Best New Dancehall Music This Week: Buju Banton, Vybz Kartel, Alkaline, Jahmiel, Spice & More
This week in Dancehall gave us several great music videos from Jahmiel, Quada and Romain Virgo.
This week in Dancehall gave us several great music videos from Jahmiel, Quada and Romain Virgo.
The lines that split the Dancehall landscape into two during the Gully vs Gaza feud years ago are still prominent today.
It was a great couple of days in the Dancehall fraternity this week, today saw the releases of Vybz Kartel’s epic gun tune Yami Bolo, Protoje’s new album with hot Koffee and Lila Iké collabs, and Tarrus Riley’s new album with a new Shenseea track.
After his identity was revealed as the “Craft Man” in Alkaline’s Cree music video last week, Dancehall titan, Vybz Kartel has returned with a new blood-splattering short movie of equivalent morbidity.
Vybz Kartel’s appeal is not the only loss that Queen’s Counsel Valerie Neita-Robinson seems to be suffering this year.
The man in the spotlight today is none other than Vybz Kartel, as he appears in two hot collabs, one with American rapper Busta Rhymes in the new single The Don & The Boss and another with British-Jamaican dancehall artiste Lisa Mercedez on a new music video for Run Dancehall.
The man himself, Dancehall artiste Alkaline, yesterday dropped visuals for his single, Cree, which some eagle-eyed fans have speculated throws shade at the deejay’s long time rival Vybz Kartel.
Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel slung an indirect blow at Downsound music producer Cordel ‘Skatta’ Burrell on Tuesday, for his supportive stance for artistes who have been voicing dubplates for politicians aligned to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP).
The 6ix boss himself Squash today released visuals for his remix of Skillful, with incarcerated Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel.
American rapper Busta Rhymes is finally gearing up to launch what will be his 10th studio album, dubbed Extinction Level Event 2.
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has revealed that most of the dubplates voiced by dancehall artistes for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), were not commissioned by the politicians, but that several artistes voiced the campaign songs of their own accord and approached the party.
A video posted by pop queen Madonna dancing up a storm in Hanover, Jamaica, to a slew of Dancehall songs, including Vybz Kartel’s gold-certified Fever and Spice’s So Mi Like It, is clear indication that the American songstress was having a grand time on the island.
Vybz Kartel, with the full backing of his Gaza Nation, frontally ripped into his Dancehall colleagues who have been voicing campaign dubplates for politicians.
American rapper Cardi B has always been proud of her Caribbean roots and has often referenced Caribbean music, proudly displaying her heritage.
In what appears to be an indirect jab at his compatriot Tanya Stephens, Mr. Vegas has come out in strong support of artistes who have been voicing dubplates for Jamaican politicians ahead of General Election Day which is set for September 3.
The decision by some top Dancehall artistes to voice dubplates for politicians from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is not going down well with some members of the music fraternity.
With political spirits high and election campaigns ramping up all over Jamaica, the Worl’ Boss, Vybz Kartel, and his protégé, Sikka Rymes, have decided to partake in a campaign of their own.
Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel has spoken out about the way his Privy Council appeal is being handled and the fact that he remains confident that justice will be served.
With the Jamaican general elections around the corner, Members of Parliament (MPs) from both the People’s National Party (PNP) and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) have stepped up their game by adding dubplate style enhancements from Dancehall artistes to their campaign songs.
It’s one of the biggest collaborations for Shatta Wale as an African dancehall artiste, and it is paying homage to Ghana, in a way the world has never perceived Africa until now.