WATCH: Gyptian “Sex, Love & Reggae” Official Album Trailer
Gyppy Will Rock SOBs on His Birthday This Monday October 28th This Tuesday VP Records will be releasing Gyptian’s long-awaited album Sex Love & Reggae. The album is Gyptian’s first full-length release since his single “Hold Yuh” was certified gold. We’ve been rocking with Gyptian for a long time now. It seems like just yesterday […]
WATCH THIS: Smif N Wessun ft Junior Reid “Solid Ground” Official Music Video
Boot Camp Vets Stand Firm With Mr. “One Blood” In the past couple of months, a wave of reggae collaborations has surfaced across genres of music—from the lover’s rock of Shaggy’s “You Girl” featuring Ne-Yo to A$AP Ferg saluting “Shabba Ranks” to Nicki Minaj and Busta Rhymes providing dance lessons with “Twerk It” to Selena Gomez […]
WATCH THIS: Mavado ft. Nicki Minaj “Give It All To Me” Official Music Video
And Now For Some Next Level Shit Ever since we heard that big Mavado & Nicki tune on the Overdrive riddim, visions of an ill video have been dancing in our heads. Well the Gully Gaad stopped by BET’s 106 & Park today with DJ Khaled to premiere tbe video and it’s every bit as […]
HEAR THIS: DJ Sliink & DJ Fresh Direct “Murder”
Out In The Streets They Call It… They call DJ Sliink “The Jersey Club King” but don’t hold it against him. Sliink and NYC’s DJ Fresh Direct joined forces on a hard-hitting refix that’s aptly titled “Murder.” According to his Soundcloud Sliink chopped up the vocals on the Ini Kamoze sample from Damian Marley’s dancehall […]
HEAR THIS: Mr. Easy “The Don”
Big Bad Musical Selection Straight Outta Ricky Blaze Basement Mr Easy has always been that dude who was “Easy like Sunday morning” but beneath the surface he’s killing shit. This is a guy who won back-to-back episodese of “Showtime at the Apollo” singing “On The Wings of Love” inna dancehall style. This is a dude […]
HEAR THIS: Popcaan “Everything Nice”
The First Single Off Papi’s Debut Album Don’t be deceived by the title—everyTING is not as nice as it may appear at first glance. Sure Popcaan may be the raving king, but why does he rave? “Me nuh when me go inna the grave,” he sang on one of his best-known party tunes, “so right now […]
HEAR THIS: King Addies Presents Rodney Price AKA Bounty Killer Dubplate Mix
Addies Bad From Dem Time Till Now, Who Nuh Like It Defend It The Biltmore Era is known as the Golden Era and most competitive period of the Sound Clash Industry extending from the late ’80s to 1996. Such clashes were kept in four major venues throughout New York City—Tilden Ballroom, Starlite Ballroom, Flamingo Ballroom […]
Shaggy & Friends Pon Radio Lily
Mr. Boombastic Hits The Strictly Boomshots Show To Celebrate Out of Many One Music Album Release This Monday on RadioLily.com we welcomed the biggest hitmaker in dancehall history, Shaggy, to celebrate the release of his star-studded collaboration with Sly & Robbie, Out of Many One Music. Shaggy and Rob Kenner talked about the vision behind […]
“Bruk It Down 2.0” Delivers
Mr. Vegas New Album Review and Interview Just after leaving the Strictly Boomshots show on September 23, 2013, Mr. Vegas headed uptown to host a listening event at Rosewood in New York City to preview his new release Bruk It Down 2.0 and celebrate what’s sure to be one of the biggest releases of the year. […]
Mr. Vegas Makes Surprise Visit To Radio Lily
Die-Doo Talks Bruk It Down 2.o Pon The Strictly Boomshots Show This Monday’s Strictly Boomshots show opened with a big surprise guest. Dancehall hitmaker Mr. Vegas passed through Radio Lily to chat about his brand new album Bruk It Down 2.o, which hit iTunes on Tuesday. Vegas and Rob Kenner previewed some new tunes and […]
HEAR THIS: Ricky Blaze “Last Try”
What Is Love Without Trust? You might know Ricky Blaze as the man who produced Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh,” the first reggae/dancehall cut to be certified gold since Jr. Gong’s “Welcome to Jamrock.” You might know him as the guy who sang that song “I Feel Free.” But really what he is is a creative force. Working […]
Subatomic Sound Presents: Dub Champions Festival 2013
3 Cities, 9 Events, 30+ Artists North America’s premier dub festival kicks off tonight Sept 19 with Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System in DC at the Howard Theater and Deadly Dragon & Reggae Rajahs in NYC at the Delancey. Live performances, educational workshops, and a glimpse into the creation of dub music runs until Monday Sept 23rd. This […]