Murda She Wrote October 2020
Unruly Boss Covers Reshma B’s Column on Tidal At the end of each month, the Reggae Girl About Town rounds up the top tunes for her “Murda She Wrote” column on Tidal. If you’re looking for October’s wickedest selections, you’ve come to the right place. This month’s lineup features certified Boomshots by Popcaan, Chronixx, Spragga […]
WATCH THIS: Mojo Morgan ft. Gramps Morgan & Stephen “Ragga” Marley “Be Free” Lyric Video
And Now For Something Completely Different “Hit me from the top,” sings Stephen “Ragga” Marley at the start of “Be Free,” a three-the-hard-way posse cut featuring hard bars from Mojo and smooth vocals from his brother Gramps of Grammy-winning reggae band Morgan Heritage. Bob Marley’s second son has become a reggae legend in his own write, […]
PREMIERE: Raging Fyah “REBEL”
Ah No If Nor Because Raging Fyah, one of the fastest rising roots reggae bands from Kingston, Jamaica, are moving from strength to strength. The Grammy-nominated ensemble just leaked a new single produced by Llamar “Riff Raff” Brown for Nebilus Records. The riddim is warm and easy, the melodies bright and the mesaage is righteous. “The […]
HEAR THIS: Nesbeth “New Gangster”
Redefining The Concept A versatile artist with a strong singing voice, Nesbeth took his career to new heights last year with his inspirational tune called “My Dream.” His latest release, on DJ Frass’ percolating “Street Light” Riddim, seeks to redefine the concept of “gangster” for a new generation. “Gone is the days when we used […]
HEAR THIS: Nadine Sutherland “Never In Love” PREMIERE
“Action” Star Is Taking It EZZ “It’s a woman’s empowerment song,” explains Nadine Sutherland of her latest release. “Basically, it’s saying Watch, listen and learn before you give your all.” Giving her all to reggae music since an early age, Sutherland signed with Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong label at a tender age and exploded to […]
HEAR THIS: Jah Cure “Telephone Love”
Cure Again Ever since returning from a successful Summer tour of Europe and dropping that “Rasta is passing through” video, Jah Cure has been hitting the studio hard. His Instagram feed shows off his work ethic, sipping lemon water and ginger juice in the morning, shuttling to and from the soundlab to build with “The […]
HEAR THIS: Popcaan “Usain Bolt / World Cup Dubplate”
Weh Dem Ah Go Do Now? Usain Bolt has never hidden the fact that he’s a major dancehall fan. Back in Beijing, he celebrated his first Olympic win by busting a Gully Creeper dance. (His 2009 welcome home dance in Trelawney was legendary.) This year in Rio Bolt celebrated his first win by posting an […]
HEAR THIS: Gary Nesta Pine “Thanks and Praise” PREMIERE
New Music from the Revelations Album “I’m a messenger from Jah,” says Gary Nesta Pine. “My dad was a postman; I feel like I am the postman of music.” The long-time leader of NYC’s notorious City Heat band, Pine was blessed to serve as lead vocalist for the legendary reggae band The Wailers for many […]
HEAR THIS: Stylez “Whine Fi Me (Don’t Stop)” PREMIERE
The Yawdie Aubrey Mashes Up The 86 Riddim In comes a fresh cut from Juss Kool Productions brand news “86 Riddim” a timeless hardcore dancehall riddim that just dropped today as a timely reminder of what the game’s been missing. Many years in the making, the riddim’s title is something of an homage to Dave […]
HEAR THIS: Protoje “Can’t Feel No Way” DOWNLOAD
New Music From Diggy British! First things first: Protoje’s debut album Ancient Future was a masterpiece. The fact that it did not receive a Grammy nomination was a grievous oversight, but then again the Grammys have a long history of fuckry. Ancient Future joins a distinguished group of reggae albums that were slept on by […]
HEAR THIS: Jahmiel “Different Eyes” PREMIERE
The Powerful Title Cut From Pure Music’s “Different Eyes” Juggling Hailing from Portmore, Jahmiel Foster found his musical calling from early out, and has since carved out a niche as one of modern reggae’s most exciting new voices. Building on the success of his 2015 breakthrough “Gain The World,” Jahmiel and the Quantanium camp are […]
HEAR THIS: Sizzla & Popcaan “Wish Bad”
Unruly x Kalonji = Wickedness Increase Ever since that epic Ghetto Splash a few Christmases back when Sizzla Kalonji and the whole Judgment Yard joined the Unruly Boss and Aidonia on stage, the Kalonji x Unruly link has only gotten stronger. We loved that Not Nice production they did with Teflon, and now comes a […]