Micah Shemaiah: The Man, Music and Message
Interview with The Original Dread During Yaadcore’s recent sets in New York at Downtown Top Ranking with Deadly Dragon Sound at The Delancey and Sattama Sundays with Stateside Revolution at Bar 13, he played several Micah Shemaiah tunes that ignited the dance floor with skanking and flickering of lighters. Based on the audience response to […]
HEAR THIS: Pressure Buss Pipe “Live Life” PREMIERE
Tune In Pon This Brand New Heatmakerz Production Because Live Is For Living “Everybody’s talking about the heartaches in the ghetto, and how it’s rough in the streets—and it is,” says Virgin-Islands born reggae singer Pressure Buss Pipe. “I wanted to turn it around and make people happy. Just make people see life in a […]
WATCH THIS: Pressure x Heatmakerz “Live Life” Behind The Scenes Video
New Banger Premieres Tomorrow Pon Boomshots Pressure Buss Pipe made his name in the reggae industry belting out romantic tunes like “Love and Affection.” Since then the Virgin Islands native has showed his versatility on harder tracks like “Mental Disturbance” featuring Damian Marley and Tarrus Riley. “I got to New York to do some work […]
WATCH THIS: Unified Highway “My Space” Official Music Video PREMIERE
New Music & Visuals From Eric & Amp First things first, this is not a social media song. “There’s two words and no dot com,” says vocalist/guitarist Eric Rachmany (also the frontman for Cali roots band Rebelution) of the latest release from Unified Highway, his collaborative project with renowned producer, DJ, and remixer Amp Live […]
WATCH THIS: Nesbeth “My Dream” Official Music Video
From Trenchtown, A Next Star Arise Released last month, “My Dream” features the veteran reggae singer reflecting on the struggles he’s faced in Jamaica and focusing on not giving up. A superb track from start to finish, it’s a progressive take on roots reggae with a dash of picked pop guitar and a catchy bounce. […]
Dre Island Makes Mass Appeal’s List of
“16 Artists To Watch in 2016”
Anticipation Builds For The Now I Rise Project A graduate of Kingston’s Calabar high school—alma mater of both Jr. Gong and Vybz Kartel—reggae/dancehall producer turned performer Andre Johnson aka Dre Island is emerging as a living link between the vaunted “roots revival” movement and the sound of the Jamaican streets. “The revival is really within […]
WATCH THIS: Mr. Vegas “Dancehall Dabb” Official Music Video
New Year New Style New Dance A Lick—Out And Bad The Mass Appeal massive already knows the deal. You’ve heard it straight from Migos: Dabbin’ is a way of fashion. But as you’ve no doubt noticed, this Dab thing is catching on in a big way—from Dabbin Santa to corny-ass college football coaches. Given Jamaica’s […]
HEAR THIS: Raekwon x Kabaka Pyramid “Be Inspired”
The Chef Connects With Baka Over Walshy Fire’s Production— Accurate! Any time you can get two of the world’s greatest living lyricists on one track for the first time, that’s a win. On “Skew It On the Bar-B” Andre 3000 and Raekwon brought A-Town and Shaolin together and the result was historic. On the fresh […]
HEAR THIS: Chronixx “Majesty”
Chronixx Hails His Empress The Steam Ministah pours out his heart in this touching love ballad. With music inspired by the Studio One soul selection “I’ll Be Around” by Otis Gayle, and poetic lyrics that read like an excerpt from the Old Testament’s Song of Solomon, he speaks directly to his empress. “Before I hold you in […]
HEAR THIS: Inner Circle ft. J-Boog & Jacob Miller “I’ve Got The Handle”
The Bad Boys of Reggae Link With J Boog Fresh off a successful tour with SOJA, California-born and Hawaii-based reggae artist J Boog, releases a track with reggae’s “Bad Boys” Inner Circle and their late great vocalist Jacob Miller. Having topped the reggae charts for consecutive years with his 2011 full length release Backyard Boogie, J […]
WATCH THIS: David Bowie ft. Tina Turner “Tonight” Live
Ziggy Stardust Inna Rub A Dub Style In 1984, after his massively successful album Let’s Dance, and the subsequent Serious Moonlight Tour, the late great David Bowie went to Quebec, Canada to work on a follow-up album. “It was rushed,” he said later. “The process wasn’t rushed; we actually took our time recording the thing; […]
Yaadcore in New York City for Ethiopian Christmas
Yaadcore Back In New York City By Popular Demand Receiving world-wide acclaim in the reggae and the general music community, Rory Cha aka Yaadcore was invited by three different venues to have a musical Ethiopian Christmas in New York City. Interview After The Jump…