Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Thundercat

  Apocalypse

  PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2013

  Listening back, touches of the musical and emotional concepts that anchor Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner's masterful new disc can be heard and...

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  Wale

  The Gifted

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2013

  Long-time fans kissed off any chance of really seeing Mixtape About Nothing-era Wale again when they largely ignored his major label debut,...

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  Akua

  One's Company

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2013

  There's a singular thematic thread that winds its way through the sonic wilderness of Akua's exploratory new EP, One's Company, pitting the...

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  Slum Village

  Evolution

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2013

  What was supposed to be a celebratory reunion of sorts for ground-breaking rap group Slum Village their last time out ended in a bit of tur...

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  Smif N Wessun

  Yonge Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2013

  It's been nearly two decades since referential '90s-era rap duo Smif-N-Wessun dropped their seminal debut Dah Shinin, and for a few brief m...

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  Ludacris

  Yonge Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2013

  It's hard to imagine what might have been had original headliner Big Boi not lost his spot due to a serious knee injury, but there's no den...

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  Joey Bada$$

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON, June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2013

  For what was undoubtedly one of the most highly-anticipated shows of this year's festival, Toronto's cramped and sweaty west Queen St. late...

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  Deniro Farrar

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON, June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2013

  North Carolina rapper Deniro Farrar made two things clear early and often during his fierce though, at times, awkward Wrongbar set: that he...