Every artist, group, DJ, label and place in The Jersey City Sound documented as active in Jersey City in the 2000s, listed in order of era and name with a cited entry for each. This is one page of the archive's timeline; the full sequence from the 1960s to today is on the History page.
An entry appears here when its documented years active, an era row on its record card, or a dated event in its sourced facts (a release, a residency, a battle) falls within the period. Birth and death dates do not count as activity. Entries with no dated activity in their sources are not placed in an era until a date is sourced. The archive documents; it does not rank.
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Musicians and singers (12)
Anthony J. Cirone
Musician
Anthony James Cirone (born November 8, 1941) is an American percussionist born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
MacArthur Munford
Vocalist · Bass singer
MacArthur J. Munford (January 20, 1943 – September 5, 2006) was a Jersey City soul and doo-wop singer, the bass voice of The Spellbinders
Phyllis Newman
Musician
Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 -- September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer from Jersey City, New Jersey.
Stan Krause
Record producer · Record store owner · Label founder
Stan Krause was the Jersey City record store owner, record producer, and label founder behind Stan's Square Records and Catamount Records.
Frank Infante
Guitarist · Musician
Frank Infante was born in Jersey City on November 15, 1951, and became the guitarist of Blondie through the band's commercial peak.
Mary Brown
Songwriter · Singer · Producer
Mary Brown is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer from Jersey City.
Blaze (Blaze-In-Arts)
Designer
Blaze, working under the brand Blaze-In-Arts, is the graphic designer behind the visual identity of Jersey City's mixtape era.
Christina Milian
Musician
Christina Milian (born Christine Flores, September 26, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress from Jersey City, New Jersey.
Gerry Rosenthal
Musician
Gerry Rosenthal is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor.
Jack Frost
Musician
John Dempsey, known professionally as Jack Frost, is an American guitarist.
Kit McClure
Musician
Kit McClure (born 1951) is a jazz musician, bandleader of the all-female big band Kit McClure Band and founder of the Women in Jazz Project.
The Jersey City DJ Documentary Vol. 1 (2006)
Documentary film
Directed by DJ Wizard (WizTV), the Jersey City DJ Documentary Vol. 1 is a nearly three-hour (2:57:58) film documenting Jersey City's mixtape DJ scene.
Groups (5)
The Manhattans
Musical group
The Manhattans were an American soul and rhythm and blues vocal group formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1962.
The Persuasions
A cappella group
The Persuasions are an American a cappella group long celebrated as “the kings of a cappella,” whose early career ran through Jersey City
Dirt Bike Annie
Musical group
Dirt Bike Annie was a prominent pop punk and power pop band formed in New York City with deep ties to the New Jersey and Jersey City scenes.
Fit for an Autopsy
Musical group
Fit for an Autopsy is an American deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008.
Presidential
Crew · Management circle
Presidential — also known as the Presidential Crew or Presidential Blends — was the street crew, management circle.
Rappers, MCs and crews (10)
Champagne
MC · Manager · Filmmaker
Champagne, also known as Miss Champagne, is a Jersey City hip-hop pioneer — by the scene's account one of the city's first female MCs.
Prince Kyrie
MC
Prince Kyrie is a Jersey City MC and the founder and frontman of the conscious-rap group Positively Black, which he started in 1988.
CF201 (Constant Flow)
Rapper · MC
CF — Constant Flow, who records as CF201 — is a Jersey City rapper who has worked the underground hip-hop scene since 1993.
Craiga Ski
MC · Producer · Promoter
Craiga Ski, also billed Craig Ski, was a lifelong Jersey City native, an emcee and promoter of the city's early 1990s hip hop scene.
Hitchcock
Rapper
Hitchcock is a Jersey City rapper, one half of the A-Team alongside Ransom.
Ransom
Rapper
Ransom (Randy Nicholls) is a Jersey City rapper who moved to the city around age eight.
The A-Team
Rap duo
The A-Team were an early-2000s Jersey City rap duo of Ransom and Hitchcock, celebrated for their punchline-heavy, grimy street lyricism.
Akon
Rapper
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known professionally as Akon ( AY-kawn).
Joe Budden
Rapper · Podcast host
Joe Budden is a rapper and media personality raised in Jersey City from age 13, who moved from the city's mixtape circuit to a national profile.
The Heat
Hip-hop group
The Heat is a Jersey City rap group that emerged as part of the city's vibrant and highly competitive hip-hop underground.
DJs (30)
DJ Flash
DJ · Mixtape pioneer
DJ Flash, born Ronald Hamilton, is a Jersey City DJ from Park Street.
DJ Wimpy Bee
DJ · Blends pioneer
DJ Wimpy Bee (Edmund Bryant) was a Jersey City DJ legend celebrated as a founding figure of the Chilltown hip-hop scene.
Grand Wizard Capone
DJ
Grand Wizard Capone is a Jersey City DJ of the park jam generation, named by DJ Thurmie Thurm as one of the legends he came up playing alongside.
DJ Count Basil
DJ · Producer
DJ Count Basil, also known as Brutha Basil, is a house music DJ and producer originally from Jersey City, deeply connected to the New York.
DJ Mad Money
DJ
DJ Mad Money — born James Gadsden, and billed over the years as Mad Money.
Jarrett Cordes
DJ · Producer
Jarrett Cordes, billed as DJ Minutemix, was the DJ and co-producer of PM Dawn.
Benito
DJ · Producer
Benito is a Jersey City producer-DJ who was roughly 11 years into his career at the time of the 2006 WizTV documentary, placing his start around 1995.
Deejay Luchionney
DJ · Radio founder
Deejay Luchionney, also known as DJ Luchionney, is a veteran Jersey City DJ and the C.E.O. of Hood Work Radio
DJ 007
DJ
DJ 007, born Michael Williams and also known as Styles 007 and Mr. Shut Em Down, and formerly as DJ Worm, is a Jersey City DJ.
DJ BigTime
DJ · Producer
DJ BigTime is a Jersey City mixtape DJ active from the 1990s through at least 2006.
DJ E Double
Legend DJ · Promoter · Producer
DJ E Double, born Eric Pinkney and also known as DJ E-Dub DaGeneral and E Platinum.
DJ P Dub
DJ
DJ P Dub is a Jersey City mixtape DJ who was active in the late 1990s and 2000s.
DJ Q
DJ
DJ Q — billed on records and flyers as DJ "Q" and known today as Da Topic — is a Jersey City mixtape and party DJ.
E-Square
DJ
E-Square is a Jersey City DJ of the mixtape and club era, billed on period flyers among "201 Squad's & Jersey City's Finest."
Mark Cee
DJ · Producer
Mark Cee, also known as Nemo, is a Jersey City DJ and ghost producer.
Mista Quietman
DJ · Remixer
Mista Quietman (Antwan Anderson) is a Jersey City DJ, blend-tape producer.
Semaj da DJ
DJ
Semaj da DJ — whose name is James spelled backward — is a Jersey City DJ who has been mixing since 1998.
DJ All Out
DJ
DJ All Out is a Jersey City DJ documented on flyers from the early-2000s club circuit, billed on the Summer Heatwave 2002 card alongside E-Square.
DJ Dolo
DJ
DJ Dolo is a Jersey City DJ of the Dangerous Minds crew who performed earlier as Dollar Mike before settling on the Dolo name.
DJ DYCE
DJ
DJ Dyce is a Jersey City DJ who is likely the figure shouted out as 'Dice' in the 2006 WizTV documentary.
DJ J Dub
DJ
DJ J Dub is a Jersey City DJ embedded in the city's rich history of mixtape creators and party rockers.
DJ K (Killa K)
DJ
DJ K, also known as Killa K, is a Jersey City DJ whose 'Killa K family' received a direct shoutout from DJ E Double (Double Platinum Entertainment).
DJ Madden
DJ · Producer · Recording artist
DJ Madden, born Steve Garcia, is a Jersey City DJ, turntablist, and producer who was put on by DJ Wizard and mentored by Mark Cee.
DJ NEL E NEL
DJ · Producer
DJ NEL E NEL, born Nelson Carty and also known as Mandela and billed as Nel E Nel Blends, is a Jersey City blends mixtape legend, DJ.
DJ Thunderkatt
DJ
DJ Thunderkatt is a Jersey City DJ pictured with DJ Q, DJ P Dub, and DJ E Double in photographs from the DJ Q archive.
DJ Walley Katt
DJ
DJ Walley Katt, referenced in the 2006 WizTV documentary as Wiley Cat, is a Jersey City DJ and the partner of X5.
Joe Bananas
DJ
Joe Bananas is a Jersey City DJ of Bananas Entertainment and Chemical Records who is interviewed in the 2006 WizTV documentary.
Kamillion
Producer · DJ
Kamillion — formerly billed as Chameleon and Ka-Million, and earlier as DJ Solid — is a Jersey City producer and DJ.
Wiztv
DJ · Videographer · Documentarian · Blend tape producer · Director · Archivist
Wiztv — formerly billed as DJ Wizard, born John Freeman — is a Jersey City DJ, videographer, and documentarian.
X5
DJ
X5 is a Jersey City DJ who named himself after the BMW X5, a self-description captured in the 2006 WizTV documentary where he is interviewed.
Labels and companies (1)
Catamount Records
Record label
Catamount Records is a Jersey City record label founded in 1964 by Stan Krause, proprietor of the Stan's Square Records store
Places (3)
Lincoln High School
Public high school
Lincoln High School is the Jersey City public high school where Kool & the Gang formed in 1964: brothers Robert 'Kool' Bell and Ronald Bell.
Stan's Square Records
Record store · Venue · Label home
Stan's Square Records was a Jersey City record store founded by Stan Krause in 1965 in Journal Square, later moving to 349 Bergen Avenue
Ferris High School
Public high school
James J. Ferris High School is the Jersey City public high school that the 2006 WizTV documentary names as a producer of the mixtape scene's legends.
Questions, answered§
How does the archive decide which era an entry belongs to?
By the years active recorded in the entry, or failing that by dated events in its sourced facts. An artist active across several decades appears on each decade's page; birth and death dates never place an entry.
Where is the full Jersey City music timeline?
On the History page, which links every era page in sequence, and on the Chilltown page for the nickname's own history.
Also in the archive§
Musicians from Jersey City: the complete archive · Jersey City DJs and the mixtape era · Jersey City music history: the timeline · Chilltown · On the Charts
Rappers from Jersey City · Famous Musicians Born in Jersey City · Famous People from Jersey City: Music and Entertainment · Jersey Club and Jersey City · Jersey City Music Venues, Record Stores and Studios · Jersey City High Schools and the Music That Came Through Them · Jersey City Slang in Music: 201 and Chilltown · Jersey City Music Before 1960 · Jersey City Music in the 1960s · Jersey City Music in the 1970s · Jersey City Music in the 1980s · Jersey City Music in the 1990s
Sources§
Every fact above is carried by the linked entries, each with its own numbered sources.
Archive page by Robert Van Liew · Last updated 2026-10-01