Articles by Jason Minnis

Jason Minnis aka Classicbeatz is a musician and composer from Brooklyn (NYC).

Ntale’s Groove Remix EP

Barbera from Modo Solar (Brazil), Mister Critical (Belgium), Strand (Spain) and Jay Hats (The Netherlands) remixing ClassicBeatz’ latest effort. Free download!

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Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #11: Homecoming

The end of the journey. The last two tracks. Thank you Jason for sharing your album with us.

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Posted on March 17, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #10: Kampala Hustle

This week, Jason is taking us to Kampala (Uganda) and even offers this track as free download.

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Posted on March 11, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #9: Southern Roots

With this week’s Ntale song “Wake Up”, ClassicBeatz pays homage to his Southern roots and to sharecroppers who migrated North for a better life.

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Posted on March 4, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #8: UNIA-ACL

This week, the 8th track out of ClassicBeatz “Ntale’s Groove” album is presented by our Jamaican music specialist Carlito Brigante.

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Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #7: Riots on the South Side

This week’s Ntale song, “South St.Pete Blues” was inspired by the aftermath of the 1996 riots in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Posted on February 18, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #6: Black Gotham

Together with the 6th track out of his Ntale’s Groove album, Jason invited Kamau Ware to introduce us to Black Gotham.

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Posted on February 12, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #5: Jazzy Summer

This week, ClassicBeatz collaborated with photographer Mpumi to introduce “Easter”, the 5th track out of his new album.

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Posted on February 4, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #4: Freedom

This week, Jason is presenting “Freedom”, the 4th track out of his “Ntale’s Groove” album. And it felt only right to offer this one… for free!

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Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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Ntale #3: My Hero

Jason is paying respect to his ancestors while presenting the 3rd track out of his album.

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Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jason Minnis
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