English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

2006-07-26 14:56:59 · 4 answers · asked by downdeefield 2 in Entertainment & Music Music

4 answers

Michael Jones (born January 6, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American southern rap artist from the north side of Houston, Texas. He once was a part of Swishahouse and now is the owner of Ice Age Entertainment.

Style and trademarks
Mike Jones has become well-known for his unique repetition of his own name throughout his songs. Many of his songs contain the phrases "Who is Mike Jones?" or "Mike Jones!" His major promotional gimmick is to sell and hand out shirts with his cell phone number on them (athletic department-style shirts reading "Property of Mike Jones"), as well as shouting out his cellphone number throughout his mixtapes and albums, encouraging fans to call him on his Motorola phone.

Jones is known for recording in the "chopped & screwed" style popularized by DJ Screw, also of Houston. The slowed-down audio aesthetic supposedly mimics the effect of "sippin' sizzurp," that is, cough syrup containing codeine. Most followers of the chopped & screwed style claim that it has outgrown its drug-related roots. Jones' trademark technique is to take a line from one of his songs and use it as a chorus in another, or sometimes even in the same song, screwing, chopping and repeating it (for example, the chorus to "Back Then" is sampled from the track "Still Tippin").

Jones has used repetition of certain words and phrases extensively in his songs. An example of this can be found in songs such as Back Then when he constantly repeats "Mike Jones" and "Who is Mike Jones." As a result, he has come under intense scrutiny or criticism from fellow rappers in his native Houston such as rappers Chamillionaire and Lil' Flip who have accused Mike Jones of copying their slang or criticized his aforementioned rapping style.


Biography
Mike Jones signed a major record deal with Warner Bros. record company. His first major album, Who Is Mike Jones?, was released on April 19, 2005. The album has since had three singles and gone Platinum in the United States. His album debuted at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts in 2005, peaking at #1. His production team has been noted for their use of audio samples of artists ranging from yodelers to Tchaikovsky. He worked with Clint Saulsberry in 2005 on a number of remixes. Jones is now preparing for his next album, "The American Dream," which, as he stated in several songs (including Bow Wow's Fresh Azimiz remix, E-40's I'm Da Man and in Big Kuntry's hit song Ol Skool), was expected to be released on April 18, 2006. However, before releasing American Dream, Jones and his seven-man crew, Ice Age, will release a mixtape, Ice Age Volume 2: The Takeover, followed by an official LP, and finally the album. He has also started acting, guest starring on Fox's Prison Break on numerous occasions. Mike Jones has reported that he will be releasing his next album, "The American Dream," in late November.

2006-07-29 19:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by myllur 4 · 0 0

a ninja turtle lookalike who no one buys his g a y a s s ice age b u l l s h i t

2006-07-27 01:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

wow that's cool

2006-07-26 22:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by black cherry 1 · 0 0

a gay *** rapper

2006-07-26 22:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers