WATCH THIS: Vybz Kartel Intros the Portmore Empire
The Werlboss Bigs Up His Gaza Affiliates The year is 2011. Vybz Kartel is a free man at the peak of his fame and success. Shortly after ripping the stage at Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night, he welcomes Boomshots into his backstage tent to meet the members of his Portmore Empire crew, from Popcaan “The Prefect” […]
HEAR THIS: Johnny Osbourne “Mr. Marshall”
Check Out Where Major Lazer Got The Vocals For Their Soon To Be Released Single “Jah No Partial” While we anxiously await the release of Major Lazer’s new single (set to drop Monday 22nd October), we thought it would be nice to take a listen to the song that inspired it all. Johnny Osbourne’s 1980’s […]
HEAR THIS: Papa San Names Out 106 DJs
Live & Direct From The Big Firgo Digital vs. King Addies vs. King Kustom Clash @ Biltmore Ballroom 1989 In those bygone days when sounds used to carry dubplates instead of laptops, three champion sounds collided at Brooklyn’s legendary Biltmore Ballroom. Big tunes were brandished, but the competition was not only limited to the turntable. […]
HEAR THIS: Wilfred Limonious “Young Love”
Who Knew That Dancehall’s Greatest Graphic Artist Was A Wicked Singer Too? When Matt Goias sent me this tune via email the subject line read simply “Peep The Singer,” I had no idea what to make of it. On first listen “Young Love” sounded like just another reggae rarity — a slightly randy lover’s rock […]
WATCH THIS: Tippa Lee & Rappa Robert “Nuh Trouble We” Video
Time For a Certified Boomshot Throwback… Yuh Think We Easy? The baddest dancehall duo since Michigan & Smiley is also one of the most slept on acts in reggae history. With the amount of jewelry these two wore, Tippa and Rappa created excitement without even touching the mic. So imagine what happened once they started […]
WATCH THIS: Jimmy Cliff “Many Rivers To Cross” LIVE
40 Years After Starring In The Harder They Come, He’s Still Coming Hard As Vivien Goldman observed in her excellent review of Jimmy Cliff’s recent unplugged set at Miss Lily’s Variety, for Mr. Cliff “every night is like a first night.” Standing three feet away from the 63-year-old living legend—watching him strum his guitar and […]
The Mystery Of Danny Coxson
Deadly Dragon Dares To Dig Up Digital Dancehall 25 years ago a young, Trench Town–born Donovan McLeod a.k.a. Danny Coxson a.k.a Ever Red stepped into a London studio. In one tuff take he created some of the most revered, most whispered about tracks of the 1980s digital revolution. And then, like some mythic Keyser Söze, […]
WATCH THIS: Buju Banton Video Mix
Nothing Left To Say But Let The Music Play… Special request to the Gargamel and his entire family.
Tribute To The Late Great Sonia Pottinger 1931-2010
8 Certified Boomshots From Reggae’s Foremost Female Producer To say the reggae industry is male dominated might be the understatement of all time. Jamaica’s first, foremost, and arguably only serious female producer was Sonia E. Pottinger, who died last Wednesday November 3rd at the age of 79. Introduced to the music biz by her husband […]
HEAR THIS: Mad Coba & Yami Bolo “War Mongers”
DJ Tells Gunmen “Too Much War… Cool Star” In Timely 1995 Selection Mad Cobra was 18 years old when he made his name on the dancehall scene with 1990 hits on the Penthouse label like “Yush” and “Gundelero.” By 1992 he had reached the top of Billboard’s rap chart with the international hit “Flex,” and […]
DUNGLOAD Screechy Dan & Red Fox “Fall In Love”
Flatbush Connection Links Up To Represent For The BK Dancehall Massive All through the 90s, Screechy Dan & Red Fox kept Brooklyn’s dancehall scene on the map along with producer Sting Intl and sparring partners like Bajja Jedd, Nikey Fungus, Rayvon, and a Boombastic youth named Shaggy.
HEAR THIS: Early B “DJ Origination”
Special Request To The Original Doctor, Going Down In Dancehall History One more reason to remember September 11: Seven years after Peter Tosh’s 1987 murder in Kingston, the foundation dancehall artist Early B The Doc was killed by a stray shot in a Boston dancehall session 15 years ago today. To call Early B a […]