Drake Brings Out Skepta to Shutdown London’s Wireless Festival
Drizzy Is The Latest Superstar to Link With Boy Better Know According to NME, Drake brought out London grime MC Skepta to perform “Shutdown” during his set at London’s Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park July 3rd. OVO affiliate Partynextdoor joined Drake on one song as did iLoveMakonnen, who performed ‘Tuesday’ with his new label boss. However, the biggest reaction was […]
HEAR THIS: Lady Chann “Slew Dem & Dun” Ft. Diesel D-Power
UK Bad Gyal In The Mood For Murderation If you ever met Chann you wouldn’t ever believe so much fire could come outta her. How can someone who’s so pleasant in person pick up the mic and just murder everyTING? Not that we’re complaining, mind you. Chann’s nice with the lyrics, and her energy is mad as per […]
WATCH THIS: Reasoning with Randy Valentine “The Sound of a Young Rebel”
UK Reggae Rebel Rocks London With Tarrus Riley, Talks “Break The Chain” EP With Reshma B Tarrus Riley’s Love Situation tour passes through the UK tonight at the Forum in Kentish Town. Always ready to support rising talent, Singy Singy’s opening acts include Jamaican songstress Alaine and a young UK rebel by the name of Randy Valentine. […]
Maxi Priest Meet and Greet Tomorrow in NYC
Win a Chance To Meet The Singer And Hear His New Album, Easy To Love NYC peeps, win a chance to meet Maxi Priest and attend a private listening session for his upcoming album Easy To Love, available June 24th on VP Records. The private affair will be held tomorrow (Wednesday May 7) from 6-9pm ET at […]
WATCH THIS: Trevor Sax Digs In the Crates
Reasoning With The Selector for London’s Mighty Saxon Studio International “I like to play the vinyls,” says Trevor Sax of Saxon Studio International. If you don’t believe him, you need to brush up your sound system history. Founded in 1976 as the Imperial Rockers, by Dennis Rowe and Lloyd ‘Musclehead’ Francis, the sound changed its […]
Reasoning With Peckings “Old School, New Blood”
Reshma B Chops It Up With The Peckings Family Reshma B dropped by the legendary Peckings Studio 1 in Shepherd’s Bush, West London to chat with Chris Peckings about carrying on his family’s musical legacy. Chris tells how his father George Price aka Peckings grew up with the founding fathers of Jamaica’s reggae industry before […]
Reasoning with Stylo G, Part 2: “I Take Care of the Girls”
Ladies Love Stylo, Innit? Reshma B continues her epic 3-part interview with Stylo G, seeking to answer one simple question: Is Stylo all about the girls, or are the girls all about Stylo? The UK dancehall phenom talks about the difference between good girls and bad girls, how he likes his special lady to support […]
HEAR THIS: Stylo G “Soundbwoy” Original Version + Di Genius Remix
Smell Something Burning? Must Be Them Speaker Boxes “Tell them to pick up the pace—we a run the place” are the opening lines to Stylo G’s new single, and he ain’t wrong. Without a doubt, Stylo’s stuff has continued to escalate to the next level —I’m sure he’s keeping his competition on constant tiptoes. From “Call Mi […]
WATCH THIS: Lady Chann & Shizzle “Supathug Freestyle” Video
UK Bashment Queen Teams Up with Shizzle For Vicious New Video When I first heard this girl I felt I could crap my pants at any moment from hearing her chat, and things ain’t really changed on that front! So when this video turned up in my DM inbox I knew I needed to take […]
WATCH THIS: Giants of Lovers Rock
Fresh From London: Reshma B Interviews Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson, Peter Hunnigale, and More Reggae may have been born in Jamaica, but these days it’s a worldwide phenomenon. And the first place it spread was toEngland, where Jamaicans abroad created their own unique sound that came to be known as Lovers Rock. One of the […]
INTERVIEW: “Swagga Dem” Stylo G Speaks On Style
Reshma B Reasons With Stylo G: Part 1 of 3 Last summer when “Call Me A Yardie” seemed to blasting out of every passing car in London, we caught up with Stylo G for an in-depth interview. Since that time, the song has only gotten bigger, and Stylo’s continued to solidify his position as the […]
INTERVIEW: Reasoning With Stylo G
Stylo Tells The ReggaeGirlAboutTown All About “Dash Out” In the midst of all London Olympics madness, Boomshots UK Correspondent Reshma B caught up with Stylo G at the Puma Yard in London’s Brick Lane, where he and his bredren Stamma Kid were set to perform. The Jamacican-born UK artist told the ReggaeGirlAboutTown all about his […]