HEAR THIS: Wyclef & Mavado “Hold On” (Crossroads)
Refugee Warrior And Gully Gaad Link Up To Make Conscious Thug Music Wyclef and Mavado have been building for a while now & this mournful yet uplifting tune is the best thing they’ve done together so far. Pree this…
Jimmy Cliff Up For The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
15 Years After Bob Marley, A Second Reggae Artist Is In The Running “Very few single albums can be said to have changed music forever,” reads the official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot entry for Jimmy Cliff, who’s in the running to be inducted in 2009, the 25th year of the Hall’s existence. […]
WATCH THIS: Heavy D “No Matter What”
The Overweight Lover Inna Rub a Dub Style—Big, Bad, and Broad Yes big man—run things fe years without tears and fears.
“I’ve Got The Handle, You’ve Got The Blade”
Neighborly Dispute in BK Becomes A Case of Mackerel vs Machete Major Mackerel, dancehall’s undisputed champion of bugged-out sound effects, wound up on the wrong end a swinging sword yesterday morning in Brooklyn.
EXCLUSIVE: Vivian Blake Speaks
Back In Jamaica, The Former Shower Posse Boss Is Making Movies. “No interviews please” Vivian Blake returning to Jamaica on January 29, 2009. After spending eight years in U.S. prison on federal racketeering and drug charges, Vivian Blake was escorted back to the land of his birth by U.S. Marshalls along with 51 other deportees […]
WATCH THIS: Sean Paul “Press It Up”
New Single From Imperial Blaze Is All About Dutty Dancing Sean Paul’s latest video just dropped and this one’s all about the fatulous buffulous eye candy on display…
HEAR THIS: Steely & Clevie Top 12
From Studio One To Studio 2000, Dancehall’s Dynamic Duo Did It All Steely’s untimely death this week leaves an enormous void that can only be filled by more tunes. At times like these all we can do is say a prayer for the man’s family and loved ones, and honor his legacy by returning again […]
WATCH THIS: Major Lazer “Pon De Floor”
Skerrit Bwoy Stars In a Dazzling Digital Daggering Dramarama. First time we heard it on the Major Lazer album, we thought it was a Kartel tune called “Bestest Wine,” but looks like Di Teacha nah represent for da one yah. So them send for the one Skerrit Bwoy. Him well fit and flexible, but mad, […]
Tarrus Riley Spreads The Reggae Virus
“Much Better Than The Swine Flu” says Tarrus, a Singer On A Mission Today’s Sunday New York Times calls Tarrus Riley a “Reggae Singer With A Legacy, A Following, And A Mission.” I know this because I wrote the blasted piece.
Mr. Cee Says Squash The Beef
A Hip Hop Legend says “Caribbean Music Can Be A Monster,” However… I got a chance to reason with a Hip Hop Legend last Friday, the one and only Mr. Cee. Depending on the depth of your knowledge of hip hop culture, you may know Cee as Big Daddy Kane’s DJ, or as the man […]
WATCH THIS: Reasoning with Sean Paul
The Dutty Don speaks about his latest album, Imperial Blaze. Another Boomshots.com Xclusive. Sean Paul on artists fighting against artists: “This little sticks and stones shit with music,” says the multiplatinum, chart-topping, Grammy-winning DJ. “I don’t cater for it.”
DUNGLOAD: Elephant Man & Drake “Worst I Ever Had”
Elly & Black Chiney flip Drizzy Drake’s girls anthem in a different stylee. The ladies are loving Drake’s tender summer banger “Best I Ever Had.” But now Elly’s taken the tune to a whole other place.