Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.
The overwhelming number of young people who have affirmed that they have no knowledge of who Peter Tosh is, in the aftermath of a now-viral Schools Challenge Quiz match video clip, seems to have validated concerns raised last March by Reggae Studies Unit head, Dr.
Up and coming reggae artist Rosh Reign (formerly Rosh Rebel) believes that her rebranding is just what her career needed to advance to the next level.
Grammy-winning producer Andron “IzyBeats” Cross has certainly etched his mark in the music industry, over his 17-year career as a beatsmith for local and international acts.
Creative Titans set about the business of music with one very specific purpose in mind, to gain global traction for artists who exist within markets that are at times mismanaged, overlooked, or treated as insignificant by the industry.
Jamaican star Wayne Wonder recently shared some insight into the creative process that led to No Letting Go, Saddest Day, and a few of his other classic Dancehall hits.
After nearly twenty years in music, Dancehall star Bling Dawg, born Marlon Ricardo Williams, finally released his debut album Elev8 last Friday, February 4.
The showdown between Minister Marion Hall, formerly Lady Saw, and Spice continued on Sunday after Hall again lashed the Reggae Grammy nominee, who had responded to her now-infamous January Sunday sermon.
Don Reid, the bank manager-turned-songwriter and recording artiste has released his debut album, Boomshots on his own Sampleman Music label.
Popular promoter/sound system operator Marlon “Boom Boom” Wizard says while he is not coercing Jamaicans to take the coronavirus vaccines, they should consider that they have caused no fatalities.
Reggae crooner Ras-I has amped up the sounds on his feel-good sophomore album titled Kingman. Already released singles from Kingman shows Ras-I’s versatility with the positivity radiating from Kingman Ting, smooth sensual sensations sparking from If You Don’t Mind and the conscious guidance oozing from Lock it Down.
Popcaan and his Dancehall compatriots’ recent sojourns to sections of the African continent to headline sold-out concerts have resulted in the resurfacing of suggestions that the Motherland is the “new frontier for the Dancehall genre” and this is where Jamaican artists’ should place their focus.
Okuda Hiroko, the Japanese woman who caught Reggaemylitis and created the Casio preset beat that gave rise to the legendary Sleng Teng riddim, believes that it was almost inevitable that the piece of music she composed almost 40 years ago would be embraced by Jamaicans.
After two years in Dancehall, upcoming artist Chikie Grainz released her debut mixtape, Queen Of The East last Sunday, January 29.
Sean Paul has sold more than 10 million albums globally and in the wake, became the most successful charting artist in Dancehall history.
Dancehall producer Junior ‘Chambah’ Stevens believes that once trap dancehall continues to evolve, the genre will attract more international attention and support.
After a “flopped” show in London over the weekend with entertainers Silk Boss and I Waata, a UK promoter known as Corey Max went on a tirade during an Instagram Live, accusing the Dancehall artists of using intimidation and ‘badness’ as they demanded their performance fees.
Reggae singer Queen Ifrica has frowned upon Shenseea’s latest single Lick featuring Megan Thee Stallion, noting that it only further solidifies the fact that the younger generation in Jamaica has gone wayward.
Dancehall superstar Busy Signal says he will be streamlining more first-class music during this year, even as he continues to celebrate four music recording certifications for hit songs Bumaye, Stay So, and Santa Maria.
The once-in-a-blue-moon treat of grimy dancehall artists giving their fans inspiring and uplifting music comes like a flower that rarely blooms.
Bursting onto the scene in early 2009 with her debut Can’t Breathe, Denyque captured the interest of Jamaica, becoming one of Dancehall’s most treasured divas, following hits like I Miss You, Make Me Believe, and Summer Love.