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Well this kid turns out to be a producer extraordinaire who happens to emcee just a little bit to. As soon as you pop this album in you are welcomed to his world which is just a little different. Presently residing in Philly he has spent much of his life all over the place. Born in Brooklyn, acquiring the art of rhyme in Houston and perfecting it in New York (with stops in many other places in between) Jarel has a wide range of influences that make his album that much more intriguing. With obvious ties to the Philly "Sound" his style is all his own with influences ranging from the Native Tongues to Soul & Jazz, and even to that Madlib funk. Jnerio gives us an album that is both instrumental and rhymed on. Some tracks he delivers that classic soul vibe and he may throw some ad-libs in (and you thought only commercial artists did this!) with a singer such as Vinia Mojica, of Reflection Eternal fame, crooning away like it was a jam session with the around the way band. Or he may just deliver a straight up hip hop cut where he flows to a beat that he cooked up with who knows how many samples layered in. Overall Jnerio delivers an album that is more like an unsolvable puzzle: the combination of styles, samples, and guests will prevent you from ever fully completing it, but they will also leave you no choice but to keep coming back to it.

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Bio

Live and direct out of the Brooklyn borough on down to Philly, JNEIRO JAREL has slowly been digging his way up through the hip-hop underground for 15 years. At the age of 5, JNEIRO JAREL'S family moved out of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. His mother was in the army, and as a result, he lived in many places. (Maryland, Arizona, Georgia, etc.) finally touching down in Houston Texas circa 1985.

THE HOUSTON YEARS (1985-1998)

With hip-hop in his blood freestyle experience stirred thick in his back-back, Omar Jarel Gilyard made the transformation into a professional rapper upon touching down in Houston Texas circa 1992 where he took his skills to the streets, quickly landing gigs with Houston notables HI FIVE, YZ, SPECIAL ED, and eventually forming and producing "THE SLUM KIDS" aka “RHYTMIC CREW in 1994 (the group also included AAHTUE and NAHUMA both of whom make guest appearances on 3PP) . Rocking shows and free-styling with THE PHARCYDE, PRODIGY OF MOBB DEEP, THE GETO BOYS, etc. Life in H-Town's underground hip hop scene was fresh and fierce, but being a big fish in a small town led him to seek out bigger seas.

THE NEW YORK YEARS (1998-2004)

In 98, JNEIRO JAREL felt he had to leave the group and relocate back to NY to realize his dreams. Upon the return he officially changed his name to Jneiro Jarel and quickly became a fixture in OKAYPLAYER’s "BLACK LILY" gigs at THE WETLANDS and BUTTERFLY CAFE'. PUBLIC ENEMY producer HANK SHOCKLEE later “discovered JJ through MP3.com and instantly had him opening up for JULIE DEXTER , LORD FINESSE and others. While the deal stalled, JJ honed his production skills and started to build a buzz for his skills behind the board. By 2003 JNEIRO was the sole representative from New York to participate and perform at THE RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY in Cape Town, South Africa.

THE PHILLY YEARS (2003-NOW)

Through his success in the indie-music scene, he has come to link up with well known dee jay/producers such as RICH MEDINA , KING BRITT and THE MARKSMEN. He also has collaborated with JAZZANOVA, DKD, LIZZ FIELDS, TIOMBE LOCKHART, FERTILE GROUND, ANDREW EDWARD BROWN & VINIA MOJICA. Showing his diversity as a producer, JNEIRO JAREL has teamed up with artists such as ROCQUE WUN, MEL OWENS, CAPITAL PEOPLES and DR. WHO DAT? Producing a wide range of styles from acid jazz, afro-brazilian, hip-hop to broken beat.

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