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In his song "Back Then", Jones gives out his cellphone number as 281-330-8004. The area code corresponds to Houston, which is where Jones was originally from. On [[August]] 23, 2008 on his official [[myspace]] page, he tells everyone that he has a new number, 281-206-4336.<ref>http://www.saynow.com/mikejones Mike Jones new cell phone number</ref> The reason for the new number is that the old number received such a large volume of traffic that the phone company wanted to use it to promote their own special features. |
In his song "Back Then", Jones gives out his cellphone number as 281-330-8004. The area code corresponds to Houston, which is where Jones was originally from. On [[August]] 23, 2008 on his official [[myspace]] page, he tells everyone that he has a new number, 281-206-4336.<ref>http://www.saynow.com/mikejones Mike Jones new cell phone number</ref> The reason for the new number is that the old number received such a large volume of traffic that the phone company wanted to use it to promote their own special features. Soon after he was exposed of having a sexual relationship with a man named Kyke Uiem who was also a transexual. |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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Steven "Mike" Jones (born January 6, 1981 in Houston, Texas)[1] is an American southern rap artist, who initially was affiliated with the record label Swishahouse, then left to be the owner of Ice Age Entertainment.
Before he was on Swishahouse he was in a group called Souf Folk and his alias was "Sache". He has released one album with Souf Folk called Country Thuggin..[2][3]
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 "Mike Jones!, Who!, Mike Jones," or "Who is Mike Jones", references to his record company Ice Age Entertainment. His major promotional gimmick is to sell and hand out shirts reading "Property of Mike Jones" on the front and his cell phone number on the back, as well as shouting out his name and cell phone number throughout his mixtapes and albums, encouraging fans to call him on his mobile 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 Trippin").
Cell Phone Number
In his song "Back Then", Jones gives out his cellphone number as 281-330-8004. The area code corresponds to Houston, which is where Jones was originally from. On August 23, 2008 on his official myspace page, he tells everyone that he has a new number, 281-206-4336.[4] The reason for the new number is that the old number received such a large volume of traffic that the phone company wanted to use it to promote their own special features. Soon after he was exposed of having a sexual relationship with a man named Kyke Uiem who was also a transexual.
Discography
Albums
- 2005: Who Is Mike Jones?
- 2009: The Voice
EPs
- 2007: The American Dream
Filmography
- 2005: Punk'd
- 2005: Prison Break
- 2007: The Game
See also
References
- ^ Mike Jones biography
- ^ Souf Folk
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Country-Thuggin-Souf-Folk/dp/B0000634F9 Country Thuggin at Amazon]
- ^ http://www.saynow.com/mikejones Mike Jones new cell phone number