BOOMSHOT: Bounty Killer “Dub Fi Dub”
Watching the Warlord juggle on the Answer riddim at Mavado’s party got me in the mood for some Vintage Killer, so I had to take it all the way back to one of his earliest singles to touch the road shortly after he changed his name from Bounty Hunter.
VIDEO: Mavado’s NYC Release Party
The poster said Mavado and Friends, but the star power assembled onstage at SOB’s last Tuesday night was more than anybody bargained for. Serani, Bounty, Matterhorn, Wyclef, Shaggy… NYC Superstation Hot 97 and V.P. Records sponsored the official release party for the Gully God’s new album, David Brooks: A Better Tomorrow and the venue was rammed from […]
Mavado on Hot 97
The Gully God passes through the #1 Hip Hop station in America to chop it up with Angie Martinez and promote his new album, Mr. Brooks: A Better Tomorrow.
Don’t Ramp With Kartel
“Daggering” is more than the latest yardie slang for sex, it’s a ritualized theater of the absurd that’s taken the dancehall by storm with acrobatic, thigh-bruising dance moves and a slew of songs cashing in on the controversial trend. It’s not like this machete/manhood metaphor is anything new. Nobody flipped out over Lady Saw’s “Stab […]
WATCH THIS: Jay-Z feat. Santigold “Brooklyn”
Santigold & Jigga Go Hard For BK With A “Boom Bye Bye like Buju.” Brap. It should have come as no surprise when Jay-Z jumped on that Mavado track. First of all, Brooklyn is damn near Jamaica’s 15th parish, and its dancehall scene is a cosmos unto itself—impossible to overlook. Ever since Jay came out […]
WATCH THIS: Busy Signal “Smoke Some High Grade”
Busy Signal Blazes Up The Maddest T-Pain Remix Can’t believe it? It ain’t nuttin new. Alliance pass through…
WATCH THIS: Stephen Marley & Jr. Gong “The Mission”
The Race Is Not Just For The Swift, But Those Who Can Endure