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| MOVE ON |
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| THIS IS BABYLON |
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| THE CHANGE EP |
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When Y-Love (Yitz Jordan) released his first mixtape in 2005, the world took note of the first African-American Orthodox Jewish hiphop artist. Now, with the upcoming release of his newest album, "This is Unity", the "soundtrack to social progression" (as URB Magazine called him) is making himself a fixture in the new world of hip hop revolutionaries. Y-Love's "global hip hop" style, seamlessly intertwining English, Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, and Latin, combines ethereal scripture with gritty social consciousness, reflecting his own life-changing conversion to Judaism. Having graced the stage with luminaries as varied and respected as Lou Reed, Idan Raichel, DJ Spooky, Matisyahu, Steinski, and Immortal Technique, Y-Love has proven himself as a formidable presence in the world of hip hop.
Y-Love's first full length album, "This is Babylon," with its Parliament/Outkast-esque production vibe, gained praise worldwide - and Y-Love would make appearances from BBC World TV to The Conan O'Brien Show. His compelling life story has been featured in publications from USA Today to Italy's La Repubblica and XXL Magazine along with over 70 other this past year. URB placed Y-Love in their NEXT 1000 and The Jerusalem Post called him "the scene's next crossover success". With "This is Unity", Y-Love once again breathes new life into hip-hop, one beat at a time.
* Y-Love's "This is Babylon" album out on Itunes and in stores everywhere now on Modular Moods. (preview the album)
MYSPACE:
myspace.com/ylove
TWITTER:
twitter.com/ylove
LIVE PHOTOS
(click here)
Selected PRESS:
* NPR's The World (listen)
* XXL 360 profile feature (read)
* Daily News (read)
* Israel National Radio article interview (read)
* URB (read)
* Y-Love News Wire Article (read)
* Montreal Mirror for an interesting interview with Y-Love & Matisyahu (read)
* Jewish Press feature (read)
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Jerusalem Post review of the Y-Love mixtape (read)
* USA Today feature on Y-Love's performance in the Hip Hop Sulha (read)
QUOTES:
"...a lynguistic mystic with a style all his own" - Dap Mag
"Y-Love is like Talib Kweli and Saul
Williams in a yarmulke...finally mak-
ing hip-hop Kosher” - Jesse Serwer, XXL
"This is Babylon is a welcome introduction to a revolutionary wordsmith" - XLR8R
"...His sound flips from conscious rap with revolutionary chants to tongue twisting tantrums, but still spitting positive messages, making listeners check themselves before they spiritually wreck themselves." - URB.COM
"The Brooklyner's new set is extremely smart instrumental hip-hop--covering everything from noir synths to tricky world rhythms--that also says something real." - CNET
"...a welcome sign of intelligence, integrity and positive intent in the Hip Hop world." - Abort Online
"...as orthodox as any Yeshiva grad and as hard as they come..." -- Village Voice
"ridiculiously refreshing in a time where bland music reigns" - TES
"...a conscious intermixing of several languages...laced over uplifting beats that combine quite impeccably to serve as a soundtrack to social progression...Y-Love comes across as a proud individual with deep-rooted beliefs who is not only self aware, but socially aware as well." - URB Magazine
Everyone’s favourite Jewish hip hop artist" – Jewtastic.com
"the scene's next crossover success" by the Jerusalem Post
"...a hip hop revolutionary..no doubt Y-Love will be staring me back in the face on MTV within the year" - Guy Emanuel
"Y-Love rhymes thru eyes of High 'Bove." - MC Paul Barman
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