Hip Hop Lives Here - JDubs (03) & DJ alias + The Villians

NZ hip hop smooth conscious and soulful - that's what JDubs says he's bringing this Friday, and with DJ Alias playing the beats this is a gig not to be missed. Along with JDubs we have The Villains from Hamilton, with their harder edged hip hop style. Flow on Friday will be a journey of two quite different styles of hip hop. For a sly $5 on the door I'd say it's an investment you wont be disappointed by...

JDubs' first album is a selection of butter-smooth vibrations enriched with soul. ‘The Keynotes’ is a product of patience and passion, a project that took many years to manifest.

Waiting for the appropriate time, JDubs – this Friday a.k.a. Ben James – began making music at 14, MCing and eventually hosting RDU’s $ Mix hip-hop show before catching the attention of Shapeshifter’s Devin Abrams.

The breakthrough came when he was offered a spot alongside much-loved partner-in-rhyme MC Aeries on Devin’s third solo album as Pacific Heights. Dubs’ work impressed, and now comes his crafted release out on Shapeshifter’s record label, Truetone.

JDubs uses music as a tool to gently but powerfully push a message of love and forgiveness – with a view to waking people up to the system that controls the way they think, feel and act. Treasured by the music's maker is the smile that often forms between the ears that hear it - Dubs says he hopes people who listen to his album or see him live will absorb positive energies from its vibrations.

Most of the sizzling beats are produced by JDubs' equally talented good friend, London-born Charles Kickens. And with input from Sacha Vee, Pacific Heights and P-Money among others, J Dubs brings a flowing vibration flavoured with hip-hop, drizzled with jazz... from the soul, for the soul.

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