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Uploaded by on Apr 26, 2010

Album "Last Chance, No Breaks" 1995

Jamal Phillips (born April 26, 1979), who performs under the mononym Jamal, is an American rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in the early 1990s.

Phillips' tenure with Illegal was short-lived; following the lukewarm response to 1993's The Untold Truth, the group's full-length debut. Phillps embarked on a solo career. He teamed up with Erick Sermon of the Def Squad to release 1995's Last Chance, No Breaks, his debut release. The album (produced by Easy Mo Bee, Redman, Rockwilder and Sermon) peaked at #10 and #37 on Billboard magazine's Heatseekers and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively. The album also spawned a pair of hit singles "Fades Em All", which sampled The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready To Die' and "Keep It Real", which sampled Stevie Wonder's 'Ribbon In The Sky'.

In 1995 he performed on Conspiracy, the LP from Junior M.A.F.I.A. He has since gone on to collaborate with other renowned rappers; in 1996, he was featured on The Coming the LP from Busta Rhymes and Keith Murray's Enigma. The following year, he teamed up again with Busta Rhymes, performing on that rapper's 1997 LP, When Disaster Strikes. In 1998, he collaborated with the Def Squad on El Niño, their debut release.

He has also appeared on songs with Shyheim, Heltah Skeltah, Coolio, MC Breed, Method Man, Busta Rhymes, Young Zee, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Treach,The D.O.C. and others.

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  • keep it real

  • 16 years old and was better than the all actual scene of rap

  • keep it real yo got to keep it real yo

    ill shit this is rap today hip hop is dead damn shame on these fake ass bitchez

  • @Barz4Dice It's a great track. I haven't heard it since Rap City aired it way back when, and I've been trying to find it for a few years. Mission Accomplished.

  • THIS IS MUSIC

  • DOPE AS FUCK!

  • @imtheFreshest 100% true :D

  • @hohokage

    I dont worry about that. Mistakes should be done. Its about admiting his mistakes, be friendly and learn from it. In this case I took a closer look, so I saw that Murray and Red are there. Bam, learned smth. lol.

    pz

  • @imtheFreshest haha no problem dude, everyone makes mistakes so dont worry about that

  • @hohokage

    Keith Murray at left, Red on the right. Your right, im sorry.

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