Chronixx’s ‘Never Give Up’ And 13 New Dancehall & Reggae Songs You Should Stream Right Now

It’s that time again when the Reggae and Dancehall music mill churns out brand new releases for music fans.  Our picks this week include Chronixx (Never Give Up), and Lila Iké (True Love), as well as Jahshii (Prosperity), Busy Signal (Watch Gyal), Skeng (Curves), Shabako’s Cold World, Kalyra (One Wine), Yaksta (Honest) and more.

Check out the music videos below.  Just want the music? Find our playlist on Spotify.

Chronixx – Never Give Up

Chronixx’ latest release Never Give Up sounds like a classic Roots and Reggae tune with distinguished acoustics. Aided by a band and backup singers, the Skankin Sweet singer encourages listeners to “never give up” even when life “gets cold” and your hardships feel overbearing.

Lila Iké – True Love

Lila Iké came through for anticipating fans this week with her first musical reveal of 2022. True Love, a powerful new single about balancing life’s unpredictabilities yet, “tryna find the little light that’s left out there in the world” and to choose love even through the darkest times.

Produced by Natural High Music, the song is a love letter to herself. Lila explains in a release, “True Love is a song that I freestyled almost a year ago. At the time I was in a very emotional space and feeling a bit low in energy due to everything happening with the pandemic. I wanted to find a way to turn what I was feeling into a piece that would give others, who may be feeling the same, some hope. The most beautiful thing about this song is that a year later, I’m realizing this song was a personal love letter to my future self on healing and dealing with everything I’m experiencing at the moment. I hope it reaches everyone who needs this energy right now and that it gives them as much light as it gives me.”

Yaksta – Honest

Teaming up with German Dancehall Reggae producers Jugglerz, Yaksta Bush Lawd is vibrant and tuneful in this brand new release Honest. Smitten by his girl, the singer sings, “ I’m just being honest, like a killer I’m obsessed with you… Like a killer you hold me up, baby I’m obsessed,” in the verses.

 Yaksta – Outside Again

Breaking free from the quarantine constraints, Yaksta celebrates his freedom in Outside Again, another collaboration with mixmaster, Jugglerz. “Bro Gad free up road, we out proud”, Yaksta says. Now “every killy have a queen beside ah them” and it’s a time to “rave all night again”.

Busy Signal – Watch Gyal 

In Busy Signal‘s new party-banger Watch Gyal, he bemoans men, who in their efforts to control their women, end up losing them to another. Produced by Grammy-award winning producer YoungPow, alongside LionChld, Watch Gyal appears on an old-school, hardcore Dancehall riddim with hints of contemporary sounds.

Busy said he couldn’t resist voicing on the beat. “YoungPow came up with the beat and mi hear it and instantly mi ready and start say some things,” he said. “It’s real dancehall but we tried to keep it modern and relatable, in a gyallis world.”

 Kalyra – One Wine

Jamaican singer Kalyra has something new for music fans heading into the unrestricted party scene now that the lockdowns are a thing of the past. Her new track One Wine, which was produced by Dale “Dizzle” Virgo of DZL Records and Elisha Ellis gives off a feel-good bubbly vibe to return partygoers on the dance floor and encourages those “couple up” moments to dance the night away. “One Wine is a celebration of the reopening of the Entertainment sector in Jamaica, and the return of partying,” shared Kalyra about the new single.

Skeng – Curves

Produced by Simple Boss Records, Skeng flexes his sexual prowess with his ladies of choice in this new banger, Curves. This one is dedicated to the girls with their banging physique and alluring “curves” as seen with the starring video vixens in this African Kydd music video production. Watch here:

Badda General – Box Who

Quick to the very trending Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscar award showdown, Badda General dropped his single Box Who the following day on March 28, dubbing the tune the “Will Smith Saga.” The song recounts the night’s big ‘slap’ from Will and warns how he could never do that to a “Yaad man” Jamaican. Listen more here:

Royal Blu – How E Guh

Royal Blu tells us “How E Guh” while “killin’ em with the flow” in this new release, which debuted this week via Markus Records. Proving he’s the real deal; “worldwide a man fly roun” and “strong currency, you see mi card have a muscle ah no card weh a shuffle,” he sings to show his “money legit”. Though he talks a big talk, Royal explains to the youths “eh boy, you nuh hype if you money naa grow.”

Jahshii – Prosperity

Taking a trip along the island’s northeast coast, Jahshii appeared in a new Shane Creative-directed music video earlier this week to yet again since about Prosperity. The Dancehall singer is beyond grateful for life and recent successes in the song and takes the time to thank his provider, Jah.

Shabako – Cold World

With an endorsement from the Warlord Bounty Killer, Shabako takes on the Cold World in his latest single.  Produced by DJ Treasure Music, the song’s music video was directed by Dekko Massiv.

Jahvillani – RUFF!!!

The WileSide 1Gov Boss is back with an out-of-the-box new music video to treat Dancehall fans. It’s a dance battle in the Khing Cam Visuals production with Jahvillani and his fierce-looking crew against actor/comedian Fatskull and his squad. Don’t get it twisted, the deejay stays true to his hardcore image, and lays down another of his lyrically aggressive Dancehall tunes in RUFF!!! – Check it out here:

Jahvillani – Money-Power-Respect

RUFF!!! Takes on a part 2 with Money-Power-Respect, another new release from Jahvillani – both singles produced by YGF Records. As the name suggest, the deejay takes us through his journey to gain money, power and respect and in the same order, “Money give you power then you get the respect.”

 Caano, Tenn Point – Banga Pon Eh Line 

Joining in on another scamming narrative, Dancehall deejays Caano and Tenn Point are your all-time con artists in this new release Banga Pon Eh Line. Directed by 9mileVisualz, the music video finds the deejays surrounded by their double-dealing crew as they “chop eh line.”