The Wait Is Over! Brand New Supm Is Here Straight from London to Your Laptop
You already know the tune is bad bad bad. But you best prepare yourself, because the video is maad. With a title like “Dash Out” you know this one is all about the girls—and naughty boys who want a lil’ supm-supm. “Hey Chip, you know we deal with de gal dem hardcore, we nah have no pity,” Stylo states off the top. “Zero percent,” Chip replies. And then the madness begins. While a crazy Time Takers beat kicks into overdrive, Stylo and Chip start barking out orders: “Gal wine pon yuh headtop, dash out the supm.” In case you’re still having difficulty, watching this sexy clip should clarify everything. Video Premiere After the Jump
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Author: Reshma B
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WATCH THIS: Stylo G & Chip “Dash Out” Video PREMIERE
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HEAR THIS: Collie Buddz “Ganja Pipe”
It’s All Good, It’s All Right—Burn It All Day, Burn It All Night
Singing about his favorite vegetation, Bermuda bad bwoy Collie Buddz flips the hook from Barrington Levy’s classic “Under Me Sensi” over an ill hip-hop groove courtesy of UK producer WizardBeats. The result is musical high grade. Audio after the jump.
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WATCH THIS: Stylo G ft. Chip “Dash Out” Behind-The-Scenes Video Teaser
Official Music Video Premieres Tomorrow on Boomshots.com
Last seen swagging out with Usain Bolt at the Puma Yard in London’s Brick Lane, Stylo G is styling on all the competition. Fresh off the success of “Call Mi a Yardie,” Stylo teamed up with South London production duo Time Takers to create “Dash Out,” a crazy collabo with Chip that blends house, rap, dancehall and grime sounds. Stylo and Chip previously joined forcees in 2007 on the song “Hit Maker,” and this time around they’ve kicked their creative chemistry up a notch. “Dash Out” is already booming on the UK club scene and with the sexy video premiering September 7 on Boomshots.com they’re poised to take the tune to the next level. This one is all about the girls—as usual. As Stylo says “we style them; they can’t style we.” Video teaser after the jump. (more…)
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WATCH THIS: The Award-Winning Film “Better Mus Come” Opens in London Alongside ”Ring Di Alarm” World Premiere
New Caribbean Cinema Movement Will Take The UK By Storm This September
From Top: Michael ‘Ras Tingle’ Tingling, Michelle Serieux, Storm Saulter, Nile Saulter, Joel Burke, Kyle ChinWhat could be hotter than a group of young directors getting together and making movies—Caribbean style? Just as Jamaica’s athletes have come in and done their ting its time for the island’s visual artists to come in and show Wha Gwan. Seven stories, six directors, all reprsenting one island: Jamaica. (more…)
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The Top 20 Lady Saw Songs
All Hail The Queen
Photographs by William RichardsHappy (belated) Birthday Dancehall Queen. You’ve heard the phrase “Bad Bitches Bomb First”? Well I fink it was originated by this Lady here. Over the years Marion Hall, aka Lady Saw, has taken the reggae industry by storm, blazing a trail for females in a field that’s supposedly dominated by the boys. Despite being a “lady,” her chat has been tough enough to compete with—and in many cases, excel—her male counterparts. Of course she’s created her fair share of controversy along the way—revolutionaries always do. (more…)
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Junior Gong To Set Up Shop at London’s Indig02 TWICE
Damian, Stephen, and Julian Marley—With The Whole Ghetto Youths Crew—Kick Off Respect Jamaica 50
The UK’s gonna be ram-a-jam this summer. Not only will London be hosting the 2012 Olympics but it’s also the site of 12 consecutive nights of reggae shows at the Indig02 in celebration of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence. Kicking off the string of concerts on Wednesday July 26th will be Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, who will be joined by his brothers Stephen and Julian as well as the Ghetto Youths crew—Wayne “Go Hard” Marshall, Christopher Ellis, Black Am I, and Joe Mersa. They recently added an extra show on Thursday the 27th due to popular demand. If you were at the Marley concert at the Best Buy Theatre in NYC this Spring, then you already know this show is going to be A-Mazing! (more…)
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Interview: Reasoning With Clive Chin
Remembering Randy’s Records, Bob Marley, And Playing Rhythms On A Cheese Grater
Tonight in Brooklyn NYC, legendary reggae producer Clive Chin will premiere some exclusive scorchers from deep inside the vaults of Randy’s Records that have scarcely been heard since they were first laid down inside the studio at 17 North Parade in Kingston, Jamaica. “I unraveled around pretty close to 600 odd tapes that were buried in the studio during the exodus coming to New York back in 1977—So hold tight, whole heap of good tunes. When I say good tunes, solid tunes, authentic tunes. Some of them have never been released. Tunes from Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Max Romeo. A couple Wailers too. Just to let you know that there is plenty arsenal in the Randy’s vaults—Ha-ha-ha-ha!” (more…)
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HEAR THIS: Vybz Kartel “Back To Life”
A Jail Record So Real, You’d Swear It Was Recorded Behind Bars
VYBZ KARTEL HAS NOT BEEN RECORDING MUSIC IN JAIL read the official statement from Kartel’s record label: “Adidjaheim Records would like to make it clear, that Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer has not recorded any material since his arrest in 2011. Any songs containing material from Vybz Kartel that were released after his arrest, were recorded by the artist in previous years.” The reason for the press release? U.I.M. Records’ latest boomshell “Back To Life,” whose compellingly raw details about life behind bars have sparked rumors that Kartel has been recording at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre. Check out the audio after the jump…
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WATCH THIS: Reasoning With Ed Sheeran
Reshma B Interviews The UK Phenom Who’s Redder Than Red
Ed Sheeran played a little gig today at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Playing 300 gigs a year is nothing unusual for the 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Suffolk, England first whose single “The A-Team” lodged in the UK Top 10 for three months in 2011. His follow-up tune, “You Need Me I Don’t Need You” reached No. 3 on the British pop charts. Now signed to Atlantic, Sheeran has a dozen or so EPs under his belt, including Slumdon Bridge with Yelawolf, whose rapid-fire flow Ed likens to UK Grime artists. “I don’t think anyone has a specific sound anymore,” says Sheeran, whose music draws on a plethora of sounds and styles. He spent years gigging with his cousin’s reggae band Laid Blak, and often interpolates their ganja tune “Red” into his live set, as well as snatches of Damian Marley’s “Welcome To Jamrock” and 50 Cent’s “In Da Club.” Sheeran’s debut album, titled simply +, is already a hit in England, and will be released in America one week from today on June 12. After blazing a solo acoustic version of “You Need Me I Don’t Need You,” Ed sat down with the Reggae Girl About Town…
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HEAR THIS: Vybz Kartel & Gaza Slim ”Marry & Done” / ”F*ck it & Cum’
Dancehall Bonnie & Clyde Flip It Two Ways On The Coolie Gal Riddim
No pre-nups, pretty outfits, or rings and tings. Kartel is getting down, dirty and romantic with his Soulja Girl on the Coolie Gal riddim! They might be dancehall’s most notorious pair-up, but The Werl Boss & Gaza’s own Slim are tearing up the new coolie Gal riddim in more ways than one.You already know the Werlboss does his thing different, so of course he dropped a raw edit and a radio edit with completely different lyrics. Which one you prefer says a lot about you—but in the long run, maybe they both climax to the same thing?
Cupid’s bow is about to shoot something—if it’s wedding bells it’s “Married and Done.” If it’s somefing else, then flick the switch and it’s “F*ck it & Cum.” Whichever comes first there’s always a chance one may lead to the other, right?
As for Kartel & Slim—who reps so hard for Kartel she even did time for the Werlboss—they say behind every great man… Well, you know the rest!
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What’s Hot In Kingston?
Mr. Vegas, Konshens, and Potential Kidd Have The Girls Flippin’
We’ve done some intensive research on the streets of Kingston, and from the street dances to the nail salons to the schoolers, the verdict is unanimous: three songs have the streets of Kingston on lock at the moment. Is there a common theme here? Peep the videos and you tell us…
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HEAR THIS: Lady Leshurr “Lego”
The Best Spitter In the UK Rips Grime, Garage, and Drum & Bass Beats. It’s a Brummy Fing, Innit?
If you ain’t heard of her already then note the name. From up norf in BUR-MING-UM (Birmingham) UK, The pint-sized lady was the only female repping on the Bass culture discussion which panel explored the influence of reggae on the UK underground scene. “Sorry I weren’t around during that time” she told the panel moderator, former Steel Pulse member Mykaell Riley, when he asked her about something all them years back. Of course she don’t, but the young lady who got her earliest inspiration from Sister Nancy sure knows how to spit. Her take on Chris Brown and Busta’s “Look At Me Now” has notched half a million views—and props from Nicki Minaj among others. Now she says she’s ready to battle Busta! (more…)