About Me
(J Laine) "...got the Dilla mutes down." -Kev Brown
"(walks into the room)
Ladies and Gentleman...DILLA CAN WIN!!
(leaves room)" -DJ Roddy Rod
"...J. Laine has essentially, pun intended, begun to create his own lane." -Scheme Magazine
Click here for the JLaine interview in Scheme magazine
Drumming Discography:
2002
UrbanMinds- Mindstate (never released)
Howard University Jazz Ensemble- IXXI
2003
Chris McSwain- Quijotesco
Aaron Broadus- Feels Like the First Time
Howard University Jazz Ensemble- 2003
2004
BROCK- Be Here Now
2005
K'Alyn- Verse 1, Chapter 3
Myra Outlaw- A Lion's Grocery List
SITALI- I Am A Tree
2006
Elise Perry- Share a Moment of Love
2008
Wayna- Higher Ground, "Mr. Duracell"
Production Discography:
2002
UrbanMinds "Mindstate" entire album, (never released)
2003
Aaron Broadus "Feels Like the first time", 'All This Love'
J Laine "The Next Signal-Beats Vol. 1" (entire album)
2004
The Wonderboys "Music Revelation-Instrumentals"
2005
K'Alyn "Verse 1, Chapter 3", 'People and Things' 'u4 me' '1000xs' 'time out'
W. Ellington Felton- "Postcards from the Edge mixtape"
'Welcome, Where you wanna go' feat Yahzarah
2006
W. Ellington Felton "A Dub Supreme- the proper breakup mixtape" 'Front Street'
2007
J Laine "APPLE JONS" (entire album)
W. Ellington Felton "Music from the motion picture the Last Temptation of Wes Felton" 'A Poets Last piece of pie' feat Grap Luva & yU
2008
ANTITHESIS starring J Laine, T Fox and W Ellington Felton
'Body Star' 'Prom Queen on the train' 'Space Cadet pt. 2' 'Prom Queen in Leather' 'DC Fast Lane' 'Bird Watchin' 'Bags' 'Seasons' 'Strong enuff' w/ the Wonderboys 'Dilla Glows' w/ the Wonderboys '17 is the new 30'
J Laine "Virginia 500-Beats Vol. 3 & 4" (entire album)
DJ Roddy Rod-The Bluntpark Session
"Take N Stride"
Wes Felton- "Distraction City"
'Take the Time'
The Story
A Native of Northern VA, J Laine is making his mark as a music mogul. He received a B.M. from George Mason University and an M.M. from Howard University.
He has performed with artists including Aretha Franklin, El DeBarge, Erykah Badu, Common, Steve Coleman, Meshell N'Degeocello, Dwele, Angie Stone, Eric Roberson, Louie Bellson, Charlie Byrd, Fred Wesley, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Yusef Lateef and was the drummer for OMAR's "Sing...if you want it" national tour.
He also performs with local artists including Wes Felton, Muhsinah, Panacea and SITALI. J Laine has traveled internationally the past year to Turkey, Dominican Republic, Paris, Prague and South America and recently to the 2007 Moers jazz festival in Germany and 2008 Sons d'Hiver jazz festival in Paris with Opus Akoben and Steve Coleman.
His passion is immensely growing in the music production scene as he has produced for several local acts including Felton, DJ Roddy Rod and Aaron Broadus. Laine made his debut as co-executive producer for veteran singer/songwriter K'Alyn's 3rd LP "Verse 1, Chapter 3" along side his production partner, T Fox, aka the Wonderboys. With those recordings under his belt and more coming up, Laine expects his production company, FastLaine Music, to be seen as an in demand product.
When J's all around favorite beat maker and dj J Dilla passed, he found several ways to coordinate tributes including the J DILLA memorial concert featuring performances by Felton, Raheem DeVaughn, Wayna, Grap Luva, DJ Roddy Rod, Asheru and Cy Young. J Laine sat as music director for the night which added Dilla's premier group Slum Village as the headliner.
APPLE JONS is a 32 track instrumental album created in the style of "Donuts" and has been acclaimed by top producers and djs in the nation.
Laine continues to stay true to his first love of jazz drumming. Noting Art Blakey and Tony Williams as his main inspirators, he also looks after the drumming skills of younger musicians including Jason Marsalis, Keith Carlock, Aaron Spears and Cora Coleman.
A 2nd hiphop LP is due out this fall in addition to his debut drumming album due the summer of 2009.
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