Jamal was part of the Def Squad along with Keith Murray and Redman. On October 10, 1995 he released with Last Chance, No Breaks his first solo Album- The single “Keep it real” and “Fades em all” was released. The production is from Erick Sermon, Easy Mo Bee, Reggie Noble, and Mike Dean. Pete Rock also made a Remix for Fades em all. The Album and the singles charted like this: Last Chance, No Breaks The Billboard 200 Peak position: 198 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Peak position: 37 “Fades Em All” Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Peak position: 59 Hot Rap Singles Peak position: 9 “Keep It Real” Hot Rap Singles Peak position: 17 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Peak position: 76 Allmusic didn’t gave it much stars but a good and positive review