Boomshots

Category: Dancehall

  • HEAR THIS: Charly Black “High Grade”

    Multitalented Singer Drops Big Bad Ganja Tune Pon The Full Up Riddim

    Coppershot Productions has a hit on their hands with Charly Black’s big bad ganja tune called “High Grade.” (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Major Lazer “Pon De Floor”

    Skerrit Bwoy Stars In a Dazzling Digital Daggering Dramarama.

    First time we heard it on the Major Lazer album, we thought it was a Kartel tune called “Bestest Wine,” but looks like Di Teacha nah represent for da one yah. So them send for the one Skerrit Bwoy. Him well fit and flexible, but mad, sick, head no good. (more…)

  • HYPE TV Top 20: Elephant Man Holds The Faith

    What’s Really Poppin’ In Yard? The Energy God says “Hallelujah.”

    Even the Energy God has to call on a higher power from time to time. And once again Elephant Man is making a joyful noise on the Hype TV Charts with his gospel-flavored track “Hallelujah” perched in the #1 position for yet another week. (more…)

  • Tarrus Riley Spreads The Reggae Virus

    “Much Better Than The Swine Flu” says Tarrus, a Singer On A Mission

    Today’s Sunday New York Times calls Tarrus Riley a “Reggae Singer With A Legacy, A Following, And A Mission.” I know this because I wrote the blasted piece. (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Usain Bolt Homecoming Jam

    World’s Fastest Man Brings Olympic Gold Back To His Old School In Trelawny, Jamaica
    The first time Usain Bolt brought Olympic Gold back to Jamaica, the party tun up. Tony Matterhorn,Ravers Clavers, and Mystic were all there to celebrate the moment—and Boomshots was there too. Video after the jump.
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  • Prayers For Thriller U After Family Tragedy

    Singer’s Beloved Daughter & Wife Innocent Victims of Senseless Shooting

    Thriller U in recent years and on his classic 1986 debut album for Jammy’s.

    We didn’t want to believe it yesterday when a very reliable source told us that Thriller U, the veteran dancehall singer and member of the Jamaican harmony super-group L.U.S.T., had lost his daughter in a brutal Florida homicide that also left his wife severely wounded. (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Sean Paul & Estelle “Come Over” LIVE

    Estelle Nices Up Sean Paul’s Imperial Blaze Release Party in NYC

    The biggest dancehall star on the planet celebrated the release of his fourth album Imperial Blaze last night with a sold-out show at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Queen Ifrica “Mek Me Grow”

    The Fyah Muma Is Not Rampin’ With Kartel’s “Virginity” Argument.

    In keeping with a long dancehall tradition, Vybz Kartel has made a habit of pushing the envelope of lyrical propriety. But even for Di Teacha, “Virginity” was a highly controversial track. (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Bounty Killer “Ungrateful Hell Bwoy”

    After Triumphing At Champions In Action, The Killer Lays Kartel To Rest

    “Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.” Word to the wise: Once the Warlord starts quoting scripture on you, you’re in serious trouble. (more…)

  • Mr. Cee Says Squash The Beef

    A Hip Hop Legend says “Caribbean Music Can Be A Monster,” However…

    I got a chance to reason with a Hip Hop Legend last Friday, the one and only Mr. Cee. Depending on the depth of your knowledge of hip hop culture, you may know Cee as Big Daddy Kane’s DJ, or as the man who recorded the demo tape that got Biggie Smalls his deal with Puff Daddy. Or you may just know him as the influential radio personality at New York’s #1 radio station, Hot 97 FM. Besides playing great hip hop and R&B, Cee has been influential in helping break many dancehall records on the international market. Hot 97 plays more reggae than most of the urban format stations in America. So I had to ask him the $64,000 question:

    You were involved in hip hop before it was a major major money industry. Do you feel like reggae can ever reach that same level of prosperity internationally? It seems like it always stays in the grassroots and in the underground moreso than rap.

    AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. “I know that reggae probably can be just as lucrative or just as successful as hip hop is, or maybe even beyond. I know that it could. But the one thing that’s the biggest downfall for reggae right now…

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  • HYPE TV Top 20: Energy God Praises The Lord

    What’s Really Poppin’ In Yard? Elephant Man Shouts “Hallelujah”

    Elephant Man is making a joyful noise after claiming the #1 spot this week on the HYPE TV Top 20 with his gospel dancehall cut “Badmind (Hallelujah).” (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Vybz Kartel “Sup’m Ago Happen”

    One of the realest tunes to touch the road in a long while.

    “Some question Di Teacha woulda ask…” Class is in session. (more…)