HEAR THIS: Mr. Vegas ft. Sean Paul & Fatman Scoop “Party Tun Up Remix”
Longtime Sparring Partners Link Up And Make The Party Buck Back in 1998 Jeremy Harding’s 2 Hard productions was an upstart Jamaican label making waves with the Playground riddim. Before it became known as the backing track for Beenie Man’s smash hit “Who Am I” (aka “Sim-Simma”), the Playground was already hot in the dance […]
Tad Dawkins Speaks On Vybz Kartel’s New Album “These are stuff he recorded before he was locked away”
Earlier this week Tads Records released a triple album entitled Kartel Forever: The Trilogy. The album includes 60 tracks, ranging from some of Kartel’s most popular hits—such as “Cake Soap,” “Ramping Shop” ft. Spice, and “Straight Jeans and Fitted”—to unreleased songs such as “School,” on which Kartel advises youths “don’t bleach your face,” and “Business,” […]
HEAR THIS: Vybz Kartel “School Anthem 2”
Why Is Kartel Advising Jamaican Youths NOT to Bleach Their Skin? Vybz Kartel’s latest release, “School Anthem 2,” advising Jamaican youngsters not to bleach their skin. “So me say pull up yuh pants and put it pon yuh waist and tuck in your shirt and don’t bleach your face.” A man who stands charged with the […]
WATCH THIS: Lee Scratch Perry “Chase The Devil” Live
Pipecock Jaxson Burns Out Satan With Adrian Sherwood on the Mix It’s been more than 40 years since Lee Perry set up his Black Ark studio in Kingston, Jamaica, and the producer turned performer is still going strong. This spring the Red Bull Music Academy invited Scratch (backed by the mighty Subatomic Sound System) to rock Le Poisson Rouge in […]
PREMIERE: The Club Famous Riddim
How Portmore Night Club Drops A New Juggling Produced by Richie D The newly opened Famous Nightclub in Portmore has linked with esteemed dancehall producer Richard “Richie D” Martin to drop a brand new juggling called the Club Famous riddim featuring new tracks from the Warlord, Bounty Killer, the Doctor Beenie Man, Voicemail, Stacious, Richie […]
DOWNLOAD: I-Octane “Thankful Part 2” Mixtape
Conquer The Globe Productions Presents Octane’s New Mixtape and… It Siiiick The wait is over. I-Octane and Conquer the Globe present the second installment of the Thankful mixtape series, a collection of fourteen songs that Octane is offering as a gift to his fans. How fresh is it? Even as early as this morning, a […]
HEAR THIS: Christopher Martin ft. Jim Jones “Cheaters Prayer” (Official Remix)
The Capo Spits Game Over ZJ Chrome’s Cardiac Strings Riddim… While Chris Prays For Strength The power of “Cheaters Prayer” doesn’t just flow from its soaring melody and ZJ Chrome’s bubbling “Cardiac Strings” riddim, The song’s real magic lies in the delicate balance of the singer’s presumed innocence and his player tendencies. Is the guy […]
Letter From Kingston: Laing Reigns Supreme
Sevens Clash Pays A Visit To The Man Who Started Sting Isaiah Laing is the originator of Sting, Jamaica’s premiere one-night live music event held on Boxing Day (December 26) annually since 1984. His preternatural ability to consistently populate the lineup with a perfect balance of talent has helped the show keep pace with constantly […]
WATCH THIS: Prezident Brown & Axx of Jahpostles “Be Careful” Video
The Preszident Trods To Paris For His Latest Visuals In the era of Auto-Tune and demonic dancehall shock jocks, Prezident Brown is one of those uncompromising microphone chanters who keeps the foundation style alive, channeling the one sound from the days of U Roy and U Brown and all them man deh. The under-rated but never […]
Busy Signal Is Free At Last
Fresh Out Of Prison, Busy Gives Thanks To God As He Touches Back Down On Jamaican Turf Tweeting “Guess who’s back? God is GOOD!” Busy signal announced his return to Jamaica on Friday November 17, four days ahead of schedule but not a moment too soon. Incarcerated since May 21 for absconding from an old […]
HEAR THIS: Reddman UK “Girl Bubble”
Sexy Girls Tune On The Bubble Riddim This up and coming DJ on the UK side is fresh out the studio with a sexy new tune for the girls. Gotta respect the way he rides this percolating Bassline Rock riddim. Bonus points for the new slang #FurFur. Audio after the jump…
Bolt Bigs Up The Beast
Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt Speaks About How Losing to Yohann Blake Kept Him Focused We’ve seen Usain Bolt celebrating in Jamaica after winning his first three Olympic gold medals. We’ve seen him Swaggin’ in South Korea. And we’ve seen him bigging up Cedella Marley for designing the fresh Puma gear he’s sporting in London 2012. […]