Busta Rhymes Talks “Crazy” Collab and Vybz Kartel’s Historic Return to Brooklyn
Exclusive Interview before Kartel’s big show at Barclay’s: “Don’t rule out the possibility of Bussa Buss pulling up.” A few days ago, Busta Rhymes reached out to Boomshots for an exclusive interview to speak about how this video came together. “Kartel, Akon, and myself spoke,” Busta states. “We all collectively felt that the excitement around this time […]
Spice Drops ‘Mirror 25,’ Reflects on 25 Years of Dominance and Celebrates Kartel’s Homecoming
When Spice Pulls Up It’s Always a Movie The Queen of Dancehall’s third studio album Mirror 25 dropped today and like everything Spice-related it’s got the internet goin’ nuts. Lead-off single “2085 Tea” set the tone of hardcore dancehall with a dash up mix-up while the country-hip-hop hybrid “Round Round” featuring Busta Rhymes showed the […]
Yee Haw! Spice Kicks Off Dream Weekend New York Cowgirl Style
The Queen of the Dancehall Live & Direct in NYC By the time Vybz Kartel shouted out Dream Weekend on his smash 2011 hit “Summertime,” the Negril-based super fete was already known as one of the biggest and wildest parties in the entire Caribbean. Catering to a sucker-free clientele who know how to tun up […]
WATCH THIS: Tosh Alexander Busts Her “Bubble”
Talking Hair Curlers And Fluffy Miss Kitty With The Reggae Girl About Town Born in New York and raised in Jamaica, Tosh Alexander loves the best of both worlds, shooting videos with Busta Rhymes and making tracks with Sasco, Tifa, and Wayne Marshall. Her sexy new single “Bubble” featuring Fluffy Miss Kitty dives straight into […]
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 […]
Reasoning with Beenie Man: “The music is Jamaican; the problem is, America can make it too.”
The Doctor Talks Drake, Popcaan & Kartel “Drake from Canada—Beenie Man from Jamaica—dah one yah a murda! Zagga.” When Drake’s album Views dropped at the end of April, Popcaan fans were surprised to hear a new voice on “Controlla”—a vintage Beenie Man sample appeared where Popcaan’s lyrics used to be. With Drake’s album topping the […]
Remembering “The People’s Champion” -Muhammad Ali
A Champion of All Champions According to Matthew 22:14, “many are called but few are chosen.” Born in the first month of the year, in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. seemed to be destined for greatness. He began his boxing journey at 12 years old and by 22 years old, he was the World […]
Spice Speaks on “So Mi Like It,” Rappin’ with Busta Rhymes and Ragga Ragga Ragga 2014
Reshma B Kicks It With Spice And Gets To How Grace Hamilton Likes It Mad Gyal Spice is on top of her game right now. With the official video for her sexy smash hit “So Mi Like It” racking up millions of Vevo views, rap legend Busta Rhymes jumping on the official remix, and not one but three […]
HEAR THIS: Spice ft. Busta Rhymes ”So Mi Like It” Remix
You know how Spice likes it. After all this is the girl who collaborated with Kartel on “Rampin’ Shop.” So when she chats about “Skin out my pum pum….” you’d best get to work fast. And while her new remix to “So Mi Like It’ has Spice showing off her rappin’ skills: “I like it when […]
HEAR THIS: Bunji Garlin ft. Busta Rhymes “Differentology” Remix
Vikings And Conglomerates Connect. Axes Up! Not only was “Differentology” the top-ranking soca jam of 2013 and winner of MTV Iggy’s song of the year compeition, it’s an undeniable outernational smash that’s ready for the road around the world. Now just in time to wrap up the year, “Differentology” gets an outernational refix courtesy of […]
HEAR THIS: A$AP Ferg ft. Shabba Ranks, Migos & Busta Rhymes “Shabba Remix”
We Requested It, And Now Ferg Delivers The Big Dutty Stinkin’ Reeeeeeemix From the moment we heard the Trap Lord goin’ in about the Dancehall Emperor, we knew there was just one way to make this tune better. And when we saw the Ranks up in the video, we started thinking maybe it was about […]
WATCH THIS: Smif N Wessun ft Junior Reid “Solid Ground” Official Music Video
Boot Camp Vets Stand Firm With Mr. “One Blood” In the past couple of months, a wave of reggae collaborations has surfaced across genres of music—from the lover’s rock of Shaggy’s “You Girl” featuring Ne-Yo to A$AP Ferg saluting “Shabba Ranks” to Nicki Minaj and Busta Rhymes providing dance lessons with “Twerk It” to Selena Gomez […]