HEAR THIS: Anthony Cruz “Beat It Pon Dem”
Brand New Tune To Buss… Dungload The New Album Cruz Control Full time now Anthony Cruz fe get him full ratings. The man sing some bad bad tune over the years, and him nah nitch.
Reggae Sumfest 2011: Dancehall Night
Words And Images From The Greatest Reggae Show On Earth, Night #1 Dateline: Montego Bay, Jamaica. Whether your musical taste runs more to Bunny Wailer, Mavado or Nicki Minaj—the 19th annual staging of the Greatest Reggae Show on Earth had a little bit of something for everybody. As usual, the festivities kicked off on Thursday […]
HEAR THIS: Mavado “Delilah” (Diplo Remix)
Crispy New Dubstep Version Of The Starbwoy’s Outernational Boomshot Diplo refixes the latest big tune from the Gully Gaad. Dubstep posse stand up.
The Mystery Of Danny Coxson
Deadly Dragon Dares To Dig Up Digital Dancehall 25 years ago a young, Trench Town–born Donovan McLeod a.k.a. Danny Coxson a.k.a Ever Red stepped into a London studio. In one tuff take he created some of the most revered, most whispered about tracks of the 1980s digital revolution. And then, like some mythic Keyser Söze, […]
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…
We Don’t Need No More Trouble
Spragga’s Name Is Called, But Who Are The Real “Persons Of Interest?” What’s wrong with this picture? Spragga on tour in Aspen, Colorado. Reggae fans have endured so much bad news over the past several months that some of us have come to expect the worst. But when f*ckery shows up as expected, do we […]
HEAR THIS: Shabba Ranks “None A Dem”
Big Dutty Stinkin Shabba Puts Some Likkle Prentice DJs In Check Some of y’all mouseclick selectors don’t remember the days when playing sound meant posting up at the 45 shop each and every week. And whenever a fresh Shabba Ranks selection hit the market, you knew you had to pick up two copies just to […]
Diplo: Dub Cutter, Goat Gutter
Eight Riddimentary Questions For The Evil Genius Behind Major Lazer Before last year’s Major Lazer movement rewrote the rules, the chances of hot-stepping into a Kingston nightclub like Fiction and hearing a set of “electronica” was pretty much zero.
WATCH THIS: Gappy Ranks “I Was There”
UK Deejay Bears Witness To The Japanese Earthquake
Smiley Culture Press Conference
Family Members Reject Suicide Theory, Demand Investigation Of Police Photograph By David Corio “Smiley Culture was a father, an uncle, a friend, and a mentor to many,” said his nephew Merlin Emmanuel during an emotional press conference held just days after the mysterious death of the UK dancehall legend while in police custody. “He was […]
Di Teacha Fi Real: Vybz Kartel Lectures At UWI
Adidjah Palmer Addresses Students At The University of the West Indies Opening his remarks with a simple but profound question—”Who is Vybz Kartel?”—dancehall artist Adi Di Teacha aka Adidjah Palmer recently lectured at the University of the West Indies.
Reasoning With I-Octane Part 1
How I Octane became the hottest new artist in Jamaica Feb 2011 Transcript Hilton Garden in by JFK Airport I HEARD YOU JUST MASHED UP REBEL SALUTE. Well Rebel Salute was a great show, great show. Very very very very great performance. I came out on top for this year. The three best performance for […]