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Big Tone

Making it count...one beat at a time. Mojoe.

About Me



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Beats, rhymes and life (in no particular order). I rhyme. I dig. I got beats. Native son of Detroit's Northwest side. I'm a Hip-Hop Shop alumn. 3 Floors of Fun at St. Andrew's. Cafe Mahogany. 1-2-1-2. The Phathouse. Ebony Showcase. Alvin's. The Lush. The Buddah. Northern Lights. Oslo's...and all points in between that Detroit hip-hop has existed. I am a lifetime Breakfast Club Membership Cardholder (Really?!?!). A bottom brick in the Wasted Youth foundation. First cousin of Mad Dog and the Pups' lead singer, Rodney Jones. Came up under the influence of soul, funk, psychedelic, jazz, gospel and hip-hop. My first album was "Pleasure" by the Ohio Players...since then, it's been on. Mentored by Ta'raach, Swinglow the Bro, Eyebrow, and I.V. Duncan. Privaledged to have worked with the likes of Carl Craig, Dwele, Karriem Riggins, J Dilla (The Boss...Eternal), Waajeed, Ta'raach, Amp Fiddler, Rogiers, The Juggaknots, and many more. Established Mojoe Music System, LLC in 2005 as a vessel for the preservation of progressive music. In conjunction with the ABB Records family, I released my solo effort "The Drought"...SO GO COP THAT!!! Check it out at www.abbrecords.com. The "Come My Way" w/ "It's So Hard" (feat. Patrice Williams) 12 inch, and "What's Up/Intimacy" (feat. Dwele) w/ "Good Ole Days" 12 inch available at www.shopabb.com!!!
Drumz Brand and Mojoe Music System presents..."Never Die", hosted by DJ House Shoes also available now!!!
Big Tone, "The Art Of Ink", COMING SOON!!!
Big Tone, "Audio Playground", COMING SOON!!!
I'm a video gamer. Splinter Cell junkie. Unfuckwitable Madden enthusiast (pick a year, or system). Sketch artist. R/C racer. Part time movie critic. On the verge tattoo head. Book skimmer. Fine cognac connessiuer. The basics...in a nutshell.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/10/2005
Band Website: Mojoe Music System
Band Members: Musical Friends of Big Tone:

TARAACH

The JUGGAKNOTS

KARRIEM RIGGINS

Influences: New Birth, Funkadelic, Digital Underground, Zapp, The Time, Ohio Players, Mtume, James Brown, The Blackbyrds, Rick James, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Barry White, Pete Rock, J Dilla, DITC, Premier, DJ Quik, Dr Dre, Timbaland, Neptunes, A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, De La Soul, Hiero, Boot Camp Click, Pharcyde, Outkast, Kool G Rap, Kane, Rakim, DOC, LL, Redman, Common, Nas, Jay Z, B.I.G., Eminem, Busta Rhymes, D’eangelo, Bilal, Linkin Park, Beastie Boys, NWA, PE, and many more.
Sounds Like: PURCHASE THE DROUGHT LP HERE!!

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

EXCLUSIVE! MySpace.com / Third Floor Radio interviews Big Tone for myspace.com/bigtone

MySpace Users and Third Floor Radio had a chance to ask Big Tone a few questions as he prepares for the release of his first album on ABB Records. Big Tone was one of 500,000 artists on the site to be...
Posted by Big Tone on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:02:00 PST

Big Tone is the Black N Bling Friend Of The Week

The homies reached with a not-so-traditional string of questions. I answered...gladly. Get some... http://blacknbling.blogspot.com/ Shouts to the whole BNB. Love y’all....head to toes. ...
Posted by Big Tone on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:31:00 PST

newlinkDownloadHere> NeverDie,Hosted By DJHouse Shoes

newlinkDownloadHere> NeverDie,Hosted By DJHouse Shoeslink to Drumz Brand Never Die  IS UP! copy and paste the link below of our myspace page to download the complete Drumz Brand Never Die project...
Posted by Big Tone on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:11:00 PST

All my peeps, I could use your help...

I'm working on this little art project type jumpoff, right? A collage of some sorts (Yes, I said collage, hoes...fuck with it). What it is is a collection of flyers from various events in the name of ...
Posted by Big Tone on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:03:00 PST

Making my rounds...

If I know you, and you know me, then you know you need to wrap me a plate up and place it in the back of the fridge, drop me a line/text/email, and I'm there. Where's the party at tonight, anyway...
Posted by Big Tone on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:46:00 PST

It's early, but I need more barbeque in my diet...

Thus, I'm just going to throw this out there...once the weather finally decides to do us some justice, SOMEBODY needs to pull the grill out. And y'all know me...I go nowhere. But for real, I need to s...
Posted by Big Tone on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:40:00 PST

To whom it may concern...music just isn't your calling.

I used to want to hoop. Believe it or not, the jumpshot was pretty solid in my high school days. And in various pick-up games in my early 20's, I'd been regularly known to get as close to being&n...
Posted by Big Tone on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:26:00 PST

Going...going...back...back...2 Cali...???

La La Land is such a very, very special place. I always get back to the D and find myself fumbling with that very thought. Then again, everytime I return from most trips I've usually found s...
Posted by Big Tone on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:12:00 PST

I woke up early on my born day...

...geeked. Libra season is upon us. The world owes me a drink. Either that, or a good book recommendation. The choice is yours. Has anyone seen The Departed? Jeez Louise. I'm really impressed by acto...
Posted by Big Tone on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:19:00 PST

New York, New York

First off, I just wanna thank all those on the east coast that held me down. '05 was one of the quickest years of my life. But definitely time well spent. I now have fam in the Mecca...how real is tha...
Posted by Big Tone on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:00:00 PST