Always Has Been is the first EP released by indie hip hop artist J-Live, released in 2003 on the label Triple Threat Productions. It is an EP and consists of six songs recorded early in J-Live's career, prior to the release of his first album The Best Part. It was released simultaneously as Always Will Be, another EP by J-Live, which is made up of eight new tracks.The tracks "Braggin Writes" and "Schools In" were rerecorded for The Best Part, but here they appear in their original form.