HEAR THIS: Beyonce “Bow Down / I Been On” Snippets
Who Run The World? Young B decided to polish up her crown and trophy collection and bless her loyal subjects with two snippets, reasserting her dominion over her R&B pop queendom. Hit-Boy produced “Bow Down” and “I Been On” was produced by The-Dream with assistance from Polow Da Don, Timbaland, and Planet VI. Audio After […]
HEAR THIS: I-Octane “Buss A Blank”
If You Fresh And Clean Buss A Blank As if the anticipation for I-Octane’s Thankful Part 2 mixtape (dropping exclusively on Boomshots.com Tuesday) wasn’t high enough this lastest cut entitled “Buss A Blank” is sure to have to lick one inna di air fuss di tune bad. Expect this one to rip dancehalls soon, […]
HEAR THIS: Slew Dem “Playground Vocal”
UK Grime Posse Spits Hot Fire Over A Chopped & Screwed Dancehall Riddim The East London grim collective gets all greezy over Spooky’s “Playground” instrumental, a slowed-down sample of 2 Hard’s classic dancehall riddim the Playground, made famous on Sean Paul’s “Infiltrate” and Beenie Man’s “Who Am I.” UK Grime + JA dancehall = […]
HEAR THIS: Tommy Lee & Vybz Kartel “Blood Bath”
Di Teacha And His Student Join Forces Kartel and the Gaza Demon connect for a lyrical bloodletting with Baby G on the track. If you like your tunes eerie and foreboding, then this one’s for you. Audio After The Jump…
HEAR THIS: Bounty Killer “Nyammy Lee”
The Warlord Blazes Lyrical Fire On The Gaza Spartan Bounty Killer has done all sorts of songs throughout his storied career—touching on ghetto life, God, girls, ganja—but he’s always at his best when he’s in war mode. They don’t call him the Warlord for nothing. You know, Peeeeeeeeeeeople dead and all that. Think of all […]
WATCH THIS: Bramma “Bad” Video
The Guerilla Anthem Stephen McGregor’s “Face Off” riddim is loaded with bad man tunes, and one of the toughest is Bramma’s cut, simply titled “Bad.” BiggzShip just dropped the visual interpretation and it’s filled with black masks and itchy trigger fingers. Say your prayers. Video After The Jump…
WATCH THIS: Iyara “Murder Dem” Video
Iyara Stands Up For His General By Letting Shots Fly At Tommy Lee Iyara reacts as any good soldier would if his general was threatened. It was only a matter of time before the Alliance would respond to Tommy Lee’s “Goat Head” Tune, and what a response it was. Iyara holds nothing back as he […]
HEAR THIS: Elephant Man & Beenie Man “We Nah Tek Bad Up”
Elly & Beenie’s Latest Release Hits Harder Than Hurricane Sandy You know those soothing songs that increase your sense of inner peace and make you feel like life is good and all your troubles are a thing of the past? Well this is not one of those songs. Elly and Beenie got with Suku to […]
HEAR THIS: Bounty Killer “No Long Talking”
Jah Snowcone And The Warlord Connect For A Brand New Banger On The Antibiotic Riddim The same producer who got Sean Paul’s “Temperature” high enough to reach #1 pon the Billboard charts, and then got with Beenie to “Dweet Again” has just dropped a tune with the Warlord. Let’s get right to the point: Peeeeeople […]
HEAR THIS: Cham “Lawless”
Cham & The Madhouse Family Drop A Wicked New Badman Tune Ya dun know Cham’s got the girls locked with “Backshot” and “Tun Up” and “Vitamin S” and all those type of tunes. But please don’t sleep on Cham like he’s some kinda soft-soft lover boy who can’t handle his biz outta road. Seriously—did you […]
HEAR THIS: Max Glazer and Dre Skull Pon Radio Lily For The “Kingston Story Deluxe” Release Party
A Vybz Kartel Dubplate Barrage Followed By A Strictly Boomshots Interview & A Dre Skull Megamix This past Tuesday at Miss Lily’s Variety NYC, VICE Records and Mixpak celebrated the launch of Kingston Story Deluxe, the record Kartel once described thusly: “I’m so excited about the album, I feel like it’s my first album.” Max […]
HEAR THIS: Popcaan “Fry Yiy”
The Whole Place Ah Say “Fry Yiy” Yeah the party shot like an M16, but don’t get it twisted. What part of “Hot Skull a Hot Skull” did y’all fail to overstand? Well Popcaan jumped Anu Blaxx’s new “Fry Yiy” riddim just to drive his point home: “Can’t see me pon the road and gimme […]