K Queens: Dancehall Royalty
Dancehall’s Regal Twins Discuss Their Career and Their Collaborative New Single Twin sisters, Kaydine and Kerrine Francis, K Queens, have sung in close harmony from a young age. Sharing the stage for over a decade, K Queens have earned dancehall’s highest ratings. Their latest single “Jamdown Ranking” produced by Sugar Bear, on Rayvon’s GTC […]
New Artist Azia Crosses Cultural Barriers
Haitian Artist Azia Releases Powerful Music for Change We met up with new artist, Azia during her Labor Day Weekend Tour, which included a series of shows at local venues in New York City and a live performance on the Haitian Allstarz and WBAI 99.5 FM truck, at the West Indian American Day Carnival. We […]
Full Moon Playlist II
Ten Multi-Genre Selections for Your Halloween Party Playlist This year, Halloween was preceded by a Supermoon, making this holiday extra spooky. On September 27, 2015, a total lunar eclipse occurred and the moon passed into the Earth’s shadow. The moon appeared close to the earth with a bright red illuminance. The last time this happened […]
“Bruk It Down 2.0” Delivers
Mr. Vegas New Album Review and Interview Just after leaving the Strictly Boomshots show on September 23, 2013, Mr. Vegas headed uptown to host a listening event at Rosewood in New York City to preview his new release Bruk It Down 2.0 and celebrate what’s sure to be one of the biggest releases of the year. […]
HEAR THIS: Beyonce “Bow Down / I Been On” Snippets
Who Run The World? Young B decided to polish up her crown and trophy collection and bless her loyal subjects with two snippets, reasserting her dominion over her R&B pop queendom. Hit-Boy produced “Bow Down” and “I Been On” was produced by The-Dream with assistance from Polow Da Don, Timbaland, and Planet VI. Audio After […]
WATCH THIS: Sean Paul Talks “Tomahawk Technique” And Hits Back At Haters
Dutty Paul Speaks On The International Response To His Latest Album—And Brushes Off The Backlash Backstage at the NYC release party for his 5th album, “Tomahawk Technique,” Dutty Paul took time out to reason with the Reggae Girl About Town. Sean has sold more albums in his career than 99% of the rest of the […]
WATCH THIS: Beyonce “Girls (Run The World)”
Young B Gone Pon De Floor To Ratid… How Major Is That? Beyonce sure loves that dancehall style…
WATCH THIS: Reasoning with Sean Paul
The Dutty Don speaks about his latest album, Imperial Blaze. Another Boomshots.com Xclusive. Sean Paul on artists fighting against artists: “This little sticks and stones shit with music,” says the multiplatinum, chart-topping, Grammy-winning DJ. “I don’t cater for it.”
NOW HEAR THIS: DJ Power Remix Clash
The homie DJ Power a.k.a. “The Soul Controller” just dropped his latest mixtape, Press Play 4.0 Dancehall 2K9, and as usual it’s packed with crazy juggling—new music from Kartel, Mavado, Serani, Junior Reid, Elephant, Beenie & more—plus nuff exclusive remixes. But which one of them is the wickedest? You make the call in this Boomshots […]