DAYNE JORDAN x JAZZY JEFF - "In Progress"

Since the first time I heard the young Philadelphia protogé of DJ Jazzy Jeff I was straight away blown away. After a bunch of excellent singles and a banging soulful EP which names escapes me at the moment the duo now is preparing a proper full-length entitlted "Memoirs of Dayne Jordan" which is set to drop on July 21. The lead single from the project is called "In Progress" and both from a lyrical and production standpoint this is fuking unbelivable, so don't sleep whatever you do. This could very well be one of the best albums of the year. Stream "In Progress" up top and smile at the hip-hop renaissance.

[Album] DJ JAZZY JEFF x DAYNE JORDAN - "In Progress"

DJ Jazzy Jeff has a lot of classics under his belt both as a recording artist and as a superior DJ, whether he's dabbling in soul music or pure hip-hop the result is nothing but pure as evident as his two BBE albums. His latest protogé is young singer/rapper Dayne Jordan who Jeff has an evident chemistry with which I found evident the first time I heard them together on songs like "Room Test" and "All About The Art". Despite how much I liked the singles I've heard from this duo, I had totally missed out on the fact that the pair released a free nine track album around Christmas time this year called "In Progress". If you want to spend forty minutes of some real chill, jazz infused hip-hop with strong Soul overtones this is for you so whatever you do.... Don't sleep!

Dayne Jordan x Jazzy Jeff - "Soul Brothers"

I got a lot of respect for Philly's legend  DJ Jazzy Jeff, both as a DJ and as a producer. He's excellent at creating both smooth soulful rap, R&B or hardcore hip-hop and his cuts is just ridiciolous. His new protogé is a young emcee, also hailing from Philadelphia, that goes by the name Dayne Jordan (which I guess his birth name as well). Jordan's been touring extensively with Jazzy Jeff the last year or two and on numerous ocassion they have hit up studio, indicating that na album might very well be in the works. The young emcee and sometime singer sound HUNGRY and his hype voice is a perfect match for the soulful rhodes, horns and bass strumming that Jazzy Jeff concoctes for him, a long with some real thumping beats and excellent turntable work (see "Play Dat!" for a great example of their chemistry).


The first song I heard and posted from this young brother was "All About The Art", a Jazzy Jeff prduction featuring James Poyser and ?uestlove on live instumentation, and already there I was hooked. I feel that his music is much needed when other artists from his generation makes straight plastic bullshit music. You can see the beautiful "Lost" featuring the strong voice of Ebony Joi up top, accompanied by the music video directed by Christopher Schafer. Stay tuned for more info on this ill cat and hopefully we'll see a Jazzy Jeff / Dayne Jordan full-length collabortion soon enough. Stay tuned for more info and music and visit DayneJordan.com/.

DAYNE JORDAN - "I Want It All" (w. DJ JAZZY JEFF)

Young soul singer Dwayne Jordan is the new protogé of the fantastic DJ Jazzy Jeff and as they have already released a gang of "superior" singles, I really hope these guys get down for a full LP worth of material. In case you missed it b4, be sure to check out the preceeding single "About The Art", produced and performed by Dwayne (vocals), James Poyser (keys), ?uestlove (drums) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (sampler / turntables).