Mixtape: SL Jones – Flight Risk

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	Mixtape: SL Jones – Flight Risk	12.14.2011


	Latest Tape Includes Production From Lex Luger, Shawty Redd, Young L, Sonny Digital, More

Critical Praise for SL Jones: "With an analytical mind and lyrical dexterity to go with impeccable flows and harmonies, [SL Jones] brings a complexity that's rare." - Complex "Jonesy...we ride for you." FADER "SL Jones isn't your stereotypically lyrically lacking rapper." - XXL Magazine The Mixtape: SL Jones is excited to announce the release of his latest mixtape, Flight Risk. The project is being released to fans as a free download, available through the Little Rock rapper's Bandcamp. With previous mixtapes, the list of guests – Clipse, Waka Flocka, Trae Tha Truth, Killer Mike, Pill, Chamillionaire– served as a testament to networking and mutual artistic respect. But with Flight Risk, Jonesy largely goes it alone; the 10-song mixtape features no big names. Flight Risk does, however, find SL continuing to work with a collection of top-grade producers, names that include Lex Luger, Shawty Redd, Young L, Sonny Digital, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Metro, Smiff & Cash, and more. Flight Risk, clocking in at 10-tracks and playing just over 40 minutes, is also SL's most cohesive, concise project to date — as well as his most aggressive. "I had a lot of pent up aggression – from my legal situation, from the restrictions it's put on my life – and the music reflects that," explains SL. "I wanted listeners to get below the surface, and give them a glimpse of what makes me who I am. I don't want my audience to just listen to my music; I want them to connect." In addition to brash emotion, Flight Risk, SL's third release over the past six months, is a project that shows continued growth."The Number 23 was about showing off talent and range, while Pandamonium was reckless emotion, driven by fear, uncertainty, desperation, and confusion," he explains. " I'm learning to embrace the chaos and steer my emotions in any creative direction, and Flight Risk is the next step in that progression: embracing the bad and hoping for the best, all while fully expecting it to get worse." Download SL Jones' Flight Risk mixtape here: http://music.sljonesmusic.com/album/flight-risk Reminder! For consideration for your year-end lists: Audible Treats' best albums and singles of the year. Tweet Please contact Michelle or Dan if interested in talking with SL Jones. The Background: With the Rock on his back and a Razorbacks fitted cocked just so on his dome, rapper SL Jones is striking out in 2011 with a slew of new projects as he continues to put his hometown, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the map. Jones' new mixtape, *The Number 23, was hosted by Don Cannon, and the retail re-release offered a slimmed-down non-DJ version that included two previously unreleased tracks, along with features from Pill, Waka Flocka, Killer Mike, Trae Tha Truth, Yo Gotti, Rocko, and more, along with production from Lex Luger, Don Cannon, Shawty Redd,* and M16.
Streams: Flight Risk Mixtape: http://music.sljonesmusic.com/album/flight-risk "Actin' Bad": http://media.audibletreats.com/SL_Jones-Actin_Bad.mp3 "Gas Station" Prod. By Young L: http://media.audibletreats.com/SL_Jones-Gas_Station_Prod_Young_L.mp3 "Hustlin": http://media.audibletreats.com/SL_Jones-Hustlin_Ft_Pill_Killer_Mike.mp3 "Paper Cuts": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEgGXfAvZCQ Bio, pictures, and streams available here: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/sl_jones Twitter: http://twitter.com/SLJONESY Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SLJONESMUSIC YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SLJONESY Official Site: http://music.sljonesmusic.com