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Y-Love (Yitz Jordan) is part of the new guard of hip hop revolutionaries. Describing his style as "global hip hop," Y-Love seamlessly intertwines English, Arabic, Hebrew, Latin and ancient Aramaic. He combines ethereal scripture with gritty social consciousness, reflecting his own life-changing conversion to Hasidism. Having graced the stage with luminaries as varied and respected as Lou Reed, DJ Spooky, Hadag Nachash, Matisyahu, Steinski, and Immortal Technique, Y-Love has proven himself as a formidable presence in the world of hip hop.
Y-Love's upcoming album, "This is Babylon," boasts stand-out electric dance tracks like "Bring It On Down" and politically supercharged anthems such as "6000," with production by Jake Break, who brings a Parliment-esque vibe to the project. Y-Love was the subject of over 70 articles just this past year. Y-Love has been featured in publications from USA Today to Italy's La Repubblica and XXL Magazine. URB placed Y-Love in their NEXT 1000 and The Jerusalem Post called him "the scene's next crossover success". With each word he spits in the tongue of ancient Babylon, Y-Love breathes new life into hip-hop, one beat at a time.
* Y-Love's "This is Babylon" album out on Itunes, March 2008 and in stores April 2008 on Modular Moods/Craig'n'Co/Fontana/Universal.
LIVE PHOTOS
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Selected PRESS:
* XXL 360 profile feature (read)
* URB (read)
* Y-Love News Wire Article (read)
* Montreal Mirror for an interesting interview with Y-Love & Matisyahu (read)
* Jewish Press feature (read)
* Jerusalem Post review of the Y-Love mixtape (read)
* USA Today feature on Y-Love's performance in the Hip Hop Sulha (read)
PRESS LINKS:
list of press - click here
press sheet - click here
press release - click here
QUOTES:
"...a lynguistic mystic with a style all his own" - Dap Mag
"Y-Love is like Talib Kweli and Saul
Williams in a yarmulke...finally mak-
ing hip-hop Kosher” - Jesse Serwer, XXL
"This is Babylon is a welcome introduction to a revolutionary wordsmith" - XLR8R
"...His sound flips from conscious rap with revolutionary chants to tongue twisting tantrums, but still spitting positive messages, making listeners check themselves before they spiritually wreck themselves." - URB.COM
"The Brooklyner's new set is extremely smart instrumental hip-hop--covering everything from noir synths to tricky world rhythms--that also says something real." - CNET
"...a welcome sign of intelligence, integrity and positive intent in the Hip Hop world." - Abort Online
"...as orthodox as any Yeshiva grad and as hard as they come..." -- Village Voice
"ridiculiously refreshing in a time where bland music reigns" - TES
"...a conscious intermixing of several languages...laced over uplifting beats that combine quite impeccably to serve as a soundtrack to social progression...Y-Love comes across as a proud individual with deep-rooted beliefs who is not only self aware, but socially aware as well." - URB Magazine
Everyone’s favourite Jewish hip hop artist" – Jewtastic.com
"the scene's next crossover success" by the Jerusalem Post
"...a hip hop revolutionary..no doubt Y-Love will be staring me back in the face on MTV within the year" - Guy Emanuel
"Y-Love rhymes thru eyes of High 'Bove." - MC Paul Barman
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