MP3: J-Zone
A new J-Zone record will be available soon from Fat Beats and if you are currently unfamiliar with the multi-talented DJ, MC and producer you are probably in good company. With fellow triple threat J-Live, producers J-Walk and J Majik (old Metalhedz crew) all in the underground lexicon (and Jay-Z, Jay Dee etc.), it's easy to get confused -- in name only. The Westchester-bred, Queens-based J-Zone differentiates himself from the other J's with a balanced mix of humor, biting social insight and the musicality that results when a hip-hop producer looks beyond the genre for inspirtation. While he relies on a similar appetite for raw beats and stripped down production like Madlib, J-Zone focuses less on the dusty grooves of Sixties and Seventies 45's and raids what can only be an extensive collection of funk vinyl (and Flip Wilson records).
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