JAMAI
THE UNHUMAN ENTERTAINER
JAMAI, formally of Team Alicia Keys, on NBC’s THE VOICE is finally ready to tell his story in his riveting and emotional album,
TWENTY THREE.
This self produced masterpiece is created of 23 songs dedicated to his mother whom he lost to murder when she was 23 and he was merely 6 years old.
Born and raised in Chester, Pennsylvania, Jamai has accomplished many things in his pursuit of stardom. The Unhuman Entertainer has headlined his own 3 month long, 75 show tour in Shanghai, China, and has even been approved by BEYONCE her self….with the video to prove it. As a self taught Singer, Guitarists, Pianist, and Music Producer, Jamai is also the owner of J TELEGRAMS. J TELEGRAMS is a full service singing telegram business, where he travels the east coast delivering messages through song for his clients and their loved ones.
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TWENTY THREE:
ALBUM SUMMARY
23 Songs, 0 samples, 1 Producer, 1 Songwriter, 1 Singer...all within ONE ARTIST. It could be assumed there were a multitude of team players creating such a massive piece of art in this riveting yet personal album,"Twenty Three!" Perhaps there are a few souls living inside The Unhuman Entertainer, JAMAI, but he's merely revealing multiple sides of himself. This Multidimensional masterpiece has zero samples but taps into a variety of genres, from Afro- beat, R&B, Pop, Gospel, Doo-Wop, Reggae, and even Opera (yes Opera) with soaring guitar solo's and beautiful acoustic piano played by Jamai himself. "Twenty Three" is daring in a time where artists no longer release full albums. These 23 songs take you for an emotional and unforgettable ride. In the deeply dark and emotional "Shannon’s Last Word's" Jamai speaks from the perspective of his deceased mother. In the song Jamai theorizes what her last thoughts may have been as she laid waiting for help; after being slain by a jealous ex-boyfriend. Ballads like "Heartbeat" & "Stop Crying" lace the album with the pain of a son losing his mother at 6 years old. Jamai titles the album after the number of years she lived and the reality of the 23rd anniversary of her death leaving him emptier, with a new load of grief added to an already heavy weight. “Twenty Three” then takes an immediate shift in gears as the track list starts rolling with "Anna”-A Marley styled groove with a classic reggae bass rift underlying his pleads to a friend-with-benefits to look in the mirror for the boundaries that were never set. Throughout his almost two decades of performing and releasing music, Jamai shows that he no longer holds back on any topic. Sexual sensuality has it's own space on "Twenty Three" with tracks like "Pink in The Middle," "Chocolate Drop," "Moonlight," and "B.D.E" where he leaves little to the imagination, freely and creatively taking on classic R&B sounds. “Twenty Three” is full of genre bending songs, like the Doo-Wop-inspired "Perfume" and the almost comical "Weed Man", where he confronts his girlfriend about cheating on him with her, you guessed...Weed Man! “Twenty Three” is a euphoric reintroduction to old listeners, while being an addictive and explosive first impression to new.
TWENTY THREE
THE DOCU-SERIES
“Twenty Three,” directed and edited by Jamai, offers an intimate look at his journey on a popular singing competition. Faced with the challenge of not exploiting his mother’s tragic death for the show’s storyline, he chose to honor her in a different way. The docu-series, following the release of the album with the same title, both dedicated to his mother, features never-before-seen home footage. In this deeply personal documentary, Jamai shares vulnerable and intimate sides of himself, highlighting the profound impact of losing his mother at a young age and the realization of that loss in adulthood. This is a story of strength, love, and resilience.