Spice’s “Go Down Deh” Goin’ UP Deh With A Little Help From Shaggy and Sean Paul
Amazing Grace Brings The Heat & Tops The Chart One thing about Spice—she knows how to make an entrance! The reigning Queen of Dancehall arrived at the official release party for her highly anticipated new single “Go Down Deh” this weekend dressed like Cleopatra, reclining on a golden couch held aloft by four muscular bare-chested […]
WATCH THIS: Skip Marley “Let’s Take It Higher” A Boomshots Documentary
Awards Are Nice, But This Two-Time Grammy Nominee Answers To A Higher Calling “Live if you wanna live,” Bob Marley declared at the outset of his landmark album Rastaman Vibration, released almost 45 years ago, in April 1976. In the years before Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers’ 1984 greatest hits collection, which remains the […]
WATCH THIS: Jada Kingdon “Green Dreams” Official Music Video & Exclusive Interview
Twinkle Secures The Bag 2020 will not go down as the easiest year in history, but Jada Kingdom has made the best of a tough situation. “It’s been a difficult year for everybody,” she says, “but I have channeled all my energy into being creative.” The Jamaican recording artist and swimwear designer can look back […]
WATCH THIS: Stonebwoy and Davido Connect In The “ACTIVATE” Music Video #PREMIERE
Ghana x Nigeria Link Up We last tapped in with Ghana’s Afro-Dancehall monarch Stonebwoy when he premiered his “Blaze Dem” freestyle on VIBE x Boomshots to follow up the victory lap for his Anloga Junction album. Now he’s joined forces with Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Davido, who’s fresh off the relase of his album A Better […]
WATCH THIS: David Lyn “Keep Moving” Visualizer PREMIERE
Straight From Miami Via Tuff Gong Studios David Lyn grew up in Miami, surrounded by music from an early age. A Jamaican-American youth who loved Michael Jackson and Usher as well as the stars of his island homeland, David was 13 years old when he got into the studio with his stepbrother, Andron Cross, now […]
Untold Stories: How Johnny Wonder Buss Bounty Killer
“Big Up Yourself Johnny Wonder” You don’t have to be a dancehall head to know Bounty Killer. He featured on No Doubt’s Grammy-winning pop smash “Hey Baby” and lit up Instagram this May during his epic Verzuz battle with Beenie Man. Arguably the most influential artist in modern dancehall history, Bounty Killer is thoroughly respected […]
WATCH THIS: Toyé ft. Jada Kingdom “Attitude” Remix Visualizer
“I’m Not The Type To Play With” Born in Atlanta and raised in Nigeria, Toyé jump-started his career in 2018 when he began freestyling with friends in a recording studio. Before he knew it he was working with Ace Harris, the Grammy-winning producer whose resume includes work on Koffee’s Rapture, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V, […]
HEAR THIS: El Dusty ft. I-Octane “Vampire” PREMIERE
“Blood Dem A Seek Out Deh” Based in Corpus Christi, Texas, El Dusty is a DJ and producer who lets his ears explore widely and his mind float freely as he builds an encyclopedic sample library, preserving exquisitely eclectic moments drawn from a diverse catalog of presumably dusty vinyl, then chopping and pasting it all […]
WATCH THIS: Tessellated ft. Crayon “No Ansa” Lyric Video PREMIERE
“Lock Off The Phone” “No follow nobody,” advises Tessellated, the Kingston-born, L.A.-based songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose genre-bending creations include the 2017 Amindi K. Fro$t and Valleyz smash “Pine & Ginger” and Jada Kingdom’s breakout track “Banana.” His surging piano-driven “I Learnt Some Jazz Today” topped Billboard’s Jazz Digital Song Sales chart and appeared in […]
Stefflon Don Speaks On Making a Dancehall “Move”
“Something Hype, Feisty & Rooted” Stefflon Don is getting back to her bashment roots with a new single called “Move,” produced by Troyon the dancehall hitmaker who crafted Sean Paul’s worldwide smash “Gimme The Light.” We linked the UK bad gyal who spoke on her latest release for Quality Control Music / Motown. “‘Move’ is […]
WATCH THIS: Skip Marley ft. Ari Lennox & Rick Ross “Make Me Feel” Official Music Video
“When it Hits You Feel No Pain” The voice you hear speaking on the haunting first track of Skip Marley’s debut EP Higher Place is that of his legendary grandfather Robert Nesta Marley, who once went by the nickname “Skip” himself. “Is something higher,” Bob says in an excerpt from a 1979 interview, seeking to […]
WATCH THIS: Troublesum & Ronnie Homer ft. DJ Spider “Push” Official Music Video
On Labor Day 2020, Will You Push Yuh Bumpa Pon Me? Labor Day 2020 is here, and without a big parade on Eastern Parkway, we all have to find our own ways to celebrate. Good vibes coming from Troublesum and Ronnie Homer featuring DJ Spider, this one is called “Push.” The uptempo feel-good video Was […]