Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Lil Wayne

  Dedication 4 Mixtape

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

  If the record's volume number wasn't enough to suggest that Lil Wayne's long-running Dedication mixtape series was getting a little stale,...

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  Blu & Exile

  Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

  When much-revered left coast rap fixture Blu snuck out a rough edit of the then entitled Give Me Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them late...

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  Emmanuel Jal

  See Me Mama

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2012

  Credited for introducing a much more musically expansive and message-driven form of locally-produced hip-hop to the region surrounding his...

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  Various

  The Cafeteria Line Presents: Hngry

  PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012

  After turning in one of the most well-conceived and largely slept-on records of 2011, with musical love tale A Sucker For Pumps, L.A.-based...

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  Dwele

  Greater Than One

  PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012

  Ever the pillar of creative consistency, long-running neo-soul survivor Dwele continues to turn out top-notch, grown-folk soul records that...

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  Pete Rock & CL Smooth

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON August 16

  PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2012

  In a week that saw legions of Presley faithfuls celebrating the 35th anniversary of the King's passing, classic rap record Mecca and the So...

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  OVO Fest 2012 featuring Drake, the Weeknd, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky

  Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON August 5

  PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2012

  If there was any lingering doubt about whether Canada's most successful rap talent truly represents his hometown and country on the world s...

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  Cheri Coke

  XCoke

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2012

  Trading in both her birth name and a confessedly dime-a-dozen contemporary R&B style for a catchy new moniker and far more progressive soun...