James Poyser

James Poyser
Poyser at the Black Lily Film & Music Festival in 2007
Poyser at the Black Lily Film & Music Festival in 2007
Background information
Birth nameJames Jason Poyser[1]
Also known as
  • Soul Glo
  • I Don't Want Any Trouble, I Just Want to Get Paid
  • I Gotta Eat
  • Make Sure I Get Credit For This
  • Y'all Goin to Pay Me, Right?
  • Downtown Jimmy Brown
  • Jimmy Baseball[2]
OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)
Years active1993–present
Member ofThe Roots
Formerly of

James Jason Poyser is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He performed as a member of the Philadelphia-based hip hop band The Roots since 2009. He met Jimmy Fallon in 2013 and served as a live session musician for his NBC talk shows Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "ACE Repertory".
  2. ^ "James Poyser". Discogs.
  3. ^ Cochrane, Naima (26 March 2020). "2000: A Soul Odyssey". Billboard. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "James Poyser on working with The Roots, Common, Erykah and Kanye". Red Bull Music Academy Daily. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ^ https://metrophiladelphia.com/james-poyser-of-the-roots-paid-to-play-music-and-act-like-idiots/
  6. ^ Relic, Peter (October 2000). "Keys to the city". Vibe. p. 128.
  7. ^ "Interviews". Alive.co.uk. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.

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