one more hit...

this guy produced one of my favorite albums of all time.


In 1992, J-Swift produced The Pharcyde’s classic debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Offering a hilarious, free-spirited alternative to LA’s dominant gangsta rap, the innovative album spawned hits like “Ya Mama” and the timeless “Passin’ Me By.” After The Pharcyde tried to take some of the credit for his beats, J. fell out with the group before the seminal album was even released. Still, the Inglewood native managed to parlay his obvious problems go away. I would be in the studio crying ’cause I couldn’t believe that I was in the situation that I was in. I was like, What did I do to deserve this? All I did was try to help everybody, so I was kinda feeling sorry for myself. I was feeling suicidal but I knew that I didn’t have the balls to put a gun to my head, so I figured I’d smoke dope and just kill myself off this dope.