J. Raise, Jr

<a href="spotify:artist:5fwjfFwfB0JzeWVY1nWcZZ" data-name="J. Raise, Jr">J. Raise, Jr</a> (born October 18, 1996) is a beatmaker/producer from Fasano, Italy. His music is defined by timeless grooves and meticulously syncopated rhythms. A very strong hip-hop attitude deeply infected by the complexity of jazz and broken beat, moved by the sweetness of soul music.
After years of deep dive into the sampling science, studying all the abilities of his MPC2000XL to the core, he released an handful of singles between 2015 and 2017 jumping on the latest years of the SoundCloud lofi beats era.
In 2018 he co-founded the independent label Resilienza Records joining as well its roster with two beat tapes in 2019 <a href="spotify:album:44gU0IDX9Pijm56PaupNMd" data-name="Hi My Name Is, Vol. 3">Hi My Name Is, Vol. 3</a>, and <a href="spotify:album:289SHAkgtAb4pVRy4nvww6" data-name="No Man&#39;s Tape">No Man&#39;s Tape</a>.

In 2020, he released <a href="spotify:album:5o2urrPtvKAy4Sp5huLRjD" data-name="Lifted Quest">Lifted Quest</a> for the worldwide independent label <a href="spotify:artist:052vrnvcGblRwo3q3yx6Oc" data-name="NINETOFIVE">NINETOFIVE</a>. As follow up to this project, in 2021 he released the instrumental tape <a href="spotify:album:31QPp21S1aCipM8dV8klWf" data-name="Likewise">Likewise</a> (NINETOFIVE® x Resilienza Records) another solid piece of work that contributed to the creative evolution of his own sound identity.

<a href="spotify:artist:5fwjfFwfB0JzeWVY1nWcZZ" data-name="J. Raise, Jr">J. Raise, Jr</a> released his official debut album <a href="spotify:album:7LUnaANpy0eG5Mczf6iTr4" data-name="CALL FOR YOU">CALL FOR YOU</a> for Universal Music Group - Island Records Italy on October 27th 2023. A joint project with the UK singer and multi instrumentalist <a href="spotify:artist:4SqFM5pIJlbX1QR8GlDIke" data-name="Alijaa">Alijaa</a>, which sees the appearances of Chicago&#39;s rapper <a href="spotify:artist:1FvjvACFvko2Z91IvDljrx" data-name="Mick Jenkins">Mick Jenkins</a>, Detroit’s very own <a href="spotify:artist:4dvxhuBJRIbJtZVHGeKoDq" data-name="Frank Nitt">Frank Nitt</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:2ZTaLRGGGwQKyO9spJbthl" data-name="Frank N Dank">Frank N Dank</a>), the UK singer and saxophonist <a href="spotify:artist:6GjXQmzl9dSNUpYpyFJKY0" data-name="parthenope">parthenope</a>, and New York based rapper <a href="spotify:artist:3Tj8zbVZF4n0JfJM357emJ" data-name="Hiero">Hiero</a>.