J. Wells
J. Wells | |
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Birth name | Jon Wells |
Website | http://bonzirecords.com |
Jon Wells (born 1983) is an American
Biography
Wells was born and raised in Chicago but moved to California, then later to Atlanta, Georgia when he was young. He took the alias "J Roc" when he began rapping in local clubs. A high school friend introduced him to K-Boogs, Young and DJ7 with whom he later formed the group Rocswell, as well as a production company under the same name - Rocswell Entertainment.[3] The group recorded its first album Chilahyork in 1997 which sold 5,000 copies. A second album, Tha Classiks, was released in 1999 and sold 8,000 copies.
In 2000 Wells began producing a Dallas-based hip hop group called Virus and they briefly signed with
In 2001 Wells was invited to join the group
. It sold 25,000 copies.In 2005, after creative differences with Wolfpac Records, Wells launched another record label,
Wells produced Work It Out on
His songs are also feature in the video games:
He went on to release Digital Master Vol. 2.1 in 2009 which featured: Snoop Dogg, Estelle, Rah Digga, WC, Mack 10, and Da Brat. The single "Already Famous" featuring Da Brat and Kurupt was released on Bonzi Records in March 2009. The video was released without Da Brat due to her incarceration in the Georgia state prison. In 2016 Wells formed rap group Stylz & Wells with Likwit Crew member Styliztik Jones the duo released a music video for lead single "Involved" in August 2017. The duo announced signing a label deal with Capitol Records's Priority Records in October 2017. The duo released their first single on S & W Recordings / Priority Records entitled "Involved" via Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, and other online retailers on November 8, 2017.[4][5][6][7]
Establishing Bonzi Records
Bonzi Records is an American record label founded by Wells. Fontana Distribution is the distributor for Bonzi. In 2005 after leaving Wolfpac Records, Wells established Bonzi Records and began to release a series of rap music compilations to establish the new brand. In 2006 the label went on to sign a distribution deal with Fontana Distribution, and in 2007 released a Kurupt collaboration album Digital Smoke. In 2010 Bonzi began ushering in more acts through a
Productions discography
- West Coast All Stars - Still Mo Bounce (2000)
- "Crushed Grapes" ft. Merciless Stylz, K Boogs
- J-Ro- "What U Lookin' At?" (single, 2002)
- Wolfpac Records Presents: Still More Bou (2002)
- "Grape Juice" ft. Merciless Stylz, K. Boogs
- Hieroglyphics present "One Big Trip" (2003)
- J Ro - "What U Lookin' At?"
- Roscoe- Young Roscoe Philaphornia (2003)
- "Get Low"
- "Trouble"
- J. Wells Presents: The Wolfpac Mixtape (full album) (2004)
- The Greatest Story Never Told(2004)
- "160.15"
- Goodie Mob - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (2004)
- "Play Your Flutes" ft. Sleepy Brown, Kurupt
- Kurupt - Kurupt Presents The Originals (2004)
- "I Didn't Change"
- "Y'z Up A'z Down"
- Planet Asia - The Grand Opening (2004)
- "It's All Big"
- The Sopranos "All Happy Families..." series episode music - Roscoe's "Nothin But Trouble" (2004)
- Six Feet Under series episode music (2001–2005)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 EA Sports video game soundtrack - Roscoe's "Nothin But Trouble"
- Fight Night Round 3 EA Sports video game soundtrack - Roscoe's "Nothin But Trouble" (2006)
- Digital Master (full album) (2005)
- Be Cool soundtrack (2005)
- Planet Asia featuring Kurupt - "G'z & Soldiers" [10]
- Prodigal Sunn - Return Of The Prodigal Sunn (2005)
- "Procrastinators" ft. Freemurder, Young Masta, Bonzi J. Wells
- Digital Smoke (with Kurupt) (full album) (2007)
- Keyshia Cole - Just like You (platinum) (2007)
- "Work It Out"
- Manhood
- "Black Girl Shine"
- "Independent Hustler"
- Canibus - For Whom The Beat Tolls (2007)
- "702-386-5397"
- "Javelin Fangz"
- J-Ro- Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol.2 (2007)
- "It Don't Stop"
- "Akser"
- Rza's - "Afro Samurai" (2007)
- "Caught Up" (as performed by Black Knights (rap group))
- "Caught Up" (as performed by
- The Blue Carpet Treatment" DVD Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape(2007)
- "Listen" (All My Bitches)
- Ralph Myerz-"Ralphorama" (2008)
- "We Don't Give A Fuck" Feat. WC
- "Summertime Heat""
- Tash -Control Freek (2009)
- "A Penny For My Thoughts (feat. Samuel Christian)"
- Rakim -The Seventh Seal (2009)
- "You and I"
- Legalize Me" - single (2009)
- Executive Producer
- Friday Night At St. Andrew's(2010)
- "School Teacher"
- Stacee Adamz - Katharsis (Street Album) (2010)
- "Late Nite Ridin'"[11]
- Kokane - Gimme All Mine (2010)
- Executive Producer
- Talib Kweli Presents: Strong Arm Steady • "Arms & Hammers" (2011)
- "Smoking Drinking" (Bonus Track)
- Jay Rock - "Do You Know Me" - Mixtape (2011)
- "Do You Know" Feat. Kokane
- Terminal 3 Presents "The Academy" "Kurupt's Welcome To The Academy" (2011)
- Executive Producer
- The Grustle(2012)
- Executive Producer
- Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids - "Lap of Lux" (2012)
- Co- Executive Producer
- Co-
- Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids - "While You Wait" mixtape (2013)
- "Hold On, Hold Up"
- Kurupt - "Money, Bitches, Power" (2013)
- "Money (Do It For Me)
- Produced with DJ Battlecat& Knotch
- Kurupt - "Single" (2015)
- "Shuv It" Feat. Roscoe
- Hustle Gang" - "We Want Smoke" (2017)
- Stylz & Wells - "VIBES" (2017)
- "Bottles"
- Stylz & Wells - "VIBES" (2018)
- "Involved"
- Too Short - "The Sex Tape" (2018)
- "I Aint Throwin No" Feat. The Rejects
- "I Aint Throwin No" Feat.
- Nivea - Mirrors (2019)
- "Flower Power"
- Stylz & Wells - "VIBES" (2019)
- "VIBES" Feat. Too $hort
- "VIBES" Feat.
- Stylz & Wells - "VIBES" (2020)
- "Product of the Ghetto" Feat. Nipsey Hussle
- Stylz & Wells - "VIBES" (2020)
- Full Album
Discography
- Rocswell - Chilahyork (1999)
- Marley Marl - Re-Entry (2001)
- "Foundation Symphony" feat. J. Wells, Larry-O, Miss Man, Seven Shawn(produced by J-Force)
- "So Good" feat. J. Wells, Edwin Birdsong (produced by Marley Marl)
- Rocswell - Tha Classiks (2002)
- J. Wells - "Presents Wolfpac Mixtape" - (2003)
- J. Wells - Digital Master Vol.1 (2005)
- Kurupt and J. Wells - Digital Smoke (2007)
- J. Wells - Digital Master Vol. 2.1 (2009)
- Inebriated (TBD)
Filmography
- Mindbenders - Number Two
- Grand Theft Auto V - MC Clip, The Local Population (voice)
Commercials music composed by
References
- ^ "ASCAP ACE - Search Results". Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ASCAP. Fall 2004. Archived from the originalon 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ Cover of second record Tha Classiks, 2001, printed in the US
- ^ JWELLS PRESENTS: THE WOLFPAC MIXTAPE VOLUME 1 | RAPINDUSTRY.COM FEATURE
- ^ Nima (February 2008). "Exclusive interview with J. Wells". DubCNN Magazine. DubCNN. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ Baker, Soren (February 2009). "About J. Wells". Source Magazine. The Source.
- ^ Robinson, James. "Virus..." Wolfpac Records. Archived from the original on 2004-03-02. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ BET.com - Lil Scrappy - Atlanta, Georgia - Hip Hop / R&B / Pop - http://www.bet.com
- ^ - D Woods - http://ifelicious.com
- ^ Be Cool (2005) - Soundtracks
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqIcR-tbp8A&ab_channel=SomeThingCaliII
- ^ ProdBy // The Net #1 Source for Hip-Hop Productions and Discographies Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ dubcnn.com // West Coast News Network //
- ^ Canibus - For Whom The Beat Tolls
- ^ // Vibe Magazine //
- ^ MySpace.com - Bonzi!! - Likwit Atlanta, Georgia - Hip Hop / R&B / Pop - www.myspace.com/digitalmastermusic Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ HTC's ‘Miami Bass Project’ launches in Germany
- ^ www.youtube.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNSLTwPobFE
- ^ www.hiphopdx.com https://hiphopdx.com/videos/id.26182/title.dxclusive-stylz-n-wells-hit-the-scene-with-involved-video-featuring-symphony-green
- ^ www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/album/involved-mw0003123419
- ^ www.allmusic.com https://www.allmusic.com/artist/j-wells-mn0000776961/credits
External links
- J. Wells at IMDb