New York native and Chuck D protege Josh Stone flipped from ice hockey draft pick to making ice cold beats and bars. But on his newest release “Joshua Stoner,” he’s in his stone-cold smoker zone: Yeah I’m a stoner/ Joshua Stoner/ Your girl, she’s a loner/ Head in the rover/ She swallows me sober/ She loves the persona…

This new release signals the activation of Josh Stone’s own imprint, Real Vibez Only, an independent label that Josh founded to have the biggest impact possible on a music landscape that to him is sorely lacking. “I would like to be that voice that stands out from the rest of the crowd, which to me is like a bad talent show,” Josh Stone says of his mission. With production that has a reputation of turning heads among some of the greatest in the industry, the sound of “Joshua Stoner” is an exciting glimpse of what’s to come from the artist with a will to create a wave of his own. Keep up with Josh Stone here —> @iamjoshstone