Articles by Kevin Jones

Various

The Source Presents Fat Tape Vol. 1

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

The long-overdue winds of change at The Source magazine that finally (though rather meekly) rolled in with the ousting of lead pariahs Benz...

Public Enemy

Bring That Beat Back

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

While you’d be hard pressed to argue that the message carried by Public Enemy’s more recent releases continues to have anywhere near the im...

Nação Zumbi

Futuro

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

As one of the pioneers of Brazil’s mengue beat movement — a rhythmic style that channels the traditional North Eastern percussive patterns...

Cedille

Vu Du Large

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

For the very little that we in North America have come to know about France’s hip-hop scene over the years, what hasn’t been completely los...

Nicolay

Here

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

Since splashing in big a few years ago with his breakout Little Brother link-up with lyrical arsonist Phonte for The Foreign Exchange proje...

New Flesh

Universally Dirty

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

Envelope pushing Brit hip-hop collective New Flesh turn in a dot-connecting genre blaster for their third LP, Universally Dirty. From the w...

Michael Franti and Spearhead

Yell Fire

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

After trying his hand at documentary filmmaking during his journey through the Middle East, perennial freedom fighter Michael Franti presen...

Moro No Brasil

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

While many have attempted to document Brazil’s unmatched musical richness few have succeeded in tapping into the traditional roots of the c...