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Who Is Mike Jones
Mike Jones
Who Is Mike Jones
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
 
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There's one name ringing louder in the rap underground than any other right now-Mike Jones. Who? While an indie Swishahouse, the freestyler garnered sales of more than 250,000 CDs, sold-out shows from Cleveland to Indianap...  more »

     
   
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All Artists: Mike Jones
Title: Who Is Mike Jones
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 2
Label: Asylum Records
Release Date: 4/19/2005
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: Southern Rap, Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 093624934028, 093624934066, 9325583028748

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There's one name ringing louder in the rap underground than any other right now-Mike Jones. Who? While an indie Swishahouse, the freestyler garnered sales of more than 250,000 CDs, sold-out shows from Cleveland to Indianapolis to hometown Houston, shouts from Jay-Z and DJ Clue during an "MTV Direct Effect" episode, a deal with Reebok, and a clothing line. Now he lands a major label. Soon everyone will know: Who Is Mike Jones?

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Who? Mike Jones! (x25)
Sam | Sydney, Australia | 10/08/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)

"I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



I have not heard this CD, but I have heard Mike Jones rap before, and he is truely terrible, and I don't see why this guy can be a popular rapper.



Oh, sorry about repeating myself so much, I know it is very annoying. Why doesn't Mike Jones pick up on that? He is a damn fool. I hope this review helped you."
First Major Debut With The Same Redundant Flow (Rating: 5 ou
Chandler | Atlanta (College Park), Georgia | 02/27/2007
(2 out of 5 stars)

"I used to live in San Antonio, Texas between 2000-2004. Somewhere around that time one of my friends put in some chopped & screwed mixtape by some guy named Mike Jones. I thought it was okay at best, although he did have somewhat of a flow. One thing I seemed to notice in his songs was the repititon of his name "Mike Jones. WHO? Mike Jones. WHO?", as well as repeating the same line 4 times so he can have his verse the full 16 bars. I thought, "Okay...maybe he is trying to do something different. I don't know..." Well then his debut dropped in 2005, and guess what? His flow has not changed one bit. He still shouts out his name throughout his tracks and repeats the same line four times in many of his songs. Now he had brought a new gimmick, saying his phone number in his songs as well (I guess I wasn't the only person who dialed that number). So really his flow really hasn't changed at all since I first heard him, which was somewhere in late 2003 (which is funny because he said at that time "Who Is Mike Jones" comming soon).



I won't lie though. I was hyped up to see Texas artists finally get their albums out (Slim Thug, Pall Wall, Chamillionare, and of course Mike Jones). I bought this the same week it came out for my support, only to be dissapointed. And to the day I'm typing my review, I've only played this a total of three times, and had very much trouble making it to the end of this album. A lot of these songs have absolutely no replay value. "Type Of N**** U Need" and "Cuttin' (remix)" are some of the worst tracks that I've heard from Mike Jones.



There are some tracks that I liked. Ironically the two singles were the best songs on his album. "Still Tippin'" with the help of Slim Thug and Pall Wall was probably the best song on the album. And a close second was "Back Then" which if you haven't already noticed, the chorus is from "Still Tippin". "Five Years From Now" is okay, so I'll call that my honorable mention track.



So "Who Is Mike Jones?" was a horrible CD, although I admit it was catchy (that might explain why it went platnum). I really can't recommend this to anyone, except those of Texas music as well as Chopped & Screwed music (the version I had came with a chopped & screwed CD). Even so, I know for a fact Texas is more capable of this. If you want anything from Texas, give Slim Thug, Chamillionare, Lil Flip, or even UGK a listen. I just cannot recommend this to anyone else. Hopefully while he is recording his next CD, he thought about changing his flow. Word.



Lyrics: D

Production: C+

Guest Appearances: C

Musical Vibes: D-

Overall: C-



Favorite Tracks: Still Tippin, Back Then



Honorable Mention: 5 Years From Now



Peace Everyone!!!"
If you don't know his name by now...
Anthony Rupert | Milwaukee, WI | 05/10/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)

"I'm rather surprised that there are so many low ratings for Mike Jones' album. It's not that I disagree with them, though; it's just that it's usually MY review that's the odd one out. Anyway, I really don't think many people are asking Who Is Mike Jones any more because Mike made sure that people would know who he is.



I'm going to start things a little differently this time around and first talk about the album's final track, "Grandma". This memoriam to Mike's second-generation matriarch has good intentions, but unfortunately, it really only comes off as average. Mike says in the song that his grandmother is the person that told him to get his name out there any way he could, and he really took that to heart because, well, remember how B.G. always used to say "I'm known as the B.G." in most of his songs? That's not as annoying as in Mike's case, because as I'm sure everyone knows by now, he takes time to say, "Who? Mike Jones! Who? Mike Jones!" on EVERY SINGLE TRACK.



But even worse than that is something else he does on every track: shout out his phone number. As to why a musician would just give out his phone number is a head-scratcher, but in any case, Mike reserves 4 to 12 bars per song for his telephone announcement (if I heard "(281) 330-8004" one more time, I was going to go insane). And sometimes he even repeats old songs within new songs; his verse on the otherwise good "Still Tippin'" ends with the entire chorus to "Back Then".



Because of this redundancy, it's really hard to tell if Mike has any skills at all. But most of the songs aren't worth hearing anyway, especially the obligatory song for the ladies, "Type of N U Need". And it doesn't help that Paul Wall outshines him whenever he shows up (see "What Ya Know About..." and the aforementioned "Still Tippin'"). It's one thing to promote yourself; it's another thing to OVERpromote yourself. The way things are going NOW, the next time people hear Who Is Mike Jones, chances are they'll say, "Who cares?"



Anthony Rupert"