Production · Performance
J. Rawls
American underground hip hop producer
United States • b. 1974-02-27
J. Rawls is credited on 212 releases across 83 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1997–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
212
Pressings credited
83
Albums
4
Decades active
75
In collections
Biography
Jason Daniel Rawls (born February 27, 1974), known professionally as J. Rawls, is an American hip-hop musician, producer, DJ, educator, and speaker based in Columbus, Ohio. He emerged in the late 1990s underground hip-hop scene, contributing to projects such as Black Star's's debut album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Stars. He is the producer of the group Lone Catalysts with rapper J Sands. Rawls has collaborated with various artists, including Grand Agent. Rawls runs a Columbus-based production company and record label named Polar Entertainment, and performs as a DJ.
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Credited work
212 releases · 83 albums · active 1997–2026
- Production · 257
- Performance · 41
- Engineering · 39
- Other credits · 11
Studios: D&D Studios · Funky Slice Studios · Platinum Island Studios · Battery Studios, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
1998
Ventilation: Da LP
2000
Red Corolla
2017
Dirty District
2002
Dwight Spitz
2002
Them
2000
Cantaloop
1992
The Hip-Hop Affect
2011
The Desired Effect
2005
Pretty On The Inside
2002
Relax Relate Release
2002
The Essence Of J. Rawls
2001
Soon Come...
2001
Superrappin: The Album Vol II
2001
Dynomite / So Clear
2000
The Jamboree EP
1999
The Paper Chase
1998
AmeriKKKan Korruption
2012
Shine Through
2006
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Lone Catalysts
- 3582
- El Da Sensei
- Five Deez
- Dose One
- Them
- Diverse
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