Super Cat Remembers “Dolly My Baby” Collab With Biggie Smalls, Sends a Message To Puffy
A Dialog With The Don Dada Today we celebrate what would have been the 44th birthday of hip hop’s G.O.A.T., Christopher George Latore Wallace, better known as The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls. (The day is now an official holiday in Brooklyn.) One of the first big looks for the fledgling rapper came in 1993 […]
WATCH THIS: Adahzeh “Island Girl” Official Music Video
Rocking With Jamaica’s First All-Female Reggae Ensemble From the Maroon heroine Nanny to Louise Bennett and Grace Jones, Jamaican history is filled with powerful women. Still, the reggae music industry has remained a largely male-dominated field—which may explain why keyboardist and vocalist Karissa Palmer always wanted to be part of a reggae band made up […]
WATCH THIS: Jus D “Give It To Me” Crop Over Video
Free Up Yourself For The Crop Over Although Trinidad’s carnival is renowned as one of the wickedest parties throughout the Caribbean, Crop Over in Barbados is no joke. Just ask Rihanna, who rarely misses the bacchanal in her home island. The Mega Cavalcade is going down tonight, with a crazy lineup of soca acts ready […]
Tune For Tune: Battle of the UK “Panda” Refixes
Who Flipped The “Panda” Beat Better: Gappy Ranks or Lady Leshur? All this week we’ve been deluged with a Desiigner media blitz since the 19-year-old Barbados-by-way-of-Brooklyn eccentric dropped the Tidal-exclusive video for his chart-topping smash “Panda.” Though he spends most of the tune talking about Atlanta—and sounding a whole lot like Future sippin’ on some […]
WATCH THIS: Vybz Kartel “I’ll Take You There” Official Music Video
What’s Your Favorite Way To Cure Pain? The Vybz Kartel Vevo channel sure is poppin’ these days. With Kartel’s highly anticipated King of the Dancehall album set to drop next week, the “Fever” video has been burning up the place, approaching the million-view mark after just two weeks. And then, early this morning, another set of visuals dropped for the World Boss’s track […]
HEAR THIS: Fadda Fox ft. Runtown “All Day All Night”
From Lagos to Bridgetown Comes A Cross-Cultural Collab For Cropover These are exciting times for open-minded music lovers, as genre distinctions break down and the unifying forces of tempo and technology work their magic around the globe. No matter what name you choose to call them, certain songs have the power to move the crowd. […]
WATCH THIS: Kimié Miner “Trouble” Official Music Video PREMIERE
“We’ve All Been In Trouble Before” Born in Hawaii, Kimié Miner fell in love with music at an early age. Inspired by the likes of Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and India Arie, she learned to play guitar and wound up on tour with Barrington Levy at the age of 19. After the tour ended she […]
Stephen “Ragga” Marley Reveals “Fruit of Life” Album Art, Release Date, and Tour Schedule
The Second Chapter of Revolation Is Upon Us Never one to rush perfection, Stephen “Ragga” Marley announced one of the most anticipated release dates in all of reggae music. The long-awaited second installment of his two-part Revelation set will arrive July 22—the final day of a 44-stop U.S tour, which kicks off later this month […]
HEAR THIS: Jahkoy “Wine”
Audio After The Jump… Jahkoy Pamer was born in Toronto, so even though his music gets filed uner “R&B/Hip Hop” he’s got a touch of the Caribbean vibes in there too. (Maybe that’s what he means by the name Bipolar Sound?) His sunny “Still in Love” video had us feeling some type of way, but […]
HEAR THIS: Prince “Blue Light”
Yep, Prince Did Reggae Too A master of diverse musical styles from rock to funk, soul to jazz to dance, rap, and rhythm & blues, Prince’s genius was so profound that his work has left an indelible mark on the next generation of musicians. We’re still getting used to the idea that “The Kid” is […]
Kingston Nights: A Jamaican Street Dance Photo Essay
Robert Cooper Photographs What Real Dancehall Looks Like Right Now “I started listening to dancehall during the late ’80s,” recalls photographer and videographer Robert Cooper, who’s covered the Hartford, CT dancehall scene for some time. “I began photographing dancehall parties and concerts 8 years ago, and began writing about dancehall also, so being able to […]
That Time Drake Almost Got Arrested With “Mava-Dado” & Other Exciting Tales
40 And The 6 God Regale Nardwuar With Dancehall War Stories Earlier this week Drizzy linked with fellow Canadian phenom Nardwuar aka the Human Serviette for a typically epic interview/gift-giving-b/show-and-tell session. Amongst many highlights gleaned by the good folks at Billboard were several dancehall-related anecdotes—including a massive big up for the World Boss Vybz Kartel. […]