Mike Jones

Blogs
May 31, 2011
The Top Five Weird And Wonderful Music Scenes Championed By Diplo
The second installment in the Blow Your Head compilation series, released today, underscores Diplo's status as the world's most persuasive musical archaeologist. Released on Mad Decent, the record label run by the DJ, producer, and former darling of M.I.A., it focuses on the newly-created sub-genre ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2010
Facebook Colonizes MySpace with 'Mashup'
Like MySpace, the rebellious Vercingetorix eventually surrendered to CaesarIn the latest piece of tech trivia to emerge in a technologically trivial week, MySpace CEO Mike Jones announced today that his ailing social network will now allow its users to import a wide range of information from thei ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Listomania: Top Southern Rap Picks For 2009
Yeah, it stirred the Yankees to the World Series championship, but was there a more boring album this year than Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3? Perhaps it was a geographic thing; with a few exceptions like Raekwon and Kid Cudi, most of 2009's exciting, innovative rap records came from Southern artists. Sur ... More >>
Music
March 26, 2008
Texas Rap Legend Bun B Keeps It Trill
Music
March 14, 2007
The Fifth Element
As mainstream hip hop stalemates in commodities, underground MCs keep old-school aesthetics alive through art
Listen Up
March 15, 2006
My Name Is Earl
E-40 blows up, and takes the rest of the Bay Area with him
Music
January 4, 2006
Hip Hop, Year 2 A.J.
Music
November 9, 2005
Mixtape Shmixtape
Wherein we review Yay Area hip hop mixes of the day