This ya Boi J.Sloan!!!!! Here to see what it do and make it
happen.
I'm about that grind to get to the TOP! If that what you are
on....
holla at me
Growing up against the rough and tumble back drop of the South
Lawn Projects in Houston, J-Sloan is no stranger to the hard knocks
of life’s many struggles. Born Jarrad Sloan, the 25
year-old can vividly recall the violence that plagued his old
neighborhood. The price of poverty cost him a younger brother
and even threatened his own life.
“When you meet people on the street and they say, man I
thought you was dead, you know it’s time to move on, said
Sloan.
In 1999 when a relative offered a place to stay in St. Louis, Sloan
jumped at the opportunity to relocate and start fresh in the river
city, anchoring the dangerous day-to-day grind of Houston’s
streets in the past.
As luck follows destiny, Sloan didn’t go seeking a career in
music at first. Perhaps drawn by his story to tell, the mic
found him, and through acquaintances he ended up in a recording
booth rattling off bars drawn from his own pen. While still
adjusting to his new found fate, Sloan remembers his amazement with
the splicing and blending of studio magic during his first behind
the scenes look at production.
Though new to making music, Sloan has been an avid fan for
years. Growing up on such soul legends as Marvin Gaye and
Otis Redding as a teen his interest turned to the local rappers
that make up Houston’s infamous underground. Sloan also
admires the originality and energy of other artists that hail from
his native Dirty South. He describes his own style as being
versatile.
“I would call it laid-back aggressive,” said
Sloan.
Complex does more than define his style; his voice is just as much
a contradiction, a cross between a husky smokiness and a smooth as
gin drawl. This southern paradox of sounds lends itself well
to tracks like his debut single, “What’s
Happenin,” a braggadocios presentation with a mellow tempo
and much bounce. It and other tracks show an artist giving a
firm nod to his new hometown, the place that allowed him to break
from his old path of self-destruction and concentrate on the new,
an artist ready to keep the beat alive.
