J-Live

Anyone who knows me..knows my writings are heavily influenced by this man. Quite simply one of the best MC's ever. He sounds chill, he has elite vocabulary skills and he can dish out a severe verbal beating.

"The ends stay revealed while the means I conceal
And those who try to steal get decapitated
You wanna snatch my H2O type flow, but its evaporated
and my potential increases at a rate that's exponential
It's detrimental questionning my thesis
The penetration's exact, like amniocentesis
I rip your rhyme to pieces after draining out your fluid
My vocab is fluent, yours is evident of being truant"
-Can I Get It-'96

J-Live, hailing from Brooklyn , was first noticed in 1995 with the release of the single "Bragging Writes."
When He dropped Hush the Crowd -'96..although the sales weren't earth shattering, he was recognized as one of the hottest underground MC's.

He recorded The Best Part in '97--it was never released..but bootlegged..and then released in 2001. J-live switched careers and became a junior highschool English teacher ..his album blew up among the underground hip hop community.

All Of the Above in 2002.. was a great album and his name had earned much respect..he worked on tracks with Handsome Boy Modelling School. In 2003, Always Has Been was released..it contains classics and tracks that established his reputation as one of the best MC's ever. Production is rocky at times but J's mic skills surpass any musical limitations.


J-Live Discography

The Hear After 2005
Don't Get It Backwards/Keep Steppin/ From Sunset 2004
Always Has Been 2003
A Blow to the State 2003
All of the Above 2002
Best Part 2001
Hush The Crowd 1996


Listen:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j9ieja

The Lyricist

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jhc8jo

Wax Paper

http://www.sendspace.com/file/f4dkqi

A Charmed life