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A Grammy For The African Giant?
It's officially two weeks to the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, and one question is running through the minds of not…
21 Questions With Walshy Fire: Making Hits For The Time
Walshy Fire has played a major part in the development of Caribbean music. The Grammy Award-winning producer has been instrumental…
Jada Kingdom, Dexta Daps Urged To Label Themselves As R&B Artists
Jamaican artists such Jada Kingdom and Dexta Daps, are, to their own disadvantage, mislabeling themselves as Dancehall artists, when in…
Skillibeng Urged To Let ‘Crocodile Teeth’ Breathe
Even as Esyde artist Skillibeng continues on what many are describing as a prolific song-releasing streak, Dancehall pundits have expressed…
Beres Hammond’s Virtual Concert With Buju, Marcia Griffiths & Popcaan: Here’s What Happened
Jamaican balladeer Beres Hammond negotiated a memorable reentry into the stage show arena with the Love From A Distance virtual…
Fela Kuti: The Musical Legacy
He was more than a multi-instrumentalist and a musician. In life, he was a Pan-Africanist and a political activist, and…
Yaksta’s ‘Ambition’ And 11 New Dancehall Songs To Listen Right Now
In a mix of positive, uplifting, sexy, and even fiery new releases this week, we’ve found a few Dancehall and…
‘Dancehall Professor’ Says Much Of Jamaica’s Music History Documentation Lies Exclusively In Hands Of Foreigners
A leading professor in culture at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is contending that longstanding prejudices against Dancehall,…
Charly Black Hunting A Grammy With New EP ‘So Many Reasons’
Dancehall artist Charly Black believes his latest material will help him to secure a coveted Grammy Award. Black who dropped his So Many Reasons EP yesterday, February 26, revealed that…
Tosh Alexander Talks Wanting A Skillibeng Collab And Sampling Dancehall Classics
Reggae-Dancehall artist Tosh Alexander is a huge fan of Skillibeng, describing him as one of the most interesting musicians to have come into the musical space in recent times. According…
Spotify In The Caribbean: Turning Cultural Capital Into Financial Capital
Spotify is now available in Jamaica and the Caribbean region. At their Stream On launch event, they announced services to over eighty new markets expanding to additional one billion customers.…
Protoje On His Search For Lost Time, Nostalgia And The Purity Of Youth
The atmosphere of music in and from Jamaica has shifted dramatically over the last ten months. Many artists are pivoting from the typical single and tour-based music business model that…
Asian Doll’s New Video: Jada Kingdom Should’ve Wanted ‘None Of This Sh*t’
Fans of Dancehall artist Jada Kingdom might have been a tad disappointed after Asian Doll released the official video for Nunnadet Sh*t, which effectively reduced the Jamaican to a mere…
10Tik’s ‘Roll Deep’, Vybz Kartel’s ‘Mafia Degree’ And 7 New Dancehall Songs To Listen To Right Now
Taking the time to sift through the latest Dancehall tracks and videos of the week, we’ve found a few noteworthy recordings to listen to right now. Forget the clout of…
Droptop Records Readies All Female Riddim With Shenseea, Shaneil Muir & More
An all-female Dancehall riddim is in the works, to be released by the newly minted Droptop Records label. According to label head, Rowan Melhado, known more popularly as Droptop, the…
Best New Dancehall Music This Week: Govana, Sean Paul, Lika Iké, Stalk Ashley & More
An exciting lineup awaits in the best new dancehall music releases this week. Reggae songbird Lila Iké remixes one of her tracks with Skillibeng to land a surprising yet certified…
