Acid Jazz Music: Jamiroquai – Manifest Destiny

September 12009

The Cosmic Lounge presents Acid Jazz music: ‘Manifest Destiny’ by Jamiroquai.

“After Jason “Jay” Kay (born Jason Cheetham) auditioned unsuccessfully to be the singer of the The Brand New Heavies, he decided to put together his own band. Jamiroquai’s first single, When You Gonna Learn?, was released in 1992 on the Acid Jazz label. Following its success, Kay signed a £1,000,000 eight-album record deal with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The band enjoys worldwide popularity and is the best-known member of the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, The Brand New Heavies, Galliano and Corduroy. Jamiroquai has since, however, moved in other musical directions. The band´s lead, Jay Kay, is a hat and car lover. During shows he always wears a hat, and he has lots of very expensive sports cars, like Ferrari. The name “Jamiroquai” is derived from the Native American Iroquois tribe, with which Kay has said he identifies philosophically, combined with ‘Jam’, as in musical jamming. Sam Smith (Backing Vocals) recently left the band and moved to Paris to get involved in some other projects.”

http://www.last.fm/music/Jamiroquai

Duration : 0:6:23


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23 Responses

  1. laxstud5588 Says:

    my nips

    yo lips
    my nips

    yo lips

  2. 8bitfist Says:

    I just love humming …
    I just love humming the baseline.

  3. VenusInCancer Says:

    i like east coast …
    i like east coast rap like Jeru, Eric B. & Rakim,
    but west coasts got groups like The Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics, and A Tribe Called Quest
    i think east coast < west coast but only by a little bit sorry

  4. destoroy4 Says:

    omg just stfu if …
    omg just stfu if you dont know what we`re talking about

  5. VenusInCancer Says:

    when the east is in …
    when the east is in da house OMG dangerrrrrr

  6. iancurtis86 Says:

    for sure!
    Check my …

    for sure!
    Check my channel, I ‘m a in lover of east coast hip-hop; it’s 60-70% of the music I listen… I just gave information about Tupac and , but that means nothing… I like 3 or 4 songs of Tupac, I really don’t like very much his music, to be sincere

  7. destoroy4 Says:

    east coast > west …
    east coast > west coast

  8. XenoAlex2222 Says:

    I Love this
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    I Love this
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  9. locky98 Says:

    just absoulute …
    just absoulute fantastic is all i can say!

  10. iancurtis86 Says:

    It’s in Better Dayz …
    It’s in Better Dayz (2002):

    “Better Dayz is the fourth posthumous album by late American rapper Tupac Shakur, and the last so far to be a double-album.

    It was released in November 2002, debuting at number 5 on the Billboard 200. This album consists of a collection of unreleased material and remixed songs from Tupac’s “Makaveli” period while signed to Death Row Records, and was produced by Johnny “J”, Jazze Pha, Frank Nitty, and E.D.I. of Outlawz.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  11. chizizizizad Says:

    the best bassline …
    the best bassline ever

  12. Hauler24 Says:

    This is a great …
    This is a great song and Jamiroquai are the absolute best there is.

  13. Numtalegau Says:

    It´s from their 2nd …
    It´s from their 2nd album – Return of the space cowboy. One of their (if not the) best work.

  14. Pradiip79 Says:

    This may well be …
    This may well be Jamiroquai’s finest moment imho.

  15. johnnyraybosko Says:

    Well it makes sense …
    Well it makes sense that both 2pac and Jamiroquai would use this tune ‘cuz they’re both awesome and this tune is equally as awesome.

  16. dfebra Says:

    My favourite …
    My favourite Jamiroquai tune.

  17. jjsCO04 Says:

    diz iz real music!
    diz iz real music!

  18. xXxXFoolehCoolehXxXx Says:

    The live version is …
    The live version is even better. <3

  19. rakim2pac Says:

    who do u believe …
    who do u believe was recorded during the deathrow era so its not an early 2pac song

  20. thefunksoulsista Says:

    genial.
    genial.

  21. loveformetal1 Says:

    2pac sampled this …
    2pac sampled this music you ing idiot. Its on Better dayz.

  22. kourouma94 Says:

    love it :)
    love it :)

  23. Poncebone Says:

    2PAC’S “Who Do U …
    2PAC’S “Who Do U Believe In” sampled this song! I can’t seem to find which album it is from. People say it is an early 2pac song. I wonder if there sould be legal action taken!!!

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