"Poet, Performer, Production Expert, Part-time Reluctant Prophet, Purposeful Broadcaster ...Take Ur Pick! Oh yeah, and tha 'fro is REAL like my attitude!"
Female
96 years old
Georgia-Lina girl livin in Tha Shoals, Alabama
United States
Poetry...From Harlem Renaissance to Hip Hop, baby! "Spoken Word Artists?" Don't get it twisted. You did NOT invent THIS!!! Don't forget those who opened the doors for YOU to "spit your flow."
Music...GOOD music!
Commercial production...voiceovers, imaging, copywriting. YES, I DO THAT!! And damn good at it! Check out my demo and rates on the "Creative Services" page at my main site at IAMVALJONES.COM
Saving our youth
Saving Black radio
Saving MYSELF (remembering I'm ONLY the "messenger;" NOT the "savior.")
Life...and the best REAL example I can be.
Val Jones Edutainment. Educating tha mind; entertaining tha soul. Guaranteed to make babies smile and adult perpetrators cringe. AND I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!!!
Zeeeeee Phi...Soooo Sweet. Much blue luv to my sorors and frats.
A STAR is reborn!
You are The Star
Hope, expectation, Bright promises.
The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised
The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.
Anything good...I mean GOOD with creativity and quality. R&B…Jazz…Hip Hop/Rap…Old School…Neo Soul…Spoken Word. Check out my show, JAZZITUDE, and find out what and WHO I like!
I like Eclectic…Alternative…Reggae…Rock…Fusion…Classical...Funk...Hip Hop (REAL Hip Hop) and my talented MySpace family. Shout outs to EdenRage, Little Brother, and Beatnam Vets.
Hip Hop Artists...PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU "FRIEND REQUEST!"
I do NOT believe in pushing or promoting "musical crack" on my site...only creativity, light and laughter. With that said, I am NOT into all this pimp/thug mentality. So take that gangta-hoochie-ho-thug-pimped out-ebonic-speaking 2-steppin stepinfechit, gats, grills and booty claps and sad raps elsewhere!! YOU WON’T BE ADDED OR PROMOTED! READ A BOOK...READ A BOOK...READ A -- BOOK!!!
And if you're thinking about droppin' one of those nice little "ads" on my page, do it more than once and you WILL be deleted! Respect given is respect earned. WORD!
Movies
The Matrix, The Drop Squad, Sankofa, The Color Purple, Harry Potter (ALL of them), anything with Mothra in it and Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Family (what?!!!!)
Oh...and The SECRET! (You're not turned on to that yet? WHADYAWAITIN4?!!)
Television
Sci-Fi, Comedy Central, PBS, CNN and VH1. Oh yeah, also The Boondocks and any dance show. Everything else is pointless!
Books
Black Voices, 48 Laws of Power, The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Spirit Speaks To Sisters (Want the authors? DO THA RESEARCH, NUKKA!!! If you're so terribly lazy, go to my main site at IAMVALJONES.COMfor a book list.)
...Oh yeah, and ALL biblical writings. I'm nosey! I like knowing the WHOLE story, not just some king and Shakesperian writer's short edited version. It's sooo much more enlightening and REALISTIC that way. Like I said...DO THA RESEARCH, NUKKA!!!
Heroes
Mom and Dad (the original playas who loved and taught their "princess" like no other)...
Hubby Thanks for the good and bad times. They helped me to grow. And NO ONE could make me laugh like YOU. I miss U and your humor! I MISS U, baby! Here's hoping you're finally flying high and trouble-free. R.I.P., beloved Baker.
MYSELF...for making it thru some incredibly challenging times with my mind and spirit intact. We should ALL strive to be the type of person we look up to. That way, we can inspire others as well.
Grandma Rivanna Jones...She was an awesomely strong lady, a shrewd businesswoman and overcame the most incredible of challenges that MOST could not, especially for her day! My family says I have her spirit. GOD, I hope so!
Malcolm X isn't it obvious?! We'll sadly never see the likes of this magnitude and unity again. (Or WILL we?) The thought makes me cry sometimes.
Bill Gates (gotta respect tha playa that plays the game well with genuinenesss and sincerity)...
Dave Chappelle (gotta respect tha playa that refuses to let the game be played on them...but y'all don't hear us though!)...
Dr. Khalid Muhammad - one of my "goddaddy" (Are you getting an idea where the "attitude" comes from?)...
My FAVORITE radio folk and fam. The true movers and shakers and educators who are not afraid to share the wealth 'cuz they're secure within themselves. Oh, my peoples be brilliant! LET'S MAKE MONEY!
Babies and Children who dare to be different! You are the most tested, yet the most blessed. Remember that and play tha game allowing YOUR spirit to guide the way!
And Tha Divine Messenger and "spiritual big brotha" who no one understood then and still don't understand today. But, I got it, Sensei~
About me: POET, EDUTAINER, BROADCASTER, STORYTELLER, SOCIAL HUMORIST...AND THE BEST FEMALE COMMERCIAL AUDIO PRODUCTION EXPERT ON THA PLANET!
Copywriting, Voiceovers, Voicetracking and Commercial Audio Production from concept to finish. I DO THAT!!! Hear my creative services demo at IAMVALJONES.COM
I write, voice and produce commercials, imaging, promos for ALL formats. Yes, I said I PRODUCE the commercials, imaging...not just "voice" 'em. If you're looking for the voice that makes dollars and sen$e, holla! I'm small business (budget) friendly and will give you a major market sound without charging an arm and a leg. Go to my main site at VAL JONES CREATIVE SERVICES to hear demo and check out my rates.
Okay, let's get down to serious dissin'dat first.
THIS IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL AD OR BLOG SPACE! So, please respect this site and my MANY wonderfully talented friends and not make MY space all about YOU and your product! I don't mind a small blurb every now and then. But LARGE QUARTER PAGE ADS, ETC AND SPAM POSTS FOR YOUR EVENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! Use me as a conduit to prompt folks to YOUR Space and DO YOU on YOUR site. But don't disrespect MY space and MY purpose to make this an advertising or blogging venue for YOU. That's what YOUR space is for. Got it? Good! Luv ya like a play cousin!
PLUS...PRIVATE PROFILES WILL NOT BE ADDED. SORRY! Too much spam and folks trying to co-opt your pages for me to risk adding sites unseen. So, if I can't see who I'm adding, can't get witcha, my dear.
NOW, back to me...
I'm also the Program Director and Afternoon Personality of WZZA in Tuscumbia, AL - "the Soul of the Shoals." I've literally got the FUNKIEST ole school show on this side of heaven; so if you're in the Shoals area in Alabama, check it out -- 1410 AM on the dial.
Okay, now to the personal...
I AM a chip off the ole block. The smooth savvy of my mom; the fiery brilliance of my dad; the sarcastic wit of my aunt and the "I don't give a damn whether it's too much for YOU 'cuz my vision and purpose is bigger" attitude of my dad...and goddaddy...AND hubby!
For a more informative peep on me, check out my main site at IAMVALJONES.COM. Otherwise, here we go...
I am also working on my own one-woman play about life and radio (BE VERY AFRAID!! LOL)as well as working on a book of poetry and inspiration and perhaps the hippest children's tale you'll ever see...all debuting before the end of 2008.
Still reading? I'm an "evolving star" and a work in process. The "perfect child" who was NEVER perfect...just trying to do the best I could. Part Moor, part Hebrew, part Toltec and 100% Spiritual being (Note I did NOT say "religious"). But just like my "Divine Big Bro," I do have my issues. And to think... I started out such a sweet, innocent little Piscean "Indigo" child..."I was born under water with 2 dollars and 9 dimes." Oh well!!! Tha "Attitude Child" is many things, but as Grand Verbalizer would put it:
I'm deep...
Deeper than Atlantis...
Deeper than the seafloor traveled by the mantis.
You copycats will never know.
For you the funk will never flow..
And that's another blow.
Make your move beef apprentice; i never step.
I'm a tribal move your master hasn't figured yet.
Run your weapons through my swords and shield.
What's the higher level if your shit ain't real!
NUFF SAID!
Catch Super SoulSista Val Jones on the "terrestrial" airwaves at WZZA Radio, 1410 AM in Tuscumbia/Muscle Shoals, AL. Catch the Super SoulSista online soon at V108URBANVIBE.NET and THEBESTJAMS.COM.
PLUS...
SOUL SCHOOL CAFE formerly known as JAZZITUDE -- The Jazzy Hippest Trip On Radio -- Internet AND otherwise -- with the hippest jazz, the hottest spoken word and more)hosted by me, Val Jones. BRAND NEW SEASON UNDERWAY NOW!!! "SOUL SCHOOL CAFE"(formerly known as JAZZITUDE) -- a unique blend of "1st Day Music," embracing the eclectic soul vibe, mixed in a nice jazz stew and served up with a little spoken word and attitude. Find out more about SOUL SCHOOL CAFE and check out some of the greatest independent jazz artists and poets around by clicking the link or picture below:
Purchase "Portrait Of A Muse Unsheathed" today! 17 powerful tracks of poetic pride and perservance.
Who I'd like to meet: SORRY...BECAUSE OF SPAMMERS, NO PRIVATE PROFILES WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!
REAL folks! U know...the kind of people you can hang out with over coffee in the early morning hours or amaretto over late nights. Little or NO tolerance for fake azz mofos or star-wannbes that front, stunt and cunt. (Yes, I KNOW what I just said!)
Being a Pisces makes me a double innuendo: I can be as sweet as the little gold fish and the most helpful of friends and confidants. But take advantage of and abuse the kindness and the piranha WILL come out and shred your bones!!! Now act like U know 'cuz I luvs all y'all like Jesus (c:
THIS is what I REALLY do when I'm not poetically challenging people to think past stereotypes and words. Oh wait...this IS me "poetically challenging" people. Isn't it a damn shame that decades later, soooo little has changed?!! And you have the NERVE to make an issue of what Obama's pastor said. READ AND RESEARCH YOUR HISTORY!!! Val Jones Edutainment
"I'm an ole hip hip junkie...and I, too, feel the beat!" Much love to my frat Solomon and the Beatnam Vets for the invite. P.S. The video is shot all over the place by my hubby...but, I love him anyway. And you get the gist! (^_^)
Val Jones (aka Super SoulSista)'s Friend Space (Top 40)
Girl, There is not one thing wrong with returning to place a you once rocked. Just give it to them once you have arrived. Do what you have to especially when some folk deal in envy and hate, in an attempt to block the blessings that they can't. It is not always about the facts (we will chat on that someday). On the book ... holla.
Show 'em Whatcha Workin WiT! WHy not a woman? We onLy gave BiRth to a NatioN of ManY. That's all. No Biggy! LOL! How are you Sis. I must call you and catch up. Clayton "Big Trigger" asked about you. He's on my Favs. Give him a shout out, one Jazz enthusiast to another. Love ya dear! ~Safiyyah~
Good morning Mama! Just passing through to say hello. I tried to call and check on you the other day. Be blessed and keep it blastin! You definitely make it do what it do! LOL
