J. Period

A hip-hop traditionalist in mind, award-winning mixtape DJ J. Period provides garnered compliment from several outlet stores, including MTV, Vibe, and Billboard, for his acclaimed Greatest Of mixtape series. Having finished mixtapes covering Nas, Big Daddy Kane, as well as the Isley Brothers, amongst others, Period generally enlists the immediate participation from the musician, compiling their traditional songs, unreleased materials, self-produced remixes, and excerpts from interviews or various other live recordings. His willing feeling of meter and thick understanding of hip-hop enable him to meticulously build each of his mixtapes even more into innovative, cohesive albums compared to the standard range of mixed songs. Blessed in LA, he began gigging at home celebrations during his university years within the Bay Region without really focusing on how to operate the turntables initially. By enough time he transferred to NY in 1998, he was an adept turntablist and, there, he was presented with his first group of 1200s by friend and supporter DJ Skribble. He was shortly DJing at pubs and clubs, and in addition joined Bay Region rap group Zion I on a global tour. Period initial decided to execute a Greatest Of mixtape while participating in a hearing party for Nas’ 2002 record God’s Kid. He recorded a few of Nas’ phrases on the party and afterwards mixed jointly his preferred Nas monitors and freestyles, getting the approval from the rap celebrity himself, who hosted the mixtape. THE VERY BEST of Nas helped gain him many accolades, including Mixtape DJ First year of the entire year in 2003 by Elemental Journal. He contacted his pursuing mixtapes using the same technique, and thus, it had been regarded as a monumental feat to involve Lauryn Hill, who got virtually vanished from popular tradition, for the double-volume disk THE VERY BEST of Lauryn Hill. That task threw him in to the spotlight in ways Period never anticipated. Upon winning even more awards through the Lauryn Hill blend, he was obtaining high-profile gigs for A-list personal parties and larger tours, in addition he was right now becoming commissioned by brands to compose these unique mixtapes to greatly help promote upcoming albums. Capping away the entire year 2006 with mixes for the Origins and C.L. Simple, he earned the exclusive Mixtape DJ of the entire year award at the energy Summit kept in the Dominican Republic.