#OhioTakeOver the Mixtape is HERE!
February 27, 2011
Guess what y’all – I’m Back!!! I am here with a vengeance! You are going to get a lot of new J Rawls in the next few months! J Rawls and Count Bass D album, a new Lone Catalysts album, and a new Liquid Crystal Project called LCP 3!
But I have just completed my new album THE HIP-HOP AFFECT! Who’s on THE HIP-HOP AFFECT? I’m glad you asked. I got Diamond D, Ohno the disrupt, Kev Brown, J Sands, Fat Jon, Rhymefest, Stalley, El Da Sensei, John Robinson, Afaliah, Sadat X, Wise Intelligent, Nottz, Oddisee, Pete Rock, Lefortheuncool, Spirit, Senor Kaos, Ed OG, Bad Azz (Dogg Pound), Copywrite…and so many more.
I am here to present to you with my new mixtape which has the first single from THE HIP-HOP AFFECT. The single is called
We’re On Top (#OhioTakeOver) featuring 25 emcee’s from Ohio
Emcees listed in order of appearance
Featuring: Count Bass D (Canton), Trav Dave (Columbus), Rashad (Columbus), Co-City (Columbus), J Osceola (Columbus), Lefortheuncool (Columbus), Stalley (Massilon), Tage (MHz, Columbus), Copywrite (MHz, Columbus), Donwill (Tanya Morgan, Cincinnati), 6S (Akron), Donte (Mood, Cincinnati), Piakhan (Cincinnati), Ilyas (Tanya Morgan, Cincinnati), Main Flo (Mood, Cincinnati), Dominique Larue (Columbus), Hood Apostle (Columbus), ILL Poetic (Dayton), ILLOGIC (Columbus), Iyeball (Fly.Union, Columbus), JaySwifa (Fly.Union, Columbus), Jerreau (Fly.Union, Columbus), P Blackk (Columbus) & J Rawls
The mixtape features new music from Fly.Union, Lefortheuncool, Copywrite and Stalley and much more. My goal is to let everyone know what is going on here in OHIO. I even went back in time and put some classic Ohio hip-hop on there. Enjoy and spread it around. Big Ups to James Hindley from the-Cave.co.uk for the artwork!
The album THE HIP-HOP AFFECT is coming in May 2011
My company, Polar Ent LLC is in full swing. We have t shirts, hats and a couple new albums on the way so stay tuned to www.polarentllc.com – if you got any comments, get at me on twitter @J_Rawls – you got any new music that I need to hear, hit up my team, Buka (milliondollarman72@gmail.com) or O Sharp (@DJOsharp).
By the way, check my new YouTube station - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIXE38be6o more videos coming soon!
…alright enough of this talking….
Go DOWNLOAD the #OHIOTakeOver mixtape
Click the Cover to download the Mixtape!Back Cover and Tracklisting
Columbus, OHIO, Whole World!!!
How yall doing? I missed yall but I'm still here. I been tucked away in the lab working on several projects. Oh what am I working on? Well I won't go into too many details but here's a lil taste:
1. I'm working on a New J Rawls album in conjunction with Nature Sounds (http://nature-sounds.net/)
2. I'm finishing up the J Rawls & El Da Sensei project
3. The Heart of it All project featuring MC's from OH10! (list coming soon)
4. J Rawls & Polar Ent Presents: LefortheUncool - his first project for sale
and last but not least our Monthly event at the Ravari Room - THE HEAD NOD
make sure you come out and hang with us this Memorial Day weekend. The Head Nod Track 3 will feature The USUAL SUSPECTS djing all of your favorite tunes from our fallen entertainers such as: Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Big L, Jam Master Jay, Left Eye and many others.
I know it’s been a minute, but…I’m BACK!
January 9, 2010
What’s up yall! Just a lil download of some of my favorite joints poppin right now - and a few joints that aren’t new but still sound good! Check out my little mini mix – something to get you to and from work!
Click on me and Diamond D to get the new J RAWLS Mini mix!
Tracklist:
1. Special Treat
2. Capricorn – Shaddy T (from the 3rd)
3. Someday - DJ KO
4. Take it from me – Quelle
5. Anti parachute theory – Le for the Uncool
6. Bout it bout it – Johnson n Jonson
7. More Soup – Moka Only n MF Doom
8. Oh Six – Moka Only
9. Get it in – Emerald Morrell
10. Marvelous – Baatin
11. Delusional – Oddisee
12. Exhibit C – Jay Electronica
Download Link: http://www.zshare.net/audio/709803649f2e8031/
We Still Got Them HOTEL BEATS! FREE Download!
July 25, 2009
Grab the new Hotel Beats – The Homie J Rawls says to Check out
When you are travelling – Check out our favorite hotels!
J Rawls Top Ten Hotels
10. Hotel Ibis, Cologne Germany
9. Days Inn, Newark Airport
8. Best Western President, NYC
7. Comfort Inn, Hollywood CA
6. Rhett’s house, Long Beach
5. Kweli’s house, Bklyn
4. DJ Center’s house, Bklyn
3. ST. Havel, Prague
2. Marriott, Dayton
1. Hotel Krasnopolsky, Amsterdam
To Download Click the Picture of J Rawls’s Hotel Room Studio!
Digital Visual
September 13, 2008
Some Time Off
May 7, 2008
May 6-7
My Off Days!
Ok so the Gilles thing was incredible…I was blessed enough to do an interview with the legendary Gilles Peterson. They tell me it will air next Thursday, May 15th…so make sure you tune in or download!
I did another dope interview on Pyroradio.com with DJ Excalibah…that was crazy because it was recorded live!
So Im hanging with DJ Spin Doctor. He’s one of the largest promoters in London and next we went to chill out with Peter Adarkwah at the famous BBE records lair! I got the chance to get some gems! As you know BBE has put out records by everyone such as Pete Rock, WIll I Am, J Dilla, Marley Marl and the list goes on and on…So Im hangin out with Peter and Spin Diesel (thats Spin Doctor’s new name from J Rawls lol) my man Marc Mac comes through and hangs out…we all talk for hours about the state of the music industry….you know how much the industry has changed – so that convo could have lasted for days! LOL…
Of course me and Spin went diggin! You know how I do…..found a couple gems…found a couple records that I have no idea what they are. I love those because you never know what you will find!
These past two days my dude Spin Doctor has been gracious enough to let me stay in his “flat” and I gotta say biggup to him for that!
I also learned some new words…”quid” is bucks…like gimme 50 quid…lol. And “kip” is sleep. Its been a great trip…but man am I missing home….aint nuthin like the C.O.
Back in London Gatwick and on the Gatwick Express into Victoria to meet Mike Lewis…today is the big interview with Mr. Gilles Peterson himself….if you know who Gilles is, then you know how big this is for an artist like me who has been pushing his music independently…a thousand things are going through my head…like what am gonna say? Am I gonna remember o pub everything I wanna pub? Am I gonna sound like a blithering idiot….haha who knows…I guess imma just do me…tune in to BBC Worldwide – the Gilles Peterson show to here the interview…then go comment on my myspace page (myspace.com/jrawls) to tell me how I sounded….ok off to Gilles show…peace
Bubblin in Dublin
May 4, 2008
If you haven’t been to Ireland, let me tell you – that’s a fabulous European city! My host was King Tee and his dj crew ‘the elbow room’ – these dudes have Dublin on lock and they had the place jumpin by the time I walked in….of course with time always being of the essence, I didn’t have much time to set up properly…so of course I ended up having serato problems! I must have jinxed myself because I was just thinking that I have never had any major problems with serato…well today ended that streak. I couldnt get the left turntable to work for anything…oh it was one of those nights. But the elbow room helped me make the best of it….so I rocked the whole night with one serato table and one vinyl table…lol. Couldn’t play the set I wanted but I think the people of dublin stll had fun….oh well back to London tomorrow.
Sup yall, day 2 in the UK- did my thing at Herbal in London…hit em with that hip hop! And they loved it…I had a ball London and can’t wait to get back!
Saturday morning…flipping through the channels, its like America – Runs House, Back to the Future, everybody Loves Raymond, etc. They even have Britains Next Top Model…lol. So yeah yall, Boris Johnson won the election, so its a change in power over here….but I haven’t seen too much talk about it…there’s more fuss over the football (soccer, for my American cats) games…speaking of football, I was supposed to go see a game. Got up early, got dressed, got my camera, got outside to go to the game and Spin noticed, there was nobody around….turns out my man Spin Doctor got the date wrong…. no game today! Its tomorrow….but I will be in Liverpool…
Gerald from Jazzman Records picked me up to go to Liverpool. He had the Suped up Sportscar….we rollin doin 120KM on the highway….LOL….we kicked it though. Got to Liverpool, checked into the hotel and headed to the spot….its called the Magnet….pretty fly spot. nice and big….did my thing….and this was a crowd I could play a little bit of everything! Went from Apache, to Chic, to Sugarhill Gang…..
Man im back at the hotel, bouts to crash! off to Dublin, Ireland tomorrow……stay with me y’all -more to come!
