Reasoning With Monty Alexander
The Grammy-Nominated Jamaican Jazz Master Nices Up The Blue Note With 50 years of making music and some 70 records under his belt, the Jamaican-born and world-renowned pianist Monty Alexander has finally received his first Grammy nomination. His live album Harlem-Kingston Express got the nod for the Best Reggae Album this year. Alexander is considered […]
Vans OTW x The Blackouts Reggae Compilation
Vans OTW x The Blackouts Link With VP Records On One Mad Compilation Vans OTW and The Blackouts (Ako and Atiba Jefferson) created a free reggae compilation using VP Record’s massive catalog of artists. Since VP is “Miles Ahead In Reggae Music” it was only natural that Ako and Atiba chose them as their base to meticulously select each […]
HEAR THIS: Cham ft. O “Tun Up”
Cham On The Mic x Dave Kelly On The Riddim = The Ting Tun Up Some artist / producer combos never fail. Think of Biggie & Primo. Snoop & Dre. Cham & Dave Kelly. Yes, the dancehall dream team behind “Ghetto Story,” “Vitamin S,” and “Man and Man”—just to name a few—is back with another […]
Reasoning With Cedella Marley
The Author, Designer, Melody Maker, CEO & Mom Drops By To Chat Yesterday was a special day at Miss Lily’s Variety. Cedella Marley stopped by to sign copies of her latest children’s book, One Love and to kick off the celebration for what would have been her father’s 67th birthday…
WATCH THIS: Knockings Riddim Medley Video
Knock Knock—Who’s There? Serani, Di Genius & Chino Connect The video for Daseca’s Knockings riddim brings together Serani’s “Evil Heart” and Stephen McGregor and Chino doing “Lowe Wi.” As the Big Ship brothers say, “This bag ah loose man inna the link cyan work.” But the track sure does.
WATCH THIS: Popcaan “Only Man She Want” Video
Him Cuss Her & Call Her Whore… Friends Say The Relationship Poor Here it is at last—the official music video for the hottest dancehall tune in the world, “Only Man She Want”. Popcaan tells the tale of a wifey who turns trifey. What this girl thinking?
WATCH THIS: Popcaan “Clean” Video
Poppi Shows How He Gets It Poppin’ For 2012 Ever fresh, ever hot, Popcaan’s really got it poppin’ this year. He’s making music for everybody, representing for the thugs on “Gangsta City,” making big party tunes like “Raving” and taking care of the ladies with the big bad tunes like “Only Man She Want.” And […]
A Politics Time Playlist
Election Or Not, We Don’t Have To Fire Shot Today Jamaica will go to the polls for the first general election since the siege of Tivoli Gardens and the Dudus extradition raised troubling questions about who really runs things. But if you listen to reggae music, you already know…
A Warm Jamaican Christmas Time
Just Seven Days Left To Download Your Madhouse Collectors’ Box Set “Where there is no snow, where the good sensimilla grow.” It’s no surprise that Wayne Wonder and Baby Cham made the best dancehall Christmas song ever—after all, it was a Madhouse production. If you’re looking to party all the night away this holiday season, […]
Tivoli Gardens Massacre Was Caught On Tape
Official Documents Reveal U.S. Spy Plane Was “Filming Continuously” An article in The New Yorker magazine titled “A Massacre In Jamaica,” states that an American spy plane monitored the incursion into Tivoli Gardens on May 24, 2010—a failed attempt to capture Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the Tivoli don facing drug and weapons charges in the U.S. […]
HEAR THIS: Buju Banton “Set Up The Mic”
World Premiere of The Debut Single From Certified Boomshots Vol. 1 Recorded three years ago on the “Rapid Burst” riddim for Young Blood Records, “Set Up The Mic” started out as an on-the-spot freestyle while Buju Banton waited for the engineer to fix the levels at the start of a studio session. The engineer happened […]
No Bail For Kartel Today
The Werlboss Must Wait At Least Two Weeks To Learn His Fate Yesterday Adidja Palmer, known to dancehall fans as Vybz Kartel, was offered $3 million Jamaican bail (U.S. $35,438) relating to the murder of Barrington “Bossie” Bryan. Today he and his legal team appeared in court again in relation to another murder case: that […]