Flex Masters: A Guide To Brooklyn’s Own Dancehall Hybrid Scene
Who’s Building The Best FDM Riddims Right Now It’s been over a decade in the making, but Brooklyn’s homegrown style of dance music is beginning to make waves outside of battle circles. Called FDM (short for flex dance music), the sound is a critical component of the flex dance culture that it grew up alongside. […]
WATCH THIS: Ding Dong “Syvah” Official Music Video
Ricky Blaze x Ravers Clavers Buss The New Dance Worldwide—Oh My Daaaays Ding Dong is known for always bringing the big new dance anthems that get the whole world bouncing. But his brand new illectro boomshot—produced by the man called Ricky Blaze—he also separates the thugs from the bait. What else do you expect from […]
Caribbean Fever Music Fest Brings Reggae and Soca Beat To Barclays
Shabba Ranks, Damian and Stephen Marley, I-Octane, Bunji Garlin, Fayann Lyons, and Alison Hinds Headline As Caribbean Fever Music Festival Celebrates Caribbean Music at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center This Labor Day “This concert is a collaborative effort between Bobby Clarke, CEO of Irie Jam Media and Caribbean Fever” Dahveed Levy, CEO of Caribbean Fever, draped with […]
A$AP Ferg NYC Listening Event
Ferg Previews Trap Lord And Yams Burns Out the Nonbelievers Last night A$AP Ferg held a listening event for his new album, Trap Lord. The Darby NYC was ram-jammed with A$AP Mob members and hip-hop tastemakers. The album sounds crazy—from the street single “Shabba” to abum cuts like “Cocaine Castle” and “Fuck Out My Face”—and A$AP […]
Red Bull Music Academy Takes Over NYC
Some of music’s greatest minds in one of the world’s greatest cities The Red Bull Music Academy pitched up to NYC this year for their annual musical extravaganza. If you’re not familiar with the RBMA then it’s one event to note for the diary. Practically each year since 2002 they have set up shop all […]
REVIEW: Major Lazer Live At Terminal 5 NYC
You Have Never Seen A Lazer Show Like This The veteran of the secret Zombie War of 1984 hopped on his rocket powered skateboard and descended upon the unsuspecting inhabitants of New York City and made the spacious Terminal 5 his headquarters before the Frankenstorm’s arrival.
DUNGLOAD Screechy Dan & Red Fox “Fall In Love”
Flatbush Connection Links Up To Represent For The BK Dancehall Massive All through the 90s, Screechy Dan & Red Fox kept Brooklyn’s dancehall scene on the map along with producer Sting Intl and sparring partners like Bajja Jedd, Nikey Fungus, Rayvon, and a Boombastic youth named Shaggy.
DUNGLOAD Aidonia “Bolt Action” mix
Federation Sound, Business Class, & Equinoxx Longside J.O.P. So Sick! Pree the preview, then click through for the brand new mix from the DJ who spits strictly rapidfire lyrics.
NYC Labor Day Weekend Recap
Beenie Man Mashing Up On Da Reggae Tip Hammerstein Ballroom Shout To LonestarSound.
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 […]