All of the Above (J-Live album)

All of the Above
Studio album by J-Live
Released April 2, 2002
Recorded 2001
Genre Hip-Hop, jazz rap, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop
Length 74:23 (CD version) / 68:01 (vinyl version)
Label Coup d'État
Producer Wes Jackson (exec.)
J-Live, also (exec.)
DJ Spinna
Usef Dinero
P Smoova
J-Live chronology
The Best Part
2001		 All of the Above
2002		 Always Has Been
2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
HipHopDX.com[2]

All of the Above is the second album of indie hip hop artist J-Live, released in 2002 on the label Coup d'État. The album's cover art pays homage/tribute to John Coltrane's famous cover design on his 1957 album Blue Train.

Josh Wells of HipHopDX said of the album: "There are virtually no weak tracks on 78 minutes of music. With deft production by DJ Spinna, Usef Dinero, Touch of Jazz and J himself, instead there are only standouts - many. 'How Real It Is' displays J over live instrumentation and sets the tone for the rest of the opus."[3]

Track listing

  1. "First Things First" - (4:11)
  2. "How Real It Is" - (4:52)
  3. "Satisfied?" - (4:35)
  4. "Interlude 1 (I'm a Rapper)" - (0:57)
  5. "MCee" - (3:52)
  6. "Like This Anna" - (4:22)
  7. "One for the Griot" - (4:45)
  8. "Stir of Echoes" - (6:16)
  9. "Interlude 2 (For the Babies)" - (1:48)
  10. "Do That S#!%" - (3:35)
  11. "All In Together Now" - (3:16)
  12. "Nights Like This" - (4:20)
  13. "The 4th 3rd" - (5:33)
  14. "Traveling Music" - (3:38)
  15. "A Charmed Life" - (3:52)
  16. "All of the Above" - (4:30)
  17. "Interlude 3 (Whatever)" - (0:56)
  18. "Happy Belated" - (2:50)
  19. "Satisfied (Dub Version)" (CD bonus track) - (1:53)
  20. "3 Out of 7" (CD bonus track) - (4:10)
  21. "The Lyricist" (CD bonus track) - (3:32)

Credits[4]

J-Live - primary artist, rap vocals, producer (also exec.), scratches (tracks: 1, 3 to 15, 18)

Eric "BLB" Coomes - bass (track: 2)

Eric Krasno - guitar (tracks: 2, 13), bass (track: 13)

Elliot "Icaduit 2T's" Thomas - keyboards (track: 2)

DP One - scratches (tracks: 2, 16)

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, J. (2011). "All of the Above - J-Live | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "J-Live - All Of The Above | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews | HipHop DX". hiphopdx.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Wells, Josh. "J-Live - All Of The Above". HipHopDX. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Discogs http://www.discogs.com/J-Live-All-Of-The-Above/release/156409. Retrieved 7 September 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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