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MC,Producer,and CEO, creating Quality Underground Street-Hop!!!!-THE FATHER HAS SPOKEN (hahahahahaha!!)

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Hometown	Louisville, KY
Genres	Hip_Hop, Alternative Hip_Hop
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Contact Information:	Manager F. Jassiem Allah fatherjah@gmail.com 502-716-0045
# Years Experience Performing Live:	18
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	26
Venue History:	The Loft - Atlanta, GA Louisville River Front - Louisville, KY University of Louisville - Louisville, KY Cocoa's - Nashville, TN The FIVE SPOT - BROOKLYN , NY O'Malley's - Louisville, KY University Of Maryland - College Park, MD Cafe Nema - Washington, DC Sport's Page - Nashville , TN University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY Annie's - Cincinatti, OH Phoenix Rythm Room - Cleavland, OH Top Cat's - Cincinatti, OH Block Party - Florida City, FL Headliner's - Louisville, KY The Ritz - Cincinatti, OH
Opener Experience:	Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys, Lil Wayne, Naughty By Nature, 8Ball & MJG, R.A. the Rugged Man, Zapp, Nappy Roots, Pharcyde, 3-6 Mafia, Pretty Ricky, Gangsta Boo, Tom Skimask and More.
Similar Artists:	KRS-1; Scarface; Rakim
Discography:	FLY DEF LP—2010; A.C. Single—2010; G.I.C. (Game Intelligence & Common Sense) LP—2009; Philosophies of a Modern Day Mastermind LP—2008; The Streets Most Wanted LP—2007; Cut Me In Or Cut It Out LP—2007; What Up Tho Single—2006; We Are The Underground LP—2004; The Real Nigguh Bible LP—2002; The Mudd Nigguhz (Rebirth,Rezzurexxtion,The Mudd Nigguhz) LP—2001; MUDD NIGGUHZ EP EP—2000; The Black Sunrise LP—1999

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With more than 10 years of dominating the underground music scene, Father Jah has truly paved his own way in this world we now officially call hip-hop. Father Jah, a.k.a. Hen X the Stile, was selling,marketing, and promoting his packaged tapes of...

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Top 40 in Rap, July 2011

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Father Jah: Hip hop is dead, but we can still party by
Father Jah: Hip hop is dead, but we can still party Jah sayNew York rap heavyweight Nas didn’t exactly burst any bubbles by calling his newest album Hip Hop is Dead Not to Father Jah, anyway. “Hip hop’s been dead,” said Jah, a.k.a. Father Jassiem Allah, 31, an elder statesman of Louisville rap. “Nas didn’t make no great revelation.” What killed the genre is a generation gap between artists like Grandmaster Flash and Run DMC, and the rappers of today, who are more preoccupied with image than imagination. As frank as he is, Jah explains hip hop’s slow, painful death like a man bent on resurrecting it. “When you listen to the message by Grandmaster Flash, when you listen to Kool Moe Dee, then you listen to Rakim, you can see the progression in the art, in the writing and in the cadence that the rappers use,” he says. “Compare Rakim to Young Jeezy: The growth ain’t there. A lot of cats didn’t build on the foundation that was already laid because of the way the media chose to show rap. Watch ‘Rap City’ lately? Every video’s like snap music funk shit. Hip hop ain’t been the same in a long time.” Even rappers like Tupac Shakur had commercial hits as well as singles carrying political and socioeconomic messages (hear: “Brenda’s Got a Baby”). To hear Jah talk about it, such artists now are absent — or ignored — from the commercial hip-hop marketing machine, a machine that exists because rap is now a product, not just an art form. “Rap wasn’t necessarily a product 10 years ago,” Jah says. Jah got into rap because of break dancing, because of films like “Krush Groove,” and most of all, because of Run DMC. “Run DMC is the greatest group ever. When I heard Run in there, that was it. The rhymes just took it to another level,” he says. Rap seduced Jah with its rebellious attitude. “I loved everything there was to it: the attitude, the raw grittiness of it. It didn’t sound like the music we heard our parents listen to.” As a teenager, Jah, who was born in South Bend, Ind., but went to school in Louisville, used to shop for every rap and hip-hop record he could find at places like King’s Records on Poplar Level Road. The hip-hop section at King’s consisted of 10 or 20 records tops. “You could really own everything,” he says. “The game wasn’t all flooded and crazy. Every record you bought was different.” In 1992, at age 16, Jah took all the money he saved from a summer job, went into a recording studio and made his first album, Countdown to a Beatdown. He handled all of the packaging, the pressing and the selling himself. “The best thing about the rap game is you can be wherever you put yourself,” he said. “I know some grown men who still can’t do some of the things I did at 16.” Part of the reason is that today, most rappers have their destiny laid out for them. “There is a formula for how you market a rap record: You have to have a club cut, you have to have a cut for the ladies. You need gold teeth, gold chain. Matter of fact, you’re gonna make a new dance.” He laughs after that last comment, not necessarily because it’s funny, but because it’s true. And disturbing. “We’re unbalanced right now,” Jah says. Jah plans to bring balance, and a little fun, to the hip hop faithful in the form of his new album, Philosophies of a Modern Day Mastermind, to be released under his own label and promotion company, Unstoppable Sound Agency. As cynical as he is about the national hip-hop scene, Jah remains hopeful about the bumper crop of Louisville rappers. “I like the fact that a lot of the younger cats are being aggressive, and they’re opening up some new doors,” said Jah, who listens to locals Hurricane, a female duo called Queendom Come, Wreck D. Mic, Diamondbacks, Kommittee and Sandolla. “The music that is coming out of Louisville is very versatile. I see cats in the street selling CDs, I buy two of ’em.” You can see the Father in action Friday night at the University of Louisville Red Barn. Code Red and Q Official also perform.

Father Jah: Philosophies of a Modern Day Mastermind Review by Rapaveli.com by
NO RAPPER LEFT BEHIND: KY MOVEMENT is a new section of rapaveli.com which is dedicated to the rap scene within my home town of Louisville, KY. The first artist we will be featuring is definitely no stranger to the local and regional scene. Father Jah has been in the game for 16 years already and apparently has no plans for slowing down as evidenced through the clarity of his latest album Philosophies Of A Modern Day Mastermind. His much heralded previous works include but are not limited to: The Black Sunrise (1999), The Mudd Nigguhz (2001), and The Real Nigguh Bible (2002). As soon as the guitar heavy riff on “5 Fingers” kicks off Jah immediately gets to work spelling out some of the most intuitive street educated sentiments ever on a local level. Throughout Philosophies Of A Modern Day Mastermind Jah shows no apology in touching on some of the day’s toughest subjects including the government imposed dope game on the politically charged “Coke Plate.” “Nowhere To Go” sees Jah speaking from the deepest pit of his heart as he shows ability to make the song cry alongside harmonious vocals courtesy of Mondo. M-1 from the legendary national underground group Dead Prez shows up on the commanding “Jungle Walk.” On the album’s title track Jah takes things back to the nostalgic days of hip hop as he spits street savvy intelligence which basically sums up an album filled with a hood positive thought process. The hip hop notion is taken to an even deeper level as he remakes KRS-One’s classic “My Philosophy” and tailor fits it with an ’08 mind frame. On “Remember My Name” Jah sheds light on some of the Ville’s most publicized murders, some of which were committed by the city’s crooked police. On the Big Dame produced “So High” Jah and Afrykah roll and burn a fat one down for the smokers over an extraterrestrial sounding backdrop. “Be Strong” finds Jah gaining assistance from Deacon the Villan from the Lexington based rap group The Cunninlyguist as well as Afrykah as the three join together in a inspirational testimonial of struggle to success. The album’s most delightful dark point occurs when local producer extraordinaire Taylor Made laces “Rock Out Anthem” with some mesmerizing and haunting sound blocks at the same time. Father Jah’s latest album is a true testament to what hip hop should really be about in time when creativity is all but dead. Thoughts Of A Modern Day Mastermind is a cohesive body of work that touches on a number of relevant topics including politics, crime, and education all while sticking to a very street oriented existence. A few more albums like this and Father Jah will very soon be mentioned amongst the likes of Lupe Fiasco or Talib Kweli except he should have way more street credibility.

Father Jah The Streets Most Wanted by
Father Jah is from Louisville. The way I learned about him is kinda funny. A couple years ago he put out a song completely throwing one of my dudes under the bus (for you slow people... that means it was a diss record). It was one of those things where you're left there like "wow." After that I was on a quest to find out more about him. I learned that technically I knew of him from Scribble Jam but there were about 1000 people in the battle that year plus I think he pretended to be somebody else & stole their spot in the battle (now that's gangstuh!). Anyway, since then all I've been able to track down by this dude was a few random mp3's from his MySpace so I was excited to see him post up this free mixtape. This is street music for sure but dude can actually rap. He's got charisma & plays with his style & that keeps things interesting. The beats are heavy on the keyboard side so if you hate that you might not like it. I heard a couple drum breaks on there & sample loop but that's about it. The tape isn't all about Jah though. There's a good list of other people on here but the only one I recognize is Shon D. Truthfully, Father Jah outshines everyone else though. My only real complaint is that the songs aren't split into separate tracks. If you've been here for a minute you know that I despise that. For some reason it's broken up into two files though but that doesn't really help anything. I'd have to say that the first half is stronger than the second but to be fair, I've only listened to the second half a couple times. I've never heard anyone on the net (who's not from Louisville) mention this guy & he's easily better than a lot of people who get props online. I've only been to Louisville once in my life so it's not like I'm promoting the home team or anything like that. I just think this dude should be out there more. This mixtape is a prelude to his real album which I'm looking forward to. Hopefully he makes it available for mail order. Sign up with CDBaby or somethin!

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