Illa J – John Yancey [Album Stream]

Illa J is back at it with his second album on Jakarta Records. “John Yancey” is 12 songs deep and entirely produced by the Calvin Valentine.

“(This album is) Definitely more personal than all of my projects, nothing specific, but I basical- ly talk about about the ups and downs of all my relationships over the past 10 years, still grieving about my bro, etc. This one is trippy because the first single comes out a day before my 32nd birthday and the original title was 32 because this is a special year to me because my brother died at that age so it had a lot of meaning. But it makes sense that it ended up being called John Yancey because for so long in my career I felt like I was tryna be me and my brother, and I’m fi- nally at peace, like I’m not J Dilla’s younger brother Illa J, I’m James younger brother John.”

Press play below and pick up a copy on iTunes or Bandcamp.