Fuse ODG Talks Collabs with Konshens, Elephant Man & Wyclef Jean
“We’re All One People” Says the UK Afrobeat Artist Who’s On A Mission To Make World Music UK based Afro-Beat artist Fuse ODG recently sat down with Reshma B to discuss his recent collaborations with Jamaican dancehall stars Konshens and Elephant Man, and the Haitian-American superstar Wyclef Jean. Fuse, whose manager happens to be Jamaican, […]
Samantha J Reveals Crush On “Bad Bwoy Bieber”
“Tight Skirt” Teen Star Tells All In Her Complex Individuals Interview Seventeen-year-old Jamaican pop sensation Samantha J is making big moves since her single “Tight Skirt” blew up worldwide. Her spicy video was rated “most shared” on MTV.com and BET recently tapped her to kick off 106 & Park’s “Young Starz” week. And speaking of […]
WATCH THIS: Jesse Royal “Modern Day Judas” Official Music Video
Mr. Royal Rides The Rootsman Riddim Jesse Royal has had a great 2013. Just listen to his In Comes The Small Axe mixtape (download link here) and you’ll get a strong sense that a powerful new voice has arrived in the rootical dancehall phalanx that includes the likes of Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid, and Protoje. Today […]
Colonel Josie Wales Pon Radio Lily
The Outlaw Rides Through The Strictly Boomshots Show. Jesus Christ—We Nice! In A$AP Ferg’s smash hit “Shabba,” the Harlem rapper idolizes Shabba for wearing “eight gold rings” and “one gold tooth.” But if the truth be told, it was not Shabba Ranks but his mentor Josie Wales who originated that style of fanciness. Had […]
WATCH THIS: Cham ft. Damian Marley “Fighter” Official Music Video
Show Me The Light, And Mek It Shine Bright Anytime Cham and Dave Kelly connect, they’re going to make a big tune. But when Cham and the Stranger link with Gongzilla? Now that’s history in the making. We’ve been all over this song “Fighter” since it first dropped, but today the visuals were premiered over […]
HEAR THIS: Jah Cure “My Love”
We Gotta Live For This Moment If there was anyone who could f*ck up your emotions then count on Jah Cure to do that for sure. Cure has as many love songs as dancehall has whine songs and somehow they don’t get old. “My Love,” his track on Good Good Productions’ Brit Soul Jam riddim, […]
WATCH THIS: Twin Of Twins “Up Wid Di Money (Official Music Video)”
Up Wid Di Money Or Go Dung Inna Hole Known for their hilarious skits and impersonations of top dancehall artistes, comedy duo Twin Of Twins takes a different route with the visual for their latest “Up Wid Di Money.” More a short film than a music video “Up Wid Di Money” depicts the harsh realities […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Scare Dem Crew “Many Many”
How Many Girls Scare Dem Get When They Ready? Monday the “Energy Gad” Elephant Man dropped a video honoring America’s favorite past time entitled “Miley Cyrus (Twerk).” Before Ele gained his moniker and had the gyal dem gyrating he was apart of the Scare Dem Crew. Consisting of Boom Dandimite, Elephant Man, Nitty Kutchie and Harry […]
Sean Paul Says No To Smoking Weed… But He Loves His Ganja Tea
Just Gimme The Trees And Mek We Drink It Up Dutty Paul dropped by the Juan Epstein podcast last week and chopped it up with Rosenberg and Cipher Sounds. Among the topics he touched on was the healing of the nation, aka marijuana. This may come as a surprise to Sean Paul fans, but the […]
HEAR THIS: Wayne Marshall ft. Ace Hood, Baby Cham, Waka Flocka “Go Harder”
Certified Boomshot Off The Tru Colors EP, Dropping Today Looks like the Ghetto Youths crew have been going extra hard this month, releasing the fruits of their labour. Hot on the heels of Christopher Ellis’s Better Than Love EP comes Wayne Marshall’s Tru Colors EP, which officially hits the streets today. The movement is large and the hard work sure […]
WATCH THIS: Elephant Man “Miley Cyrus Twerk” Official Music Video
Di Energy God Won’t Be Doing This Dance Himself—Strictly Hannah Galtanna Fromm “Willy Bounce” to “Signal Di Plane” to “Pon Di River Pon Di Bank,” Elephant Man has had a trunkload of hit songs about new dance crazes. No wonder they call him Di Energy God, because his music gets the crowd energized. And don’t […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: DMX Feat Sean Paul & Mr. Vegas “Top Shotter”
Here Comes The Boom While we eagerly await Mr. Vegas Feat. Sean Paul and Fatman Scoop’s official video for their tune “Party Tun Up (Remix) we take a look back at one of Vegas and Paul’s previous Hip Hop collaborations from the classic Hype Williams directed “Belly.” The dog himself DMX roped in Vegas and […]