Mixpak Wins Red Bull Culture Clash
A Big Assist From Popcaan & Drizzy Drake Friday night at London’s O2 Arena four sound systems representing Dancehall, Hip Hop, UK Garage and Grime battled before a 20,000 seat venue for the 2016 staging of Red Bull Culture Clash. Wiley’s Eskimo Dance and UK Garage All-Stars featuring So Solid Crew had the place rocking […]
WATCH THIS: Rakim Bigs Up Stephen “Ragga” Marley: “He’s Keeping It Lit For The Next Generation”
The Making Of Revelation Part 2 “Doing a song with Rakim, I couldn’t do it lukewarm,” says Stephen “Ragga” Marley. “It still did haffi rock heavy.” The song in question is “So Unjust” the third track on Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life. The long-awaited sequel to Ragga’s Grammy-winning 2011 album Revelation Part 1: […]
Remembering “The People’s Champion” -Muhammad Ali
A Champion of All Champions According to Matthew 22:14, “many are called but few are chosen.” Born in the first month of the year, in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. seemed to be destined for greatness. He began his boxing journey at 12 years old and by 22 years old, he was the World […]
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 […]
Tune For Tune: Battle of the UK “Panda” Refixes
Who Flipped The “Panda” Beat Better: Gappy Ranks or Lady Leshur? All this week we’ve been deluged with a Desiigner media blitz since the 19-year-old Barbados-by-way-of-Brooklyn eccentric dropped the Tidal-exclusive video for his chart-topping smash “Panda.” Though he spends most of the tune talking about Atlanta—and sounding a whole lot like Future sippin’ on some […]
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. […]
Barrington Levy Is Broader Than Broadway
Barrington Celebrates And Boomshots Appreciates It is Barrington Levy birthday bash here at Boomshots. We are celebrating the musical icon for his accomplishments in Dancehall, Hip-Hop, and transcending music barriers. His distinctive ad-libs make his music enjoyable for people of all ages from various walks of life. Barrington Levy’s 52nd Birthday is today, April 30th. […]
Lost In Translation: Does Drake’s Dancehall Obsession Benefit Anyone But Himself?
EXCLUSIVE GENIUS EXCERPT: Please Don’t Call Drake “King of the Dancehall” While revealing the release date of his long-awaited album, Views From The 6, on Beats Radio, Drake sought to evoke the denseness, complexity, and overall quality of the record by stating that “It’s not a short ting.” His use of patois, although not surprising […]
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 […]
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. […]
HEAR THIS: Kanye West ft. Rihanna & Swizz Beatz “Famous”
Don’t Watch The Swift Diss—Watch The Beat. What a Bam Bam! Before anybody knew anything about Kanye’s remarkable TLOP album they heard that he had dissed Taylor Swift. Then the news was all about how you couldn’t find the album anywhere except on Tidal. Well, now that “Famous” is finally available on Apple Music and […]