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Nothing and everything at the same time
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$LEAZY LI$TENING! LINKS TO ORDER SELECT TITLES BELOW IN ITUNES (FOR HIP FOLKS) AND ON CD (FOR DINOSAURS LIKE ME).
Title: J-Zone Remixes Vol. 1-Hi Top Fade Not Included (2008) Purchase on Hiphopsite.com
.. Title: J-Zone presents...The Analog Catalog (2001-2007) Purchase on iTunes
Title: To Love A Hooker-The Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006) Purchase on iTunes
Title: Experienced!!! (2006)
Title: The Bo$$ Hog Barbarian$-Every Hog Has Its Day (2006) Purchase on iTunes
Title: Gimme Dat Beat Fool-The J-Zone Remix Project (2005)
Title: A Job Ain’t Nuthin But Work (2004) Purchase on Hiphopsite.com
Title: $ick Of Bein Rich (2003) Purchase on Hiphopsite.com
Title: Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes (2001) Purchase on Hiphopsite.com
Title: A Bottle Of Whup Ass-The EP (2000) Purchase on iTunes
Title: Music For Tu Madre (1998) Purchase on iTunes
THE MINI-STORE BODEGA!!!
AND FOR THOSE THAT STILL LIKE TO READ LINER NOTES AND PLACE MY CDs ON THEIR COFFEE TABLES SO THE WET BEER BOTTLES WON'T STAIN THEM, ORDER THESE J-ZONE TITLES (FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED IN PRICES). To order title(s), paypal appropriate amount to chiefchinchilla@gmail.com , put the album title in the subject and provide mailing address. Paypal's "buy now" buttons haven't been getting along with myspace...at least not with my myspace.
J-ZONE REMIXES VOL. 1: *HI-TOP FADE NOT INCLUDED ($8 INDIVIDUALLY OR FREE W/ PURCHASE OF ANY ONE OF THE 3 TITLES BELOW. JUST SPECIFY "FREE REMIXES" IN YOUR E-MAIL WHEN ORDERING ANOTHER TITLE TO RECEIVE.)
J-ZONE: TO LOVE A HOOKER- THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ($12)
J-ZONE & CELPH TITLED ARE...THE BO$$ HOG BARBARIAN$: EVERY HOG HAS ITS DAY ($12)
J-ZONE: GIMME DAT BEAT FOOL- THE J-ZONE REMIX PROJECT ($12)
Just cause I make music don't mean I ain't a fan, these right here be some of my favorites!
About J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA: LIVE @ THE LIQUA STO
ORDER J-ZONE PRESENTS...CHIEF CHINCHILLA: LIVE @ THE LIQUA STO ON LIMITED EDITION CD HERE! AN ALBUM FULL OF MALT LIQUOR COMMERCIALS PRODUCED BY J-ZONE AND FEATURING PRINCE PAUL, RA THE RUGGED MAN, E-SWIFT (OF THA ALKAHOLIKS), CELPH TITLED, LOUIS LOGIC, POISON PEN, AL-SHID, AMMBUSH (OAKLAND FADERS), CRAZY DJ BAZARRO, BREEZE BREWIN (OF THE JUGGAKNOTS), CREYESEIS (JAMAICAN MC) & MORE!!!! INSTRUMENTALS INCLUDED AS A BONUS (INSTRUMENTALS NOT AVAILABLE ON ITUNES/DIGITAL VERSION).
To order limited edition CD with instrumentals (free worldwide shipping included), paypal $13.00 to chiefchinchilla@gmail.com, put LIQUA STO in the subject and provide mailing address. Paypal's "buy now" buttons haven't been getting along with myspace...at least not with my myspace.
or
YOU DIGITAL PEOPLE CAN... PURCHASE ON iTUNES
J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA MUSIC VIDEO: "CAN I GET A SIP?"
J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA MUSIC VIDEO: "BOSS HOG EGG NOG"
J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA: LIVE @ THE LIQUA STO ALBUM TRAILER PART 1 of 4- WHITE CASTLE TASTE TEST!!!
J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA: LIVE @ THE LIQUA STO ALBUM TRAILER PART 2 of 4- J-ZONE INTERVIEW
J-ZONE & CHIEF CHINCHILLA: LIVE @ THE LIQUA STO ALBUM TRAILER PART 3 of 4- BLUETOOTH, BEEPERS & BASKETBALL
J-ZONE @ UNDERGROUND HIPHOP.COM IN BOSTON (INTERVIEW PT.1)
J-ZONE @ UNDERGROUND HIPHOP.COM IN BOSTON (INTERVIEW PT.2)
J-ZONE "TITTIES" ROUTINE AT SCION BEAT BATTLE
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J-ZONE & GNARLS BARKLEY LIVE AT CBGB'S (FINAL NYC J-ZONE RAP SHOW)
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DIRK NOWITZKI AIN'T GOT A PIMP SLAP BONE IN HIS BODY
MY CHILDHOOD HERO (SHO NUFF) IN ACTION!!!!!!
ABOUT J-ZONE:
1992.
J-ZONE BIO
Before I made records that critics loved to hate or ignore, I walked around with a hi-top fade and a walkman that I never took off, even in school. After a short summer internship at Power Play Studios in Queens (where I watched Large Professor work on albums for Akinyele and Roxanne Shante) and listening to the sounds of producers like 45 King, Bomb Squad, DJ Pooh, DJ Muggs, Mr. Mixx and Pete Rock, I was convinced I wanted to make beats...and a career in the unstable world of rap!
My childhood dream of playing bass in a funk band died after the jheri curl went outta style. I got an SP-1200 and started making home demos. 2 years later, in 1994, I met Vance Wright (Slick Rick’s DJ) who had a studio up in New Rochelle, NY. I started interning/ engineering there at age 17. I learned the basics of engineering and brushed up on my beat making techniques...all while running gofer errands to get Greg Nices turkey sandwiches while he worked on Nice-N-Smooths Jewel of the Nile LP. Grand Puba was there working on his 2000 LP as well. I produced my first joint for Preacher Earl (down with Nice-N-Smooth) called "Fool I Got Your Back" that came out in 1995 and got paid $100. Ballin’!
My college senior project was called Music For Tu Madre, an album that eventually became my debut release on my upstart Old Maid Entertainment label in 1999. I followed up with A Bottle Of Whup Ass-The EP (2000), Pimps Dont Pay Taxes (2001), $ick Of Bein Rich (2003) and A Job Ain’t Nuthin' But Work (2004). I also released the Gimme Dat Beat Fool! Remix Project, Experienced!!! ( a Hendrix tribute), Remixes Vol. 1: *Hi-Top Fade Not Included and a few other limited edition concept based side projects over years. 2006 saw the release of The Bo$$ Hog Barbarian$...Every Hog Has Its Day (an album with longtime collaborator Celph Titled) and To Love A Hooker: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (an instrumental soundtrack to a movie I conceived that doesn't really exist). I no longer MC or record albums because I‘m too old, but that doesn't mean my alter-ego, Chief Chinchilla, doesn't. I produced his debut album, Live @ The Liqua Sto, in 2008. A hilarious collection of minute long malt liquor commercials, Live @ The Liqua Sto is my most recent project and was inspired by the cult classic St. Ides Malt Liquor commercials of the early 1990's.
I'm best known as a producer, and all of my albums were self-produced. I’ve worked with Biz Markie, E-40, Sadat X, Lil Fame (M.O.P), Lonely Island, Akinyele, Tha Alkaholiks, Devin The Dude, King T, Casual, ESHAM, Louis Logic, Prince Po, Vast Aire, RA the Rugged Man, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, MF Grimm, The Juggaknots, Mr. Lif and many more. I've also collaborated with Da Beatminerz, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Danger Mouse & Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley) and Large Professor as an MC, DJ and studio engineer. As a DJ, I’ll always be known for my humorous and theme based Gator$-n-Fur$ mix shows with Chief Chinchilla (download all 16 of them for FREE in my blog section or at ughh.com) and my politically incorrect Ign’ant Mix CD series. But, I also play disco, funk, hip hop classics, new jack swing and breaks when the crowd behaves and I'm in a good mood.
I completely retired from rapping, but when I did it I didn't freestyle and I was known for vulgarity, brutally honest social commentary and crude subject matter, but always all in fun. I've done shows, tours and DJ gigs from all across the US, to Australia and throughout Europe...and picked up a lotta passport stamps. I've also partnered up with longtime friend/peer DJ Sheep of Australia to form our DJ crew, Extra Chee$e. Senior citizens and those with a sense of humor found me pretty amusing, but the rest of the world hated me. Thanks for your support! I also had my own column dedicated solely to that niche of obscure foul filthy rap (Ign'ant) which had 2 and 1 year runs in Hip Hop Connection (UK) and Elemental magazines, respectively. Speaking of hip hop journalism, my take on the music biz in blog form (in 2007) was recently published in a textbook called Common Culture: 6th Edition (Prentice Hall Pub.) Besides the selective DJing, I'll hook up a beat now and then and do most of my work behind the scenes for things you probably wouldn't know about, nor care to. I even teach music at a college part time! Rap is a young man's game and I'm changing as a person, so it's time to stay behind the scenes or move on. I love music but I always hated the music business, so f*ck it!
I currently live with my beloved Grandmother Evil E (she's on 3 of my album covers) in Jamaica Queens, NY. I can usually be found going to the store for her with a pocket full of coupons or at the house watchin Sports Center all day and waitin for somebody with some money to call me. Also hip-hop's biggest basketball fan, I've written articles for Bobbito Garcia's Bounce magazine, Reverse Magazine (France) and I'm a regular contributor for SLAM Magazine/SLAMonline.com and others. I'm a known New York high school basketball fanatic and journalist - I've canceled in-stores to catch playoff games- and my NBA Trash Talk Blogs have a pretty decent following because I thrash these overpaid bums. I'll serve you in a game of HORSE when my jumper is on too. And speakin of sports, I recently had some music in a Sprint Commercial for Superbowl XL. I've done work as an actor in some indie film projects, including RA The Rugged Man and Frank Henenlotter's Bad Biology which was filmed in 2006. I even scored music for a porno (Asian Bang, 2006)! Loved by few, hated by many...f*ck it. I cant please everybody. Producer, ex-rapper, DJ, teacher, label owner, sports & music journalist, actor and wearer of fine fur coats. Talk sh*t about me all you want, just make sure you spell my name right because when they list me as "Jay Zone" that pisses me off.
Yo What up, Man I Love yo Music to death! You keep it real, and don't talk that Gangsta-, Ho-, Crack Shit :D Kepp It Comin' and never stop because You inspire bunches of people. Including me. I'm 15 Years old, and from Germany and I think you're in the same league as Pete Rock, Premo, Dilla and so on.
Whazzup! I only discuss my onion ring adventures based upon your Chinchilla epos on twitter xD Always thoroughly your beats and lyrics. BTW Turns EP free download available tomorrow! Peace!
