Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Karol Conka

  Batuk Freak

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2014

  As a genre driven at the best of times by deft spoken wordplay, foreign-language hip hop hasn't found the same ease in penetrating North Am...

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  Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

  Piñata

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2014

  Piñata is the culmination of a slowly building collaborative process rapper Freddie Gibbs and genial producer Madlib. The two have been put...

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  Prince Po & Oh No

  Animal Serum

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2014

  Seven long years after his last LP, former Organized Konfusion member Prince Po returns to the fray for another full-length mission, this t...

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  Elaquent

  Green Apples and Oranges

  PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2014

  Guelph-based beat creator Elaquent approached his latest project tempering of some of his more characteristically unconventional sound refe...

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  Kanye West / Kendrick Lamar

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, December 22

  PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2013

  Kanye West's much talked about, high-concept Yeezus tour finally rolled into Toronto for the first of two dates last night (December 22) ov...

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  Blu & CookBook

  Yes

  PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2013

  Blu has never been one to go very long without a new record on deck, at times turning out one collaborative effort just as folks catch wind...

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  Omar Souleyman

  Wenu Wenu

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013

  Billing Omar Souleyman's new disc, Wenu Wenu, as his proper studio debut, though somewhat correct, is a bit misleading, as the celebrated S...

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  Yancey Boys

  Sunset Blvd.

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013

  It's been nearly eight long years since the passing of revolutionary hip-hop producer J Dilla, but through their ongoing Yancey Boys projec...