Best New Dancehall Music This Week: Popcaan, Bounty Killer, Kranium, Shaddoh Blackz & More

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Popcaan, Bounty Killer, Kranium, Shaddoh Blackz

The music production houses have been working overtime the last couple of days, churning out hot new releases from a long list of Dancehall acts and we have 18 picks this week. Fan favorites morphed into several trending tracks while others have created a buzz with their catchy hooks and head-bopping beats.

Our best of the week playlist has an array of narratives, from the classic cash-rich tracks to the cautionary badmind ballads, there are also some gripping plots from Squash, Elephant Man, and exceptional releases from up-and-coming acts Nklyne, Bree Bree, and Shaddoh Blackz. I Waata has got jokes and Ding Dong bursts onto the scene with a new dance track to spellbind you all the way through till the end.

In no particular order, stream the best new dancehall tracks this week below and take in the new visuals for each complete with highlights and a playlist.

 

Skillibeng – HOT (YouTube JM Trending #1)

Veiled in a flaming skull face and engulfed in fire, Skillibeng says he’s HOT and everyone else is not. The EastSyde deejay censors all criticisms about him by simply flexing his lyrical supremacy in this one. Watch the video here –

Tia & Bounty Killer – Nice Up

The Warlord, Bounty Killer appears on this sizzling party track with Reggae singer/songwriter Tia to excite and arouse everyone’s desires to ‘seize life’ and once again ‘go outside’ to party. Watch the animated visuals below –

Ding Dong – Watch A Style Yah 

Ding Dong releases another of his signature dance tracks with a hot new music video. This one is dubbed Watch A Style Yah, to show off some pretty flexible ladies in their impy skimpy attire including former Team Spice dancers Pretty Pretty and Dancing Rebel. Watch more here –

Popcaan Featuring Frahcess One – Cream 

876 Gud, Popcaan with the assist of his Unruly Camp Protégé, Frahcess One, dropped a new video for their previously released banger Creme this week.

“Cream, cream (Yeah), Mi nuh mean ice-cream (Yeah),” Poppy echoes in the track but what he really means is C.R.E.A.M. (an acronym for “Cash Rules Everything Around Me”) made iconic by the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Watch the new video below –

Kranium & Rytikal – Block Traffic

Dancehall crooner, Kranium has that type of girl who ‘blocks traffic’. She knows how to show a man a good time and her vibe is just right he sings. Watch more with Rytikal here –

Shaddoh Blackz – The Table

Fed up of his binge-watching, snack-eating girlfriend, Dancehall deejay Shaddoh Blackz finally confronts her, “What can you bring to the table?” Watch what happens next in the new visuals here –

Bree Bree – Work It

Bree Bree says she’s a tier above the rest, just bring it so that she can “Work It” and “twerk it” to prove her sexual prowess. Watch the steamy video here –

Intence – Money Nuff Funds

Intence has Money Nuff Funds in his new video that finds him driving a posh Mercedes Benz and counting stacks of cash, but it’s the disses he sneaks to Vybz Kartel and Skillibeng that has everyone talking. Listen more and watch the visuals here –

Nklyne – Jealousy (YouTube JM Trending #5)

Vlogger turn Dancehall deejay Nklyne has a knack for trending. After his viral November 2019 release of Guard, he’s dominating the airwaves yet again with a weighty message, “Can’t trust mankind, watch yuh headback,” in his new single, Jealousy. Watch the visuals here –

I Waata, Black Shadow – Wul Up

Dancehall artiste, Iwaata has a type, which are the girls that “full a shape, “can climb pole” and “nah shake like jello.” For the others who don’t fit the script, the Gad says, Wul Up! Watch the very entertaining video here –

Jahmiel – Unbroken

After going through some tough times and still enduring the wrath of his haters, Jahmiel remains Unbroken. Encapsulating some spectacular sights in the new music video, watch it here –

Elephant Man – She Dweet

Elephant Man seems to have had a few wild experiences with some real undercover freaky girls. He stories his encounters in this new track She Dweet, listen here –

Capleton & Krak In Dub – Ah No People Dem Love

In his new single, Ah No People Dem Love, Capleton continues on his passage of undoing evil among the people while cautioning the masses about the malicious heads of command. Listen more here –

Sizzla – Nuff a Dem

A “Nuff A Dem” want to see you fail, warns Reggae revivalist Sizzla Kolonji in his new release this week. The singer says, “look at me, I’m at the number one spot” to demonstrate how to rise above negativity. Listen more below –

Gold Gad – Steel Pipe

Overwhelmed with all the sexy girls surrounding him, Dancehall artiste Gold Gad, unable to maintain his composure, instructs the lasses to “back it up yasso pon di Steel Pipe.” Watch the naughty visuals here –

Jafrass – No Joke

He’s been there done that, No Joke. The guns, girls, money, traveling, style, you name it, Jafrass says he feels so rich. Watch the new music video here –

 Skarra Mucci – Who Fool Dem

Revisiting the beats from a nostalgic time in music, Skarra Mucci and Derrick Sound collaborate in the single, Who Fool Dem to scold the sheep of society, “Raggamuffin long time I told dem, for if you step in a mi way, you in a problem.” Listen more here:

Squash – Big Up Yuh Self  (YouTube JM Trending #3)

The 6ix Boss, Squash wrestles with the misgivings of love as he reminisces about a former flame. “You follow friend and style me,” he laments on the hook but he’s over it now. She’s moved on and he’s happy for her, Big Up Yuh Self, he says. Watch the new visuals here –