WATCH THIS: Delly Ranx “No Limit (Money Nuff)” Official Music Video PREMIERE
The World General Stays On That Paper Chase When it comes to living out one’s dreams, there’s nothing quite like money to make a vision turn to reality. Just ask Delroy Isaac Foster, the dancehall artist and producer known as Delly Ranx. His latest juggling for his Pure Music Productions team is a slow-burning riddim […]
HEAR THIS: Derrick Morgan “Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)”
Big Big Request To The Greatest Forget what you heard. Muhammad Ali will never die. Ali may be one of the few larger-than-life icons to challenge even Bob Marley for nearly universal respect. We’ve all seen photos of The Greatest with Elvis, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan—he was even Prince’s hero—but what’s his connection to […]
Reggae Sumfest Announces Newly Re-Focused 2016 Lineup: Strictly Reggae Night and Dancehall Night
Message Sent In True Downsound Fashion: By Wrapping an 18-Wheeler Semi Truck After announcing earlier this spring that Jamaica’s leading music festival, Reggae Sumfest, was under new management, Josef Bogdanovich, CEO of Downsound Productions, has now revealed the newly re-focused two-night lineup for Sumfest 2016, rolling out with the slogan “our music, our festival.” This […]
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 […]
WATCH THIS: Shanique Marie ft. Cali P “Coconut Jelly Man” Official Music Video
An Ode to the Coconut Jelly Man Shanique Marie is preparing for relaunch of her debut EP Uno in a deluxe edition this summer and is excited about the possibilities. Her incendiary single, “Coconut Jelly Man” featuring Cali P, first released in November 2015, is seeing another steep rise in popularity as the warm weather approaches […]
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 […]
WATCH THIS: Adahzeh “Island Girl” Official Music Video
Rocking With Jamaica’s First All-Female Reggae Ensemble From the Maroon heroine Nanny to Louise Bennett and Grace Jones, Jamaican history is filled with powerful women. Still, the reggae music industry has remained a largely male-dominated field—which may explain why keyboardist and vocalist Karissa Palmer always wanted to be part of a reggae band made up […]
WATCH THIS: Vybz Kartel “I’ll Take You There” Official Music Video
What’s Your Favorite Way To Cure Pain? The Vybz Kartel Vevo channel sure is poppin’ these days. With Kartel’s highly anticipated King of the Dancehall album set to drop next week, the “Fever” video has been burning up the place, approaching the million-view mark after just two weeks. And then, early this morning, another set of visuals dropped for the World Boss’s track […]
Stephen “Ragga” Marley Reveals “Fruit of Life” Album Art, Release Date, and Tour Schedule
The Second Chapter of Revolation Is Upon Us Never one to rush perfection, Stephen “Ragga” Marley announced one of the most anticipated release dates in all of reggae music. The long-awaited second installment of his two-part Revelation set will arrive July 22—the final day of a 44-stop U.S tour, which kicks off later this month […]
Kingston Nights: A Jamaican Street Dance Photo Essay
Robert Cooper Photographs What Real Dancehall Looks Like Right Now “I started listening to dancehall during the late ’80s,” recalls photographer and videographer Robert Cooper, who’s covered the Hartford, CT dancehall scene for some time. “I began photographing dancehall parties and concerts 8 years ago, and began writing about dancehall also, so being able to […]
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. […]
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 […]