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JAMAL / DON LEISURE

JAMAL ** DON LEISURE ** THE MOST HIGH

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Jamal first fell in love with music after hearing his older cousin’s tapes of NWA, Dr Dre and Ice Cube in 1992…visiting family in London during the summer 1994 Jamal was first exposed to Jungle/Dnb stumbling across pirate radio stations and hearing the sounds of ‘Original Nuttah’ and ‘Gangsta Kid’ coming out of every other car stereo in Wembley.For the next 7 years Jamal obsessed over hip-hop albums absorbing the sounds of Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, J-Dilla, Dr.Dre and DJ Premier (amongst many others).It was around 1999-2001 that Jamal rediscovered DnB, after borrowing ‘Enforcers’ , ‘Platinum Breakz’ & ‘Prototype Years’ from a friend Jamal’s hunger for DnB grew. After hearing the tearing sounds of Ed Rush & Optical’s ‘Sicknote’ and the ‘Something Out There : Remixes’ Jamal’s passion for the music was ever increasing…Shortly after moving to London in September 2001 Jamal landed a small promotional job with Dillinja & Lemon D’s Valve Recordings. This small job led to bigger jobs within the camp over the next 4 years…After spending many long nights watching Lemon D make tunes in the lab Jamal decided to try his hand at producing…Jamals music has receieved solid club and radio play with support from BBC RADIO 1, BBC RADIO 1XTRA, BBC ASIAN NETWROK, KISS 100FM, BAILEY, GOLDIE, DJ VAPOUR, JEM-ONE, RANDALL, DJ HYPE, DJ FLIGHT, L-DOUBLE, FABIO, DJ MOSUS, ASH-A-TAK, KRUST, OUTRAGE, SKITTY, NOAH D, CHASE & STATUS, INFILTRATA, DEMO, DIESELBOY, LOXY, INK, KEATON, VICIOUS CIRCLE, GREMLINZ, TEEBEE, HEIST, JORDAN V, HIVE and AMON TOBIN to name a few.....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/21/2006
Band Website: this and facebook (Aly Jamal)
Band Members: KNOW-THE-LEDGE
Influences: RZA, ALCHEMIST, MUGGS, PRIMO, CNN, 9TH WONDER, LITTLE BROTHER, NICOLAY, PETE ROCK, BEATMINERZ, LORD FINESSE, DIAMOND D, SHOW AND AG, BIG L, FAT JOE, WU, UTFO, AFU-RA, AZ, JERU, AL GREEN, CURTIS MAYFIELD, EPMD, DJ SPINNA, SLUM VILLAGE, BIG DADDY KANE, OLD SCHOOL DEF JAM, REDMAN, NAS, BIGGIE, BLACKBEARD, BIZMARKIE, BOB JAMES, CALIBRE, COMMON, CRAIG MACK, DJ CUT KILLER, DEAD PREZ, OC, DJ MK, DKD, DEGO PROJECTS, ULTRAMAGS, KOOL KEITH, EEK-A-MOUSE, ERIC B AND RAKIM, GROUP HOME, MF DOOM, MOBB DEEP, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, KILLAH PRIEST, JOY DIVISION, KING TUBBY, PRINCE JAMMY, SCIENTIST, LEE PERRY, ASWAD, LOXY, INK, KEATON, J-DUB, DILLINJA, LEMON D, FRICTION, CRAGGZ &; PF, DAN MIRICALE, DJ VAPOUR, AMIT, 0=0, LOWRELL, MONTANTA, MULATU OF ETHIOPIA, DIGITAL, PUBLIC ENEMY, PREFUSE 73, ROY AYERES, TALKING HEADS, SA-RA, NEPTUNES, TIMBALAND, MISSY ELLIOT, MARY J BLIGE, DWELE, BRONZE NAZERATH, KILLAH PRIEST, KING SUN, CRAIG G, MARLEY MARL, JUIC CREW, JAZZY JAY, THE SOUL SONIC FORCE, AFRIKAA BAMBAATAA AND THE MIGHTY ZULU NATION, FUNK FLEX, DONNY HATHAWAY, ANGLO SAXON BROWN, DJ Q-BERT, MIX MASTER MIKE, ZENDINE ZIDANE, DILLA, SCHOOLY D, MANTRONIX, A GUY CALLED GERALD, RUFIGE KRU, PAUL HARDCASTLE, THE DYNAMIC 3, THE FEARLESS 4, STEADY B, ROXANNE SHANTE, MASTERDON COMMITEE, ERICK + PARISH MAKING DOLLARS, BEAT STREET, THE WARRIORS, MELLE MELL, COWBOY, MR.NESS, DR DRE, DAVID AXELROD, SUPREMES, MALCOM MCLAREN AND THE SUPREME TEAM SHOW, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, MAD PROF, ISAAC HAYES, DONALD BYRD AND THE BLACKBYRDS, BERNAD HERMANN, DON LEISURE, DJ SHAME, BOBBY CALDWELL, COMMON, BILL CONTI, JERKY BOYS, STARVUE, MANDRILL, PRINCE, MICHAEL JACKSON (BLACK), SYLVIA STRIPLIN, THE GAP BAND, INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND, THE DOORS, THE CLASH, THE STONES, THE JAM, HENRY MANCINI, THE SPECIALS...AND MANY MORE....
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Rufige/Crisis/Trouble On Vinyl
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

TOP 10 DNB APRIL 2008

JEM-ONE - 'BRAIN DEAD' JEM-ONE & DRUM CYPHA - '?????' DJ VAPOUR - 'NEWBURY CHAINSAW' COOL HAND FLEX - 'MUST FEEL' SERUM VIP JAMAL & VAPOUR - 'RAT MEAT' JAMAL & VAPOUR - 'SNOW JOKE' TAXMAN ...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:24:00 PST

RUFIGE001 - - - - - - its out at last

AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OF DELAYS AND SET BACKS THE DEBUT RELEASE ON THE NEW METALHEADZ SUB LABEL 'RUFIGE' IS OUT A & R'd BY GOLDIE AND DJ BAILEY RUFIGE IS A NEW IMPRINT TO SHOWCASE NEW TALENT.... ONL...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Sat, 19 May 2007 01:54:00 PST

PROMOTING YOUR CRAP STUFF

Please dont bother trying to promote your product/track/night/mum on my page if i do not know you. I dont spam up other people's page so i dont really feel it when some div who ive never me...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:37:00 PST

THE END OF RECKLESS

Reckless Records on Berwick St is no longer in business. This is really a tragedy for the record collecting scene in London and Worldwide. The majority of my music was inspired by tunes i heard whilst...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:28:00 PST

LEGENDS OF THE UNDERGROUND

Check out www.legendsoftheunderground.com for full details.   Featuring exclusive brokenbeat and nu-jazz from Mark De Clive-Lowe, Bembe Segue, Seiji, Kaidi Thatam, Domu, Dego (4Hero), Afronaught,...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:30:00 PST

JAMAL IN ATM AND KNOWLEDGE MAGS

I AM IN THIS MONTHS ATM AND KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINES WITH MAKOTO ON THE COVER OF ATM AND LOGISTICS ON THE KNOWLEDGE COVER. LEADERS OF THE NU-SKOOL BUSINESS.   BIG UP JORDAN AND ALL THE ATM SQUADR...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:48:00 PST

sky news getting shut down

Dont want to mix politics with music too much but for anyone interested in the fuckery going on in the middle east right now check out this interview. the guy may be corrupt but he is taking sense and...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:25:00 PST

DNB FORUM INTERVIEW

my first interview..................check it......here http://www.dnbforum.com/interviews.php?332 big up sdm peace! Jamal...
Posted by JAMAL / DON LEISURE on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 03:15:00 PST