Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Buff1

  There's Only One

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Scrappy lyrical up-and-comer Buff1 couldn’t have picked a more apt lead single than "Beat The Speakers Up” to announce the intentions behin...

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  DJ Nana

  The World Inside My Head Vol. 3

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  One of the keys to crafting a predominantly instrumental hip-hop record worth repeated listens has always rested in the producer’s knack fo...

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  Moka Only

  Clap Trap

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Vancouver’s Moka Only may very well be the most prolific man in hip-hop, dropping so many releases on top of each other that every set shou...

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  Tanya Morgan

  The Bridge EP

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  With their rather misleading name still firmly stamped in the "up next” columns of your favourite hip-hop rag following their breakout Moon...

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  The Ipanemas

  Call Of The Gods

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

  With only a small handful of discs actually bearing their name, musicians Wilson da Neves and Neco have largely earned their keep in the tr...

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  Marcos Valle

  Carioca Soul: Best Of Marcos Valle

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

  Long held in high esteem in his native Brazil for his groundbreaking compositions throughout the ’60s and ’70s, Marcos Valle may be even be...

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  Amy Winehouse

  Frank (Deluxe Edition)

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

  In the absence of any reliable timetable for a third Winehouse LP, the troubled singer’s label has resorted to mining her nominally release...

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  Kam Move

  Self-Centered

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2008

  You wouldn’t think that an artist would feel compelled to adopt a new moniker simply to explain a slight thematic shift in their output, es...