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Yes, the official music video for The Jacka’s hit single off Tear Gas, Glamorous lifestyle Featuring Andre Nickatina & Produced By Traxamillion.

Dubcnn sat down with Bay Area rapper The Jacka to talk about his new album “Tear Gas”. He tells us about the making of the album, working with Devin The Dude and Freeway, and the many other artists he collaborated with on his album.
Jacka also tells us about the future of the Mob Figaz now that Husalah is out, and he touched on his current relationship with C-Bo. We also speak about the Bay Area scene, which up and coming artists to watch out for and Jack spits some knowledge for the youngsters.
Interview By: Nima Etminan of www.dubcnn.com

Dubcnn: We linked up with The Jacka today to talk about his new album “Tear Gas”. I ran into you the other day at Yukmouth’s in-store for his new album at Rasputins, and a lot of people came out to support: Keak Da Sneak, Mistah FAB, Dru Down and yourself amongst others. Is that something that ya’ll do often, or was that a rare occasion?

You know, Yuk lives in L.A., so everytime he comes up with come f-ck with him, and everytime we go to L.A., we go f-ck with him. But everybody out here, we all pretty much get along with each other man. It ain’t really nothing, it’s love, the way you see artists come together down south or in the mid-west. We do it the same way. Everybody got a name for themselves, but we’re all cool with each other. So if anyone of them people that you seen had something going on, we would have all been there, same way.

Dubcnn: Your album “Tear Gas” has been a long time coming. Now that it’s out, did it come out the way you originally wanted it to?

I had to run it through a new distribution and to leave a few songs off the album due to some samples that I couldn’t clear, but other than that it was something new. I sold a lot of records, at a faster pace than I have in the past. It’s a new experience for me, I like the music. It’s definitely setting the bar real high for up and coming artists trying to come out. You gotta see what else is out there and what your competition is.

Dubcnn: You got a lot of features on the album, how did you pick the artists that you wanted to collaborate with?

I f-ck with who f-cks with me. Whoever is cool with me, that’s who I’m cool with. A lot of them were just feeling what I was doing anyway, so we just got down. Pretty much everybody on the album is a good friend of mine, so it ain’t like I had to go all out and search for these guys or nothing like that. It just happened.

Dubcnn: My personal favorite is the song with Devin The Dude, how did you hook up with him?

My producer MG, he had Devin in the lab, he came to town while I was working on my album. I came into the studio, I was loaded as usual, gone off the lean, I was leaning like a muthaf-cka. That’s when I was on it heavy. Sh-t, he was a cool ass cat, real laid back, he looked past the fact that I was leaning hella hard, so I couldn’t really express myself as much as I wanted to to him. The raps and everything was cool, but I really wanted to holla at him a little more at that time. But I was so loaded that I couldn’t do it. But it was cool, he’s a real cat and I get a lot of compliments on that song.

Dubcnn: What about Freeway?

Freeway came to town, same way. He’s a cool dude, we burnt a couple, had some cherry pie. Cherry Pie is the new sh-t out here, the new weed we smoke out here, only a very few selected people get it. We got some of that, smoked, listened to a couple tracks and he was like “This one!”. He hopped on, that’s it! He’s a muslim, we’re both muslims, so you get a automatic bond with somebody who’s a muslim and who’s doing the same thing you’re doing. It ain’t no reason not to do it.

Dubcnn: Would you say that you being a muslim influences the music that you make?

Yeah, definitely. I have to teach people the same way I was taught. It’s tough, we all live a certain lifestyle, but the ultimate goal is to become muslim, one who submits his will to God, 100%. It’s a lot of traps on the way to keep you down, but we just look at that as the mental war you gotta try to overcome. It ain’t easy, we’re only human, and Allah has given me a lot of chances and a lot of breaks. We’re just trying to work with what we’ve got, do our best and be our best. It definitely influences my music, there’s an Islamic message in my music for sure.

Dubcnn: an we expect a video to come out from your album?

Oh yeah. I got the one with me and Cellski, we just shot that video, so that’s gonna come out. Then I got the one with Andre Nickatina, “Glamorous Lifestyle”, that’s about to be out. We finna shoot a video for damn near every song on the album, so watch out! We’ve already got ideas on how we wanna do most of them, so look for that.

Dubcnn: We heard that Hussalah is free now.

Yeah!

Dubcnn: Have you seen him since he’s been out?

Yeah, I’ve seen him since he’s been out, a few times. We still get it in, he gotta do what he gotta do to get that sh-t off his deck. He’s in a halfway house right now, which means he can only stay out till like 2:30pm, or he would be here right now! He just gotta do what he gotta do, it’s unfortunate that sometimes sh-t like that happens, he’s missing out on his family time, and trying to do the rap thang and all that, he’s caught up. That’s why some of you young n-ggas, you really gotta look at that sh-t and learn from it. A lot of sh-t come along with f-cking off in the streets man. When something like that happens, it’ll all f-ck you over in the long run. It might work for a little bit and you’re having fun and living life, but then when it all comes down on you, you probably don’t wanna deal with that all the shit that comes along with it. If you do it, you gotta just learn to not f-ck with muthaf-ckas, period, and use your own brain. If something don’t feel right, don’t f-ck with it. Just try to do something to better yourself, better your situation. Muthaf-ckas only sell dope to better their situation, not because they’re trying to be cool or no shit like that. I know people from the ghetto, though. Learn from our mistakes and muthaf-ckas who you’ve seen f-ck themselves. Once you’re in the feds, you’re -ucked! And you f-cking the n-ggas that’s around you too, cause you’re hot! That makes us all hot. So ya’ll n-ggas be cool out there, man.

Dubcnn: Can we expect a new Mob Figaz project?

Hell yeah! That’s all people have been talking about! Me, I’m with it, I’m already with it! I’m just waiting on a few things, once that is out of the way then it’s gonna be over! That boy Fed-X he with me everyday, I’m just waiting on a few people, get everything out the way and then we’re gonna kick in! Once Hus gets out of his little situation, that’s really what the big wait is. We’re waiting on him to get out of his little situation over there at the halfway house. We’ll be in the lab everyday!

Dubcnn: The first time I heard from the Mob Figaz was through C-Bo. What’s your current relationship with him?

He’s still the man. We still love C-Bo man. When you got genuine love for somebody and sh-t, it don’t go nowhere. We never fell out or no shit like that. He’s a thug, he’s a sav, he goes to prison just like everybody else. He get locked up, he do what he gotta do to support his family. Sometimes, when you’re out there like that, that’s the type of sh-t that happens. But if it wasn’t for Bo, I wouldn’t be sitting in this chair right now telling you anything! You know what I mean? I gotta respect that n-gga for the rest of my life, no matter what. I’m hella happy. I love that n-gga, man. We all still get along and nobody ever fell out with nobody, it was never no problems, no beef, we never broke up, it’s still the same sh-t!

Dubcnn: For those who ain’t up on the Bay Area scene right now, who would you say are the top artists from the Bay right now that we should be watching out for?

Definitely the Mob Figaz man, every one of my n-ggas is ridiculous. D.B. The General, he’s hot, Sleepy D is hot, Dubb 20 is ridiculous, the list goes on and on Young Scoop. Zo The Roaster he’s hot. These are young hot cats that I’m naming. But we’re always gonna last, keep it lit and keep that dope sh-t coming.

Dubcnn: Alright, before we go is there anything else you wanna let everybody know?

If you wanna check me out hit me up on the MySpace I got the music and the videos up on there. Hit me on Twitter too, It’s numerous things you can do, You can go to iTunes and download everything I’ve ever owned or put out. You can go to a local moms and pop store and buy the CD’s. Everything you can do to support The Jacka, cause I ain’t gonna let you down baby!

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The Jacka’s album “Tear Gas” was released on June 16 2009.
Here is the full streaming music player of The Jacka’s newest, highly successful album as promised to be posted. If you did not get a chance to listen to it, have a listen, & share your thoughts. Most of all, if you like the album, there is still time to support The Jack, so go out and cop the album in stores or buy/order it online. The album contains his hit single “Glamorous Lifestyle” which featured Andre Nickatina & produced by Bay Area’s slapper producer Traxamillion. “Glamorous Lifestyle” remains his top selling single on iTunes and followed up by “Callin’ My Name” featuring Mistah F.A.B. Tear Gas also features much more artists such as Rydah J. Klyde, Matt Blaque, Sky Balla, E-40, Mitchy Slick, Jynx, Freeway, Ampichino, Zion-I, Cellski, Devin The Dude, Krondon, Ap.9, Paul Wall, Masspike Miles, Phil Da Agony, Planet Asia, Cormega, Dubb 20, & J. Stalin. The album also includes great work of beat making & sampling production by MG, Joe, Millionaire, Traxamillion, Rob Lo, Bedrock, Stagmata, The Nkredibles, Bannon, Lee Majors, Kareemk, & Jeffro.

Overall, Tear Gas has been an outbreak for the Bay Area as far as reaching in the Top 10 of Billboard and remaining the Bay Area’s top selling album from the time being. Here is some further information about his success with Billboard, Stores, iTunes, etc by SMC Recordings.

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Article By SMC Recordings:

The Artist / SMC Recordings Phenom, The Jacka, Boasts Outstanding Billboard Debut Rising Bay Area Rapper Debuts in Top 10 of Billboard’s National Rap Charts
The Jacka, a new artist on SMC Recordings, has seen the debut of his album Tear Gas reach amazing heights on the Billboard charts. He debuts at #8 on the Rap Charts, #12 on the R&B Charts, #23 on the Indie Charts and even landing #94 on the Billboard Top 200, putting him in the company of some of the music industry’s biggest stars. Jacka racked up big sales in several important markets across the country. Additionally, Jacka was #1 at three key Northern California retailers, including Rasputins, Amoeba, and Streetlight records. On iTunes, Jacka’s album jumped from #70 to #5 in a matter of just 12 hours, landing him next to Eminem. Not only is Tear Gas collecting chart positions, it’s accumulating critical praise. XXL Magazine said “the discs duality and Jacka’s penchant for both prose and pop that, in the end, make Tear Gas the best of both worlds.”

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Watch this short new music video of “Fed Up” by The Jacka. This song was on his Pre-Album Mixtape: “The Street Album” (Hosted By Big Von).

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Review By:Dj Tre

01 Sparken Flames (Ft. Don P & Agerman)
02 Mainey (Ft. P.S.D. Tha Drivah & Mac Dre)
03 Mob Shit (The Jacka Exclusive)
04 Real Niggaz (Ft. C-Bo)
05 Come Hard (Ft. Lil Ric)
06 How We Rock (Ft. Lil Cyco)
07 Cold Heart
08 Do It Up Big
09 Big Gangsta (Ft. Lil Bo)
10 Keep It Gangsta (Ft. Pretty Black)
11 Sworn In
12 Thug Related (Ft. Lil Ric)
13 Soldiers Paradise (Ft. Steady Mobbin)
14 Skrilla (Ft. Agerman)
15 Hard To Find
16 No Friends
17 Lounge Mode (Ft. Maki & Mitchy Slick)
18 California (The Jacka Exclusive)

Go Cop yourself the mob figaz solo albums/cds aswell!
Ap.9 – “I Am Legend”
The Jacka – “Tear Gas”
Rydah J. Klyde – “Rated R”
Fed-X – “The Mob Made Me Do It Vol. 2″
Husalah & B-Luv – “The Tonka Boyz” (HUSALAH IS FREE!!!!!)