Releases from artist / Veröffentlichungen von : Jake One

3rd album from tuxedo aka mayer hawthorne and jake one. the vinyl lp comes with one-of-a-kind hand-printed silver glitter embossed cover art.

the only time you wear a tuxedo is when its time to party. so says legendary west coast player snoop dogg on the opening track of tuxedo ii. the blessing of the doggfather is of special importance to mayer hawthorne and jake one, whose second album as a duo finds them at the forefront of a new wave of gangster boogie one that owes as much to g-funk as p-funk. this is the territory of pre- and post-hydraulic low riders: a mélange of cali boom-bap, analog synth bass and elegant disco that resonates truth and authenticity in an era where so many are faking the funk

jake one’s discography reads like a who’s who list of some of the greatest and most successful artists in the history of hip hop. that’s what makes him truly unique. blurring the lines between the underground and overground. providing sonic backdrops for such incredible emcees as de la soul, scarface, freeway, mf doom, evidence, casual, elzhi, brother ali, and rakim among others, but polishing that same formula and providing records for the likes of drake, rick ross, t.i., 50 cent, snoop dogg, j cole, wale, dom kennedy, and royce 5’9”, jake one is one of the exceptions that has worked equally with both of these sides of the industry. exceptionally. “prayer hands”, a collection of instrumentals created from gospel sources, includes some of those recordings amongst others that all remind you that jake one has pretty much become the go-to producer for any major artist that wants some real hip hop shit on their album. and understandably so.

der produzent und selbsternannte perfect beat writer jake one aus seattle tritt zum ersten mal selbst ins rampenlicht und pr?entiert uns sein debutalbum >white van music< auf rhymesayers. jake one dr?kte der us-amerikanischen rap und hiphop-szene in den letzten 10 jahren vielfach seinen stempel auf. unter anderem sa?er bei produktionen von de la soul, snoop dogg, tupac und 50 cent an den reglern. somit konnte jake one seinen sound erfolgreich von den underground in die billboard top 10 charts bringen. auch die kollaborateure auf >white van music< tragen prominente namen und lassen die grenzen zwischen underground und mainstream hip hop verwischen: busta rhymes, brother ali, freeway, m.o.p. und prodigy geben sich neben vielen bekannten namen ein stelldichein auf jakes debut. auf der single-auskoppelung >trap door< ist kein geringerer als mf doom zu h?en.

taken from his album >white van music<

the only time you wear a tuxedo is when its time to party. so says legendary west coast player snoop dogg on the opening track of tuxedo ii. the blessing of the doggfather is of special importance to mayer hawthorne and jake one, whose second album as a duo finds them at the forefront of a new wave of gangster boogie one that owes as much to g-funk as p-funk. this is the territory of pre- and post-hydraulic low riders: a mŽlange of cali boom-bap, analog synth bass and elegant disco that resonates truth and authenticity in an era where so many are faking the funk