Person · Male

J.Period

From
Los Angeles, United States
Since
1975–present
Releases
27
  • hip hop

About

Joel Astman (born February 12, 1975), known professionally as J.Period, is a Brooklyn-based mixtape DJ, remixer and hip-hop producer. He is best known for producing official mixtape collaborations with Q-Tip, John Legend, Nas, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Lauryn Hill, the Roots, the Isley Brothers and Mary J. Blige, and an "audio-biography" style that incorporates personal interviews with these artists into his "Best Of" compilations.

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His original productions and remixes have also appeared in film trailers for Universal Pictures' American Gangster (2007)
and Fox Searchlight's Street Kings (2008).
In November 2008, J.Period became the first DJ/producer commissioned by Activision to score and produce an entire video game soundtrack, Tony Hawk's Motion for Nintendo DS.

From J.Period on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Discography

Albums 2
EPs 3
Singles 2
Live 1
Compilations 6
Other 13

Links

Instrumental supporting musician

Also known as

DJ J-Period · J. Period · J.PERIOD

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000406817214

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.