Jelani Olushola Bodden was born in Brooklyn February 8th 1993 and raised in Queens New York. At age 5 he discovered his love for writing, by writing poems and stories. At age 11 he wrote his first song and at age 13 he recorded his first track, from then on his dream to pursue music was born.
Jackz was raised on all types of music growing up, including mostly R&B, Salsa, Soul, and Hip Hop. His mother loved to listen to Prince, Stevie Wonder, Take 6, and Jill Scott, and so did Jackz. He loved the art of producing, rapping, and song writing, and with so much talent he decided to pursue it all.
“I was introduced to his music in high school and that was really my introduction to hip hop as well, cuz that’s when hip hop really came alive for me”
Rapper Pryslezz (Price-Lezz) has been making quite the impression with his music thus far; In 2009, he released “Death of a Man, Rebirth of a King” the first single, “More Than A Love Song” featured Grammy nominated R&B singer Dwele, charting on the Billboard Hip Hop/ R&B Single Sales peaking at #2 while impacting Urban Mainstream Radio, receiving over 300 spins/week and finished in the top 5 most added in its first week holding its own alongside Lil’ Wayne, Sean Kingston, Ludacris and Estelle.
The music video for “More Than A Love Song” was put into rotation on VH-1 Soul, VH-1, BET.com, Yahoo! and Music Choice as well as officially accepted to MTV Jams. He also has a song with N.O.X. and Jason Derulo, click here for the video.
More Than A Love Song
The Interview
01: What region do you reside in?
I live in San Diego, CA. I’m out west now but I’m from up north. Youngstown, OH.
02: What type of things influence your artistry?
Everything does. People, life experiences, nature, God.
03: How long have you been in the music industry?
Around 12years. I’ve been making music for quite awhile now. Developing as an artist daily.
Here is a hot exclusive for you guys from up and coming artist Princeton with his smooth R&B single “You’re The One“. This guy has a great voice and he knows how to put it down in the studio. He can write, sing, dance, he does it all. Ladies! you need to get your eyes locked on this R&B sensation because he is not away anytime soon. He is going to become a household name by the end of 2010 everyone will know the name Princeton.
The Interview
CK: Hey Princeton, whats good?
Nothin’ man, just got back from a Radio interview.
CK: Alright, that’s whats up. So I’m just going to jump right into this and ask you were are you from?
Well, I’m originally from Oregon, the Portland area. But I’m in Detroit, Michigan right now.
CK: Ok so you are from the far West (laughs)
Yea man (laughs)
CK: So what inspires your artistry and how you gather your lyrics together?
I mean alot of stuff, like…I’m very observant, I like to peep out my surroundings. I get alot of concepts and ideas from watching my friends and watching people around me, seeing what type of situations they go through. I get up in peoples business and they don’t know it, it’s pretty funny. Before they know it, I already wrote a song about it. So yea, I get alot of ideas by being observant.
Orlando-based production duo Oddz.N.Endz (the team behind Slim’s “[thkBC height="500" width="900" anchortext="So Fly" url="http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/slim-of-112-ft-yung-joc-so-fly/" type="iframe"]” and the Birdman/Jay Sean collabo “[thkBC height="500" width="900" anchortext="Written On Her" url="http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/birdman-ft.-jay-sean-written-on-her/" type="iframe"],”) proudly present the flagship artist on their new label imprint Another One Records, Evan Roberts.
Roberts first offering, an EP entitled Outta Hear, combines real life struggles, heart break and the frustrations of trying to succeed. In an attempt to showcase his solo skills, guest appearances were kept to a minimum (Cory Gunz, DJ Khaled, and Ya Boy), while producer Matthew “Starkiller” Walker, whose stadium sound production and extensive rock background prove to be a perfect complement to the neo-urban sound of Justin “Jay Houston” Harris and Nick “Nino” Lazzeri, handles the majority of production (10 out of 13 tracks).
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So we got a hold of upcoming r&b artist Evan Roberts. He gave us some insight on who he is and what he plans to do in the entertainment industry. Take look after the jump ↓
