Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.
Stick Figure’s music tends to elicit vivid testimonials. In YouTube comments, many fans share how the Reggae band’s songs helped them wade through the currents of grief and depression.
Before Lenoi Bentley would produce songs for Masicka’s Billboard-charting 438 album, he played music in church as the band’s drummer and made beats as a hobby to entertain schoolmates.
Shane O has weighed in on his reputation as one of the most underrated Dancehall artists in Jamaica.
Aston Barrett Jr.—son of famous musician Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett who played with Bob Marley & The Wailers—has disavowed the family’s involvement with a GoFundMe fundraiser for medical expenses.
In 2017, BBC 1Xtra offered the spotlight to the Portmore artist Runkus with a freestyle session hosted by the English producer Toddla T.
In 2000, as fans awaited Buju Banton to take the stage in Germany, the Orgasm riddim came roaring out of the venue’s main speakers.
Jada Kingdom did not disappoint in her new feature with John Legend and Skip Marley is back spreading some good vibrations – as did others like Bugle, Dexta Daps, and Christopher Martin with their latest tracks.
Queen Of Dancehall Spice‘s ability to steer her own ship after severing ties with VP Records is being hailed following the first week showing of her sophomore album Emancipated.
Jahazeil Myrie, son of Grammy Award-winning Reggae artist Buju Banton, is hoping that his fans will lend a listening ear as he gears up to deliver his debut EP—Message.
IzyBeats may be a highly sought after Grammy-winning producer, but right now the current project is his debut album Edgehill, set for release in a few weeks.
In Trinidad, Kalpee was starved of creative resources and worn down by cultural expectations. Beyond the island’s shores, he felt the strain of underrepresentation.
It’s a known fact that Jamaican culture has inspired the global music scene. What many have yet to realize is how the culture is also making waves on the art scene.
⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Like she had promised a few months ago, in her Love Triangle song, that she would not stop singing about her “pum-pum”, Spice literally keeps her word on her sophomore album, Emancipated.
Taz Timeless, from the Timeless Dancers in Spanish Town, St. Catherine which conceptualized the ‘To Di World’ Dancehall dance move, says that he feels no animosity towards Usain Bolt for moving to re-acquire the trademark for the signature ‘To Di World’ victory pose, but he and his dance crew would have appreciated some acknowledgement for coming up with the name.
Top new releases for Dancehall playlists everywhere have come this week from Govana, Alkaline, Daddy1, and Rhumba, who have all shared accounts of gloom and despair in their new tracks, while others like Tarrus Riley and Tosh Alexander share more vibrant moods.
Just a little over a year since the release of her debut album 10, Spice is on the eve of premiering her sophomore project—Emancipated.
In a birthday celebration fit for a King, Beenie Man enjoyed his 50th milestone with family, friends, and heavy-hitters of the Jamaican music industry last night (Aug.
When Garfield Dixon first heard his song Don Ban being played on the radio in 1987, he was of the impression that it may have been someone else singing the song he wrote.
Jahvillani might be known for hardcore Dancehall tunes that speak about ‘badness’ or his charismatic flair that makes many ladies flock him—but beneath all of that is a quiet fellow, who prefers to avoid the spotlight outside of performances.
Raggy Road deejay Capleton is hailing divine protection after he escaped a near-fatal car crash on Tuesday.