Hinx Jones
Hinx Jones is the collective musicianship of producer/musician/emcee Lonegevity, and musician/emcee Gritts. Both members grew up in Anderson, IN, and have been making music together since the late 90’s.
Moving to Indianapolis in late 2008, Hinx Jones has performed over 50 times since late 2009, including the A3C festival (in Atlanta) in October of 2009 and 2010, the Broad Ripple Music Fest (2010-2012), the Indianapolis State Fair (2010) and Mojostock (2011). They have been featured in many publications and music blogs.
The sound of Hinx Jones is unique, as although their primary focus is hip hop, they don’t limit their sound to a hip hop audience. Gritts is the main vocalist and singer of the 2 man group, and also plays drums, bass, horns, keys, and is in band Sweet Poison Victim and The Pork and Beans Brass Band. Lonegevity is more known for his soulful production, and has showcased production at multiple beat showcases/battles (iStandard (2008 & 2012), BRMF (2009-2012), Red Bull, etc), has remixed movie scores, has music in Independent films and commercials, covered Nuvo, has released more than 6 instrumental projects, and has been featured on sites such as The Source, 2dopeboyz, DJ Booth, FakeShoreDrive, BamaLoveSoul and others. He is also the co-founder of Beats and Breakfast with Indianapolis’ Skittz, and is the founder of Bringing Down The Band music blog.
Both Gritts and Lonegevity are a part of Cut Camp.
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9 songs
Hinx Jones, the Indiana duo of Lonegevity and Gritts, worked on “Soul Hop” for three years – on and off between other solo endeavors. This being their third album and sixth project as Hinx Jones since 2010, they wanted to do something a little different than their previous projects.
“Soul Hop” has a sound-driven theme, as aside from incorporating a lot more direct focus of intent, with regular singing, it more so than ever promotes specific vibes and thoughts around bettering oneself. The production is a bit more heartfelt than aggressive, with the the idea to mesh soul and hip hop together to form something of a new genre. Think Foreign Exchange’s Connected meets The Roots’ How I Got Over, with their own personal touches added to it.
Writers: All songs written by Gritts and Lonegevity. Additional writing credits for Sirius Blvck (“Let It Go”), Neak (“Cool”), Pope Adrian Bless (“Rubick’s Cube”), and Skittz (“Painted”).
Producers: All songs produced by Lonegevity except – ILL Brown produced “Let It Go” for Dead Roses, Maja 7th and Lonegevity co-produced “Cool”, Mandog and Lonegevity co-produced “Rubick’s Cube”, and Slot-A and Lonegevity co-produced “Still Breathing”.
Engineering: All songs recorded, mixed, and mastered by Lonegevity.
Instrumentation Credits: Gritts played additional instruments on “Do Better”.
8 songs
Dropping 10/1/13. Track listing below.
1 I Do This
2 Food
3 Smile
4 The Reincarnation of Mitch Hedburg
5 Strange Voices ft. ILL Brown
6 Do You
7 I Was Wrong
8 Soar
All songs written by Lonegevity and Gritts except where noted.
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 produced by Lonegevity.
Track 3 and 7 produced by Lonegevity and Gritts.
Gritts played bass and keys on track 3.
Gritts played bass, keys and guitar on track 7.
