J-vibe (born Jose Jimenez Jr in East Los Angeles, California) is a composer and record producer who is known for his prolific original compositions.
Professionally, his career started in 1987 when he collaborated with Sammy Hernandez from JDC Records in San Pedro, California.
J-vibe wanted to release it on his own label, but Sam Hernandez passed it on to Sheik Records.
His releases such as "DJ Stoned" (filtered house), "Celestial Teahouse" (nrg) and "Toi Noi Tieng Viet" (trance) with Vietnamese were quite new for their time.
In 1995, J-vibe teamed up with Big Ron (related to Warren G.) whom he met in Long Beach, California.
In 1998, he placed his house music production "Freak Funk Mofo Mama Pie" to be included in Carl Cox's "Non Stop 98/01" CD on London Records.
Together with his brother Santiago Jimenez (Smax), they composed tracks for her including "Solamente Tu", "El Ritmo", "Crazy Boy" and "I Got My Own Way."
In 2003, J-vibe started working with La Movida Records, which was part owned by rappers Crooked Stilo.
While there, he composed and produced an entire album for Brown Town Looters which were recording under the name Pueblo Cafe.
J-vibe then started working with South Central Los Angeles rappers Loyalty and Honor.
It was a plethora of music styles and even included guests musicians such as Cheryl Cooley from the 80s group Klymaxx and Citric from Pubelo Cafe.
In 2005, a track from the "World Coast" album titled "Como Las Noticias" was included in the movie "Dirty", starring Cuba Gooding Jr. For the year 2007, J-vibe created a hip-hop track for Loyalty and Honor that includes special guest rapper Don Dinero from Block Royal.