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{{short description|American songwriter}}
<!-- Unsourced image removed: ] -->'''Jazze Pha''' AKA Jazze Phizzle (born Phalon Alexander) is a ] producer and singer born in ]. He is a ] based producer who worked with ], ], ], ], ] among others features in production. He is the son of former ] ] ] and ] ] ]]
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| name = Jazze Pha
| image = Jazze Pha.jpg
| caption = Jazze Pha in 2019
| birth_name = Phalon Anton Alexander
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| birth_place = ], U.S.
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* Keyboards
* vocals
* ]
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* bass
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* ]
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* rapper
* singer
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| years_active = 1988–present
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* ]
* Sho'nuff
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'''Phalon Anton Alexander''',<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jazze-pha-mn0000812831/biography|title=Jazze Pha – Biography – AllMusic|work=]|publisher=]|last=Kellman|first=Andy|access-date=October 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>, Ascap.com</ref> <!-- per ] policy, birthday requires cite to ] --> known professionally as '''Jazze Pha''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|æ|z|i|_|ˈ|f|eɪ}} {{respell|JAZ|ee|_|FAY}}), is an American record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter. He founded the record label Sho'nuff Records in 1995, through which he signed R&B singer ] in 2003. He produced her 2004 single "]," which peaked at number two on the ], and he served as executive producer for its parent album, '']'' (2004). Released in a joint venture with ], the album was met with critical and commercial success, although she parted ways with Sho'nuff shortly after.


During the remaining decade, Alexander's subsequent productions proved commercially successful. He is credited on the ]-top ten singles "]" also for Ciara and "]" for ], the top 20 singles "]" for ], "]" for ] and "]" for ], as well as the top 40 singles "]" for ] and "]" for ]. Alexander is also known as a ] for many of his productions, for which he may often perform as a credited recording artist or backing vocalist. Apart from Ciara, his Sho'nuff label has signed the musical acts ] and ]. As a recording artist himself, he signed with ] to release his debut album in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beatmakingvideos.com/author/jazze-pha/|title=Beat Making Videos — Jazze Pha|date=March 15, 2016 }}</ref>
Jazze Pha is credited for bringing ] singer ] national attention with her solo album '']''.
He produced her hit single ] feat. ].


==Early life==
He is also jointly signed a production deal with ].
Jazze Pha was born and raised in ], but mainly based in ]. His father is ], bassist for the ], an influential group on the Memphis soul scene in the 1960s. His mother, Deniece Williams, is an accomplished singer, having worked with everyone from ] to ]. Pha was named after the late ], another member of the Bar-Kays, who died in the December 10, 1967, plane crash that also killed three other Bar-Kays members and ].{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Career==
Pha is known for announcing "Ladies and gentlemen" or "This is a Jazze Phizzle product-shizzle!", both at the beginning and, occasionally, at the end of songs in which he produced.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.927/title.jazze-pha-baller-blockin |title=Jazze Pha: Baller Blockin' &#124; Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop &#124; HipHop DX |access-date=October 7, 2013 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109061246/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.927/title.jazze-pha-baller-blockin |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1990, Pha was signed to ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goggans|first1=Louis|title=A Product of Memphis: Q & A with Jazze Pha|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/CallingtheBluff/archives/2013/07/18/a-product-of-memphis-q-and-a-with-jazze-pha|newspaper=Memphis Flyer|access-date=June 26, 2014}}</ref>


==Discography== ==Discography==
'''Studio albums'''
===Selected production credits and guest appearances===

] - ''Better Dayz''
* CD1 04. Changed Man (Featuring ]) - Guest Appearance and Producer
* CD1 10. Fair Exchange - Guest Appearance and Producer
* CD2 05. U Can Call - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''I Care 4 U''
* 10. Don't Worry - Producer


] - ''Stone Love''
* 02. I Wanna Thank Ya (Feat. ]) - Producer



* ''Rising To The Top'' (1990)
] - ''Hood Rich''
{{main|Jazze Pha production discography}}
* 04. Sunny Day - Producer
* 08. I'm Comin' - Producer


===Guest appearances===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
] - ''Baby aka The #1 Stunna''
* 03. Fly In Any Weather - Guest Appearance
* 11. On The Rocks - Producer
* 13. Heads Up - Producer
* 18. Do That.... - Producer
* 19. Ice Cold - Producer


] - ''Boyz N Da Hood''
* 04. Felonies - Producer
* 12. Happy Jamz - Guest Appearance and Producer
* 15. Pussy Muthafucka (Featuring ]) - Producer


] - ''Trill''
* 08. I'm Ballin - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Goodies''
* 02. 1,2 Step - Producer
* 03. Thug Style - Producer
* 04. Hotline - Producer


] - ''Certified''
* 06. Fucking - Guest Appearance and Producer
* 13. Take Your - Guest Appearance


] -
* 00. So What (Feat. ]) - Producer


] - ''From Me To U''
* 19. Now What (Featuring ]) - Producer


] - ''500 Degreez''
* 15. Believe That (Featuring ]) - Producer
* 19. Get That Dough (Featuring ]) - Producer


] - ''Tha Carter''
* 19. Earthquake - Guest Appearance


] - ''Word Of Mouf''
* 07. Area Codes (Featuring ]) - Producer
* 13. Keep It On The Hush - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Watermelon Chicken and Gritz''
* 06. Awnaw - Guest Appearance


] - ''Soundtrack''
* 00. It's In The Game (Murphy Lee Featuring Jazze Pha & Jody Breeze) - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Suit''
* 02. Pretty Toes (Featuring ]) - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Sweat''
* 02. Na-Nana-Na - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Duets: The Final Chapter''
* 09. Nasty Girl (Featuring ] & ]) - Producer


] - ''The Art Of Storytelling''
* 03. Street Talkin' (Featuring ]) - Producer


] - ''Already Platinum''
* 08. Everybody Loves A Pimp - Producer
* 14. Incredible Feelin' - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''I'm Serious''
* 11. Chooz U - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Trap Muzik''
* 06. Let's Get Away - Guest Appearance and Producer
* 13. Bezzle - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Urban Legend''
* 07. Get Loose (Featuring ]) - Producer
* 15. Chillin' With My Bitch - Guest Appearance and Co-Producer


] - ''Married To The Game''
* 01. Choosin' (Featuring ]) - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Glamorest Life''
* 07. It's Your B-Day - Guest Appearance and Producer


] - ''Kamikaze''
* 06. Still Feels So Good - Producer
* 08. Badunkadunk - Producer


] - ''Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101''
* 12. Bang (Featuring ] & ]) - Producer


] - ''Drankin' Patnaz''
* 14. Mind On My Money - Guest Appearance and Producer

==Singles==

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
! width="28" rowspan="2"| Year
! width="343" rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="1"| Chart Positions
! width="343" rowspan="2"| Album
|- |-
! scope="col" style="width:19em;" | Title

! scope="col" | Year
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! scope="col" | Other artist(s)
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! scope="col" | Album
|-
| ]
| "]" (with ])
! -
! #63
| ]
|-
| ]
| "Happy Hour (clean mix)" (with ] & ] & ])
! -
! -
| -
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Let a Playa Get His Freak On"
| ]
|| 1997
| "]" (with ] & ])
| ]
! TBA
| '']''
! TBA
|-
| ]
! scope="row"| "It Is What It Is"
|| 1998
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Thug in Your Life"
|| 2000
| Cap.One
| ''Through the Eyes of a Ron''
|-
! scope="row"| "Chooz U"
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Keep It on the Hush"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Let's Go to the Club"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Jenny"
| rowspan="13" |2002
|]
|'']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Coco"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Gangsta Walk"
| ], ], Slim J
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Awnaw"
|]
|'']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Fair XChange"
| rowspan="2"| ]
| rowspan="3"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "U Can Call"
|-
! scope="row"| "There U Go"
| 2Pac, ], ]
|-
! scope="row"| "I'm Comin'"
| ], Mikkey, ]
| rowspan="2"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Get High"
| Big Tymers
|-
! scope="row"| "Fly in Any Weather"
| ]
| rowspan="4"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "On the Rocks"
| Birdman, The D Boys
|-
! scope="row"| "Hustlas, Pimps and Thugs"
| Birdman, ], TQ
|-
! scope="row"| "Ice Cold"
| Birdman, TQ
|-
! scope="row"| "Bowtie"
| rowspan="7"| 2003
| ], ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Pretty Pink"
| ], T.I., Marcus
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Down South"
| Big Tymers, ], Ludacris
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Ride Tonight"
| ], Birdman
| rowspan="2"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Think..."
| Boo & Gotti
|-
! scope="row"| "Mind on My Money"
| rowspan="2"| ]
| rowspan="2"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "No Average Playa"
|-
! scope="row"| "Chillin' with My Bitch"
| rowspan="10"| 2004
| T.I.
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Lipstick"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Still Feels So Good"
| rowspan="2"| ]
| rowspan="2"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Badunkadunk"
|-
! scope="row"| "Pretty Toes"
| ], T.I.
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Girlfriend"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Contract"
| ], ], Pimpin' Ken
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Ménage a Trois"
| ], ], ]
| rowspan="2"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "4 Eva"
| Trick Daddy
|-
! scope="row"| "]"
| ], T.I.
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Everybody Loves a Pimp"
| rowspan="5"| 2005
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "I'm Ballin'"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "It's Your B-Day"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Play Ur Position"
| YoungBloodZ, Mr. Mo
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Take Your"
| ], ], Bun B
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Thinking of You"
| rowspan="10"| 2006
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "A Part of Thugs"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Pimpin' Forever"
| rowspan="5"| Too Short
| rowspan="6"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Strip Down"
|-
! scope="row"| "Nothing Feels Better"
|-
! scope="row"| "Sophisticated"
|-
! scope="row"| "Playa"
|-
! scope="row"| "16 Hoes"
| Too Short, Bun B
|-
! scope="row"| "Tear da Club Up"
| ], Bun B
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Honey"
| ], ], Tela
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Momma"
| rowspan="5"| 2007
| ]
| rowspan="2"| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Chevy Smile"
| Yung Joc, Block, Trick Daddy
|-
! scope="row"| "Say say"
| Twista, ], Big Zak
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Pimpin' Don't Fail Me Now"
| ], ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "I Know You Want Me"
| ]
| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Product"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.datpiff.com/August-Alsina-The-Product-2-mixtape.485614.html |title=The Product 2 Mixtape by August Alsina Hosted by DJ Drama |website=Datpiff.com |access-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026101622/https://www.datpiff.com/August-Alsina-The-Product-2-mixtape.485614.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|| 2013
| ]
|| ''The Product 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Double Tap"
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| ], ]
|| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Savage"
| E-40, ]
|| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Lose My Number"
| rowspan="2"| 2017
|Too Short
|'']''
|-
! scope="row"| "Let It All Out"
| ]
|| '']''
|-
! scope="row"| "1999 Wildfire"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| ]
| ]
|} |}

==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* Official & Cee-Lo Green website * {{Official website|https://djjazzepha.com/}}
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* - Lyrics to the song "Happy Hour" which features ] Green.
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American songwriter

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Background information
Birth namePhalon Anton Alexander
BornMemphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • vocals
  • sampler
  • percussion
  • bass
  • drums
Years active1988–present
Labels
FatherJames Alexander
Musical artist

Phalon Anton Alexander, known professionally as Jazze Pha (/ˌdʒæzi ˈfeɪ/ JAZ-ee FAY), is an American record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter. He founded the record label Sho'nuff Records in 1995, through which he signed R&B singer Ciara in 2003. He produced her 2004 single "1, 2 Step," which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and he served as executive producer for its parent album, Goodies (2004). Released in a joint venture with LaFace Records, the album was met with critical and commercial success, although she parted ways with Sho'nuff shortly after.

During the remaining decade, Alexander's subsequent productions proved commercially successful. He is credited on the Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles "Get Up" also for Ciara and "So What" for Field Mob, the top 20 singles "Let's Get Down" for Bow Wow, "Let's Get Away" for T.I. and "Just Fine" for Mary J. Blige, as well as the top 40 singles "Area Codes" for Ludacris and "Do That..." for Birdman. Alexander is also known as a hype man for many of his productions, for which he may often perform as a credited recording artist or backing vocalist. Apart from Ciara, his Sho'nuff label has signed the musical acts Ayo & Teo and Cherish. As a recording artist himself, he signed with Elektra Records to release his debut album in 1990.

Early life

Jazze Pha was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, but mainly based in Atlanta, Georgia. His father is James Alexander, bassist for the Bar-Kays, an influential group on the Memphis soul scene in the 1960s. His mother, Deniece Williams, is an accomplished singer, having worked with everyone from Earth, Wind, and Fire to Barbra Streisand. Pha was named after the late Phalon Jones, another member of the Bar-Kays, who died in the December 10, 1967, plane crash that also killed three other Bar-Kays members and Otis Redding.

Career

Pha is known for announcing "Ladies and gentlemen" or "This is a Jazze Phizzle product-shizzle!", both at the beginning and, occasionally, at the end of songs in which he produced. In 1990, Pha was signed to Elektra Records.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Rising To The Top (1990)
Main article: Jazze Pha production discography

Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Let a Playa Get His Freak On" 1997 LSG Levert.Sweat.Gill
"It Is What It Is" 1998 Ras Kass Rasassination
"Thug in Your Life" 2000 Cap.One Through the Eyes of a Ron
"Chooz U" 2001 T.I. I'm Serious
"Keep It on the Hush" Ludacris Word of Mouf
"Let's Go to the Club" MC Breed The Fharmacist
"Jenny" 2002 Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Supernova
"Coco" Tela Double Dose
"Gangsta Walk" Baby D, Lil' C, Slim J Lil' Chopper Toy
"Awnaw" Nappy Roots Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
"Fair XChange" 2Pac Better Dayz
"U Can Call"
"There U Go" 2Pac, Big Syke, Outlawz
"I'm Comin'" Big Tymers, Mikkey, TQ Hood Rich
"Get High" Big Tymers
"Fly in Any Weather" Birdman Birdman
"On the Rocks" Birdman, The D Boys
"Hustlas, Pimps and Thugs" Birdman, 8Ball, TQ
"Ice Cold" Birdman, TQ
"Bowtie" 2003 OutKast, Sleepy Brown Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
"Pretty Pink" David Banner, T.I., Marcus MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water
"Down South" Big Tymers, Lil' Wayne, Ludacris Big Money Heavyweight
"Ride Tonight" Boo & Gotti, Birdman Perfect Timing
"Think..." Boo & Gotti
"Mind on My Money" YoungBloodZ Drankin' Patnaz
"No Average Playa"
"Chillin' with My Bitch" 2004 T.I. Urban Legend
"Lipstick" Cassidy Split Personality
"Still Feels So Good" Twista Kamikaze
"Badunkadunk"
"Pretty Toes" Nelly, T.I. Suit
"Girlfriend" Guerilla Black Guerilla City
"Contract" Lil' Jon, Trillville, Pimpin' Ken Crunk Juice
"Ménage a Trois" Trick Daddy, Smoke, Money Mark Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
"4 Eva" Trick Daddy
"Goodies (Remix)" Ciara, T.I. Goodies
"Everybody Loves a Pimp" 2005 Slim Thug Already Platinum
"I'm Ballin'" Bun B Trill
"It's Your B-Day" Trina Glamorest Life
"Play Ur Position" YoungBloodZ, Mr. Mo Ev'rybody Know Me
"Take Your" David Banner, Too Short, Bun B Certified
"Thinking of You" 2006 Unk Beat'n Down Yo Block!
"A Part of Thugs" Yo Gotti Back 2 da Basics
"Pimpin' Forever" Too Short Blow the Whistle
"Strip Down"
"Nothing Feels Better"
"Sophisticated"
"Playa"
"16 Hoes" Too Short, Bun B
"Tear da Club Up" LeToya, Bun B LeToya
"The Honey" Pimp C, Jody Breeze, Tela Pimpalation
"Momma" 2007 Yung Joc Hustlenomics
"Chevy Smile" Yung Joc, Block, Trick Daddy
"Say say" Twista, CeeLo Green, Big Zak Adrenaline Rush 2007
"Pimpin' Don't Fail Me Now" 8Ball & MJG, Juvenile Ridin High
"I Know You Want Me" Young Buck Buck The World
"The Product" 2013 August Alsina The Product 2
"Double Tap" 2016 Snoop Dogg, E-40 Coolaid
"Savage" E-40, B-Legit The D-Boy Diary (Book 1)
"Lose My Number" 2017 Too Short The Pimp Tape
"Let It All Out" Bone Thugs New Waves
"1999 Wildfire" 2018 BROCKHAMPTON The Best Years Of Our Lives

References

  1. Kellman, Andy. "Jazze Pha – Biography – AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  2. ASCAP ACE Repository: "You Should Be My Girl", Ascap.com
  3. "Beat Making Videos — Jazze Pha". March 15, 2016.
  4. "Jazze Pha: Baller Blockin' | Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop | HipHop DX". Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  5. Goggans, Louis. "A Product of Memphis: Q & A with Jazze Pha". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  6. "The Product 2 Mixtape by August Alsina Hosted by DJ Drama". Datpiff.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.

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