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⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. The first noticeable thing about Popcaan’s fifth album Great Is He is that despite his extensive use of Patois which makes it markedly Jamaican, the 17-track album has only two Dancehall songs, and is largely a mix of R&B and Afrobeats.
Jamaican singers Vanessa Bling and D’Yani are giving lovebirds a sexy collab ahead of Valentine’s Day ribboned Soul Tied.
“Tip pon yuh toe and meet me ‘round a di back…” And just like that, you have unlocked the memory of Spice’s adulterous 2010 hit, Jim Screechie, the focus of this week’s #ThrowbackThursday spotlight.
Dancehall singjay Sasique is on cloud nine after signing a deal with Payday Records for her 2019 single Kute & Neat, and has revealed that she’s already submitting tracks to the label for the eventual release of an EP or album under the deal.
Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Dexta Daps and Valiant are among the artists to drop new music and videos recently, much to the delight of their fans.
The impassioned wails of Chiney KiKi and Lutan Fyah demanding equity for people of color permeate their collaboration Justice, which debuted on January 7.
We’ve dug up all of Dancehall artist Popcaan’s international collaborations and ranked them from worst to best.
Today, in the first installment of DancehallMag‘s #ThrowbackThursday series, we take a look back at Empire Forever, a song by Vybz Kartel, Popcaan, Shawn Storm, and Gaza Slim.
As far as litmus tests go, there are not many metrics more reliable at assessing how an artist is doing commercially than album sales and streams in the United States.
Reggae singer Etana has returned to the fight—with a scaled-down complaint against her former label VP Records over breach of contract and copyright infringement, and a new demand for over US$10 million in damages—after a New York judge partially dismissed her previous complaint last month.
Preye Crooks, an A&R executive at Sony Music UK, says Jamaican artists are not confined to a set of rules about lyrical content that determines whether the record label signs them or not.
In 2017, 10-year-old Rushawn Ewears was recorded by a teacher at the Top Hill Primary School in St.
Countless artists spent the first two years of the decade waiting. They waited to return; they waited until their newly recorded music could greet live audiences.
Sean Paul turned 50 on Monday, January 9, and despite his incredible work ethic, the Dancehall superstar looks nothing like a 50-year-old.
Though only a week into the New Year, Jamaican artists are already seizing the moment with new music to get the ball rolling.
Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor, the Grammy award-winning Jamaican producer is an absolute juggernaut in his field – and even then, that might be an understatement.
Adidja “Vybz Kartel” Palmer celebrates his 47th birthday today (January 7). The reputed King Of Dancehall has been behind bars for over a decade, but his popularity and legacy are still fresh in the hearts and minds of those who adore him— particularly his firstborn son Adidja Jaheim Palmer, better known as Likkle Vybz.
Dancehall star Popcaan has had his fans eagerly awaiting the full-length Great Is He (GIHE) album for quite some months.
A New York judge has dismissed nine of Etana’s fourteen claims in the breach of contract and copyright infringement lawsuit she filed against her former label VP Records, but he has given the Jamaican Reggae singer two weeks to amend her complaint.
Steely & Clevie Productions’ copyright lawsuit against Luis Fonsi, of Despacito fame, appears to have mushroomed into an all-out legal assault on Reggaetón after multiple lawsuits against some of the genre’s biggest hitmakers were consolidated into a single action.