Best New Dancehall And Reggae Music: Here we highlight the best new songs, music videos, and albums from emerging and established artists in the two Jamaican genres. Find curated playlists from us on Spotify.
Recently labelled as the industry’s best-kept secret, Akino “Dirtfree” is winning over fans with a new track, a lyrical masterpiece titled Loose Ball that combines traditional dancehall energy with a hip hop flair.
Mixpak record label CEO Dre Skull has tapped Nigerian singer Mr. Eazi and Popcaan for a pumping Afro-dancehall addition to summer playlists.
Veteran deejay U Brown says the late Dancehall pioneer U-Roy inspired him to choose a music career.
If Dancehall fans, or even detractors of the genre, were expecting Gage’s response in his verse on the Eye for an Eye track to be about joining up with Devin Di Dakta to go on a vengeful shooting rampage, they had a next guess coming.
Dancehall artist Banging believes that Masicka has “shaved” around his radio hit, Different, released on the Click Click riddim several weeks ago, to deliver his own Different Type single which was released over the weekend.
Paying no mind to recent comments about Dancehall’s supposed impact on crime, the genre’s gangsters are out in full swing this week, unleashing a slew of ‘gun chunes’ for your playlist.
Confident and with a dope flow, the bold rhyme slinger Swiss OG does everything in a colossal way.
Dancehall artist Masicka has released the highly anticipated first single from his debut album, 4.3.8, entitled Different Type.
Dancehall star Agent Sasco has released a father-daughter musical collab with eight-year-old Lauren “LC” Campbell. The heartwarming, inspirational track titled If Caterpillars Can Fly So Can I and its accompanying lyric video, was released on Friday, which was celebrated as Children’s Day in Jamaica and, so far Agent Sasco’s fans are not only loving it, but pointing out that it would be perfect for a Disney Children’s movie soundtrack and an ideal children’s graduation song.
American rapper Kodak Black’s latest visual, Z Look Jamaican, is a showcase of ‘yaad man’ vibes with plenty of cold Red Stripe and splashes of rasta colours.
⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. What do you do when you are the son and grandson of legends Stephen and Bob Marley but want to make a name for yourself as a Reggae singer?
It’s a Dancehall super-hero team-up from two meteoric stars, Gwallaz Boss 10Tik, and the Bush Lawd Yaksta who have combined their breakout talents for a new track, Freedom.
Dancehall artist Terro Don is pleased that his breakthrough single, Solid is doing so well in the streets and radio.
This week’s hot releases churned out a few summer bangers from Ding Dong, Fully Bad, and a new video from Sean Paul and Busy Signal.
Canadian-based reggae band The Dub Chronicles is in love with dub music and its unique spirit-healing abilities.
In observation of Child’s Month and Jamaica’s appalling juvenile delinquency levels, Agent Sasco has taken to the studio to voice a song titled Don’t Crucify Dem, which, among other things, takes aim at irresponsible parents, and their role in the plight of their children.
Like a bored cross cross-country driver scanning for one good song, the Jamaican industry has been searching for a bolt of inspiration and it may just have found it with the lyrical stylings of 21-year-old Melinda Semple, who is blasting the airwaves into submission with her debut single, Facts of Life.
🔊🔊🔊 (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.
Singer Shawn Antoine has released visuals for his latest single Curfew. In the video released today, Antoine shares directing duties with Aaron Dabee and Kevin Walker.
Skillibeng had the last laugh after Nicki Minaj mentioned late last night on Instagram Live that his Crocodile Teeth hit was among three songs she remixed and placed on her new mixtape, a re-release of her 2009 mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty.