Even if you’ve never heard of Christian Berishaj aka JMSN (pronounced Jameson), you have already heard him sing. JMSN sang back up vocals on many of the tracks on Kendrick Lamar‘s now classic debut record good kid, m.A.A.D city–including the big single “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe.”
Before that, Christian was already an industry veteran, He was part of two major label acts. He was the frontman of a punk band called Love Arcade and he was part of an embarrassing pop project called Christian TV. These two projects taught Christian that he’d rather make music his own way.
Even though JMSN sounds a lot like Justin Timberlake, his music is often called PBR&B or Hippy R&B because JMSN looks like he should be working in a marijuana dispensary instead of dancing in his suit and tie.
As I walked into the backstage area of the Electric Owl, tendrils of smoke swirled from behind JMSN‘s dressing room door. Two beautiful women darted past me as JMSN‘s manger ushered me inside for the interview. Listen to our chat!
Tracks played on the show…
1) Kendrick Lamar, good kid, mA.A.d city (2012) “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” (background/partial)
2) JMSN, JMSN The Blue Album (2014) “Street Sweeper”
3) JMSN, JMSN The Blue Album (2014) “All Apologies”
4) The Game, Jesus Piece (2012) “Pray” (ft J. Cole & JMSN) (background/partial)
5) JMSN, Priscilla (2012) “Do U Remember the Time”
6) JMSN, JMSN The Blue Album (2014) “Score”
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