HEAR THIS: Protoje “Answer to Your Name”
Diggy Dips Back to UK 1971 On This Ska-Style Skorcha A breath of fresh air on the reggae scene, Protoje blends classic Jamaican sounds with up-to-the-minute energy—plus a winning sense of humor but not one drop of the posing and posturing that can turn cool into cliche. “Like to tell you a story about a […]
Jahdan Blakkamoore “Order of Distinction” Album Art and Tracklist
BK Field Marshall Reveals Details On His Third Studio Album The Guyanese-born, Brooklyn-bred, Grammy-nominated songwriter Jahdan Blakkamoore has just revealed all the details about his third studio album. Order of Distinction is set to be released on the Lustre Kings Productions label on March 25th. The album features guest spots by Lutan Fyah, Pressure Busspipe, […]
HEAR THIS: Cutty Ranks “Nah Hitch”
The Lyrical Rocket Launcher Still Uses Dibby Dibby DJs For Target Practice Wait deh man—Mr. Six Million Ways to Die, the lyrical rocket launcher, the original Cutter is back to put all dibby dibby DJs in check. Just bucked up Cutty Ranks at a dance in Kingston the other day and he blessed us with […]
HEAR THIS: Munga “Stainless”
Ricky Blaze And The Gangsta Ras Connect When Munga Honorable first stampeded through the dancehall circuit, some people had a hard time with his “Gangsta Ras” persona. “Buss it make the earth shake,” he bragged on one early tune, “it’s like an earthquake.” Oddly enough, boasting about the size of one’s gun through gold fronts […]
HEAR THIS: Shaggy “I Need Your Love” Remix
Shaggy’s Outernational hit Gets a Dreamy Valentine’s Day Refix Ever since 1993, when he and Sting International transformed an ancient reggae song by the Folkes Brothers into a global hit called “Oh Carolina,” Shaggy has demonstrated an uncanny ability to come up with Boomshots heard round the world. His latest guilty pleasure was made in […]
HEAR THIS: Jahdan Blakkamoore ft. Lady Leshurr & Melodic Yoza “Ting Tun Up”
BK General Links w one UK Bad Gyal and one Canadian Soul Rebel and EveryTING Tun Up—Loud It’s been a long, slow climg for Guyana-born Brooklyn-raised Jahdan Blakkamoore, but at last he finds himself perfectly positioned between authenticity of voice and freshness of perspective. Here Mr. B blesses us with the first joint off his […]
HEAR THIS: Kendrick Lamar ft. Assassin “The Blacker The Berry”
K Dot Links Sasco On A Revolutionary Record Assassin aka Agent Sasco is your favorite rapper’s favorite dancehall star. First Kanye West enlisted him to drop bars on the standout Yeezus track, “I’m In It.” Yesterday the consensus pick for best rapper alive dropped a new track from the forthcoming (and highly anticipated) follow-up to […]
Ziggy Marley Wins Sixth Grammy, But Nobody Gets To See It
Three Decades Later, The Reggae Award Is Still NOT Televised Congratulations Ziggy Marley on your latest win at the Grammys. Fly Rasta Up Up Up… Way Up/. And just to make sure the ting STAY up, it’s time to revisit an important question. Why is the Best Reggae Album category STILL not being broadcast anywhere? […]
HEAR THIS: Mavado ft. Future & Ace Hood “I Ain’t Going Back Broke”
Real Talk From The Gully Gad The timing of Mavado’s latest “We The Best” banger is truly uncanny. Just days after the news broke that somebody posted a petition on the White House website demanding that he be deported to Jamaica, the dancehall superstar drops a song called “I Ain’t Going Back Broke.” Although Mavado […]
Reasoning with Sizzla: “You Must Recognize Rasta, Else A Lightning and Thunder”
After Closing Rebel Salute 2015, Kalonji Speaks On Truths and Rights Say what you like about Sizzla Kalonji, but the man nah tek back no chat. After a fiery early morning performance to cap the second day of Rebel Salute 2015, the sweat-drenched dancehall legend took time out for a brief but extremely intense interview with […]
Rebel Salute 2015 Takes It Higher
Roots Reggae stars shine at the 22nd staging of Rebel Salute Dressed in a sky blue suit, Tony Rebel took the stage at Grizzly’s Plantation Cove in the parish of St. Ann on Jamaica’s north coast. “Love you like a fresh vegetable,” he sang on 16th January 2015, the first night of Rebel Salute. “Tell […]
WATCH THIS: Inner Circle ft. Chronixx & Jacob Miller “Tenement Yard (News Carryin’ Dread)” Official Music Video
In comes the official music video for the big bad certified Boomshot, Inner Circle featuring the young general Chronixx alongside Jacob Killer Miller with the musical thing called “Tenement Yard (News Carryin’ Dread).” The video was directed by produced by Inner Circle and directed by Gil Green for 305 Films. Forty years after Jakes first sang […]