In 2001, J-Live released his debut album, The Best Part. The LP, originally intended for release at Payday/London Records, was among a group of projects halted after the label experienced a merger and distribution. “We ended up having to redo a lot of stuff. They used to call it ‘The greatest record never heard,'” J-Live recently told Ambrosia For Heads over the phone. Upon some bootlegging and its eventual proper release, Heads heard a hungry New Yorker with a passion for lyricism over production by Prince Paul, DJ Premier, DJ Spinna, 88-Keys, and others. “When I revamped [the album] and put it out myself, it was the end of the beginning, so to speak.”
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