MOBO Awards Shortlist Announced
Who Should Win Best Reggae Act for 2012? Don’t Just Sit There—Vote! It’s super A-nnoying when award shows get it wrong. Most times the nominees are naff AND then the wrong person wins! Especially in a specialized category like Reggae where you’ve got to know your stuff. But the Music of British Origin Awards does […]
HEAR THIS: Cham “Lawless”
Cham & The Madhouse Family Drop A Wicked New Badman Tune Ya dun know Cham’s got the girls locked with “Backshot” and “Tun Up” and “Vitamin S” and all those type of tunes. But please don’t sleep on Cham like he’s some kinda soft-soft lover boy who can’t handle his biz outta road. Seriously—did you […]
WATCH THIS: Tommy Lee Sparta “Shook (Uncle Demon)”
The Gaza Sparta Strikes Fear In The Heart Of His Enemies With His Latest Visual Since stepping on the scene, Tommy Lee has being flying his banner high for the Gaza. Bringing his unique style and voice as well as his many personalities Tommy has amassed a devout following. Known for his fascination with the […]
Busy Signal To Be Released In Two Months
Today The DJ Was Sentenced To Six Months—He Will Go Free November 21st Busy Signal’s sentencing hearing took place today in Minnesota Federal Court, and it was a good day. Boomshots caught up with his manager Shane Brown who gave us the full scoop.
Reasoning With Scientist
A Dub Legend Speaks on King Tubby, The Roots of Dub, & The Vampire-Killing Power of Drum & Bass History will be made tonight at B.B. King’s in New York City when the Dub Champions Festival presents Scientist and the Roots Radics band performing their legendary 1981 album Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the […]
WATCH THIS: Wayne Wonder “Drop It Down Low” Video PREMIERE
Brand New Visual From The Album My Way The smooth singer who brought us dancehall classics like “Saddest Day of My Life” and “No Letting Go” is finally back with a new album called My Way on his own Singso Music imprint. His latest video, also featuring Triple-D and DJ Mo-A-Lee, finds Wayne in the […]
Lee Jaffe Speaks On Peter Tosh
“Legalize It,” An Exhibition Of Jaffe’s Tosh Photos, Is On View Now At Dem Passwords Gallery in L.A. Lee Jaffe was born in the Bronx but always felt right at home in Jamaica. The man who played harmonica on Bob Marley’s “Three O’Clock Roadblock” was also a great photographer who shot the cover of Peter Tosh’s […]
Dub Champions Festival Kicks Off Tonight In NYC
The Past, Present & Future of Bass Music: From Scientist & Lee “Scratch” Perry to Kode9 & Appleblim These days everybody seems to be raving about electronic dance music—or “EDM.” There are too many different subgenres to list here, and more are being invented as we speak. But the true heads know that it all started […]
WATCH THIS: Jah Cure ft 2Pac “All By Myself”
Cure unleashes A Thought Provoking Tune Alongside The Rap God Having served a long stretch himself, Jah Cure has always championed the cause of deterring the youths away from a life of crime by showing them that life behind prison walls is no paradise. In this recent cut, Iyah chronicles his lonely days while behind bars and […]
WATCH THIS: Gappy Ranks “West Coast” Video
Brand New Visuals From The Cookies EP Gappy Ranks just got back from a tour of California in support of his herbalicious Cookies EP. Wondering what the UK Bad Bwoy did on his road trip? Enjoy close-up shots of freshly rolled blunts and high-grade in mason jars? Then you’ll want to check out Gappy’s brand […]
Massive Attack To Reissue “Blue Lines” Album
Take A Fresh Listen To The Seminal Debut Disc From Bristol’s Wild Bunch Back in the late 1980s, before terms like “trip hop” and “dubstep” were ever uttered, a sound system called The Wild Bunch decided to start producing their own music. DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles joined forced with graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert “3D” […]
HEAR THIS: Miguel Feat. Konshens “Adorn Remix”
Konshens Jumps On Miguel’s Chart Topping Single With His Own Words For The Ladies Miguel’s latest single has been burning up the charts as well as putting the ladies in a frenzy. Not the be left out and we know how much Konshens loves the ladies (and they love him) rude boy jumps on the […]