(June 4, 2009 - Brooklyn, NY) Queens, New York native DJ JS-1 will
release his latest solo project
No Sell
Out on
June 23rd via Fat
Beats Records. The album, recorded as an addendum to his
previous solo effort Ground
Original, comprises 21 tracks and features nearly 40
artists.
JS-1 has been a recognized name in the DJ circuit since the late 80's and has
since made his mark in the hip-hop industry with numerous production credits,
single releases, mixtapes, and television appearances. Throughout his career,
JS-1 has gathered an extensive and impressive network of industry names. With
his new album No Sell Out,
a career's worth of hard work is on full display, with JS-1 obtaining
features from a who's-who of hip-hop royalty, past, present, and future. For
the past three years, JS-1 has been hard at work putting together No Sell Out, and that
hard work will finally pay off on June 23rd, when the album is released to
the masses via Fat Beats Records.
No Sell Out, a
title referencing JS-1's desire to create records according to personal taste
despite current mainstream direction, is most notable for its extensive list
of guest artists, including KRS-ONE,
Large Pro, Pharoahe Monch, Canibus, Sean Price, Blaq Poet, Killah Priest, Ill
Bill, Kool Keith & Ced Gee (Ultramagnetic Mc's), Aesop Rock, Vast Aire,
Chino XL, Sadat X, AG, OC, Craig G, CL Smooth, Edo G, Prince Po, Akrobatik,
J-Live, Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks, Rakaa of Dilated Peoples, Krondon, C
Rayz Walz, Vast Aire, Nutrageous, Copywrite, PMD, Rahzel, EMC (Masta Ace,
Strick, Wordsworth, Punchline), Termanology, Torae, Pumpkinhead, Jak D, Big
Noyd, Q-Unique, Brother Ali, Slaine, Virtuoso, Pack FM, Supastition. Block
McCloud, Trez, Rugged Intellect, and DJ Premier. Having
so many talented and respected artists on one album is amazing. Coordinating
all these artists at once can prove quite difficult, and was, in fact, one of
JS-1's greatest challenges. JS-1 says, "Doing an album like this with
over 40 emcees on it, is not easy," says JS-1. "Between myself
being on tour, the featured artists being on tour, emailing files, meeting
people at studios, trying to coordinate what beats to use, making everyone
happy, agreeing on the concepts, and then fitting in the hooks, it is not
something that gets done quickly. A lot of this album was pieced together
over the past 3 years."
Over his illustrious career, JS-1 has worked with a large number of artists,
including Common, Will
Smith & Jazzy Jeff, Immortal Technique, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Dilated
Peoples, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Pharoahe Monch, Planet Asia, Ill Bill, Royce
Da 5'9, Akrobatik, Sadat X, Brand Nubian, Kool Keith, Canibus, and Vinnie Paz
of Jedi Mind Tricks. In addition to his production work, JS has shared the
stage with a wide variety of artists, such as 50 Cent, RUN DMC, Maroon 5,
Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Redman & Method Man,
Wyclef, OAR, Dashboard Confessional, Snoop Dogg, All American Rejects, Mike
Patton, and many more. For the past three years, since the
release of his previous album, JS-1 has stayed busy touring, producing,
making high-profile TV appearances, and completing his new album. The result
is an album that displays JS-1's excellent production and DJ abilities, and
will serve to make DJ JS-1 a household name for all within the hip-hop
community. No Sell Out
is available June 23rd on Fat Beats Records.
Listen to the first single, "Like This" featuring Large Professor -
http://media.audibletreats.com/DJ_JS-1-Like_This_feat_Large_Pro.mp3
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