Boomshots

Category: Dancehall

  • HEAR THIS: Spice “Body Great”

    Mad Gyal Spice x Madhouse Tun Up Riddim = Greater Than Good

    Some gyal say them good, but Spice is extraordinary. We’ve known it since her earliest Madhouse recordings, long before “Ramping Shop” days. She makes another compelling case on this fresh new Dave Kelly-produced cut from the big bad “Tun Up” riddim. Don’t believe she’s great? Just ask her man “when him see me ah wine and vibrate.” (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Tarrus Riley Pon Radio Lily

    Singy Singy Flashing Lyrics Live And Direct Inna Dancehall Style
    Last night Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser, and Diana King joined Monty Alexander on the final night of his two-week stand at New York’s legendary jazz club The Blue Note. But in between the first and second set, Tarrus passed through Radio Lily to dash it in a dancehall style. Versatility a dweet. (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Busy Signal “Kingston Town”

    Exclusive Premiere: New Music From Busy’s Album Reggae Music Again

    Busy Signal’s back with a refreshing new long-player that brings the dancehall star back to his roots. Reggae Music Again is full up of classical one-drop riddims and lyrics with real substance. One of the harder-edged selections on the album is this slow-burning rub-a-dub tune called “Kingston Town.” (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Busy Signal “Rural Guns” Video

    Busy Signal Unleashes A High-Caliber Video That’s Straight Bananas

    Busy Signal is one versatile artist. He can sing country duets, croon with the AutoTune, and he’s doing the roots rock thing with highly anticipated album Reggae Music Again. But don’t sleep on Busy’s gunman tunes. (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Popcaan ft. Busta Rhymes “Only Man She Want Remix”

    Gaza + Flipmode = Mad Ting

    The Flipmode general Busta Rhymes lends his vocals on a remix to Poppy’s smash hit “Only Man She Want.” Bussa Bus flaunts his trademark wittiness and signature wordplay over the Sonique Records produced “Lost Angel Riddim,” we enjoyed it so much that we wished they gave him a second verse.

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  • HEAR THIS: Rihanna Birthday Dubplate Mix

    DJ Max Glazer Flings Down Some Dubplate Specials For RiRi’s Bornday
    Today is Rihanna’s 24th birthday, and wherever she is right now, we’ve got a feeling she’s celebrating inna fine style. Of course Rihanna’s not just one of the world’s biggest pop stars, she’s also a massive reggae fan. No wonder she chose DJ Max Glazer of Federation Sound as her touring selector for the first three years of her career. In fact she still calls on Max to fling down selections at special events—like, say her birthday party…. (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Cham ft. O “Tun Up”

    Cham On The Mic x Dave Kelly On The Riddim =  The Ting Tun Up

    Some artist / producer combos never fail. Think of Biggie & Primo. Snoop & Dre. Cham & Dave Kelly. Yes, the dancehall dream team behind “Ghetto Story,” “Vitamin S,” and “Man and Man”—just to name a few—is back with another certified boomshot called “Tun Up.”  (more…)

  • Mr. Vegas To Sing “Sweet Jamaica” Unplugged

    The Dancehall Singer Goes Back To His Reggae Roots On RadioLily.com

    2012 isn’t just the Mayan apocalypse. It also marks the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence—and to mark the occasion, Mr. Vegas will be releasing a hard-hitting double album called Sweet Jamaica. Tomorrow night he’ll preview the album in an exclusive acoustic set streaming live on RadioLily.com.

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  • Tune In To Radio Lily

    Webcasting Live From NYC 2 The World

    Tune In To Radio Lily, broadcasting live for the first time today. (more…)

  • DOWNLOAD: Cris Cab ft. Wyclef & Mavado “Rihanna’s Gun”

    Brand New Musical Shot From The Big Bad Echo Boom Mixtape

    Cris Cab is a Cuban youth from Miami who’s been driving girls wild with his easy breezy sun-kissed love songs. He showed his versatility with a reggae-flavored acoustic version of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow.” His talent eventually caught the attention of bigger heads like Pharrell and Wyclef, and now he’s just blessed us with a next-level tune called “Rihanna’s Gun” featuring Clef and the Gully Gaad. Musical shot called “Rihanna’s Gun.” Ready. Aim.

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  • WATCH THIS: Knockings Riddim Medley Video

    Knock Knock—Who’s There? Serani, Di Genius & Chino Connect

    The video for Daseca’s Knockings riddim brings together Serani’s “Evil Heart” and Stephen McGregor and Chino doing “Lowe Wi.” As the Big Ship brothers say, “This bag ah loose man inna the link cyan work.” But the track sure does. (more…)

  • The Techniques Top 21

    21 Reasons Why The Late Great Winston Riley’s Music Can’t Stop Play

    (Photo By Luca D’Agostino – Rototom Sunsplash)

    Late last night came the grim news that Winston Riley—one of the last true living legends in the reggae industry—has died. Riley made musical history both as a singer and a producer over a half-century span. Starting as a founding member of the vocal group The Techniques, he went on to establish the prolific and pioneering Techniques label, which released the instrumental hit “Double Barrel” that went on to top the UK charts. He created the immortal Stalag riddim, a strong contender for the greatest reggae instrumental of all time. He produced breakthrough hits by artists as diverse as General Echo, Tenor Saw, Super Cat, Sanchez, Red Dragon, Buju Banton, and Spragga Benz, just to name a few. He had been attacked at home last November, suffering gunshot wounds in the head and arm from which he never fully recovered. “Turning into a producer is a very good ting,” he told the Jamaica Gleaner in 2008. “Yuh achieve a great goal, but is not an easy road.”
    In recent years he’d been working on refurbishing the Techniques headquarters on Kingston’s Orange Street into a museum commemorating the music to which he devoted his life. His efforts were rewarded with senseless violence. Upon hearing the news, the only thing that came to mind was one of the less famous cuts from Mr. Riley’s classic Stalag 17 album:

    Brigadier Jerry “What Kind Of World” (1985)

    “What type of world are we living in?” Briggy asks, his voice filled with righteous indignation. “Jah know it is a sin…”
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