Album Of The Day: Stereo by 4th Avenue Jones

Album Art of 4th Avenue Jones's Stereo album - A drawing that is red in the background, with the lines and rings of a notebook look across it. At the top, the band name is written in a very blocky font. At the bottom, hand-written is the word 'Stereo' in white, with 'the evolution of Hiprocksoul' scribbled in black next to it. In the middle, black and white sketches of a small, slumping man on the left, a young, skinny kid to the right of them, a punk with spikey hair and a big jacket, and then larger than all of them by far, a muscled man with bulging abs, a mohawk, and a large jacket a cook satellite man on it, and the man is holding a large boombox with both hands. The band name and the largest man with the stereo are the only parts in white, the rest is red.

In 1994, Ahmad released "Back In The Day" and it was a hit single, I'm told. In 2000, he started a hip-hop band called 4th Avenue Jones, and they were definitely doing hip-hop, but it was a live band and had guitars and even a violinist. From 2000 to 2005, they kept playing shows in the Los Angeles area and beyond and opened for many big acts, plus recorded a number of albums that never got released by the big labels and they released independently. Released 20 years ago tomorrow, Stereo: The Evolution Of Hiprocksoul was their first album released by a label and their last album as a band. I love this album as well as most of their other albums. Ahmad's wife at the time, Tena Jones, sings and raps as well, and the band mixes rock, R&B and hip-hop styles throughout. Sadly, for reasons unknown, this album is not able to be found on the streaming services, so you might have to track down a CD or something to give this album a listen. And also sadly, I feel this band did not get enough attention and was very talented but overlooked by the industry.

Release Year: 2005

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