A female emcee who has been putting in work for years and has the credentials to show for it is New York native, Mahogany Jones. She’s accomplished a great deal in her career in and outside of music. Jones holds that four-time undefeated title for 106 & Park’s “Freestyle Friday” and is a U.S. music ambassador, traveling to over 13 countries. As an activist and feminist, she started the PURE Movement which empowers women and girls, as well as, combating violence against women. She also plays the role of facilitator for nonprofit organizations, Inside Out and Yuinon. Jones is no stranger to education as she teaches at the Detroit Institute of Music and recently became a Kresge Arts Fellow.
So far in her music career, Mahogany has released 3 albums and has features on various mixtape and compilations. Her first album, Morphed, was released in 2012 and followed this album up two years later with PURE Vol. 1. Sugar Water, her most recent release, was released in August of this year. Creatively, Mahogany is versed in a variety of styles and content. What is the most interesting about her is voice, which is very deep and raspy, similar to Remy Ma. Her voice grabs and holds your attention and with her lyricism, it makes for a great combination. Her song “Insight” offers a sort of dreamy production that matches the content of the song as she raps about accomplishing her dreams and having her eyes wide open. “Lament” discusses the police harassment and brutality that is running rampant in America today. The production is very chaotic, underscoring the clips of different stories of police shootings and harassment that she implements into the song. “Dying Breed’ is sort of braggadocios track with Mahogany hailing herself as one of the few real emcees that are left in hip hop.
Her song “Insight” offers a sort of dreamy production that matches the content of the song as she raps about accomplishing her dreams and having her eyes wide open. “Lament” discusses the police harassment and brutality that is running rampant in America today. The production is very chaotic, underscoring the clips of different stories of police shootings and harassment that she implements into the song. “Dying Breed’ is sort of braggadocios track with Mahogany hailing herself as one of the few real emcees that are left in hip hop. A stand out line is “Hip hop ain’t what you do, it’s what you bleed” and the way her flow switches up in the second verse is very impressive. With how great her skills are, it’s no surprise that Mahogany has worked with acts such as The Roots, Talib Kweli, Gil Scott Heron, Rah Digga, and India.Arie. Mahogany Jones’ resume definitely inspirational and I believe that the new wave of female rappers could take some notes from her.
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