BIOGRAPHY:
During the spring and summer of 2010, J. Brookinz reasserted why he is hands down the Highest Man Alive. 4/20/2010 found the producer (and sometimes rapper) releasing his most well received project to date. The Gateway Drug: THC was Mr. Brookinz's love letter to the light of his life--marijuana. As a testament to how intertwined cannabis and hip-hop have become in American culture, the project was featured on blogs such as Ruby Hornet, Kick Kick Snare, Mostly Junk Food, Noise Porn, Check The Rhymes, and Tune Devil. Watch for J. Brookinz to follow up The Gateway Drug's success with a sequel for this year's holiday!
The teaser video for Six Shot said it all: 1 emcee, 1 producer, 2 legends, 6 shots! After several years of friendly one-off collaborations, alpha.live and J. Brookinz link up to give hip-hop junkies a hot shot in the arm of impeccable beats with perfectly laced lyrics. The pair first collaborated on the now infamous OG version of The Bar featuring Grey Granite, then built upon that with the critically acclaimed "Obama 08" that was featured on blogs like Kevin Nottingham, and have recently collabbed on a track for Brookinz's exalted The Gateway Drug. Six Shot picks up where their relationship left-off with Brookinz's penchant for chipmunk soul and alpha's love of thought provoking, creative lyrics. From the lead single "The Come Up" to the highly processed closing track "Blue Skies", Six Shot proves to be dead on the mark all six rounds.
DISCOGRAPHY:
alpha.live + J. Brookinz - Six Shot by Heavy Gun 2011
J. Brookinz presents The Gateway Drug: Re-Lit by HeavyGunRecs
Grey Granite & J. Brookinz present Lust Poisons Pride by LustPoisonsPride
HG002 - J. Brookinz's Re'Visionz EP by HeavyGun
MUSIC VIDEOS:
Coming Soon!
PRESS COVERAGE:
4/4/2011 - Leftover Cake
2/3/2011 - Kevin Nottingham
2/3/2011 - Dope Couture
2/2/2011 - Ruby Hornet
2/2/2011 - Hip-Hop Ruckus
2/1/2011 - Go Where Hip-Hop
8/26/2010 - Tune Devil
6/25/2010 - Nuvo News
4/20/2010 - Kick Kick Snare
4/20/2010 - Metromix Indy
4/20/2010 - Nuvo News
4/14/2010 - Kick Kick Snare
2/21/2010 - This Is Book's Music
12/08/2009 - Nuvo News
10/30/2009 - LorenWohl.com
12/17/2008 - 2DopeBoyz
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
http://facebook.com/jbrookinz
http://twitter.com/jbrookinz
http://myspace.com/jbrookinz
http://soundcloud.com/jbrookinz
