The Jones Collection

Since touching down in the nation’s capitol in 2001 via Atlanta, GA, DJ 2-Tone Jones has slowly and steadily been carving out his own niche in the D.C. area hip-hop scene. A true fundamentals DJ, 2-Tone speaks with his hands as in the tradition of a Pete Rock or E-Swift, and through his bottomless crates has rocked parties from LA to NY on down to the A-Town and even out in Europe. But 2-Tone is not your one dimensional party and bullsh*t DJ. His list of current gigs and artists with whom he has spun with is as diverse as the musical genres within his crates (and crates) of records, which is a sonic collage of dusty groove Funk, Soul, Afro-Beat, Jazz, Roots Reggae/Dancehall, mainstream Rap/R&B, Go-Go (can’t forget that), Hip-Hop, Lounge/Deep House and 70’s & 80’s Rock. On the performance side 2-Tone has spun with, and alongside, the likes of DJ Premier, Jazzy Jeff, Biz Markie, Kool Herc, Melle Mel, Floetry, J Period, Goapele, Mista Sinista (formerly of the X-ecutioners), Tony Touch, DJ Revolution, Mr. Lif, DJ Language, Ras Kass, Grand Wizard Theodore, DJ P, Asheru, Freeway, 9th Wonder, DJ Babu, Tame One (formerly of the artifacts), Sugarhill Gang, DJ Mel, and even Dick Gregory just to name a few. Currently 2-Tone can be found most nights of the week at a number of venues around the D.C. area and on the airwaves. Along with Shaman Work Recordings CEO Chris Craft, 2-Tone hosts Shaman Work Radio on Samurai.Fm, an online radio network based out of Japan. On Tuesday nights from 11pm to midnight 2-Tone is the resident DJ for a progressive hip-radio show, “Blackademics,” part of the Decipher hip-hop strip on DC’s own WPFW 89.3 FM/Pacifica Radio. Every 1st Wednesday of the month at the Common Share in Northwest DC, 2-Tone and crew host Artz & Craftz, an intimate arts exhibition where artists exhibit and create work while the music spins. As his notoriety grows, 2-Tone is not one to just sit back and watch. Along with a handful of D.C.’s most talented visual artists, Mr. Jones is a member of a cutting-edge art troupe/marketing group known as AM Radio: Artwork Mbilashaka. He is the DJ-in-residence for Shaman Work Recordings, whose roster includes CL Smooth, Wale Oyejide, Scienz of Life, Ta’Raach, and others. In the fall of ’06 Shaman Work released the first installment of a tribute mix series by DJ 2-Tone, A Brief Education on the Musical Genius of Jay Dee. It is currently being followed up by a blends project produced by Wale Oyejide & DJ 2-Tone entitled, BlackGold: AfroFuture Sessions, and a Shaman Work vs. adidas exclusives mix. So be on the listen-out for 2-Tone Jones thru a speaker near you.