J Rice

J Rice
Birth name Joshua Adam Rice
Also known as J Rice
Origin Spanaway, Washington
Genres Pop, R&B, House
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, music producer, audio engineer, video editor
Instruments Vocals, piano, trumpet, drums, saxophone
Years active 2005–present
Labels None
Associated acts Jason Chen, Lisa Lavie, Tyrese ‘Lil T’ Fernandez, Des’ree, Kurt Hugo Schneider, AHMIR, Madilyn Bailey, Jessica Sanchez, Conor Maynard
Producers The Phantom Boyz (2009-2011)
Website http://jricemusic.net

Joshua Rice (born in Washington state, USA) better known as J Rice is an independent American Conscious Pop and R&B artist. He has released four albums: The Intro (2005), So Close (2008), Phantom Boyz Present: J Rice (2011), and 12 and 12+ (2014) with original singles "Afraid of Love" (2010) and "Thank You for the Broken Heart" (2011). He has never signed with any major label, however was previously signed with non profit independent label Lil T Records. He has been a YouTuber since 2011, building two channels: J Rice Productions and Mineworks Animations. Those channels have accumulated over 300 million views, and over 1 million subscribers.

Career

J Rice came from a musical family. His mother sang opera, grandmother played the violin, and great great grandfather was in a 5-piece quartet with his brothers and sisters.[2] Josh came on to the scene in 2005 with his first self-produced/written/mixed album "The Intro" which was produced under the label ‘Lil T records’ and executivly produced by "Tyrese ‘Lil T’ Fernandez" where he continued to experiment with different sounds, collaborators, and social networks. He remained signed to ‘Lil T records’, despite production and record deals being offered throughout his career. After one of his songs "Thank You For The Broken Heart" leaked from "Lil T records" the label's A&R dept and started going viral on Youtube, J decided to focus his energies there, where he would build a following of over 200k subscribers. He later partnered with a small animation channel, and started making original songs and parodies, growing that channel to over 750k subscribers and over 300 million views.

In 2016, J broke away independently and started focusing his time on making a new album that would reflect his new found view of the world, and showcase a diverse range of genres. The 11 track album, titled "Joshua" is set for release on October 13, 2017.

Music and collaborations

J Rice is known for his multi-layer solo interpretations as well as cooperation with many online artists like Ahmir, Jason Chen, Kurt Schneider, Tyrese ‘Lil T’ Fernandez, Des’ree, David Sides, the then unknown and the eventual American Idol season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez[4] and many others.

In 2009, J Rice and Lil T records teamed up with producers The Phantom Boyz and JUiCY RNB in cooperation with DJ Benihana releasing a mixtape called HeartBreakerz: The Official Mixtape with 18 tracks all showcasing J Rice vocals.[5] Continuing his cooperation with producers The Phantom Boyz, in 2011, he released his third studio album Phantom Boyz Present: J Rice. Since 2012, along with Lev Tsypanovym on the channel showed MineworksAnimations MWA And in 2017 Lev temporarily left YouTube, and they stopped co-operation.

J Rice was also featured in Stella Mwangi's 2011 album Kinanda on the track "Throw Me a Ladder". Mwengi's album, her second, reached number 15 on the Norwegian VG-lista official albums chart.

J has appeared on several collaborations for Lil T records and their extensive talent searching roster including ‘Des’ree’.

He also did a collaboration with The Piano Guys, singing "More Than Words".

Discography

Albums

  • 2005: The Intro (Lil T records)
  • 2008: So Close (Lil T records)
  • 2013: J Rice Acoustic (Lil T records)
  • 2014: J Rice Mashups EP (Lil T records)
  • 2014: 12 and 12+ (2 CDs, 24 original tracks) (Self-Released)
  • 2015: Songs About Minecraft and Songs About Minecraft (Deluxe) (Self-Released)
  • 2017: Joshua (Self-Released)

Mixtapes

  • 2009: HeartBreakerz: The Official Mixtape (The Phantom Boyz (Chappell/Warner), Lil T records (Tyrese fernandez) and JUiCY RNB, in cooperation with DJ Benihana)[1]

Singles

  • 2010: "Afraid of Love" written and produced by Tyrese ‘Lil T’ Fernandez (Lil T records)
  • 2011: "Thank You for the Broken Heart" written and produced by Tyrese ‘Lil T’ Fernandez (Lil T records)

Appearances

  • 2010: "Luv The Way U Lie (Not Afraid)" (J Rice feat Staz in Staz' album Dooomed)[2]
  • 2010: "DJ Got Us Falling Love Again (Unofficial Remix)" (J Rice feat Staz in Staz' album Dooomed)[2]
  • 2010: "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)" (YouTube All Stars)
  • 2010: "California Gurls (Staz Remix)" (J Rice feat Staz in Staz' album Dooomed)[2]
  • 2011: "Throw Me a Ladder" (Stella Mwangi feat J Rice on Mwangi's album Kinanda)
  • 2011: "We Pray For You (Japanese Tsunami Tribute)" (55 Youtubers)
  • 2011: "More Than Words" (The Piano Guys)

References

  1. ↑ Mixtapes.com: HeartBreakerZ vol 1
  2. 1 2 3 Staz album page Doomed on Discogs
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