WATCH THIS: K’Coneil “Hot Like You” Official Music Video PREMIERE
Nothing Beats A Fly Chick In A Fast Whip We first noticed K’Coneil when he dropped “Me One,” a humorous counteraction to Dexta Daps’ “7Eleven.” Since then the MoBay-born singer who attended college in the U.S.—and once sang at Madison Square Garden as part of a contemporary gospel group—has carved out his own lane within […]
WATCH THIS: Tifa “The Champ” x “Big Bumper” Official Music Video PREMIERE
“Crouching Tiger Meets Kill Bill Meets Jamaica Booty Pageant” Tifa’s visuals are always next level, and this medley video featuring two songs—”The Champ” produced by Zj Chrome on the The Champ Riddim & “Big Bumper” on Birch’s Moskato Riddim (both distributed by the might 21st Hapilos Digital)—is no exception. Shot on location in Kingston Jamaica […]
HEAR THIS: Jesse Royal “Silent River”
The Palace Pikney’s Lyrics Run Deep Opening with a sample of Horsemouth’s speech from the classic Jamaican midnight movie Rockers, Jesse Royal’s latest single, “Silent River” runs as deep as its title suggests. “We step through the valley of death without fear,” he rhymes in his trademark melodic flow, “Lion nuh join squabble with eagle […]
HEAR THIS: Bosco & Speakerfoxxx “9mm” PREMIERE
ATL Bad Gyals Mash Up King Tubby x BDP—Buk! Buk! Buk! DJ Speakerfoxxx is known for dominating the wheels of steel with addictive Southern rap blends, but in her downtime she likes to chill out with some Junior Reid. “I love reggae music,” says the certified A-Town mixmaster. She and her homegirl Bosco, who made […]
Chronixx Bigs Up Vybz Kartel, Burns Out Ignorant Bloggers and VICE Media
Was Di Steam Ministah Misrepresented On Noisey Jamaica? “I will never dignify untrue and twisted publications made by a media who only seek to create headlines which drag artistes and their supporters through the valley of disunity and division,” said Chronixx in a new Instagram post. “It is all a part of the overall effort […]
WATCH THIS: I-Octane “Nuh Badda Dan Jah” Official Music Video PREMIERE
Octane Comes Before The Almighty With A Humble Heart You have some bwoy who feel like they’re wicked and dreadful. They march through the streets with the tallest tall-up and claim to run the road like tire. I-Octane’s thought-provoking tune on Good Good Production’s Cure Pain Riddim points out the folly of mortal men who […]
WATCH THIS: Dre Island “M-16” Official Music Video
Rise The Machine And Rinse It Clean Dre Island is a youth we’ve been checking for from time. He rolled into 2016 as one of Mass Appeal’s 16 Artists to Watch and today he drops what may be his most anticipated release yet, the first video off his “Now I Rise” project on E5 Records. […]
British Police Try To Ban Bashment
Cops In Croydon Claim Sean Paul’s Music Causes Crime Police in Croydon have reportedly instituted a ban on dancehall music—known in the UK as “bashment”—claiming that it causes crime and disorder. The latest Clash Music Reggae and Dancehall column reports that police in the London borough wrote a letter criticizing at least one nightclub for playing […]
WATCH THIS: Keznamdi “Herbs” Official Music Video
Kez & Keida Work The Ital Steamer Ever since RiRi and Drizzy touched up the Pot O Gold “Sail Away” riddim with the chart-topping tune “Work,” Jamaican artists have been inspired to reimagine the tune in their own style and pattern. The latest “reworking” is a wicked ganja tune called “Herbs” by the rootical DJ […]
Dre Island “M-16” Video Shoot Behind-The-Scenes
The Official Music Video Premieres Tomorrow on Mass Appeal Named one of Mass Appeal’s “16 Artists To Watch in 2016,” the Jamaican artist and producer Dre Island is known for a lyrical attack that’s both “hard and heartical, streetwise and sensible.” On “M-16,” the first track from his highly anticipated Now I Rise project, Dre […]
WATCH THIS: Jahmiel “Where Were You” x “Great Man” Official Music Video PREMIERE
Oh Why Oh Why? You Get a Fight When You Start Try The road to “overnight success” is usually longer than it seems, and it’s not without pitfalls and stumbling blocks along the way. Just ask Jamiel Foster, aka Jahmiel, a youth known to true dancehall fans as one of the music’s most promising new […]
HEAR THIS: Drake ft. Popcaan “Controlla!”
The Long Awaited 6 God x Unruly Boss Collab Is Here At Last Popcaan and Drake have been bigging each other up for so long it feels like this tune—which leaked today—is long overdue. First Drake started dropping “Y Pree” in his lyrics. Then Drizzy’s boys shot a music video for Poppy up in Toronto. […]