VIDEO CLASH: Serani “No Games” Old to the New
The official video for Serani’s smash debuts on MTV next week. We’ve got it now: Question: Do you like the new official Universal Music Group video better than the yard version of the “No Games” video?
Daddy U-Roy Burns Out “Stupid” Selectors
The man called Ewart Beckford, O.D. a.k.a. Daddy U-Roy raised the art of toasting to new heights. He didn’t just spit a few phrases here and there, he rode the riddim from the starting gate to the last furlong.
REMIX: Biggie & Busy
Biggie Smalls & Busy Signal “Dead Wrong / Too Much Gun” The Remix March 9 is not a day to celebrate. Today marks the 12th anniversary of Biggie Smalls’ murder in Los Angeles. Our thoughts and prayers are with Christopher Wallace’s close friends and family. Unbelievable was deep, and Notorious was heartbreaking, but as Jay-Z […]
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.
NOW HEAR THIS: Good Girl Gone Bad
Tarrus Riley featuring Konshens “Good Girl Gone Bad”
Spear Burning Over Yonder
Photograph excerpted from SOUL REBEL: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley © 2009 by David Burnett. All rights reserved. Published by Insight Editions. Used with permission. www.InsightEditions.com This past Sunday, while 19-year-old Chris Brown was chilling in the L.A. County Jail and 20-year-old Rihanna was recovering from her injuries at a local hospital, 63-year-old Winston […]
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 […]
Politricks
Behold the Gong at his Tuffest… “Never make a politician grant you a favor / They will always want to control you forever.” REAL TALK
Soul of The Rebel
During his 36 years on planet earth, Robert Nesta Marley became one of the most photographed human beings in history. And judging by the brisk sales of Bob T-shirts, CDs, and rolling papers, nobody’s has yet grown “Tired fi see me face,” as he put it in his prophetic tune “Bad Card.” Now, just in time […]