J. Rawls - The Essence of J. Rawls

Primary Artist
J. Rawls
Album Title
The Essence of J. Rawls
Release Date
May 8, 2001 
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Review by Matt Conaway
While J. Rawls may be better known for his contributions to Mos Def and Talib Kewli's Black Star project, he is also the beatmaking half of the underground Cincinnati duo Lone Catalysts (which also includes lyricist J. Sands).

With his jazzy mood music in tow, J. Rawls stepped out with his first solo project, The Essence Of J. Rawls. This compilation is an underground gathering of like souls, which includes J-live's storytelling expertise on "Great Live Caper," the African terminology of Unspoken Heard's Asheru on "Nommo," J. Sands..... Read More