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. He has been a part of the city's scene since the early 1990s as the lead member of

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and Latino Velvet along with

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. Even though N2Deep's 2000 album '' Slightly Pimpish/Mostly Doggish'' was a solo album, it was not until 2001 that Jay Tee released a solo album under his own name, '' So Cold''. Latino Velvet was originally composed of Jay Tee and Baby Beesh in 1997 on the album '' Latino Velvet Project''. Although the album featured several tracks with

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and Don Cisco, it was not until 2000 that they were featured on the cover with equal billing to Jay Tee and Baby Beesh. '' Velvet City'' featured several west coast artists including:

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, Levitti,

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, Bosko, Cool Nutz and the

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. Jay Tee is the founder and owner of 40 Ounce Records. Jay Tee has remained an underground presence in The Bay Area since his debut almost two decades ago.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' So Cold'' (2001) *'' High Caliber'' (2002) *'' A Cold Piece of Work'' (2005) *'' The Thousandaire'' (2005) *'' How the Game Go'' (2006) *''A.K.A. Jaime Trago'' (2008) *''Money in the Streets'' (2010) *''The Game is Cold'' (2013) *''Vallejo Mentality'' (2014) *''End of an Era'' (2021)

with N2Deep

*'' Back to the Hotel'' (1992) *'' 24-7-365'' (1994) *'' The Golden State'' (1997) *'' The Rumble'' (1998) *'' Slightly Pimpish/Mostly Doggish'' (2000) *''The Movement'' (2008)

with Latino Velvet

*'' Latino Velvet Project'' (1997) *'' Velvet City'' (2000) *''The Camp Is Back'' (hosted by Chingo Bling) (2007) *''The Best of Latino Velvet'' (2008)

Collaboration albums

*''

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'' with Free Agents (2002) *''

Velvetism ''Velvetism'' is the third studio album by American hip hop group Latino Velvet. It was released June 18, 2002 on Jay Tee's own label, 40 Ounce Records. The album was produced by Big Ice, Happy Perez, Johnny Z, Oral Bee and Philly Blunt. Latino ...

'' with Baby Beesh (2002) *''Out Here Hustlin with Young Dru (2007) *''M.S.U.'' with Baby Beesh (2012)

Compilation albums

*''Playas Association – Tha Bomb Bay'' (1996) *''Playas Association Vol. 2 – Full Time Hustlin'' (1998) *'' The Knocks 1992–2000'' (2001) *''40 Ounce Records Hardest Hits: 10 Years in the Game '92-'02'' (2001) *''Playas Association Vol. 3 – The Product'' (2001) *''Playas Association Vol. IV – Northwest Hustlin'' (2002) *''Bayriderz, Vol. 3: Kalifornia: State of Emergency'' with B-12 (2002) *''On One: The 40 Ounce Album & Mixtape'' (2004) *''Everybody Ain't Able'' with Mac Dre (2007) *''Appearances Volume 1'' (2008) *''Appearances Volume 2'' (2009) *''Bay to Santa Fe'' (2011)

Mixtapes

*''He Got Game'' (hosted by Insane Mixaken) (2005)

Guest appearances

References

External links

MySpace Page

40 Ounce Records

Vimeo Page
{{Authority control Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American rappers of Mexican descent Musicians from Vallejo, California Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area Underground rappers American hip-hop record producers Gangsta rappers 21st-century American rappers Record producers from California