Grammy Nominated Producer Tone Jonez Shares his Keys to Success

Grammy Nominated Producer Tone Jonez Shares his Keys to Success

Tone Jonez is a producer, sound engineer, husband, and father from Aiken, South Carolina now based in Atlanta. The music veteran sat down with Hip Hop Scriptures to talk about his rise to success, how he overcame struggles in both his personal life and his career, and give tips to any rising producers or creatives. Read an interview recap and check out the full interview on YouTube here.

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LIl Kim’s 9 album Anniversary

LIl Kim’s 9 album Anniversary

9 is the fifth studio album by Lil' Kim.

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Ja Rule's Rule 3:36 Album Anniversary

Ja Rule's Rule 3:36 Album Anniversary

Ja Rule's second album, Rule 3:36, was released on October 10, 2000, and took a much different artistic direction to Ja Rule's previous work, including Venni Vetti Vecci, eschewing the hardcore hip-hop style he had become known for in favor of a mainstream-oriented pop-rap sound to greater success, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Ja Rule's first number one album.

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AZ's Doe or Die Album Anniversary

AZ's Doe or Die Album Anniversary

AZ signed with EMI, and soon released his debut album, Doe or Die, in 1995, to critical acclaim.

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KRS-One's Self-Titled Album Anniversary

KRS-One's Self-Titled Album Anniversary

KRS-One’s 1995 self-titled album is his second solo studio album. It was released on October 10, 1995 via Jive Records.

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Biz Markie's The Biz Never Sleeps Album Anniversary

Biz Markie's The Biz Never Sleeps Album Anniversary

1989's The Biz Never Sleeps went gold, and the single "Just a Friend" went platinum. The album's title derived in part from Markie's desire to assure listeners that he would be as effective as his own producer as he had been as a performer.

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T.I.'s I'm Serious Album Anniversary

T.I.'s I'm Serious Album Anniversary

His debut album, "I'm Serious", afterwards was released in October 2001 and did moderately well as it managed to enter the top 30 of Billboard Top R&B Hip-Hop chart, evoking people to begin taking notice on him.

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FRESH ARTIST REWIND ⏪ - SEPTEMBER 2021 ON YOUTUBE!

FRESH ARTIST REWIND ⏪ - SEPTEMBER 2021 ON YOUTUBE!

Priscilla and Chi Chi “rewind” our September 2021 submissions for our popular #FreshArtistFridays series for three artists that were featured last month. We also shared our favorites!! Check out the video on YouTube.

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Fresh Artist Fridays: 81355

Fresh Artist Fridays: 81355

81355 (pronounced “bless”) is a voltronized collaboration between three of Indianapolis music scene’s elder statesmen: Sirius Blvck, Oreo Jones, and Sedcairn Archives. Their debut collective album, “This Time I’ll Be Of Use” is a showcase of the trios creative and artistic abilities. Read more about 81355 and their debut in this week’s Fresh Artist Friday.

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Cypress Hill's Cypress Hill IV Album Anniversary

Cypress Hill's Cypress Hill IV Album Anniversary

Cypress Hill released IV in 1998 which went gold in the U.S., even though the reviews were somewhat negative, on the backs of hit singles “Tequila Sunrise” and another tribute to smoking cannabis “Dr. Greenthumb.”

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Common's Can I Borrow A Dollar? Album Anniversary

Common's Can I Borrow A Dollar? Album Anniversary

His first album was titled "Can I Borrow A Dollar?" and received positive feedback from underground hip-hop.

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Lobby Boyz holds listening session for Tracklib competition

Lobby Boyz holds listening session for Tracklib competition

The Lobby Boyz also played several beats from up and coming producers that were submitted for their Tracklib Beat Battle Competition. The journalists and fans in attendance helped Capo and K.O.B. pick some of the hottest from the batch for consideration to make the upcoming album. The competition ends, Sunday, October 10th.

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Inspectah Deck's Uncontrolled Substance Album Anniversary

Inspectah Deck's Uncontrolled Substance Album Anniversary

September (of 1999) brought plenty of new Wu product: Ol' Dirty Bastard's ***** Please, released while the rapper was in rehab; Method Man's acclaimed duo album with Redman, Blackout!; and the first-ever solo album by Inspectah Deck, Uncontrolled Substance, which appeared on Loud Records.

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Roxanne Shanté's The Bitch is Back Album Anniversary

Roxanne Shanté's The Bitch is Back Album Anniversary

By 1986, Shante was being edged from the centre of the female rap stage by The Real Roxanne (Adelaida Martinez) and her turntable wizard Hitman Howie Tee. Perhaps her most infamous post-'Roxanne' moment came with the release of 'Big Mama', off of her album The Bitch is Back, which would see her take out her frustrations by dissing other female rappers Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Yo Yo and Monie Love.

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Common's Resurrection Album Anniversary

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Common's Resurrection Album Anniversary

It is the last album to feature the rapper's full stage name, as after this album the "Sense" portion of the name was dropped, making the rapper simply known to this day as "Common".

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Ultamagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown Album Anniversary

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Ultamagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown Album Anniversary

The Ultramagnetic MCs released a new school classic in 1988, Critical Beatdown, introducing many new sampling techniques.

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Kanye West’s ‘Runaway’ Anniversary

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Kanye West’s ‘Runaway’ Anniversary

"Runaway" by Kanye West, was released as the second single from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on October 4, 2010 and features Pusha T.

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Jedi Mind Tricks’ Violent By Design Album Anniversary

Jedi Mind Tricks’ Violent By Design Album Anniversary

The album was originally released on JMT's self-run Superegular Records on October 3, 2000.

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Scarface’s Mr. Scarface is Back Album Anniversary

Scarface’s Mr. Scarface is Back Album Anniversary

He released his debut solo album, "Mr. Scarface Is Back" on October 3, 1991.

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Ja Rule's Pain Is Love Album Anniversary

Ja Rule's Pain Is Love Album Anniversary

Ja Rule released his third studio album, Pain Is Love, on October 2, 2001. Like its predecessor, Pain Is Love topped the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 361,000 copies and is certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

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