Five Steez

Five Steez is an independent underground hip hop artist from Kingston, Jamaica.^[1] He began making a name for himself with his 'Momentum' mixtape series in 2010 ^[2] and then his debut album, 'War for Peace', in August 2012.^[3] The album was well received by hip hop websites^[4] as well as the Jamaican print media,^[2] which labelled it an unexpected landmark release from Jamaica.^[5] In October 2014, he released his EP, 'These Kingston Times', to equally rave reviews,^[6] followed by 2016's EP, 'HeatRockz'. He also organized Kingston, Jamaica's premier Hip Hop event, Pay Attention,^[7] from 2012 - 2015, with the local Hip Hop collective, The council, of which he is one-fourth.^[8] In 2019, he returned with the Mordecai-produced album, 'Love N Art', a campaign covered by the national newspaper, The Gleaner.^[9] Steez followed up 'Love N Art', with his second release for 2019, the EP 'Pantone', with French beatmaker J-Zen.^[10] In 2020, he released a sequel to his first EP with Mordecai, HeatRockz 2.0.^[11] For 2021, Five Steez teamed up with Brazilian producer SonoTWS for the album Quietude.^[12] Five Steez has been noted by The FADER as dominating Kingston's underground for some time.^[13]

Discography

Albums

• 2012: War for Peace
• 2019: Love N Art (w/ Mordecai)
• 2021: Quietude (w/ SonoTWS)
• 2023: Re:DEFined (w/ Son Raw)

EPs

• 2013: War for Peace (Remix EP)
• 2014: These Kingston Times
• 2016: HeatRockz (w/ Mordecai)
• 2019: Pantone (w/ J-Zen)
• 2020: HeatRockz 2.0 (w/ Mordecai)

Mixtapes

• 2010: The Momentum: Volume One (w/ DJ Ready Cee)
• 2011: Yard Rebel (w/ DJ MadLogic)
• 2011: The Momentum: Volume Two (w/ DJ Ready Cee)
• 2016: The Momentum: Volume Three (w/ DJ Ready Cee)

with The Council

• 2016: Forgotten Parables (EP)
• 2017: Nothing Else Matters (Album)
• 2021: Trilogy (Album)