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Jamal Birth name Jamal Phillips Born April 27, 1979 Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Genres Hip hop Occupations Rapper, Record producer Years active 1993–present Labels Rowdy, Smoke-A-Lot Associated acts Illegal, Def Squad, Erick Sermon, Redman, Yukmouth Jamal Phillips (born April 26, 1979), who performs under the mononym Jamal, is an American rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in the early 1990s.
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Illegal and going solo
Phillips' tenure with Illegal was short-lived; following the lukewarm response to 1993's The Untold Truth — the group's full-length debut — Phillps embarked on a solo career. He teamed up with Erick Sermon of the Def Squad to release 1995's Last Chance, No Breaks, his debut release.
The album (produced by Easy Mo Bee, Redman, Rockwilder and Sermon) peaked at #10 and #37 on Billboard magazine's Heatseekers and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively. The album also spawned a pair of hit singles — "Fades Em All", which sampled The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready To Die' and "Keep It Real", which sampled Stevie Wonder's 'Ribbon In The Sky'.
Smoke-A-Lot Records
In 2006, Jamal signed a deal with rapper Yukmouth to be apart of his Smoke-A-Lot Records label.[1] An as yet to be titled album is due out in the near future.
Other collaborations
In 1995 he performed on Conspiracy, the LP from Junior M.A.F.I.A. He has since gone on to collaborate with other renowned rappers; in 1996, he was featured on The Coming the LP from Busta Rhymes and Keith Murray's Enigma. The following year, he teamed up again with Busta Rhymes, performing on that rapper's 1997 LP, When Disaster Strikes. In 1998, he collaborated with the Def Squad on El Niño, their debut release.
He also had production duties on B.Coming, the 2005 release from Beanie Sigel.
Jamal appears on Illegal bandmate Malik's recent (2005) CD "Malik M.D. aka Hershey Locc Hefner: The Game Needs Me".
He has also appeared on songs with Shyheim, Heltah Skeltah, Coolio, MC Breed, Method Man, Busta Rhymes, Young Zee, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Treach, The D.O.C. and others.
Discography
Album
Year Title Chart positions U.S. Billboard 200 U.S. R&B 1995 Last Chance, No Breaks - Released: October 10, 1995
- Label: Rowdy
198 37 Singles
Year Song U.S. R&B U.S. Rap Album 1995 Fades Em All 59 9 Last Chance, No Breaks 1996 Keep It Real 76 17 External links
- Mally G on Myspace
- Jamal at Allmusic
- Mally G entry at Discogs under the Mally G moniker
- Jamal entry at Discogs under the Jamal moniker
- [1] Malik M.D's CD featuring Jamal at CD Baby
References
- ^ [http://www.smokealotrecords.com/artist_jamal.html >>The Official Smoke-A-Lot Records Site]
Categories:- 1979 births
- African American rappers
- American rappers
- Living people
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rappers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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