Music Video: J. Lately feat. El Prez: “Share The Love”

By Coolhand Luke  |  January 20th, 2012  |  Published in Featured, Music, , , , , ,  |  2 Comments

Cali representer and West Oakland educator J. Lately is back with a dope ode to Cali’s world class trees. On it, producer Nima Fadavi blends falsetto ad-libs and lower register horn blasts, before the beat crescendos into a soulful sample (which, I’ve yet to identify) that says, “Can we go home and share the love?” With this sample as a framework, J. Lately and El Prez lace weed references with slick flirtation, making it clear that the perfect woman is one who can roll a perfect J.

Lately, the Bay Area emcee has been prepping the release of his new album 1 Way Ticket, a collaborative project produced entirely by the talented Fadavi. On the video for “Share The Love”, Director Kolepa picks visuals that accompany the song’s chill vibe perfectly.  I surely wouldn’t mind an industrial elevator ride to a rooftop party in the Sco. If you have a burger and a beer ready, the kid might even chief.

Download his Travel Plans EP, the lead-up to 1 Way Ticket, below.

DL: J. Lately: Travel Plans EP

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Responses

  1. Christian says:

    January 23rd, 2012at 2:24 am(#)

    Who is the 2nd dude?

    “It turned from an autograph to a porno mag inbetween the sheets when i splashed on her cheek..” -

  2. Drewski says:

    January 31st, 2012at 6:59 pm(#)

    Everything fits together really nice especially Nima’s production so I was rooting for this track. But like Guru said, “it’s all in the voice” and as some constructive criticism, make your voice more appealing: loud, energetic, different, raspy, anything, make it STAND OUT really.

    Also I can’t be the only self admitting heavy smoker in the bay that thinks we currently have too many redundant ganja tunes?

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