HEAR THIS: Chyn. Wonder Presents: Soca Warm Up Mix 2014
All Of Carnival 2014’s Soca Tunes In On Big Mix London born, Brooklyn raised, Trinidad & Tobago adopted Chynee Wonder throws together a superb mix of Carnival 2014 hits. Everything from Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin and others you may have missed are all here and available for download. You may not be in Trinidad right […]
HEAR THIS: Rampage Sound Global Dubplate Sampler Mixtape
Rampage Sound Show How Deep Their Dub Box Really Is Strictly dubplate selection from DJ Rampage’s Rampage Sound Global hosted by Micro Don, featuring dubs from the likes of Johnny Osbourne, Tristan Palmer, Sizzla, Busy Signal, Demarco, Konshens, Delly Ranix and many many more. Straight sound clash vibes, Listen After The Jump…
HEAR THIS: Dub Rockers Mixtape Vol. 1 Mixed By DJ Juan Love
Vans OTW And VP Records Link With DJ Juan Love On A Wicked Dub Mix VP Records and Vans “Off The Wall” team up to release Dub Rockers Mixtape Vol. 1 hosted by skateboard legend John Cardiel aka DJ Juan Love. The mixtape is an extension of “Dub Rockers Volume 1“ which released August 28th on VP Records and […]
HEAR THIS: King Addies Presents Rodney Price AKA Bounty Killer Dubplate Mix
Addies Bad From Dem Time Till Now, Who Nuh Like It Defend It The Biltmore Era is known as the Golden Era and most competitive period of the Sound Clash Industry extending from the late ’80s to 1996. Such clashes were kept in four major venues throughout New York City—Tilden Ballroom, Starlite Ballroom, Flamingo Ballroom […]
HEAR THIS: Gyptian “Sex, Love & Reggae” Mixtape
Who Says Gyptian Only Makes Love Songs Known for his soulful voice, most would expect a Gyptian mixtape to be full of nothing but love songs or songs dedicated to women in general; not that there’s anything wrong with that. Love is a beautiful thing, and some would argue that music is “all about the […]
HEAR THIS: The Incomparable Shakespeare “Murderer”
BK Rapper Reps For Trayvon Over a Barrington, Beenie, Buju Mashup The tragedy of Trayvon Martin’s murder and subsequent miscarriage of justice has inspired much outrage and more than a few good songs, the latest being this heatrock from The Incomparable Shakespeare, a young rapper from Brooklyn’s Vandevere housing projects. His use of various dancehall […]
HEAR THIS: Steel Pulse “Put Your Hoodies On (4 Trayvon)”
Handsworth Revolutionists Still Asking: “Does Not Justice Stand For All”? [Photograph by Dennis Morris] When Steel Pulse first burst out of Birmingham in 1975, they were the most militant reggae group in England. Their debut album, Handsworth Revolution set a tone of uncompromising rebel music with tracks like “Ku Klux Klan.” The band would sometimes throw […]
DOWNLOAD: Shinehead “Open Wide Proton Drive” Mix
The Rough and Rugged Singer/DJ/Selector Wheels Some Big Bad Tunes At Dublab If you thought Magnificent Mister Shine was only adept at singing, toasting, ominous whistling, and gangster movie impersonations, think again. He’s also one of the baddest selectors on earth, and if that’s not enough he spins strictly dubplate and 45, no laptop mouseclick business […]
DOWNLOAD: The Heatwave “Gyal Power” Mixtape
UK Bashment Sound Represents For The Damsels of the Dancehall The Heatwave are known for getting the ladies lively in London town. Now they’ve created a 100% bashment mixtape designed to harness the awesome natural resource known as ‘Gyal Power.’ From outernational superstars like Adele, Grace Jones and Amy Winehouse to UK femcees like Ms […]
DOWNLOAD: I-Octane “Happy Times” Mixtape
Kick Off The Holiday Right With Some Siiiick Dancehall Selections The Fourth of July holiday is almost here. From block parties to barbecues, pool parties to private parties, you need one thing to get you through all the hot fun: MUSIC. Don’t worry; I-Octane has got you covered on that. Boomshots is proud to premiere […]
HEAR THIS: Stylo G ”Soundbwoy” Heatwave Refix
Tell A Next Soundbwoy Back Off You already heard the original Stylo G Soundbwoy Killer—maybe you even caught Di Genius remix—now get set for the Heatwave refix. That’s right, the UK bashment sound has taken the latest Stylo track and styled it with some wayyyy-back sounds from JA. Specifically Studio 1’s “Truths and Rights” riddim, […]
HEAR THIS: Chronixx “Where I Come From”
Brand New Selection From The New Mixtape Lazer Strikes Back Vol. 4 The Major Lazer massive just tweeted out the fourth edition of their Lazer Strikes Back mixtape—the last before they drop their long-awaited album Free The Universe. This one has five nice tracks, but right now we’ve got this Chronixx joint pon repeat. Audio And […]