When Coco Jones decided to sample and interpolate Britney Spears‘ classic “Toxic” for her recent single “Taste,” she knew she was taking a risk —and some pop fans were, in fact, offended. But for the golden-voiced R&B/pop star, those kinds of choices were the whole point of her debut album, …
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Playwright Anton Chekhov believed that if you place a gun onstage in the first act of a production, it had better go off in the second, and Coco Jones believes that if you’re going to title an album, Why Not More? you damn well better have more to offer. Only …
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Coco Jones’ first album may have taken a while to fully come to fruition. But as the question posed by its title indicates, the actor and singer holds the world to pretty exacting standards — and her debut full-length is a confident, sumptuous statement of intent that places her firmly …
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A t 14, Coco Jones was catapulted into stardom thanks to a role as teen singing sensation Roxie in the 2012 Disney movie Let It Shine. That rush of fame was short-lived. Jones was signed then dropped from a label before she was 16. The industry didn’t know what to …
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As Coco Jones celebrates her first Grammy win, she’s been reflecting on finding success and her place as a “pioneer” for R&B. In a new interview for Rolling Stone‘s The Green Room from her Grammys celebration with Grey Goose that took place ahead of her Grammy win, Jones says she …
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Reneé Rapp and Coco Jones are not here for men who play with their feelings. On Tuesday, Rapp released the music video for her remix of Snow Angel‘s “Tummy Hurt” featuring the “hottest” R&B singer. “@cocojones it’s like you were made to be on this track,” Rapp wrote on Friday. …
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Lately, it’s felt like R&B has been rejuvenated by young artists and audiences hungry for fun, love, sex, and soul. This summer has been particularly potent for this renaissance in R&B and its offshoots, with Usher’s explosive Las Vegas residency; releases from Janelle Monaé, Victoria Monét, and Summer Walker; SZA …
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A crying emoji and a drawing of a river. The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. A collage of nineties boy bands. These were the clues Coco Jones provided her fans with when teasing the remix of “ICU,” her breakthrough single released last October. They didn’t point towards the artists many fans thought …
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