Sebastian Kamae’s Makes “Waves” Around The World

Dutch producer, audio engeineer, and composer, Sebastian Kamae released his debut album last week. As a whole the album is a trip around the globe, showcasing the community that rap has build around the world. With features from artists from Toronto, Chicago and the Netherlands the album is also inadvertently auto-biographical. Last year Sebastian Kamae […]

Ajani Jones Takes Another Step Forward with “Bloom” Video

“Spitting at these open mics, I was killing.”  Ajani Jones is special. I’m not even going to front like I am not invested in his career, like I didn’t discover his music through my AEMMP Hip Hop Class, like I didn’t connect with Ajani on a personal level, and like I didn’t sign him to […]

Sebastian Kamae Links Chicago And The Netherlands With “Precious”

A few days ago Sebastian Kamae released a new track called “Precious” featuring Ajani Jones, Shao Doja and King Khamen. It’s a celebration of love with melodic rap over a dusty lo-fi beat from the Dutch producer. This isn’t his first time working with artists in Chicago, he produced “Bloom” off of Ajani Jones’ album […]

Ajani Jones’ New EP Is An Exhibition of Growth

Ajani Jones released his new EP today, Cocoons. As the title suggests, transformation and growth is a large theme for the new project. “Cocoons is a project about growth. Evolving as a human and as an artist,” Ajani said about the proejct. “Each song is a cocoon. They’re different examples of my growth in content and […]

RH In The Studio With: Ajani Jones

When I started rubyhornet damn near 10 years ago, one of the biggest things for me and Virgil was being the studio with artists. Just the idea of “the studio” was a magic place, something like behind the curtain of the Wizard of Oz. I remember those early days fondly of being in the studio […]