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He developed a group called Vampirus Sceleratum which included his brother Santiago. In 1999, after the passing of his father, J-vibe went into a darker side of music. He had contacted Vietnamese singer Ly Ly after hearing her singing on Henry Chuc's 'TechnoRap' album. In 1998, he was venturing in the Vietnamese music market. During 1997 - 1999, J-vibe teamed with Frankie Fusion Medina and released over a dozen other house music singles on Soundshaft Music, Moody Records, V-Wax and Antler Subway in Benelux. In 1998, he placed his house music production 'Freak Funk Mofo Mama Pie' to be included in Carl Cox's 'Non Stop 98/01' CD on London Records.

According to the documentation in the tribute site, he used two computers and a Roland MC-303. J-vibe, successfully extracted the MIDI music by using an ingenious method that did not violate the software. That same year, Anonthy Larme who ran a tribute site to the Sierra video game Phantasmagoria requested community support to obtain MIDI files from the game. Many positive reviews of the track were made including the then famous DJ Rhythms website. In the late 90s, he had a track called 'Funk Me Out' on Richard 'Humpty' Vission's 1997 'Drop That Beat' mix. Together, they attempted to release several hip-hop tracks, but were unable to come to an agreement. In 1995, J-vibe teamed up with Big Ron (related to Warren G.) whom he met in Long Beach, California. He recorded and produced tracks for Microcosm, which was a cross between Depeche Mode and Fad Gadget.

Electronica in a new wave form was in production for 1994. His releases such as 'DJ Stoned' (filtered house), 'Celestial Teahouse' (nrg) and 'Toi Noi Tieng Viet' (trance) with Vietnamese were quite new for their time. The year 1993 brought a change when J-vibe started recording and releasing house music, techno, early trance music and dance mixes.

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During these years, he also developed several software programs between and sold them on Compuserve. It was a play on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho character Norman Bates. In 1992, he released a white label vinyl record titled 'Norman Bass', on which he rapped. J-vibe contributed to the Freestyle music movement this same year with a singer named Marisol. The track 'We Got Latino Power' and 'Shake Your Hips' were local party favorites. In 1991, he recorded with Chicano rapper MC No Shame. In 1990, he started Base 12 Records, which was distributed through JDC Records in San Pedro, California. During 1989, he was mainly a studio session musician and also touched on Freestyle music, but didn't release any in this genre until 1991. It was a tribute to the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The rap titled 'Wabbit' (The Roger Dance) was released on Dunk Yer Funk. The year 1989 brought a release with Mexican-Ecuadorian-Samoan rapper Renegade MC (Chris Dominguez). J-vibe wanted to release it on his own label, but Sam Hernandez passed it on to Sheik Records. That same year, he was given a cassette tape of a track titled 'RoboCop' by the Sleeze Boys.

In 1988, he produced the classic Electrofunk record titled 'Velocity, Speed and Force' under the group name VSF on Dunk Yer Funk Records. His first rap production was Jonny Chinga's 'Mini Truck Lover' in 1987 on Billionaire Records. Professionally, his career started in 1987 when he collaborated with Sammy Hernandez from JDC Records in San Pedro, California. J-vibe's productions started as early as 1982, when he designed and built his first synthesizer. He lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend Hsky, who is an abstract painter. Considering his many hip-hop and electronica productions, he credits his major musical influences to Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, John Carpenter, Ultravox and the ethnic music of Los Angeles. J-vibe's ability to compose music in a large range of styles is one of his best-known traits. He has also been a computer software programmer since he was 13 years old. He is an important part of the underground West Coast rap and dance scene. J-vibe (born Jose Jimenez Jr in East Los Angeles, California) is a composer and record producer who is known for his prolific original compositions.