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Lyricists are definitely a dying breed in hip-hop these days, a breed that proceeds at their own risk. A proud member of the pack, JONEZY stays true to the art while combining a variety of styles and flows over slick productions to produce a sound that can keep any hip-hop fan's attention.
JONEZY, who hails from Granite City, Illinois and now resides in St. Louis County, has flown under the radar thus far on the local hip-hop scene. With his debut album "Mr. Fillintheblank" hitting streets last month, though, it doesn't appear that he will be going unnoticed for long.
JONEZY pays much attention to the subject matter of his verses which makes them an important part of his final product. "I try to talk about issue and have some depth to the lyrics while still trying to keep people interested," said JONEZY. Throughout all of "Mr. Fillintheblank's" 14 tracks, he succeeds--JONEZY leaves the listener feeling like they actually have a real connection with him when they are finished. He is not just talking about bullshit; he is talking about life. "I try to set myself apart based on content, not image," muses JONEZY.
"Mr. Fillintheblank" is an honest look into the mind of a struggling artist, and at many times it is very self scrutinizing. However, it's at these points where JONEZY's most heartfelt lyrics surface. He is able to touch on a multitude of subjects, from his struggles with women, "she searchin' for a horse with a carriage/I drive a broke-ass Sentra, man it needs some repairin'," to his own views on his place in the current state of hip-hop: "clever lobbyists against the poppy shit/even though the populists just want to hear a beat, not who's rockin' it."
JONEZY has put his love for the craft above all else on his way to becoming one of the most interesting and lyrically talented hip-hop artists in the St. Louis music scene. It is hard to keep a good thing down, and JONEZY will definitely keep rising.
-Neal Gough, Eleven Magazine, December 2009
www.elevenmusicmag.com
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"Midnight at the Capricorn" is well liked and considered Hip Hop (over rap):
http://stlouis.metromix.com/music/blog_post/earthworms-midnight-at-the/1777192/content
"Circumsizing The Industry" gets a shout from the UMSL Current Online:
Rhyme surgery performed by Space and Jonathon Toth from Hoth
Earthworms' "Bottle Full of Bourbon" voted A-List by St. Louis Magazine:
http://stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/July-2008/A-List-08-Culture/
Whoremoans' "Episode 2: Attack of the Moans" is broken down by Hipsterplease.com:
http://www.rhymetorrents.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=72254&sid=a59604cff5f163edd40abda96f1ba46f
Space and J-Toth's "Circumsizing the Industry" covered in the St. Louis American:
http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/02/22/entertainment/living_it/livingit04.txt
Frozen Food projects detailed in the Boston Phoenix:
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid55748.aspx
Yo! RFT Raps drops props for Crucial and Huggie Brown:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2007-01-03/music/music2.html
Four grabs from the Riverfront Times' best of StL:
Earthworms take readers' choice for Best Hip-Hop Artist:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2006-09-27/music/music_full.html
DJ Mahf lands Best Hip-Hop DJ:
http://bestof.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/award.php?oid=oid:101115告on=oid:29276&year=2006
Tucker Booth champions Best Bum:
http://bestof.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/award.php?oid=oid:101167告on=oid:29270&year=2006
And our love for Crucial, who took Best Hip-Hop Artist:
http://bestof.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/award.php?oid=oid:101084告on=oid:29276&year=2006
Yo! RFT Raps gives a rundown of the latest FFS projects in the works:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2006-08-16/music/music3.html
RFT coverage of Earthworms with propers to EngLebuRt:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2006-03-01/music/rotations4.html
Ground Lift review of Earthworms' debut:
http://www.groundliftmag.com/LEVEL2_RESOURCE_REVIEW.php?RRID=2316&MID=0
RFT Critics' Pick for Blueberry Hill New Year's Eve show:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/issues/2005-12-28/music/critics3.html
New RFT post on J-Toth's Lovecycle:
http://riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-10-19/music/atoz.html
Playback St. Louis covers the Frederick's show with a note for the Vintage Vinyl in-store:
http://www.playbackstl.com/Events/events179.htm
RFT shout out for the dual CD-release at Frederick's:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-09-28/music/music.html
Tucker Booth 4 President reviews:
http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_07_tucker4pres.html
Noodle-Arm reviews:
http://www.kucr.org/dextronic/node/54
http://www.inthemix.com.au/reviews/music/21273/
http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_03_noodlearm.html
http://stlscene.net/article-index.asp?ArticleID=125
Serengeti interviewed by Todd Jones for MVRemix:
http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/serengeti.shtml
Tucker Booth has beef, according to the Riverfront Times:
http://music.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-03-23/music/bsides.html
The Riverfront Times gave FFS projects three of the top five albums in St. Louis for 2004:
http://music.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2004-12-22/music/music2.html.
Riverfront Times front-page feature on J-Toth and Tucker Booth
http://riverfronttimes.com/issues/2004-12-08/news/feature.html.
Riverfront Times coverage of Brainwashing
http://riverfronttimes.com/issues/2002-12-11/radarstation.html/1/index.html
"...you who the poison are done falling in, this album it is inevitable..." (Japanese)
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~suizen/zenei26.html Click here for a loose translation.
Boom-bap review of Chaos and cannibalism
http://boom-bap.com/?rev_12_id=268
Blog note on J-Toth (search keyword: Jonathan)
http://www.imageyenation.com/2003_01_01_blogarchive.html
J-Toth Profile in Playback St. Louis
http://www.playbackstl.com/Current/profiles/toth.htm
Riverfront Times note on Will Rap 4 Food (search keyword: Tucker)
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/issues/2003-10-15/radarstation.html
Tucker Booth profile at Shotgun Reviews
http://www.shotgunreviews.com/reviews/music/hiphop/tuckerbooth.html
Serengeti's Dirty Flamingo reviewed by Playback St. Louis
http://www.playbackstl.com/Current/PBP/dirtyflamingo.htm
Dirty Flamingo reviewed by Artform. (Spanish)
http://es.geocities.com/correoartform/res_serengeti.htm Click here for a loose translation.
More on Dirty Flamingo
http://www.ugsmag.com/006/3839.html
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