Jay-O-Felony

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As hip-hop continues expanding across the globe, it has moved away from its birthplace: the streets. Lyrical visionary Jayo Felony has seen this shift and with his eagerly anticipated fourth album, the San Diego rap legend returns rap to the streets. "I'm talking about being in the hood," Jayo explains of his new album. "I'm giving it up for the real ones and representing where they're from. There's trenches and hoods all across the world, so it's something that everybody can relate to and get into. It's about the trenches that you represent and I'm letting you know what trenches I represent." With innovative bone-crushing production from Mobb Deep..m real happy about the new album. I've got a lot of hot records on this one album. You ain't going to have to fast-forward or none of that. It's an all-the-way-through type of album." Jayo Felony has been building up to the masterful artistry he achieves on this ablum for his entire career. Signed by the late Jam Master Jay to his JMJ Records (which had a deal with industry powerhouse Def Jam), Jayo landed spots on the critically acclaimed Jason's Lyric soundtrack in 1994 and on the platinum-plus The Show soundtrack less than a year later. Not bad for an artist without his own album. Jayo's first two albums, 1995's "Take A Ride" and 1998's "Whatcha Gonna Do," became West Coast favorites and his smash "Whatcha Gonna Do" single also featured Jayo's Def Jam labelmates DMX and Method Man. As an in-demand guest, Jayo appeared o

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