WATCH THIS: WORLD PREMIERE Sheba & Bounty Killa “Love This Lifetime (Remix)”
Online Premiere Of New Video From The Real Sheba & The Warlord When Sheba Sahlemariam calls herself The Real Sheba, you best believe it. Descended from Ethiopian Royalty (King Solomon + Queen Sheba = Line of King David) Sheba carries herself with a certain majesty, and she thinks about time and space a bit differently […]
HEAR THIS: Beres Hammond “Giving Thanks”
Why Not Make Every Day Thanksgiving Day? “Gotta take time out to say much respect to the Father,” Beres remarks on this live cut from his double-disc retrospective Can’t Stop A Man. “Because without Him we couldn’t have made it here tonight. Wanna say thank you Father. Thank you, yes. Thank you from the bottom […]
HEAR THIS: Flexxx In The Complex “Fresh”
Next Up From The Gully Squad: Flexxx In The Complex—Ternt Singa You’ve probably heard Mavado shouting out Flexxx on records since day one, but half the story has never been told.
DUNGLOAD: Rihanna “Russian Roulette” Remix
Gully Gaad And Gaza’s Most Wanted Pulling Triggers On The RiRi-Mix Big shout 2 the Gully Gaad, the Teacha, and—as L.A. says—the Good Girl Gone Bad For Good. (Easy nuh Breezy.) Big shout 2 Chimney Productions (aka Chimney Motion Pictures) for the big bad “Movie Star” riddim. Big shout 2 Mike D on the RiRi-Mix. […]
Diamonds Are Forever
40 Years Later The Mighty Diamonds Trinity Is Harder Than Ever Fifteen years ago I had the distinct pleasure of reasoning with Tabby Diamonds, the man seated on the center stool in this classic clip from a session at the legendary Channel One Studio. Our conversation that day took place at another studio—the also legendary […]
Serani’s Top 5 Breakthrough Tunes
“No Games” Singer Picks Landmark Reggae Records For VIBE.com With smash hits like “No Games” and “She Loves Me,” Jamaican producer/vocalist Serani has a gift for taking raw uncut dancehall to the pop charts. With his debut album No Games about to drop October 27 on Phase One Records, the new & improved VIBE.com asked […]
WATCH THIS: Spice “What I’ve Been Through”
Mad Gal Spice Keeps It Mad Real: “We Know What It’s Like To Struggle” Though she’s best known for racy tunes like “Rampin’ Shop” there’s another side to the dancehall diva known as Spice.
Jimmy Cliff Up For The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
15 Years After Bob Marley, A Second Reggae Artist Is In The Running “Very few single albums can be said to have changed music forever,” reads the official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot entry for Jimmy Cliff, who’s in the running to be inducted in 2009, the 25th year of the Hall’s existence. […]
HYPE TV Top 20: G Whizz “My Life” Holding Firm
Sweet New Singer On The Scene Defends His Position “My life soon sort out,” sings G Whizz on the slow-rolling Moodswing riddim from TJ Productions. And now that his tune has topped the Hype TV Top 20 chart for two weeks in a row, his words are coming true. But the competition isn’t sleeping…
WATCH THIS: Chase Cross in Cassava Piece
You Wonder Who’s Next From The Gully? Wonder No More… Live and direct from Cassava Piece, Chase to the Cross runs through some big selections from his growing catalog, displaying the stylistic versatility that has people talking about this Gully representer who’s quick to flip from bluesy singing to a straight-up rap flow.
WATCH THIS: Burning Spear “Christopher Columbus”
Winston Rodney Dashes Another Fire Under The Genovese Explorer It might not be his favorite holiday, but this Monday may be Burning Spear’s best Columbus Day ever. The roots reggae legend has been calling Christopher Columbus “a damn blasted liar” since 1980, when he dropped Hail H.I.M.
Reasoning With Di Teacha: Part Few
Vybz Kartel Speaks On Mavado, Mad Max, And Those Masonic Rumors In last week’s episode, Kartel broke down his roots of the Gaza/Gully conflict, and insisted that his lyrics were strictly entertainment, even as he called himself “the realest thing.” But what is the truth about his interest in Freemasonry? And is there any lyric […]