Editing J-Live (section)

==Life and career==

J-Live released his debut studio album, ''[[The Best Part (album)|The Best Part]]'', in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-part-mw0000816137|title=The Best Part - J-Live|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=Stanton|last=Swihart|access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> It featured production by [[DJ Premier]], [[Pete Rock]], and [[Prince Paul (producer)|Prince Paul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/j-live-emthe-best-partem-emall-of-the-aboveem-17553|title=J-Live: The Best Part / All Of The Above|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|date=April 22, 2002}}</ref> In 2002, his second studio album, ''[[All of the Above (J-Live album)|All of the Above]]'', was released on Coup D’état.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4179-all-of-the-above/|title=J-Live: All of the Above|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]|first=Brad|last=Haywood|date=April 18, 2002}}</ref> It has sold 30,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfbg.com/37/12/art_JLive.html|title=The write stuff - Rapper J-Live issues a few words, beats, and notes from the underground.|work=[[San Francisco Bay Guardian]]|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=December 18, 2002}}</ref>

J-Live's third studio album, ''[[The Hear After]]'', was released in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/jlive-hear/|title=J-Live: The Hear After|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=Stefan|last=Braidwood|date=August 24, 2005}}</ref> In 2008, he released the fourth studio album, ''Then What Happened?'', on [[BBE (record label)|BBE]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/j-live-then-what-happened-bbe/|title=J-Live, 'Then What Happened?' Review|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Will|last=Dukes|date=September 18, 2008}}</ref> In 2011, he released a studio album, ''S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/j-live-s-p-t-a-said-person-of-that-ability/|title=J-Live – S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability)|work=Potholes in My Blog|first=D.L.|last=Chandler|date=October 15, 2011|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215074318/http://potholesinmyblog.com/j-live-s-p-t-a-said-person-of-that-ability/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 1998 to 2002, J-Live served as an English teacher in [[Brownsville, Brooklyn|Brownsville]] and [[Bushwick, Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/j-live-interview-around-the-sun/|title=J-Live Takes Another Trip Around the Sun|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|first=Skinny|last=Friedman|date=May 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215071055/http://noisey.vice.com/ja/blog/j-live-interview-around-the-sun|archive-date=December 15, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>