Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome has since become a sought-after bootleg on a par with Prince's Black Album, but following its nonrelease Joi went on extended hiatus, living in Atlanta as Joi Gilliam. Jun 27, 2005 Well, (sigh) I am Joi Fan from the first album. This album does have allot of funk and originality but it does lack luster in some areas. Its so hard to say what is true, when Joi is such an awesome being, but whats real is real & what's real w/t Star Kitty's revenge is that not one track really stands out above the other, none of the tracks are horrible but its hard to identify one from the next.
There are at least 3 artists that perform under the name Joi: 1. An american Funk/Soul/Rock singer, songwriter and producer known for her pioneering efforts in the new wave of modern soul and funk music emerging in the early ?90s. 2. A British/Bangladeshi group that mixes South Asian rhythms with high-tech dance grooves. 3. A New Jack Swing female quintet. 1. Joi is a native Nashvillian, based in Atlanta for the past 17 years and is the daughter of American football star Joe Gilliam, the NFL's first black quarterback.
1. An american Funk/Soul/Rock singer, songwriter and producer known for her pioneering efforts in the new wave of modern soul and funk music emerging in the early ?90s.
2. A British/Bangladeshi group that mixes South Asian rhythms with high-tech dance grooves.
3. A New Jack Swing female quintet.
1. Joi is a native Nashvillian, based in Atlanta for the past 17 years and is the daughter of American football star Joe Gilliam, the NFL's first black quarterback. Becoming an instant force on the artistic music scene, well established superstars Madonna and Lenny Kravitz were inspired and influenced by Joi's debut album, The Pendulum Vibe. Joi also has the distinction of being one of the first African American print models for Calvin Klein's classic fragrance, CK One. Having worked with a delectable assortment of artists (Fishbone, George Clinton, OutKast, Raphael Saadiq, Robbie Williams, Queen Latifah, Erykah Badu, Joss Stone, Tricky, Dallas Austin) over the years, Joi continues to be one of the most versatile and inventive artists around, performing regularly all over the world. She has 4 solo albums to her credit.
When her first single, 'Sunshine and the Rain', off her critically acclaimed, Dallas Austin produced debut album The Pendulum Vibe, came out in 1993, she garnered comparisons with Madonna, and in fact Madonna liked the album enough that she went on to hire Austin to produce her Bedtime Stories album. Her song 'Freedom' from the Pendulum Vibe album, was rerecorded with an all-star cast of female singers including Aaliyah, Mary J. Blige, En Vogue, Michelle N'degleocello, TLC, Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, SWV, Brownstone and many more.
For her sophomore effort, The Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome, Joi and creative partner Austin, brought in the assistance of legendary pioneers Fishbone to be her backing band. But when her label EMI folded, so did the release of the album. While her solo projects were on hold, she provided vocals for fellow Atlanteans OutKast, Goodie Mob, and TLC songs, as well as non-Atlanta artists Robbie Williams, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, Queen Latifah, Too Short, and D.O.C. to name a few.
Joi then joined ex-Tony Toni Tone front-man Raphael Saadiq, as a member of the hip hop/R&B super group Lucy Pearl.
In 2000, Joi's third album, Star Kitty's Revenge, was again a victim of shake-ups in the record business. She then signed with Raphael Saadiq's boutique label, Pookie Records, and recorded Tennessee Slim Is the Bomb, which she executive produced. Subsequently, Joi formed her own label, Joilicious.
Joi is now preparing for the release of new music with her production partner, multi instrumentalist and songwriter, Devon Lee as a band called HotHeavy&Bad and is growing her new production company Flawless Beast Creations.
2. Joi is a band who began in the early 1980s with brothers Farook and Haroon Shamsher who started as a DJ duo and soon went on to create groundbreaking world fusion music. They grew up in Bradford, England, but as kids moved to Brick Lane in London's East End where their father ran a traditional music shop, and would record tapes in a back room to sell on the street. The Shamsher brothers learned tablas and flutes and began experimenting mixing their music with prerecorded songs from people like James Brown and Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn. They began DJing at neighborhood parties in the early 1980's and then began organizing their own raves first under the name 'League of Joi Bangla Youth Organisation,' then shortened to 'Joi Bangla,' and by 1986 finally shortened to simply 'Joi.'
The founding members of the famous London Asian Underground club scene, Joi gained a cult following on the London DJ circuit with their innovative combination of Bengali music with funk and rave. From 1992 for three years, their rule at the Bass Clef club (later the Blue Note) every Thursday was little short of legendary, attracting nearly every credible artist of its time, from Orbital to the KLF, Goldie to Björk. They released numerous singles (now extremely rare collectors' items) gaining enough notoriety that Peter Gabriel signed them to Real World Records. Joi released their first full-length album One and One Is One in 1999. The album was a big hit in the U.K. and Europe, winning a BBC Asian Music award and the duo toured Europe and North America.
Sadly, Haroon died suddenly of a heart ailment July 8, 1999 just before the recording of their second album. Farook took the rifts and themes recorded by his brother, combined them with his own ideas and completed the album as a tribute to his brother, resulting in We Are Three in 2001. Farook understandably took a long break but reemerged in 2006 with the long awaited third album Without Zero. He kept alive the spirit of his brother and their work together while stepping out in fresh directions. The album returned Joi to prominence in the world music and club scenes. In December 2006 Farook Shamsher collected to prestigious UK Asian Music Award 2006 for 'Commitment To The Scene' in recognition for seminal work of those early days and his long-standing work in the Asian music scene.
Joi is still signed to Real World Records and the next Joi release is slated for sometime in 2012.
3. Joi is a New Jack Swing female quintet Joi. They released one album, Joystick, in 1993.
2. A British/Bangladeshi group that mixes South Asian rhythms with high-tech dance grooves.
3. A New Jack Swing female quintet.
1. Joi is a native Nashvillian, based in Atlanta for the past 17 years and is the daughter of American football star Joe Gilliam, the NFL's first black quarterback. Becoming an instant force on the artistic music scene, well established superstars Madonna and Lenny Kravitz were inspired and influenced by Joi's debut album, The Pendulum Vibe. Joi also has the distinction of being one of the first African American print models for Calvin Klein's classic fragrance, CK One. Having worked with a delectable assortment of artists (Fishbone, George Clinton, OutKast, Raphael Saadiq, Robbie Williams, Queen Latifah, Erykah Badu, Joss Stone, Tricky, Dallas Austin) over the years, Joi continues to be one of the most versatile and inventive artists around, performing regularly all over the world. She has 4 solo albums to her credit.
When her first single, 'Sunshine and the Rain', off her critically acclaimed, Dallas Austin produced debut album The Pendulum Vibe, came out in 1993, she garnered comparisons with Madonna, and in fact Madonna liked the album enough that she went on to hire Austin to produce her Bedtime Stories album. Her song 'Freedom' from the Pendulum Vibe album, was rerecorded with an all-star cast of female singers including Aaliyah, Mary J. Blige, En Vogue, Michelle N'degleocello, TLC, Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, SWV, Brownstone and many more.
For her sophomore effort, The Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome, Joi and creative partner Austin, brought in the assistance of legendary pioneers Fishbone to be her backing band. But when her label EMI folded, so did the release of the album. While her solo projects were on hold, she provided vocals for fellow Atlanteans OutKast, Goodie Mob, and TLC songs, as well as non-Atlanta artists Robbie Williams, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, Queen Latifah, Too Short, and D.O.C. to name a few.
Joi then joined ex-Tony Toni Tone front-man Raphael Saadiq, as a member of the hip hop/R&B super group Lucy Pearl.
In 2000, Joi's third album, Star Kitty's Revenge, was again a victim of shake-ups in the record business. She then signed with Raphael Saadiq's boutique label, Pookie Records, and recorded Tennessee Slim Is the Bomb, which she executive produced. Subsequently, Joi formed her own label, Joilicious.
Joi is now preparing for the release of new music with her production partner, multi instrumentalist and songwriter, Devon Lee as a band called HotHeavy&Bad and is growing her new production company Flawless Beast Creations.
2. Joi is a band who began in the early 1980s with brothers Farook and Haroon Shamsher who started as a DJ duo and soon went on to create groundbreaking world fusion music. They grew up in Bradford, England, but as kids moved to Brick Lane in London's East End where their father ran a traditional music shop, and would record tapes in a back room to sell on the street. The Shamsher brothers learned tablas and flutes and began experimenting mixing their music with prerecorded songs from people like James Brown and Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn. They began DJing at neighborhood parties in the early 1980's and then began organizing their own raves first under the name 'League of Joi Bangla Youth Organisation,' then shortened to 'Joi Bangla,' and by 1986 finally shortened to simply 'Joi.'
The founding members of the famous London Asian Underground club scene, Joi gained a cult following on the London DJ circuit with their innovative combination of Bengali music with funk and rave. From 1992 for three years, their rule at the Bass Clef club (later the Blue Note) every Thursday was little short of legendary, attracting nearly every credible artist of its time, from Orbital to the KLF, Goldie to Björk. They released numerous singles (now extremely rare collectors' items) gaining enough notoriety that Peter Gabriel signed them to Real World Records. Joi released their first full-length album One and One Is One in 1999. The album was a big hit in the U.K. and Europe, winning a BBC Asian Music award and the duo toured Europe and North America.
Sadly, Haroon died suddenly of a heart ailment July 8, 1999 just before the recording of their second album. Farook took the rifts and themes recorded by his brother, combined them with his own ideas and completed the album as a tribute to his brother, resulting in We Are Three in 2001. Farook understandably took a long break but reemerged in 2006 with the long awaited third album Without Zero. He kept alive the spirit of his brother and their work together while stepping out in fresh directions. The album returned Joi to prominence in the world music and club scenes. In December 2006 Farook Shamsher collected to prestigious UK Asian Music Award 2006 for 'Commitment To The Scene' in recognition for seminal work of those early days and his long-standing work in the Asian music scene.
Joi is still signed to Real World Records and the next Joi release is slated for sometime in 2012.
3. Joi is a New Jack Swing female quintet Joi. They released one album, Joystick, in 1993.
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Birth name | Joi Elaine Gilliam |
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Born | January 25, 1971 (age 48) |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1993–present |
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Website | Official website |
Joi Elaine Gilliam (born January 25, 1971), better known mononymously as Joi, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer associated with the Dungeon Family collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, and as such often performs with OutKast, Organized Noize, and Goodie Mob (her ex-husband, Big Gipp, is a member of the latter group). Her signature songs include 'Sunshine & the Rain', 'Lick', and 'Freedom'.
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Biography[edit]
Joi is the daughter of NFL Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Joe Gilliam and granddaughter of Tennessee State Tigers football coach Joe Gilliam, Sr.
Music career[edit]
The Pendulum Vibe (1994)[edit]
In 1994, Joi released her debut album, The Pendulum Vibe, on EMI with Dallas Austin as the executive producer.[1] While the lead single 'Sunshine & the Rain' received heavy airplay on video outlets such as VH1 and MTV, the single failed to become a hit and album sales were disappointing, selling only 76,000 copies in the U.S. Even though album sales were low, Joi received widespread praise from critics, some calling her the new 'Madonna'. Madonna herself was so impressed with Pendulum Vibe that she changed the direction of her 1994 album Bedtime Stories. Madonna was also responsible for assisting Joi in becoming the first black model in a major Calvin Klein print ad campaign.[2] While Joi was receiving heavy media attention she released two more singles: 'I Found My Niche' and 'Freedom'. During this time, Joi's personal and musical style was the first to be dubbed as 'neo soul'.[citation needed]
The track 'Freedom' from Pendulum Vibe was later used for the Mario Van Peebles film Panther in a re-record featuring Aaliyah, Mary J. Blige, En Vogue, Me'shell Ndegeocello, TLC, Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, SWV, Brownstone and many more.
Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome (1997)[edit]
In 1997, Joi prepared for the release of her second album, Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome on Dallas Austin's FreeWorld label. Joi and creative partner Austin brought in the assistance of Fishbone to be her backing band. The song 'I Believe' was originally picked to be the first single, a video, which featured a then pregnant Joi was shot, but weeks before its release EMI wanted more 'Radio Friendly' tracks for the album, and the video's release was canceled and the album's release was put on hold. Before returning to the studio, Joi gave birth to a healthy baby girl Keypsiia 'Blue-Daydreamer' Gipp and took a short hiatus. After almost a year delay, Joi returned with a new single 'Ghetto Superstar' which featured her then husband rapper Big Gipp, the song, written for her father Joe Gilliam, coined the term 'Ghetto Superstar'.[citation needed] A video was shot and released, it featured both Big Gipp and their 1-year-old daughter Keypsiia. Yet, despite its MTV buzz status, when her label Rowdy/EMI folded, so did the release of the album. Even though the album never saw the light of day commercially, months after its cancellation, the album began circulating due to heavy boot-legging, several media outlets were able to obtain copies of the album, giving the project 4 to 5 Star Reviews, calling it 'Ahead of its time'. But in spite of the positive feedback received for the album, Joi was disappointed about its cancellation and decided to take a hiatus to take care of her family.
Lucy Pearl (2000)[edit]
In 2000, Joi joined Raphael Saadiq's group, Lucy Pearl, replacing Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue). the group made their first public appearance with Joi on January 25, 2001 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno performing 'You' which was also featured on the Save the Last Dance soundtrack. Even though Joi performed and shot two videos with the group, they never released a follow-up studio album together and the group later disbanded.
Star Kitty's Revenge (2002)[edit]
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In 2002. Joi released her third album Star Kitty's Revenge, on Universal Records. The lead single 'Missing You' was produced by Dallas Austin with whom she had not worked since doing background vocals on TLC's 'Silly Ho'. While the first single failed to become a hit, the second single 'Lick' which featured fellow Dungeon Family member Sleepy Brown was included in the film XXX received a large amount of attention from Andrew Soeder courtesy of the film's soundtrack, with no video and little airplay from radio stations across the country, sales for the single soared becoming Joi's most successful single to date, the song would later be sampled by fellow ATL recording artist Gucci Mane on his 2007 hit 'Freaky Gurl'. The following year, she was released from Universal after the sales of Star Kitty's Revenge failed to impress label executives. In spite of the widespread attention received from 'Lick,' the album sold only 101,217 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Tennessee Slim Is The Bomb (2006)[edit]
After leaving Universal, she signed with Raphael Saadiq's Pookie Entertainment label preparing for the release of her fourth album, but due to distribution issues with the boutique label, the album's release was canceled. To avoid having another project shelved, Joi decided to release the project independently.
In late 2004, Joi developed her own independent label 'Joilicious Records' and put finishing touches to her album. The album was set to be released in 2005, but was eventually released on March 28, 2006 as her fourth album under the title Tennessee Slim Is the Bomb. The first single, 'I'm So Famous', was released commercially in late 2006. In spite of moderate airplay from commercial radio, the single received widespread popularity courtesy of online, satellite, and college radio stations across the globe;[citation needed] by late 2006 sales increased dramatically, making physical copies of the album scarce and raising digital sales.[citation needed] A second single 'Dance With Yesterday' was also released.
Collaborations[edit]
Throughout the years, as a member of Atlanta's famous Dungeon Family, Joi has been featured on tracks by many different artists such as Outkast, Goodie Mob, TLC, Robbie Williams, Big Tymers, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, Queen Latifah, Too Short, Fishbone, Jim Crow, Shaquille O'Neal, Joss Stone, Run The Jewels and the D.O.C..
Discography[edit]
- The Pendulum Vibe (1994)
- Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome (1997)
- Star Kitty's Revenge (2002)
- Tennessee Slim Is the Bomb (2006)
- S.I.R. Rebekkah HolyLove, (2018)
Guest Appearances[edit]
- 'Down' (with Run The Jewels) on Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
- 'Miss Georgia Fornia' (with Big K.R.I.T.) on 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time (2017)
Singles[edit]
- 'Sunshine & the Rain'
- 'Freedom'
- 'I Found My Niche'
- 'Ghetto Superstar'
- 'I Believe'
- 'Missing You'
- 'Lick'
- 'It's Your Life'
- 'I'm So Famous'
- 'Dance With Yesterday'
- 'Another Rocket'
- 'Stare At Me'
- 'No Grey Matter'
Filmography[edit]
- (2010) Smiles & Cries
- (2018) Luke Cage (season 2)
References[edit]
- ^Huey, Steve. 'Biography: Joi'. AMG. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^Howard, Jacinta (August 4, 2010). 'Joi's Badass Revenge'. Archived from the original on January 11, 2017.
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