JFHP-5 Generations

Oakland-based True Vibe Records has launched its music to greater heights with the release of its new album titled JFHP-5 Generations. As the titled suggests, this project features a diverse collective of San Francisco Bay Area conscious hip hop and spoken word artists, vocalists, and musicians who range in age from their 20s to 70s-bridging the generation gap.

According to TVR producer/ owner Bill Jackson, this marks the fifth in a series of albums pioneering a musical genre called Jazz Funk Hip HoPoetry, a term coined by Bay Area poet/ spoken word legend Paradise (AKA Richard Moore). On this album, you can hear the influence of Mos Def, Brand New Heavies, Gil Scott-Heron, Eryka Badu, Carlos Santana, and Charles Brown, to name a few. This ambitious project showcases masterful fusion of Conscious Hip Hop, R & B, Jazz Funk, Spoken Word, Latin, and Blues.

This album lights things up from the jump with its bangin’ lead track featuring veteran Bay Area hip hop star D Labrie the E.O.G.