Watch How Spice Prees Her Money And 15 More New Dancehall & Reggae Songs For Your Playlist

The music scene heated up this week with new releases from your favorite Dancehall and Reggae artistes, but we picked 15 songs we think you’ll want to add to your playlist.

Just want the tracks?  Find our playlist on Spotify with this list and other songs we’ve selected so far in April 2021.

Spice – Money Walk

Cash Rules Everything Around the Queen of the Dancehall.  Spice’s new visuals for Money Walk shows everyone that she is not preeing her haters, only her money. In addition to the eye-catching money outfits and the catchy beat, the lyrics were definitely well crafted with Spice spitting bars like: “While dem a pree my case, Mi ah pree dead president face. Me nuh have time fi waste and mi nuh wah see dem inna my space.”

Spice’s debut album, TEN , is expected sometime this year.

Teejay – Yaad Man Ting

The UpTop Boss has found another hit on his hands. Yaad Man Ting embodies the vibe of the Jamaican party scene (pre-covid of course).  This song will have you nostalgic about the last great party you went to. “Selecta play two bad tune and mi haffi geem one money, pull up” and “fresh white tees dawg” coupled with the beat will have you feeling like you’re in the middle of a dance.

Leno Banton – Pina Colada

The rising star really crafted a modern-day love song with Pina Colada. The visuals focused on him and his love interest as they make a pina colada drink. In the song, he likens his love interest to the drink pina colada because she’s sweet. He says, “You sweet like pina colada, tropical mango” The song strikes the perfect balance between sweet and spicy. Right after he calls her sweet he says, “peel the banana ah that she love do, neat and tight just like a cornrow.”

Naomi Cowan – Energy

This Reggae songbird shows an edgy side of herself in both the lyrics and visuals of Energy. Naomi teamed up with Izy Beats, (the producer responsible for Koffee’s Toast) to release this empowering track.  She told the Gleaner that the song was inspired by the first time she was ghosted by someone she dated, and the song made it clear that she’s not bothered by it anymore: “Ain’t nobody dim my light. And you know I’m fitting it right. Look how mi cute & nice. You know I was your Paradise”

Vybz Kartel, Sikka Rymes – I Can

Vybz Kartel and Sikka Rymes team up yet again for another motivational song for the yout dem. With empowering lyrics like “no self-doubt”, “You’re special, you’re important”, the Dancehall duo paired these with great visuals.  They are encouraging their listeners to keep fighting which we’re sure some people need to hear right now.

In the intro, Sikka details his struggles including being shot three times in 2019. “2013 was one of the hardest stage of mi life u zimi. Diabetes mash me up wicked. See 2019… is another challenge weh mi guh through. End up get three shot, u zimi. Mi overcome still, and still deh yah a push on with the music till all mi song go Billboard. So yuh can be weh yuh wah e yuh zeet.”

Di-Ruption – From That Place

From That Place has a very somber sound about societal ills. Di-Ruption mentions young children recruited into violence, poverty, suffering and murder “Man get kill fi dem tings”.

Jaz Elise ft Mortimer – After 3

Jaz Elise’s new visuals for After 3 will have you in your feels with its smooth and slow R&B beat and the lyrics about longing for someone else. Elise belts out, “After 3 is after 3. Was dreaming of you holding me. I need more than this memory” to which Mortimer chimes in another verse with, “And I’m down to spend some time with you. Tell me all the things you wanna do.”

The song appears on her The Golden Hour EP.

Pressure busspipe – Faker

Pressure Busspipe definitely has a message for those who don’t look out for others and he is making it known he is not like that, “Dem never yet call you pon a draw but when the hustle come een mi mek sure everybody have a bag”.

“Do good to people yuh modda warn yuh, stop red eye for what is not for you,” he sings to dissuade people from being selfish and jealous.

Don Scrue – Endurance

Don Scrue is reflecting in Endurance, letting people know about his drive and work ethic but he also zeros in on friends who did not mean him well in life. He says, “It hurt you the most when yuh friend ah yuh enemy. We used to bun weed, used to drink Hennessy, but dem ah wolf inna sheep dat a wah mi see.”

Tessellated – Rendezvous

Rendezvous is a proposition to a love interest. The chorus asks “do you feel it?”, “I really want to” and “let’s make a rendevous gyal”. The flow changes up and Tessellated rides it with clever lyrics like, “why dem bwoy fast like Usain. Dem a try say stay inna your lane. Man. I just wah rich like Bruce Wayne. Till dem haffi seh damn no Hussein.”

Tia & Bounty Killer- Nice Up

Tia and Bounty Killer‘s song is here to ‘nice up your party’. The duo really made a feel-good party song that did not disappoint. Lyrics like “Let’s give thanks and praise that we’re on the Earth for another day,” will have you putting up your hands. Bounty Killer’s rougher voice gave the song some texture that can make it a hit.

Chronic Law – Forever

Chronic Law is letting us know that he is not complaining, giving thanks, and not telling anyone his problems. This song feels like an honest reflection and he sprinkles bits of motivation for his listeners. He says, “None ah we nuh born fi suffer so nuh mek dem trick you wid nuh mind game”

Shane O – Dark Lonely Road

Shane O prefaced his visuals with “Based on a story”. The video was made to tug at heartstrings and inspire. It started with a 15-year-old being kicked out of his house with only the clothes on his back and a piece of sponge. What was the offense? He complained he was hungry to his father. It’s a simple song about survival and hope, with lyrics like, “I’m a fighter”, “I’m on my own since 15 years old” and “everyday mi pray to Jah so mi nuh tek no wrong turn”.

Yaadcore – The Calling

Yaadcore said he heard the calling to do the damn thing and that’s exactly what he did on this song. The lyrics, which are paired with a classic reggae beat, illustrate his acceptance of his fate or his calling.

TWani – Outside

Tired of COVID-19? So is TWani and he’s letting everyone know. TWani shows frustration with the COVID-19 protocols that we’ve been subjected to.

He says “Mi tyad ah di mask wah show people how mi smile bright”. He speaks about almost going crazy because of the curfew, the crime rate going up, the public’s lack of trust in the vaccine and everything else related to the pandemic.