Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.

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The Prime Time Trio Of Jamaican One-Hit Wonders

One-hit wonders. The world of entertainment is filled with them. From top-notch singing and acting talents down to magnetizing and even polarizing personalities, the art of the One-Hit-Wonder – and make no mistake about it, it most definitely is an art (albeit sometimes unintentional) – is as mysterious as it is fascinating, and here in the Dancehall and Reggae arenas, we’ve heartbreakingly had our fair share of them.

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Chronic Law Leads On YouTube

Hillside singer Chronic Law is the most streamed Dancehall artist on YouTube in Jamaica over the last month and has been among the top 5 over the last year.

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The Colors Of Success In Dancehall: Shenseea And Spice

All of Dancehall can be summed up in two words: brutal and unforgiving. Lest you be tempted to argue otherwise, consider whether the following descriptions of the world-renowned genre – using primarily those two words – are true: it is brutally unforgiving and it is ­unforgivingly brutal.

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Shenseea Channels Medusa But Where Is The Culture?

Shenseea’s music video for Run Run racked up over 2 million views over the weekend. The director used scenes of a man running with a heart in his hand, her chasing him in the back of a black truck, Mad Max-style, red images, horn heads, snakes, locs, fire, and the brutalizing of the male as revenge for past hurt.