Earlier this year Orange County MC J. King was back on Dubcnn with news that his long awaited “Next To Bat” album was nearly ready.
J. King first appeared in 2009 with singles including All Ive Ever Known withCrooked I, Money Motivated with Sav Sinatra and the J Steez producedGet To My Head alongside Kali.
In late 2011 he dropped On The Grind featuring Glasses Malone, Ariano &Medusa over another J Steez production as well as We Hustle that featuredAdriano & C4mula.
That material was soon followed up with the single Back On The Atlas produced by Soul Mechanixand featuring cuts by LD of Technicali Sound and within weeks a video for Back On The Atlaswas also released.
In February 2012 he was back with I’m On It featuring P. Dot over another J Steez production and hoped to release the album before the summer.
We are delighted to announce that “Next To Bat” – via J Steez’ Beat Hustle Entertainment – is now available on iTunes and features 16 tracks including features from Crooked I, Glasses Malone, C4mula, Ariano, Cakeboi Sav, Neeze, Kadillak Kaz and more. Production is handled by J Steez, LD aka LDonTheCut, Skwirm of Soul Mechanix and Kajmir.
We have the full album tracklist below – as well as the front and back covers within the update – plus two new tracks for you to sample from the LP. “All I’ve Ever Known Remix” with Crooked I and “Sprite & Patron” can be heard below!
J King – All I’ve Ever Known Remix (Feat. Crooked I) (Audio)
J King – Sprite & Patron (Audio)
01) Next To Bat (Produced by J Steez)
02) All I’ve Ever Known Remix (Feat. Crooked I) (Produced by LD aka LDonTheCut)
03) I’m On It (Feat. P Dot) (Produced by J Steez)
04) On The Grind (Feat. Glasses Malone, Medusa & Ariano) (Produced by J Steez)
05) Back On The Atlas (Produced by Skwirm of Soul Mechanix)
06) Watch Out (Feat. Ariano) (Produced by J Steez)
07) We Hustle (Feat. C4mula & Ariano) (Produced by LD aka LDonTheCut)
08) Away We Go (Feat. Neeze) (Produced by LD aka LDonTheCut)
09) Eternal Jonz (Feat. Paco Prediado) (Produced by LD aka LDonTheCut)
10) Issues (Produced by LD aka LDonTheCut)
11) Money Motivated (Feat. Cakeboi Sav) (Produced by J Steez)
12) Gentleman & A G (Produced by LD aka LDonTheCut)
13) Sprite & Patron (Produced by J Steez)
14) Everywhere That I Go (Feat. N.Levingston, Cakeboi Sav, Kadillak Kaz & Kautious (Produced by J Steez)
15) Wrong Era (Feat. Rackboii Gwop) (Produced by Kajmir)
16) Life Me Before (Feat. Los Vegas) (Produced by J Steez)
Enjoy and ensure you support J. King by copping “Next To Bat” from iTunes.