TeeJay’s ‘Best Life’ And 6 More Tracks For Your Dancehall Playlist
Among new Dancehall releases, this week is a surprising collab with two of the genre’s most irresistible bachelors, Kranium and Dexta Daps blending their charismatic croons with Reggae singer Qyor.
TeeJay and Jahvillani show off their upgraded lifestyles, while Rygin King takes us through a heartbreaking experience with an ex. Rytikal, also gives an all too true tale of fake badmen who take things too far and only hurt themselves in the end.
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Be High – Qyor Featuring Kranium & Dexta Daps
Reggae crooner Qyor, formerly known as Chevaughn serenades his sweet falsetto timbres in this orchestrated collab with Dancehall’s finest Kranium and Dexta Daps on the single Be High that promises to be a summer smash. With over 150k views, the Grizzly-directed music video captures what it means to “be high” on love and “be high” on life.
Best Life – Teejay
Dancehall singer Teejay is certainly living his best life in this new release. Between the chic mod-style crib, the sweet whip, and hot girls, Teejay says, “We a live the life weh dem never did want fi see. Nuff say mi hype but true dem nuh happy fi me. Just a live mi best life, dat me a pree ….” in the Damian Fyffe-directed music video that’s now trending at the No. 6 spot on YouTubeJM.
Real Steel – Sean Paul Featuring Intence
Finally landing visuals to their previously released single Reel Steel, Sean Paul and Intence star in their latest production, courtesy of director Kieran Khan to ‘fling steel pon di hot gyal dem.’ Surrounded by body-banging dancers dropping moves atop a cage of boom boxes, the two deejays flex their gyalis appeal in a musical showdown.
Active – Bakersteez Featuring Stylo G
Whisking away to the tropical haven of Port Antonio, Portland to lay the backdrop of his new single Active, Jamaican rap star Bakersteez taps Stylo G to issue a narrative of a tenacious journey. “Young n-gga never had sh#t, so I’m in the track getting active, big house, bad tings with the fat whips,” Bakersteez raps while Stylo boasts about his many beauts.
W.Y.D.L.T. (Who You Doing Like That) – Rygin King
Dancehall deejay Rygin King is trending for music at No. 4 on YouTubeJM with his new single W.Y.D.L.T. Rygin bares his vulnerabilities as he takes listeners through a difficult break-up with his ex-girl. She has moved on but the reality is too hard to accept, “who you doing like that” he croons on the hook in disbelief.
Trouble Mekka – Rytikal
Eastsyde Record’s very own, Rytikal drops another of his potent deliveries in Trouble Mekka to story the perilous and dodgy path of two street hoodlums, Skinny and Bull, who together are just a menace to society. “Dem a nuh bad man, trouble dem a give. Dem a nuh gangster, trouble dem a give…” Rytikal deejays as the Prolonghd Film-directed music video capture their many criminal exploits but in the end, Skinny doesn’t make it out alive.
Pro-Gress – Jahvillani
Dancehall’s One Govament star, Jahvillani is trending at No. 8 on YouTubeJM with his new music video and single Pro-Gress from his debut album Dirt To Bentley, to premiere on July 9. “From a dolla to mill, From di ghetto now we in a Bugatti” the deejay spits on entry to story his life’s passage of rags to riches. The visuals by Samo from Filmaica display the Dancehall deejay donning expensive gear and flaunting his now upgraded life with no apology.