HEAR THIS: ZJ Liquid x Vybz Kartel “Forever” PREMIERE
A Brand New Modern Classic Off The Producer’s MSquared Album ZJ Liquid’s career has progressed through many stages. The “Zip Jock” who’s famous for his next-level mixes on the top Jamaican radio station Zip FM was once known as “Lippo” when he was coming up in Montego Bay. Every Wednesday he used to hold a vibes at Pier One, […]
HEAR THIS: Vybz Kartel “Tomorrow People”
The World Boss Channels Ziggy Marley Described by Chronixx as a “fearless creative soul in this earth,” dancehall’s incarcerated World Boss, Vybz Kartel continues to amaze. In the past he has recorded cover versions of dancehall classics by the likes of Shabba Ranks and Grindsman, but today his cover of Ziggy Marley’s “Tomorrow People” hit […]
Chronixx Bigs Up Vybz Kartel, Burns Out Ignorant Bloggers and VICE Media
Was Di Steam Ministah Misrepresented On Noisey Jamaica? “I will never dignify untrue and twisted publications made by a media who only seek to create headlines which drag artistes and their supporters through the valley of disunity and division,” said Chronixx in a new Instagram post. “It is all a part of the overall effort […]
No Long Talk: Serani Relives the Anger Management Riddim
Ten Years After Daseca’s Breakthrough Riddim, Serani Reflects Multi-instrumentalist and producer Serani (former one-third of Jamaican producers Daseca) reminisced on the creation, influence and legacy of Anger Management riddim on its 10th anniversary. Though officially released towards the end of 2004, it buss (a.k.a. impacted) in 2005. Made on a PC via a Triton keyboard […]
“Sorry,” Not Sorry: A Justin Bieber Remix Rewind
Biebz x Skrillex Have The Dance On Lock Ever since the “Tropical House” track “Sorry” dropped last October, it’s been going HAM in the dancehall. If the ragga drum patterns didn’t tip you off, then those New Zealand bashment girls in the official video—Ladies of ReQuest joining forces with the Royal Dance Crew—must have driven […]
Remembering J Capri
The untimely death of a rising dancehall artist The most difficult news to grasp is the untimely death of a young, ambitious, big thinker. These are words friends of Jordan Phillips aka J Capri use to describe her. She reminded most of a young Patra, she definitely had “crossover potential”. Her musical sound was a […]
Dada Playlist: 10 Songs Dedicated to Fathers
Boomshots Magazine Presents Multi-genre Playlist for Father’s Day 2015 In honor of the wonderful fathers who present themselves as role models for their children, Boomshots Magazine brings you the finest selection of tunes dedicated to Dada. This 10 song playlist covers several genres including reggae, hip hop, gospel, dub, rhythm & blues and jazz. Countdown […]
HEAR THIS: Mavado ft. Vybz Kartel, Future & Ace Hood “I Ain’t Going Back Broke” Remix
Unity Is Strength, And Love & Hate Can Never Be Friends During his 10 years in the music business David Constantine Brooks aka Singing Blacks aka Mavado has come a long way. Several years back his name was linked to the Gully vs. Gaza war but times have changed. Now a member of DJ Khaled’s […]
Kartel Busts The Billboard Charts
The Unstoppable WorldBoss Just Keeps On Winning Controversial Deejay Vybz Kartel‘s latest album Viking (Vybz Is King) made a grand debut at #3 on the Billboard‘s Reggae Album Chart and currently sits comfortably at #6. At the moment, he is the only dancehall artist to have an album in this chart’s Top Ten. This milestone marks the highest debut […]
WATCH THIS: Vybz Kartel Birthday Bash 2002
Witness the Birth of a Dancehall Legend Thirteen years ago today, Vybz Kartel (or as the videographer spelled it Vibes Cartel) celebrated his 25th birthday with an action-packed session at Club La Roose on Port Henderson Road in Portmore. Judging by the massive turnout of artists on the stage and the reaction of the ram-jam […]
WATCH THIS: Vybz Kartel & Rvssian “New Jordans” Official Music Video
Does This Mean Clarks Are Over? The unstoppable Worldboss (aka Adi Innocent) links with Head Concussion for a tribute to fly kicks—and we don’t mean Clarks. The latest video production to meet the challenge of shooting visuals without the star of the song comes up with a creative solution: part Rvssian flossfest, part hot girls, […]
Reasoning with Tommy Lee Sparta “Watch Gage Dead Over Sting”
With Just Days To Go Before His First Clash at Sting, Uncle Demon Chats with RGAT Last year he almost lost his life in a car crash, but Tommy Lee Sparts still made his way to the stage at Sting—the World’s Greatest One-Night Reggae and Dancehall Show—on a pair of crutches. This year the man […]