DOWNLOAD: Al Fingers Refix Mix
Mavado Meets Wailing Souls, Cher Meets The Abyssinians & Smokey Robinson Inna Studio One Style… This dude Al Fingers is well versatile. Not only is he the author of crucial books like Clarks In Jamaica (which was recently excerpted on Boomshots) and Greensleeves: The First 100 Covers, he’s also nifty with a remix. (Guess they don’t call […]
WATCH THIS: Protoje “I & I” Official Video
Protoje’s Latest Visual Is More Than Just A Music Video Just three weeks ago, a group of young Jamaicans exercised civil disobedience in remarkable fashion on Hope Road. The occasion appeared to be a video shoot for Protoje’s ‘I&I,’ the second track on his Billboard and iTunes charting album, The 8 Year Affair. Yet, much more […]
HEAR THIS: Snoop Lion Ft. Cori B & Drake “No Guns Allowed”
Snoop Enlists His Daughter Cori B And Drake As They Plead For An End to The Gunplay Having previewed this track Last week on the Conan O’Brien Show, big Snoop Lion drops the next single off his Reincarnated album entitled “No Guns Allowed,” which Snoop has repeatedly called his favorite on the album. It’s certainly […]
WATCH THIS: Snoop Lion “Lionfest” Video
Snoop Lion, Major Lazer & Mavado Mash Up Viceland at SXSW Last week at SXSW, Snoop Dogg made history as he headlined Cashmere Agency’s “LIONFEST: A celebration of Reincarnated” at VICELAND, performing for the first time as Snoop Lion. In front of 2,000 fans, Snoop showed off his new reggae/dancehall repertoire, delivering songs like “So Long,” “La La […]
Snoop Rocks Lionfest at SXSW
Snoop Lion Premieres Reincarnated Then Mashes Up SXSW w Major Lazer & Mavado Yesterday was a big day for the man called Snoop Lion. First his film Reincarnated had its official U.S. premiere at the Paramount Theater in Austin Texas. (The film opens nationwide today; check SnoopLion.com for show times and locations.) Then later that […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Lil’ Vicious “Freak”/ Chaka Demus & Pliers “Murder She Wrote”
Take A Step Back With Boomshots’ New Series Flashback Friday We at Boomshots are trying something new today. Every Friday we will be bringing you tunes from the days of old, the tunes that mad us fall in love with dancehall and reggae. Today we feature two classics we habe been thrown back into […]
WATCH THIS: Sadiki “Show You”
Sadiki Reminds Us That Actions Speak Louder Than Words In today’s society the phrase “I love you” has fell to little or no meaning at all. One doesn’t just have to say it, one has to really show it and prove to their significant other that they truly love them. Sadiki blesses us with […]
WATCH THIS: Steel Pulse “Paint It Black”
Steel Pulse Debuts A Track In Honor Of The Rosa Parks Incident As Well As Our 44th President Never ones to shy away from the political, Steel Pulse debuts a track to honor both the 100th anniversary of the Rosa Parks incident and our comander-in-chief Barack Obama. The song also has deeper meanings, as Steel […]
HEAR THIS: Vybz Kartel & Richie Spice “Weed Smokers” (Heatwave Refix)
Heatwave Cooks Up A Refix For All The Smokers Dem Dancehall-specialists, The Heatwave, has released a brand new refix (free for download) featuring none other than the World Boss himself Vybz Kartel along with Richie Spice. Dedicated to di smokers dem, the refix as Heatwave clearly states “Some people get stoned on the sofa but this […]
HYPE TV Top 20: Tommy Lee Holds His Ground At Number One
The Spartan Takes Over With a New Wave of Music Tommy Lee’s fans have no problem holding him down. The dancehall artist has been at number one for two weeks and it seems like he won’t be budging anytime soon. Especially since his competition keeps moving further down the list very quickly. If “Psycho” doesn’t […]
7 Essential I-Octane Tunes
Just In Case You Never Know I-Octane’s latest video “Gal A Gimme Bun” is something new for the artist who blazed onto the Jamaican scene seven years ago with a steady diet of conscious lyrics with just the right street edge. As we prepare to premiere the new video on Boomshots, we decided to take […]
WATCH THIS: Behind the Scenes of I-Octane’s “Gal Ah Gimmi Bun” Video
Octane Gives Us a Behind The Scenes Look At His Lastest Video For “Gal Ah Gimmi Bun” I-Octane gives a small peek to the video for his hit song “Gah Ah Gimmi Bun.” The popular tune which talks about what can happen when you don’t put your woman first was sure to hit a nerve […]