Busy Signal “Fresh From Yaad” Album Review
The Newly Energized Entertainer Hints That A Busy Signal U.S. Tour Is In The Works Reanno Gordon, Busy Signal continues to stand out as an artist in 2017. He stepped out onto the musical scene in 2002, modeling his career after international reggae icon, Bounty Killer. Now he has an even clearer vision for his future […]
R.I.P. Sting: The End of an Era in Dancehall
Remembering The Greatest One Night Reggae and Dancehall Show on Earth When the history of dancehall music is written, 2016 will go down as the year when mainstream stars took over the worldwide pop charts using Jamaican styles and sounds. It will also be remembered as the first Boxing Day in over three decades that […]
The Making of Bounty Killer’s “My Xperience”
Remembering A Game-Changing Album Twenty Years Later All Eyez On Me. The Don Killuminati. Reasonable Doubt. The Score. It Was Written. ATLiens. Nineteen Ninety Six was an epic year for hip hop album releases. It was also a decisive year for dancehall breaking through to urban America. Twenty years ago this month, Bounty Killer released […]
NO LONG TALK: Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor on the Red Bull & Guinness Decade
Dancehall’s First Podcast Hits #10 In Fine Style To commemorate the series tenth episode, Man Like Marvin Sparks drew for the decade’s defining producer, Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor. 2016 marks ten years on from his classic breakthrough riddim, Red Bull & Guinness. The riddim boasted voicings from Vybz Kartel, Wayne Marshall and Sizzla to a […]
Kingston Nights: A Jamaican Street Dance Photo Essay
Robert Cooper Photographs What Real Dancehall Looks Like Right Now “I started listening to dancehall during the late ’80s,” recalls photographer and videographer Robert Cooper, who’s covered the Hartford, CT dancehall scene for some time. “I began photographing dancehall parties and concerts 8 years ago, and began writing about dancehall also, so being able to […]
No Long Talk: Serani Relives the Anger Management Riddim
Ten Years After Daseca’s Breakthrough Riddim, Serani Reflects Multi-instrumentalist and producer Serani (former one-third of Jamaican producers Daseca) reminisced on the creation, influence and legacy of Anger Management riddim on its 10th anniversary. Though officially released towards the end of 2004, it buss (a.k.a. impacted) in 2005. Made on a PC via a Triton keyboard […]
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Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise Zeen
Our 2015 Zeen Is The Next Best Thing To Being On Board “All in the Same Boat,” Bob Marley sang on The Wailers’ 1971 Boomshot “Don’t Rock My Boat,” produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry, “Rockin’ on the same rock / Got to get together, loving each other.” This lyric isnpired the title for the 2015 […]
WATCH THIS: Stephen Marley ft. Bounty Killer & Cobra “Ghetto Boy” Official Music Video
Ragga, Killa & Snake Star Inna Brand New Story As Old As Babylon Year in, year out, the cycle continues. From Cabrini Green to Cidade de Deus to Tivoli Gardens, somebody is out there manipulating the minds of the ghetto youths and pressing their buttons on a divide-and-rule mission to spread misery and violence and […]
HEAR THIS: Stephen “Ragga” Marley ft. Bounty Killer & Mad Cobra “Ghetto Boy”
Ragga links the Warlord & Helta Skelta on this Musical Boomshot Twanging guitars straight out of a Wild West cowboy movie open the latest track from musical mastermind Stephen “Ragga” Marley, which soon transforms into a hard-hitting dancehall cut featuring Ragga, Killer, and Mad Cobra kicking lyrical ballistics. “I think we need to open up […]
Reasoning with Assassin aka Agent Sasco—Rap’s Best Kept Secret Weapon
First Kardinal, Then Kanye and Kendrick—Assassin Is the Go-To DJ for Dancehall Features. He’s your favorite rapper’s favorite dancehall artist. But chances are you’ve never heard his name. That’s because Assassin aka Agent Sasco — his secret-agent alter-ego — has basically gone undercover for his two biggest records: Kanye West’s “I’m In It” off the […]
Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise Doubles Up for 2015
Cabins Going Fast As Barrington, Maxi , Elly, Popcaan, Capleton Confirmed Due to overwhelming demand, the second annual Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise will offer two back-to-back cruises in 2015, from November 30th to December 10th. According to the cruise’s official Facebook page, the newly confirmed talent for 2015 includes Ky-Mani Marley, Protoje, Barrington Levy, […]
Free Up The Herbs: 40 of Reggae’s Highest-Grade Ganja Anthems
Marijuana Laws May Be Changing, But These Rebel Music Selections Will Keep Playing Forever Every day brings new headlines about voters in the U.S.A. passing medical marijuana laws and American states decriminalizing reefer—even as the Federal government reserves the right to swoop in and prosecute whoever however whenever. Meanwhile venture capitalists continue to align themselves […]