J The S Songs
J The S - Sweet Sinning
J The S has made himself scarce on our pages since this April, when he wrapped up promotion on his Booth-sponsored The Last Days LP with the release of video single Higher Ground. What’s the Boston representative been...Read More
J The S ft. Greater Good & ANE - Higher Ground
J The S is on the rise, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to plateau anytime soon. On the latest single off his DJBooth-sponsored debut set, released along with its Joe Politics-directed video, the Boston...Read More
J The S ft. Pill & Franco Anthony - Simple Man
As anyone who plays the guitar, or even plays Guitar Hero, already knows, Lynard Skynard’s Simple Man is simply one of the better rock songs ever written. While the original’s roots lay in Southern rock, its spirit is...Read More
J The S ft. REKS - For The Taking
For the first leak from his NewEnglandHipHop.com presented and DJ Motion hosted mixtape, The Jake The Snake Conspiracy, J The S gets loose over a bouncy DB Koopa beat on For The Taking, featuring REKS. Jake takes the...Read More
J The S - WTF
As a supporter of my local—and the global—Occupy movement, I’ve frequently had to grit my teeth while others tarred protestors as unemployed layabouts whose problems could be solved with a little elbow grease....Read More
J The S ft. Styles P & P-Dub - Razor
In a genre filled with musclebound toughs, J The S might not seem like the most intimidating physical presence. As Joe Higgs cautioned us in 1967’s Steppin’ Razor, however, appearances can be deceiving:...Read More
J The S ft. The Greater Good & Annie Lee - Was It Worth It
When one’s pathway to success is strewn with heartache, lies and even a couple bodies, it’s only natural to look back and wonder, “Was It Worth It?.” J The S’ latest effort finds him...Read More
J The S ft. Franco Anthony - The Day the Music Died
While hip-hop is certainly alive and kicking, it’s undeniable that the genre’s gone through changes over the years. On unreleased cut The Day the Music Died, J the S laments the corporate, homogenized state of the...Read More
J The S ft. Mistah F.A.B. - Live By the Game
Those who Live by the Game may die by the game, but that’s a risk J The S is willing to take—as he puts it on the latest leak off his debut studio album, “that sh*t’s in my veins.” Over The...Read More
J The S ft. Emilio Rojas - Last Tickets for the Bandwagon
The opening air horns from J The S’s Last Tickets for the Bandwagon ring out like a klaxon, a warning sign for many. Jake The Snake doesn’t necessarily carve out a new sound on the duo cut with Emilio Rojas; instead he...Read More
J the S ft. P-Dub - Patriot
Calm down, calm down – Booth favorite (and recent “In the Mix” interview subject) J The S hasn’t switched up his game to appeal to the Tea Party crowd. On the contrary, Patriot finds the Boston representative in...Read More
Shawn Chrystopher, El Prez & J the S - Shootin’ Cops
First things first: Shootin’ Cops, the latest leaked track off Numonics’ forthcoming street album, is not a spiritual successor to Ice-T’s infamous Cop Killer. In fact, the title doesn’t have a whole...Read More
J The S ft. Franco - Put My Cape On
If you tuned in for last week’s Booth countdown on Don Cannon and DJ Infamous’ Infamy Radio, you’ve already gotten a taste of Put My Cape On, the new single off J The S’ recent, DJBooth.net-sponsored...Read More
J The S - Wish You Were Here [Premiere]
After hearing producers Franco & Snipe B repurpose a couple riffs from Smells Like Teen Spirit on J The S’ last Booth feature, I was half expecting the title track off the emcee’s forthcoming, IM...Read More
J The S ft. Franco - Change [Premiere]
J the S’ last Booth feature found the underground emcee ready to party till the sun burned out and the angels fell from the sky. While the concept made for one fresh record, the Boston native knows as well as anyone...Read More
J The S ft. Jadakiss, Nipsey Hussle, & Dre Robinson - The Last Party (Remix)
On J The S’ last feature and current single, the Boston up-and-comer announced his intent to party till the sun burned out and the angels fell out of the sky, unconcerned as to whether he’d live to see the next...Read More
J The S ft. Jadakiss & Danny McLain - The Last Party
As anyone who’s been to college knows, the main problem with ‘partying like there’s no tomorrow’ is that there usually is a tomorrow—and, once you’ve experienced a few hangovers, the apocalypse...Read More
J The S - A New War
The 29th entry in our DJBooth.net Freestyle Series comes courtesy of J The S, the underground rapper who recently earned reader acclaim for My Will mixtape cuts Oil, Automatic, and My Thing. The Boston native, who flows...Read More
J The S ft. Saigon & Rich Rivera - Oil
On the newest single off his recently-released My Will mixtape, Boston’s J The S sets his sights on the substance that made “Arab Money” synonymous with big bucks – I’m talking, of course, about Oil. ...Read More
J The S - Automatic
J The S was all business on his last DJBooth feature, telling all who would doubt him, “I’m gonna do My Thing. Acknowledging that he’s been a little serious as of late, the Boston emcee looks to lighten...Read More
J The S ft. Donny Goines & Emilio Rojas - My Thing
On a newly-released mixtape record, unsigned emcee J The S has a message for critics, haters, and skeptics of all stripes: “I’m gonna do My Thing.” As the Boston native explains in the course of the cut,...Read More
J The S ft. Joell Ortiz & Lee Wilson - Do You
In anticipation of the release of his third underground album, The Last Days, Boston rapper J the S (short for Jake the Snake) released a “prequel” album, When In Rome…, this past March. Joining fellow Bay...Read More