HEAR THIS: Shaggy & Friends “Rise Again”
A Caribbean Collaboration For Haiti w Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Etana… One good thing about music; when it hits you feel no pain. And from the first night the earthquake struck Haiti, the sound of hymns has reverberated through the rubble of Port au Prince.
WATCH THIS: WORLD PREMIERE Sheba & Bounty Killa “Love This Lifetime (Remix)”
Online Premiere Of New Video From The Real Sheba & The Warlord When Sheba Sahlemariam calls herself The Real Sheba, you best believe it. Descended from Ethiopian Royalty (King Solomon + Queen Sheba = Line of King David) Sheba carries herself with a certain majesty, and she thinks about time and space a bit differently […]
HEAR THIS: Flexxx In The Complex “Fresh”
Next Up From The Gully Squad: Flexxx In The Complex—Ternt Singa You’ve probably heard Mavado shouting out Flexxx on records since day one, but half the story has never been told.
WATCH THIS: Spice “What I’ve Been Through”
Mad Gal Spice Keeps It Mad Real: “We Know What It’s Like To Struggle” Though she’s best known for racy tunes like “Rampin’ Shop” there’s another side to the dancehall diva known as Spice.
The Real Revolutionary: Fela Kuti’s Born Day
Nigerian Afrobeat Pioneer Declared “Music Is The Weapon Of The Future” All these so-called pop music rebels need to sit their ass down and soak up some Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who reached planet earth 71 years ago today.
WATCH THIS: Erup “Click Mi Finger” REFIX
Big Bad Tune Gets Minimalist Makeover Courtesy Of Ghislain Poirier Erup’s “Click Mi Finger” is easily one of the catchiest dancehall cuts in recent memory. Apparently the international response to the tune was strong enough that the good folks at Truckback Records decided to roll out a remix EP, inviting a handful of Outernational DJs […]
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: Chase Cross in Cassava Piece
You Wonder Who’s Next From The Gully? Wonder No More… Live and direct from Cassava Piece, Chase to the Cross runs through some big selections from his growing catalog, displaying the stylistic versatility that has people talking about this Gully representer who’s quick to flip from bluesy singing to a straight-up rap flow.
WATCH THIS: Burning Spear “Christopher Columbus”
Winston Rodney Dashes Another Fire Under The Genovese Explorer It might not be his favorite holiday, but this Monday may be Burning Spear’s best Columbus Day ever. The roots reggae legend has been calling Christopher Columbus “a damn blasted liar” since 1980, when he dropped Hail H.I.M.
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.
DUNGLOAD Aidonia “Bolt Action” mix
Federation Sound, Business Class, & Equinoxx Longside J.O.P. So Sick! Pree the preview, then click through for the brand new mix from the DJ who spits strictly rapidfire lyrics.
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 […]