Shawn J Period was a dope mid-to-late 90s producer that hooked up beats for The Artifacts, Bush Babees, Mad Skillz, Mos Def, Black Star, J-Treds, etc. He became a born-again christian right around the turn of the century, and shortly thereafter, he disappeared from the hip hop scene. Here's a two volume set of tracks that he produced between the years of 1996 and 1999. He also handled production for his group "Down South" between the years of 1994 and 1995, so I'm including a link for their "Lost In Brooklyn" LP. Be aware that his Down South era production style is drastically different from the sound that he provided between the years of 1996 and 1999.
Artifacts - 31 Bumrush
Artifacts - Art Of Facts
Artifacts - Break It Down
Artifacts - Return To Da Wrong Side
Artifacts - To Ya Chest
Artifacts - Where Ya Skillz At?
Artifacts - Who's This
BCC - Illa Noyz
Bush Babees- God Complex
Bush Babees - Gravity Intro
Bush Babees- Melting Plastic
Heltah Skeltah - Place To Be
J Treds - Never Too Much
Mad Skillz - All In It
Mos Def, Q-Tip & Tash - Body Rock
Mos Def - Universal Magnetic
Mos Def - If You Can Huh...
Wizdom Life - Fruits Of Labor
Download everything in one mediafire folder:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdmmuyd4tmy
I have another 100 MB worth of Shawn J tracks that I left out of this, so if you're looking for anything in particular, post a request in the comments section.
The aforementioned Down South LP:
Down South - Lost In Brooklyn (1994)
http://rapidshare.com/files/117099195/Down_South_-_Lost_In_Brooklyn__1994_.rar
--Roy Johnson
Would love to get the rest of your shawn j shit. I actually have the whole wizdom life album - dope Geology cover art as well. Keep up the extra dope work!
ReplyDelete?thanks
ReplyDeletei would like any shawn j as well. is there an instrumental version of the mos def freestyle on funkmaster flexs' 60 mins of funk part 3
ReplyDeleteWas wondering what happened to this dude. He lived here in Fort Greene if I'm not mistaken.
ReplyDeleteyo heres a song from Notorious movie i cut out.
ReplyDeleteCan any of you recognize it as a Shawn J Period beat? http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/2761/Notorious.mp3
sounds like kev brown or pete rock too.
where can i find it in full? thanks everyone
Yes, the track in the Notorious movie is Shawn J's. I'm not sure if commercial available though.
ReplyDeletere: notorious- all good, thanks everyone for showing love to a sick producer anyway!
ReplyDeletepeace!
hey roy, could you re-up the j period? i keep hitting the download and it dies/corrupts around 9-13mb.
ReplyDeleteThat's strange. Here's a new link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediafire.com/?ztyekyzdmld
Yo!! Good--Looks On Puttin' This Shitt Up, Man. This Shitt Seriously Sent Chills Up My Spine, And Almost Made Me Cry, Dude,'Cause It Just Brought Me Back To What I Still Consider To Be, Definitely Some Of The Dopest Shitt, In Terms Of Production, Thatt I've Ever Heard!! It Was A Classic, And Timeless Era. Thatt Shitt Thatt He Did With 'Def, Was Timeles, Pure, Dope, And Seriously Years Ahead Of Itt's Time. Itt Still Sounds Fresh To This Day!! Big--Ups, Again, Man, Thank You. Peace.
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