HEAR THIS: Damian Marley “Just Ain’t The Same”
Jr. Gong Switches Up His Flow, Kicks The Half That’s Never Been Told From birth, Damian Marley has been exposed to real situations that most of us could never even imagine. But every once in a while he lifts the curtain and lets his fans glimpse the innermost thoughts of a champion in action. His […]
HEAR THIS: Natalie Storm “A Perfect Storm”
Hot Young DJ Steps Her Game Up Off The Meter With New Mixtape Alongside her sistren Timberlee and Tifa, Natalie Storm is the nitroglycerine of TNT, the Charlie’s Angels of Dancehall. But last week Natalie stepped to the Big Apple one away, bringing all types of heat to freezing NYC.
WATCH THIS: Shaggy feat Alaine “Yur Eyes Only”
Peep The Brand New Video From Mr. Boombastic Alongside Alaine Last night at New Kingston’s SportsMax club, Shaggy and Alaine premiered the video for “Yur Eyes Only,” their Tony Kelly-produced smash. The song grabbed my ear first time I heard a few months ago, and now it’s #1 pon the New York charts. And Jay […]
HEAR THIS: Bounty Killer “The Message” (Done Talk)
The Poor People Governor Turns It Up Again With Madhouse Gully Gaad, Warlord, Timberlee, Cham and Chase Cross at Big Yard Studio. Madhouse Productions’ new “Turn It Up” riddim has been making noise for a couple of weeks already. But the mission was not complete until late last night, when Dave Kelly and Rodney Price […]
WATCH THIS: Vybz Kartel & Sheba “Like Christmas”
Pepper Lights Are Shining In Gaza—Time For Some Rampin Director Janelle Dyer serves up some memorable images in this brand new video from The Gaza Empire. Pretty sure Kartel and Sheba are the first dancehall artists ever to embrace in a snow-covered forest. And if you’ve never seen Kartel’s green and red elf cap, feast […]
WATCH THIS: Spragga Benz featuring Marcia Griffiths “No Way No How”
Spragga Benz Still Ah Work While Dem Ah Procrastinate The second cut from Spragga’s epic Shotta Culture album is a royal combination with Empress Marcia Griffiths called “No Way No How.” Love to see how the DJ has Marcia singing pon sound system in the big new video. Let it go…
HEAR THIS: Mavado & Vado “M.O.V.A.D.O.”
Harlem And The Gullyside Link Up: This Could Be A Problem It didn’t take a genius to see this one coming. Like Mavado, Vado is most hated. And the Dipset’s blazing young gun traces his heritage back to Jamaica too. Vado + Mavado = Certified Boomshot. You knew they had to link up eventually, but […]
HEAR THIS: Ricky Blaze feat Jim Jones & Nicki Minaj “I Feel Free” (REFIX)
Ricky Blaze. Jones. Nicki. Send Three More Bottles to Table Five… Brand new refix from the one Ricky Blaze. Dipset. Young Money.
HEAR THIS: Serani & Tony Matterhorn “Again & Again”
Daseca’s New Riddim Takes It Back To The “Dancehall Again” Let me let you in on a little secret: I’m still not sure what the proper term would be for all that other stuff folks have been rocking to in 2010. But Daseca’s new riddim is called “Dancehall Again”—thank goodness—and this time they kept it […]
WATCH THIS: Ricky Blaze “Just You And I” Video
Do You Know How It Feels To Be Ricky Blaze? It Feels So Real Not only did Brooklyn’s own Ricky Blaze come out of nowhere to produce the year’s biggest hit with Gyptian’s smash “Hold Yuh,” he’s also got the next-biggest tune on that riddim, a love song that wins on the strength of apparent […]
HEAR THIS: Jah Cure featuring Rick Ross & Mavado “Like I See It”
3 The Hard Way: We Don’t Need No Visas To Come Thru Your Speakers Some songs require no explanation. Like this one right here.
HEAR THIS: Rodney Price “The Message”
Madhouse Pon Them Case Again… The Link Seal And The Link Real Last week Madhouse fired a warning shot that got the whole dancehall diaspora buzzing. The tune was called “Stronger” by Cham featuring Mykal “Grammy” Roze and it’s a Certified Boomshot.