Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.
Dancehall is not a monolithic culture, although judging from the weekly YouTube charts one would think that Jamaican consumers of the genre are all about “scamming” and “gunman” songs.
Influencer, brand ambassador, marketer, MC; it’s hard to pin down Romario White aka Brush1Chromatic’s dynamic skill set.
Donavan Thomas aka Black Boi is a Dancehall DJ steadily making a name for himself. Starting out as a DJ for Romeich Entertainment, Black Boi made the transition to become Shenseea’s DJ.
Dancehall has not only been a staple in Jamaican culture, it has also been one of the main vehicles and avenues for growth, development and the uplifting of people from yard to foreign.
This past weekend in Washington, D.C., Red Bull held the finals for the USA leg of their Dance Your Style competition, with the winners headed to South Africa in December for the global finals.
The Reggae and Dancehall music mill has churned out some hot new releases this week to get your playlist pumping.
Kxng Izem is back with a new single and music video entitled Who Helps The People which lives up to its name in delivery, message and visuals.
For Dancehall and Reggae fans following the annual Grammy Awards closely, they may be eager for some insight on which albums may make the cut for this year’s Best Reggae Album nominations and, perhaps more importantly, which of them may make the strongest case for winning the prestigious award in 2022.
Yeza has carved out a special place in Reggae music with her imperial sound, impeccable style and golden voice.
⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Demarco’s long-awaited debut album Melody is an agile collage of musical genres.
The right producer can mean the difference between a short-lived single and a career-defining classic. When Koffee linked with Frankie Music Productions in 2018, the result was the then-unknown 17-year-old’s slick social critique, Raggamuffin.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Bugle’s Toxicity album, which was released on Friday, October 22, is a mixture of a clarion call to Jamaican politicians and leaders across the spectrum, and even romantic partners, to “break up their fallow grounds”.
If you’re looking to update your Reggae and Dancehall playlist, then there are a couple of artists that dropped some brand new releases this week to keep you vibing.
The effervescent Latoya Shea, a Jamaican-born US-based spiritual life coach, is reaching out to the reggae and dancehall community, as well as people in all walks of life.
⭐⭐ Rating: 2 out of 5. Like many anticipated Dancehall albums of 2021, Skillibeng’s Crocodile Teeth LP was a toothless debut despite the glitzy guest list and dazzling trap production.
Behind standouts like Shenseea, Spice, and Jada Kingdom are a promising class of female artists poised to make their mark on Dancehall.
Ghanian Dancehall artist Shatta Wale was trending on Twitter, beginning in the wee hours of the night, as fans celebrated his birthday today in West African time with the #Shattabration hashtag.
It was an exciting week in Dancehall, Skillibeng treated fans to a new album with visuals for two tracks.
Squid Game—the hit South Korean survival drama and now Netflix’s biggest-ever series at launch—and Dancehall are two things most people wouldn’t think to draw parallels between, but Damion Crawford, former Member of Parliament for St.
Since its inception, no decade in Dancehall has received louder ovations or condemnation than the ’90s.