WATCH THIS: Delly Ranx “No Limit (Money Nuff)” Official Music Video PREMIERE
The World General Stays On That Paper Chase When it comes to living out one’s dreams, there’s nothing quite like money to make a vision turn to reality. Just ask Delroy Isaac Foster, the dancehall artist and producer known as Delly Ranx. His latest juggling for his Pure Music Productions team is a slow-burning riddim […]
HEAR THIS: Damian Marley “Caution”
When The Fire Starts, Don’t Say Gongzilla Didn’t Warn You He’s given us three Set Up Shop compilations and one classic collaborative album with Nas, but it’s been a minute since Damian Marley’s last solo album, the multi-Grammy winning Welcome To Jamrock. Now here comes the first single, a hardcore slice of ghetto life reminiscent […]
Reggae Sumfest Announces Newly Re-Focused 2016 Lineup: Strictly Reggae Night and Dancehall Night
Message Sent In True Downsound Fashion: By Wrapping an 18-Wheeler Semi Truck After announcing earlier this spring that Jamaica’s leading music festival, Reggae Sumfest, was under new management, Josef Bogdanovich, CEO of Downsound Productions, has now revealed the newly re-focused two-night lineup for Sumfest 2016, rolling out with the slogan “our music, our festival.” This […]
HEAR THIS: Ape Drums ft. Major Lazer & Busy Signal “The Way We Do This”
H-Town Riddim Master At Work While Major Lazer might be the biggest names in EDM to flex dancehall riddims and vibes in their tracks, they’re far from the only ones. Houston, Texas’ Ape Drums has been at this for a bit, describing his sound as essentially taking his EDM projects and making them into bigger […]
Beres Hammond & Cocoa Tea Headline 10th Annual Best of the Best Music Fest 2016
Miami’s Premiere Reggae Festival Celebrates Its 10-Year Anniversary For the past decade, Best of the Best has been transforming Miami’s Bayfront Park into a massive party. Although the early years were characterized by a wide-ranging blend of reggae, dancehall, soca, hip hop and R&B, in more recent years the promoters have focused on Caribbean sounds. […]
HEAR THIS: Stephen “Ragga” Marley
ft. Waka Flocka “Scars on my Feet”
Ragga x Flocka Connect and Reflect If you’re paying attention you already know that the long-awaited final chapter of Ragga Marley’s two-album epic is set to arrive July 22nd. Today team Ragga revealed the full track listing of Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life and offered these thoughts about the overall project: “The Fruit […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
HEAR THIS: Dexta Daps “Trigger Finger”
Dexta Empties A Full Clip of Lyrical Ammo Although he’s known for sweet love songs, Dexta Daps isn’t afraid to let his haters know which part him come from when necessary. So think twice before you decide to cross him; otherwise, you’ll end up drowning in a bloodbath—at least according to the grisly new “Trigger […]
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. […]