The King And Queen Of Dancehall To Release New Albums On The Same Day
The widely regarded King and Queen of Dancehall are both set to release new albums this Friday, August 6 and the buzz for the new releases is already building on the charts.
The widely regarded King and Queen of Dancehall are both set to release new albums this Friday, August 6 and the buzz for the new releases is already building on the charts.
Eight years after he released his 70th album The Messiah, which copped a Grammy nomination, Sizzla Kalonji is On A High, as he edges closer to the 100-album mark with his new 12-track production set for release on Independence day, August 6.
🔊🔊🔊 (Rating 3/5) Better Must Come is a juggling album on a Roe Summerz made beat featuring Bugle, Romain Virgo, Sizzla, Tosh Alexander, Ce’Cile and Keznamdi.
Sizzla has weighed in on the ongoing Ganja legalization debate with his recently released single titled Free Up.
Walshy Fire’s 14 favorite Reggae and Dancehall songs, which he hand-picked for VP Record’s Riddimentary Selection, were sparked from a place of nostalgia as well as the Toast co-producer’s sentimental side.
As 4/20 rolls around yet again, DancehallMag is rolling out a lit 20 track playlist for the occasion featuring some Dancehall and Reggae music.
The Reggae/Dancehall scene has hardly encountered another artist as militant or prolific as Sizzla Kalonji. With over 55 albums, a Grammy nomination and a Lifetime Achievement Award under his belt, it’s even more surprising that today on his Earthstrong (April 17th), the crooner only turns 45yrs old.
The music industry is mourning the death of well-known producer and engineer Donald ‘Tixie’ Dixon who passed away on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.
American producer and record executive DJ Khaled is in Jamaica putting the final touches on his upcoming album Khaled Khaled.
Almost two years after the Montego Bay police pulled the plug on Jahvillani’s expletive-laced performance at Reggae Sumfest, his father-in-law Tom Tavares Finson, who is president of the Jamaican Senate, is being pressured, to resign after using an expletive during a sitting of the Upper House of the Jamaican Parliament two Fridays ago.
Reggae artist Ras Ash 1st is a man with big ideas and high hopes that his latest production, 1 August Town Riddim, will ignite a yearning in the hearts and minds of residents of the August Town area for peace and a cessation of hostilities in the community.
Dancehall veteran Bounty Killer is embroiled in a skirmish with some of his fans who have been criticizing his new murder-laced tune Gun Ready, a collaboration with upcoming deejay Machine Lawd.
Bajan superstar Rihanna just made history (again), and as an avid fan of Reggae and Dancehall, she chose a classic Sizzla song to curate the moment on Instagram.
Despite having voiced a series of gun songs in the past, Good Ways singer Sizzla Kalonji is condemning gun violence in Jamaica, arguing that those songs were solely for entertainment and artistic purposes and are not applicable to real-life situations or problem-solving.
Mash Dem Down artist Sizzla Kalonji is encouraging upcoming artists to ensure their catalogue is diverse and not confined to songs which are violent, sexually explicit or otherwise unfit for radio airplay, but instead ensure they also record tracks that are wholesome and family-oriented.
Sizza Kalonji is once again imploring upcoming Jamaican artists to ensure they secure their intellectual property and publishing rights, by engaging in deals that are beneficial to them and not onerous, as has been the fate of numerous entertainers in the past.
Unlike some of his musical counterparts who have chosen to grumble away on social media about lockdowns, mask-wearing and the coronavirus vaccine, Reggae star Sizzla Kalonji has frontally documented his anti-vaccine stance, in a new song tentatively titled No Vaccine.
Reggae star Sizzla Kalonji has never been one to hold his tongue when he feels that there are issues to be addressed, and he certainly did that when he called out fellow Rastafarian artists who he believes are not walking the right path.
In what many may see as an uncharacteristic move, Bounty Killer has become the second Dancehall stalwart, after Shaggy, to urge his fans to take the COVID-19 vaccine, in stark contrast to the anti-vaccine sentiments of Sizzla, Buju Banton, Spragga Benz, Tony Rebel, Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and even Reggae legend Lee ‘Sratch’ Perry.
Veteran Dancehall and Reggae entertainer Sizzla Kalonji has described his body of music as one which uses a formula, similar to mathematics, to reach the listeners.