Reasoning with Chronixx “Me’s a Dancehall Man”
The Young Roots Lion Chats About Reggae Versus Ragga, Real Producers, and His Dancehall Daddy (Photography and Videos by Mark Shaw) Fresh off his first ever performance at Reggae Sumfest, rising reggae star Chronixx sat down to reason with Reshma B. “Me’s a dancehall man,” he tells her, “Nothing like me Shabba Ranks and me Supercat.” […]
Ghetto Youths Take Over Radio Lily
Wayne Marshall, Christopher Ellis, Black Am I and Jo Mersa Storm the Strictly Boomshots Show Just before the Ghetto Youths crew shelled down SOBs, they passed through Radio Lily to nice up the Strictly Boomshots show. Jo Mersa, Christopher Ellis, Black Am I, and Wayne Marshall passed the mic around like a coconut chalice. Everybody […]
WATCH THIS: Spice Sumfest Interview “The Name is Spice, I Have To Keep It Spicy”
The Mad Gyal Talks Kartel, Hip-Hop Collabos, and Twerking Year in and year out, one of the most reliable standout performers at Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night is Spice. Her entrance is always amazing, but this year she really out did herself. You may have heard how she took the stage in 13-inch heels AND inside […]
A$AP Ferg Mashes Up Trillectro Fest in Washington D.C.
Trap God Drops Today—You Have Been Warned A$AP Ferg drops his debut album Trap Lord today and he’s all set to take the A$AP Worldwide movement to another level. He first caught our attention with his street banger “Shabba” and we just had to sit down and reason with him about his love for the […]
Tommy Lee and the Sparta Clan at Reggae Sumfest
Uncle Demon Storms Dancehall Night—And He’s Rolling Deep Tommy Lee was raised in the Flankers section of Montego Bay, so every time he touches the stage at Reggae Sumfest he gets much love from the hometown crowd. Last year was his first solo set on the Greatest Reggae on Earth, so this year Tommy had […]
A$AP Ferg Speaks on Shabba
A Rare Interview with the Trap Lord A$AP Ferg’s summer scorcher “Shabba” has set the streets of NYC on fire—and the mad music video featuring the whole A$AP Mob and Shabba Ranks himself has everybody wondering why a youth from Harlem decided to pay homage to Shabba. The A$AP Mob is known for their ’90s nostalgia, […]
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 […]
Blondie On The Making of “The Tide Is High”
Chris Stein and Debbie Harry Chat Reggae on the RBMA Couch Our peoples at the Red Bull Music Academy just posted the video of Blondie’s lecture at RBMA 2013 in New York City. Chris Stein and Debbie Harry, founding members of the legendary NYC punk/rock/rap/reggae fusion band, dropped science about how the innovative band came […]
Assassin Talks About His Feature On Kanye West’s Yeezus
Agent Sasco Says His Phone Started Burning Up on Leak Day If you aren’t living under a rock, then you know that today Kanye West’s album Yeezus hit stores. And if you read this blog, you know that Yeezus is Kanye’s most dancehall-flavored project yet, with four of ten tracks including vocals by dancehall artists—not […]
Reasoning with Stylo G, Part 3: “It’s Good To Be A Risk-Taker”
How Stylo Created His Own Sound, And Where He’s Taking His Movement Next Reshma B and Stylo G conclude their epic 3-part interview at the offices of 3Beat Records in West London with a discussion of what it takes to make it as a UK dancehall artist. “When it’s not made in Jamaica you don’t […]
Reasoning With Chronixx, Part 5: The Artist’s Responsibility
Who’s On Chronixx’s Collabo Wish List? Some of the Names Might Suprise You Chronixx believes musicians carry a serious responsibility both to their fans and to their own music and culture. In this fifth and final edition of his candid conversations with Boomshots, he talks about the responsibility of reggae musicians, and names some artists […]
Reasoning with Chronixx, Part 4: “The Internet Was My Only Tool”
How Chronixx Built A New Roots Reggae Movement In one of Chronixx’s many recent hit songs, “Beat and a Mic,” he talks about the basic building blocks he needs to make music. But making music is one thing, building a movement like the young roots reggae star has built over the past year is something […]