Jake One

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Jake One
Birth nameJacob Brian Dutton
Born (1976-05-11) May 11, 1976 (age 47)
Origin
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Years active1992–present
Labels
  • Street Corner
  • Rappers I Know
  • Jacob Brian Dutton[1] (born May 11, 1976),[2] known professionally as Jake One, is an American record producer and songwriter.[3][4]

    Early life and career

    Jacob Brian Dutton was born in 1976 and grew up in the

    Central District and moved to the North End of Seattle when he was 15.[4] He started making music on a Casio keyboard in 1992.[5] He attended the University of Washington and gave a tape of his music to a friend who worked in a local record store. One of the store's other employees, the DJ Mr. Supreme heard the tape, and when he set up his Conception Records label, he used Dutton to create backing tracks.[4] The first record he produced was Eclipse's "World Premier".[5] His early influences included Pete Rock, Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, and Marley Marl.[6]

    Jake One produced the 2005 song "

    He was a part of the

    He has had tracks included on the soundtracks to films such as Get Rich or Die Tryin' (50 Cent's "I Don't Know Officer"), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ("Jake Alert"), and Gone Baby Gone.[11][12][13]

    In 2010, Jake One released two collaborative albums, The Stimulus Package with Freeway and Patience with Truthlive.[14][15]

    He also produced Brother Ali's full-length album Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

    Discography

    Albums

    List of albums, with selected chart positions
    Title Album details Peak chart positions
    US
    [16]
    US
    R&B

    [17]
    White Van Music 94
    The Stimulus Package
    (with Freeway)
    • Released: February 16, 2010
    • Label: Rhymesayers
    • Format: CD, LP, digital download
    63 19
    Tuxedo
    (with Mayer Hawthorne)
    • Released: March 3, 2015
    • Label: Stones Throw
    • Format: CD, LP, digital download
    16
    Prayer Hands Emoji
    • Released: October 21, 2016
    • Label: Street Corner Music/Rappers I Know
    • Format: CD, LP, digital download
    Tuxedo II
    (with Mayer Hawthorne)
    • Released: March 24, 2017
    • Label: Stones Throw
    • Format: CD, LP, digital download
    Tuxedo III
    (with Mayer Hawthorne)
    • Released: July 19, 2019
    • Label: Funk in Sight
    • Format: CD, LP, digital download
    "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

    References

    1. ^ "BMI | Songview Search".
    2. ^ @JPinder (May 11, 2019). "Happy Birthday @JakeUno. Big homie turns 40 today!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    3. ^ Palermo, Thomas (2008) "Jake One Readies New Album", XLR8R, September 5, 2008
    4. ^ a b c Matos, Michaelangelo (2004) "Rocketship Blowing Up", Seattle Weekly, November 10, 2004
    5. ^ a b Fleury, Serge (2007) "Jake ONE – Numero Uno Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine", Six Shot, December 22, 2007
    6. ^ "Jake One Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine", Built From Skratch, 2008
    7. ^ "John Cena's Entrance Music Was Originally Intended for Ghostface Killah". Complex Networks.
    8. ^ Ketchum, William E. III (2008) "Producer's Corner: Jake One Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine", hiphopdx, May 9, 2008
    9. ^ Sawyers, Hubert III (2007) "In The Crates", Drop Magazine, July 31, 2007
    10. ^ Hale, Andreas (2008) "Little Brother, Freeway, Young Buck & MF Doom On One Album? Archived 2014-11-01 at the Wayback Machine", hiphopdx, April 1, 2008
    11. New York Times
    12. ^ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift production credits, The New York Times
    13. ^ Gone Baby Gone production credits, The New York Times
    14. ^ Ballerstatus.com, BallerStatus
    15. ^ Hiphopsite.com, HipHopSite
    16. ^ "Jake One Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
    17. ^ "Jake One Album & Song Chart History – R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

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