich. In
the typical J-Zone style, “Five Star Hooptie,” the album’s first
single, is a simultaneously self-deprecating and self-promoting, broke-ass pimp
tale of his car (“Mooove bitch! Get out the way! / that ain’t Ludacris
playin’ when I ride / that’s just what they say!”) laid over
a well-produced mid-tempo and deeply resonant beat with a handful of carefully
looped samples. The single’s b-side, however, is what makes it worth the
cover charge. Guest rapper Celph Titled mentions that he’s 6’1”,
and he sounds like it — bombastic and commanding. The beat sports a snappy
little flute loop backed by sinister tuba stabs over a classic rough beat that
rolls with authority and lays the groundwork for J-Zone and Celph Titled to rip
the mic right.
– Max Sidman
 Record Label Old Maid Entertainment / Fat Beats Released June 2003 |
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Bio[+]J-Zone, a Queens-based producer, DJ, part-time MC and indie label owner has been putting out music on his own label, Old Maid Entertainment since his 1999 debut, Music For Tu Madre, which as it turns out, was his senior project from Purchase College in New York (Major in Music, minor in “pimpology”). J-Zone has toured the Eastern United States, Australia and various parts of Europe and the U.K., where the bulk of his fanbase resides. Other releases include 2000’s Bottle of Whup Ass, 2001’s Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes and several 12’ singles. He has produced tracks for Biz Markie, High and Mighty and Ra the Rugged Man, and his motto is: “Fuck You, Pay Me.”
– Maurice S. Teilmann (July, 2001)
Merch
- Eastern Conference All Stars III (Various Artists)
“Five Star Hooptie” b/w “Eatadiccup” (current page)- Sick of Being Rich
- We Came From Beyond Volume 2 (Various Artists)
- Fat Beats Compilation Vol. 3 (Various Artists)
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– Maurice S. Teilmann (July, 2001)
Merch
- Eastern Conference All Stars III (Various Artists)
- Sick of Being Rich
- We Came From Beyond Volume 2 (Various Artists)
- Fat Beats Compilation Vol. 3 (Various Artists)