Hot 97 On Da Reggae & Soca Tip 2018
Massive B Family Kicks Off Labor Day Weekend Inna Fine Style Labor Day Weekend in New York City is Caribbean culture at its finest. And Hot 97’s year to year On Da Reggae and Soca Tip, hosted by Bobby Konders & Jabba of the Massive B family, has become the official jump off for the […]
Seanizzle Realizes His Higher Purpose In Music
A Life Threatening Accident Causes Seanizzle to Produce Music With A Message In the fall of 2016, Sean Reid, Seanizzle was basking in the glory of the “47 Floor” riddim, with it’s bosterous trumpet propagating over waves of jazz sounds. Two months later, on November 27, 2016, the producer experienced moments that changed his life […]
Charly Black Rocks New York City
Dancehall Artist With A Certified Diamond Tune Gives Electrifying Performance at Stage 48 Recently obtaining his “wings to fly” (VISA to the U.S.A.), Charly Black took flight to New York City for a quick press run ahead of next month’s U.S. promotional tour in support of his certified diamond song, “Party Animal.” First stop was Hot 97’s “Ebro In […]
Reasoning with Garfield “Chin” Bourne:
“Authentic Sound Clash Culture is in Jeopardy”
Keeping Sound System Safe From The Culture Vultures As co-founder of Irish & Chin, one of the most respected reggae promotion companies in the world, Garfield “Chin” Bourne has left his mark on the music industry and popular culture as a whole. He is the founder of SoundChat Radio and a range of media ventures, […]
Soundbwoy Burial of the Year: Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise’s Soundclash at Sea
Keeping Soundclash Culture Afloat There are many reasons to love the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise—the performances, the fans, the total immersion in what the one and only Shinehead has likened to a “Rub-a-dub Disneyland”—but WTJRC’s unfailing support of sound system culture may be the best reason of all. A plethora of legendary sounds—from King […]
Spice talks Culture Clash and Why She Doesn’t Want You To Call Her Queen of the Dancehall
Just Call The Mad Gyal “Queen of the Stage” One day before the Red Bull Culture Clash, Reshma B sat down with Spice for an exclusive Boomshots interview. As usual the Mad Gyal and the Reggae Girl About Town kept it 100% real. In the first segment of their epic 3-part reasoning session, they speak […]
Mixpak Wins Red Bull Culture Clash
A Big Assist From Popcaan & Drizzy Drake Friday night at London’s O2 Arena four sound systems representing Dancehall, Hip Hop, UK Garage and Grime battled before a 20,000 seat venue for the 2016 staging of Red Bull Culture Clash. Wiley’s Eskimo Dance and UK Garage All-Stars featuring So Solid Crew had the place rocking […]
Quarantine Inna Dancehall: The Ebola Riddim Is So Sick
When Current Events Meets Dancehall: How important is the name of a riddim? The Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, claiming numerous lives since 1976. Just recently, two Americans died from the deadly virus, upon returning from Africa. Health care workers returning to the US from altruistic service in Africa, with viral symptoms have […]
HEAR THIS: King Addies Presents Rodney Price AKA Bounty Killer Dubplate Mix
Addies Bad From Dem Time Till Now, Who Nuh Like It Defend It The Biltmore Era is known as the Golden Era and most competitive period of the Sound Clash Industry extending from the late ’80s to 1996. Such clashes were kept in four major venues throughout New York City—Tilden Ballroom, Starlite Ballroom, Flamingo Ballroom […]
Tony Matterhorn Kills Them With Classics At P Diddy’s Bad Boy Sound Clash
Diddy Jetted Down To Kingston JA To Bless The Winner With $20,000 Prize Money It’s not every day that Puff Daddy jets down to Jamaica to throw a soundclash. But earlier this month he did just that, with a little help from Downsound, the same folks who teamed up with Supreme Promotions to make this […]
HEAR THIS: RDX & Friends “Jump” (Heatwave Refix)
Pree The Outlook Boat Party Mix Our peoples at The Heatwave made this remix on a boat party in Croatia this summer. We’ll let them tell the tale… “We were so inspired by the beautiful women and their amazing dancing on our Hot Wuk boat party at Outlook Festival that we made a special refix […]
WATCH THIS: Usain Bolt Celebrates Victory In Jamaica
The Last Time The World’s Fastest Man Brought Home That Olympic Gold The Party Tun Up The first time Usain Bolt brought Olympic Gold back to Jamaica, after the 2008 Olympics, Mavado and Kartel wrote songs about him and his home parish of Trelawney threw a massive party for the World’s Fastest Man. His mom […]