J-Live#EPs
{{short description|American rapper (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = J-Live
| background = solo_singer
| image = J-Live being interviewed in Atlanta.jpg
| caption = J-Live in an interview in 2011
| birth_name = Jean-Jacques Cadet
| alias = Justice Allah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|02|22|mf=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/j-live-mn0000105308/biography|title=J-Live - Biography|work=AllMusic|first=Martin|last=Woodside|access-date=August 20, 2014}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| genre = Hip-hop
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|disc jockey|record producer}}
| years_active = 1993–present
| label = {{hlist|Triple Threat Productions|BBE|Coup d'État|Penalty Recordings}}
| website = {{URL|realjlive.com}}
}}
Jean-Jacques Cadet (born February 22, 1976), better known by his stage name J-Live, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1772/title.j-live-speaks-as-emcee-deejay-producer-explains-bridging-gap-between-masta-ace-and-tiron|title=J-Live Speaks As Emcee, Deejay & Producer, Explains Bridging Gap Between Masta Ace And TiRon|work=HipHopDX|author=The Company Man|date=September 30, 2011|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314235115/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1772/title.j-live-speaks-as-emcee-deejay-producer-explains-bridging-gap-between-masta-ace-and-tiron|archive-date=March 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/jlive.html|title=RapReview Feature for November 1, 2005 - J-Live Interview|work=RapReviews|first=Adam|last=Bernard|date=November 1, 2005}}{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/j-live/interview/18599/|title=J-Live: Interview|work=Prefix|first=Morgan|last=Steiker|date=May 20, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/FromTheMagazine/j-live_class_is_in_session|title=J-Live, Class Is In Session.|work=Exclaim!|first=Del F.|last=Cowie|date=April 2002}}
Life and career
J-Live released his debut studio album, The Best Part, in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-part-mw0000816137|title=The Best Part - J-Live|work=AllMusic|first=Stanton|last=Swihart|access-date=December 15, 2014}} It featured production by DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Prince Paul.{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/j-live-emthe-best-partem-emall-of-the-aboveem-17553|title=J-Live: The Best Part / All Of The Above|work=The A.V. Club|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|date=April 22, 2002}} In 2002, his second studio album, All of the Above, was released on Coup D’état.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4179-all-of-the-above/|title=J-Live: All of the Above|work=Pitchfork Media|first=Brad|last=Haywood|date=April 18, 2002}} It has sold 30,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfbg.com/37/12/art_JLive.html|title=The write stuff - Rapper J-Live issues a few words, beats, and notes from the underground.|work=San Francisco Bay Guardian|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=December 18, 2002}}
J-Live's third studio album, The Hear After, was released in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/jlive-hear/|title=J-Live: The Hear After|work=PopMatters|first=Stefan|last=Braidwood|date=August 24, 2005}} In 2008, he released the fourth studio album, Then What Happened?, on BBE.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/j-live-then-what-happened-bbe/|title=J-Live, 'Then What Happened?' Review|work=Spin|first=Will|last=Dukes|date=September 18, 2008}} In 2011, he released a studio album, S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability).{{cite web|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/j-live-s-p-t-a-said-person-of-that-ability/|title=J-Live – S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability)|work=Potholes in My Blog|first=D.L.|last=Chandler|date=October 15, 2011|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215074318/http://potholesinmyblog.com/j-live-s-p-t-a-said-person-of-that-ability/|url-status=dead}}
From 1998 to 2002, J-Live served as an English teacher in Brownsville and Bushwick, Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/j-live-interview-around-the-sun/|title=J-Live Takes Another Trip Around the Sun|work=Vice|first=Skinny|last=Friedman|date=May 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215071055/http://noisey.vice.com/ja/blog/j-live-interview-around-the-sun|archive-date=December 15, 2014|url-status=live}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
- The Best Part (2001)
- All of the Above (2002)
- The Hear After (2005)
- Then What Happened? (2008)
- S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability) (2011)
- Around the Sun (2014)
- His Own Self (2015)
- How Much Is Water? (2015)
=EPs=
- Always Has Been (2003)
- Always Will Be (2003)
- Reveal the Secret (2007)
- Undivided Attention (2010)
- At the Date of This Writing (Vol. 1) (2016)
- Lose No Time (EP) (2021)
=Singles=
- "Longevity" / "Braggin' Writes" (1995)
- "Can I Get It?" (1996)
- "Jook" (1996) {{small|(with Creo-D)}}
- "Satisfied?" b/w "A Charmed Life" (2002)
- "Like This Anna" / "MCee" / "3 Out of 7" (2002)
- "Bosoms" (2003) {{small|(with Wordsworth and Soulive)}}
- "Don't Play" (2003)
- "3 Out of 7" (2003)
- "Reset the Game" (2004) {{small|(with Oktober)}}
- "Don't Get It Backwards" (2004)
- "Harder" / "Do My Thing" (2005)
- "The Upgrade" / "The Understanding" (2008)
- "No Time to Waste" / "Home or Away" (2010)
- "The Way That I Rhyme" / "Poetry in Motion" (2010)
= Guest appearances =
- Walkin' Large - "Interaction" from Self (1998)
- Handsome Boy Modeling School - "The Truth" from So... How's Your Girl? (1999)
- Peshay - "End of Story" from Miles from Home (1999)
- Masterminds - "Seven" from The Underground Railroad (2000)
- Unsung Heroes - "What Would You Do?" from Unleashed (2000)
- Lone Catalysts - "Dynomite" (2000)
- Ambivalence - "Red Light Green Light" from Electric Treatment (2000)
- Vakill - "Hip Hop Romper Room Pt. 1" and "Hip Hop Romper Room Pt. 2" from Kill Em All (2001)
- J. Rawls - "Great Live Caper" from The Essence of J. Rawls (2001)
- Asheru & Blue Black - "Trackrunners" from Soon Come... (2001)
- Rob Swift - "Sub Level" from Sound Event (2002)
- El Da Sensei - "Whatyawando?" from Relax Relate Release (2002)
- Richy Pitch - "The Lyricist" from Live at Home (2002)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff - "Break It Down" and "Charmed Life" from The Magnificent (2002)
- 7L & Esoteric - "Rules of Engagement" from Dangerous Connection (2002)
- Lifesavas - "Selector" from Spirit in Stone (2003)
- The Nextmen - "31st February" from Get Over It (2003)
- Soulive - "Azucar Remix" from Turn It Out Remixed (2003)
- Iomos Marad - "Appetite to Write" from Deep Rooted (2003)
- Oktober - "Reset the Game" from Projekt: Building (2004)
- DJ Nu-Mark - "Brand Nu Live" from Hands On (2004)
- Asamov - "Standing Room Only" from And Now... (2005)
- Da Beatminerz - "O!" from Fully Loaded w/ Statik (2005)
- Pigeon John - "The Last Sunshine" from And the Summertime Pool Party (2006)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff - "Practice" from The Return of the Magnificent (2007)
- The Quantic Soul Orchestra - "She Said What?" from Tropidélico (2007)
- Asheru - "Boogie" from 3 Stars, 2 Bars (2007)
- Apathy - "Observe the Sound" from ''Hell's Lost & Found: It's the Bootleg, Muthafu@kas! Volume 2’’ (2007)
- Dela - "I Say Peace" and "The City" from Changes of Atmosphere (2008)
- Black Grass - "Set It Straight" from Three (2008)
- Jazz Liberatorz - "Vacation" from Clin D'Oeil (2008)
- Fakts One - "Audiovisual" from Long Range (2008)
- Apathy - "This Is the Formula" from Wanna Struggle? (2009)
- Oddisee - "What's Crazy?" from Mental Liberation (2009)
- DJ JS-1 - "Too Easy" from Ground Original 2: No Sell Out (2009)
- R.A. the Rugged Man - "Give It Up" from Legendary Classics Volume 1 (2009)
- Homecut - "Time Difference" from No Freedom Without Sacrifice (2009)
- Solillaquists of Sound - "Death of the Muse" from No More Heroes (2009)
- Illus - "Magical" from Family First (2012)
- DJ Nu-Mark - "Tonight" (2012)
- CunninLynguists - "Beyond the Sun" from Strange Journey Volume Three (2014)
- Homeboy Sandman - "Enough" from Hallways (2014)
- L'Orange and Kool Keith - "The Traveler" from Time? Astonishing! (2015)
- Praverb - "Record Companies" from The Legacy (2016)
References
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External links
{{Commons category|J-Live}}
- {{Official website|www.realjlive.com}}
- {{Discogs artist|J-Live}}
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