J.S.O.U.L im on Facebook (Jsoul Black Sinatra)

Bio:

Described as Charm City's "Soul Brother number 1" J.S.O.U.L was birthed from baltimore's deep rooted music scene. Somewhere chillin between the fusion of soul,hip-hop,r&b, and the unknown is where you'll find him. A product of the longest running open mic series in baltimore "ORGANIC SOUL TUESDAYS" where he perfected his craft on stage literally right in front of the crowds eyes he has become beloved in the city of baltimore as a steady source of good music with his relentless efforts. Singing song's of inspiration, pain,pleasure,life and of course love create's the eclectic, soulful, yet funkdefied sound that he present's to the world. Releasing his first 2 demo efforts in 2001 & 2002 paved the way for his first major indie release "URBAN RETROSPECTIVE" in 2004 on the BLACKOUT STUDIOS RECORD IMPRINT. Inside it's wall's lay a body of work saturated with the production of FERTILE GROUND frontman James Collins, Joel Mills, Top Secret, and Kwesi Dawes aka (PIXEL). Now with his second national / international release the "LOVE SOLDIER" Lp J.S.O.U.L has taken the whole r&b soul hip hop thing to another dimension, beyond the normal chord changes, rim shots, and rhodes piano sounds so many claim as soul music.THE LOVE SOLDIER LP continues to recieve great reviews nationally and internationally.The CityPaper compared the album to "The kind of music that Stevie Wonder was making from the years 1971 to 1976 & compares it to the work of Bob Dylans between 1964 & 1969"-Brett Mccabe. Dusty Grooves.com calls it "An ecellent bit of soul"!!! "Music is what i call color in sonic form, you should get a visual whenever you hear it seeing shapes, images, color, and a story, along with an undeniable sense of warmth and feeling, with that being said anything that contains that is soul music becuase it touches your inner being no matter what sound it comes through" say's JSOUL. Creative production tight song writing and soul stirring vocal's seem to be the theme for this project , hey we'll leave it up to you to decide.Also releasing a street ep mixtape called "THE JROCK PROJECT" with hip-hop artist AB-ROCK contained a song that won top spot in the FORIEGN EXCHANGE OKAYPLAYER contest in 05 called "I REMEMBER" it allowed and added to the growing list of fans, critical acclaims, and works in his yet and hopefully never finished bodies of work, critical accliam is da name of the game you real artist out there know da deal, thats real talk. His effort's has also allowed him to grace the stage with various other major and indie talent's such as Ledisi , Donnie, Kindred, Raheem Devaughn , Musiq Soulchild , Fertile Ground, Anthony David, Van Hunt , Julie Dexter , Lyfe Jennings, Eric Roberson,Robin Thicke, Chrisette Michele, Bilal, Mario, Dru Hill and Dwele among other's. A fan and student of the great soul singer's and musician's past and present he search's to find balance and the right to help carry on the tradition of real. good. soulful. and meaningful music. Oh yeah you may be wondering what the acromyn j.s.o.u.l stands for well check it - jammal sing's out uv love be the meaning behind the madness. Give him a try close your eye's open ya ear's..........

Member Since:

December 28, 2005

Members:

For all things JSOUL and info on the new 2010 fall release of the "BLACK SINATRA" Lp please go to www.jsoulblacksinatra.com ... for the latest on free downloads, Show Updates and more ....

Influences:

stevie wonder, donnie hathaway, dave brubeck, al green, marvin gaye, aretha franklin,earth wind & fire, heat wave, miles davis , jackson 5 ,quincy jones, prince,hendrix,bird,monk,the beatles,curtis mayfield,electrofunk,outkast,jamariqua,gladys knight,james brown,otis redding,the temptations,rakim,the jones sisters,the pointer sisters,etta james,j-dilla, tribe called quest,de la soul,grand master flash and the ferious 5,eric clampton,the softones,kool and the gang,rick james, sade,the delfonics, the commadores,coltrane,marian anderson,mahalia,blondie,pete rock, parliment funkadelic, run d.m.c. , LL cool j ,lauryn hill , rose royce, d'angelo,soul,hip hop,rock,jazz,country,folk,blue grass, and independent art , yes yes ya'll to the beat ya'll!!!

Sounds Like:

the fusion of joy,pain, sunshine, and rain .. CDBABY LINK for JSOUL: LOVE SOLDIER LP JSOUL ALBUM RELEASES LOVE SOLDIER 08 "Blackout Studios " URBAN RETROSPECTIVE 05 "Blackout Studios" THE JROCK PROJECT 06 "Independent Release"

Record Label:

Blackout Studios