Boomshots

Category: R&B

  • Gyptian Holding His Own

    By Dasun Allah


    The sparse, infectious piano chords of Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh” are now internationally known from coast to coast and currently dwelling in the top third of the Hip Hop/R&B charts. (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: AiRis “Without You”

    Can This Nigerian-Egyptian Charmer Become The African Ashanti?

    Born in Cairo, Egypt to a Nigerian Father and an Egyptian mother, Asmaa Idrisu spent her young adult years shuttling between Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and Egypt. (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Rihanna “Rude Boy”

    Tonight She Gon’ Let You Be The Rider—Giddyup Giddyup Giddyup

    Well it sure looks like Rihanna has been studying that M.I.A. “Galang” video. And then she flips it into a Keith Haring moment. Gwan RiRi. That one ya sell offfff…..

  • Unforgettable: Reasoning With Sanchez, Part 1

    From The Church To The Dancehall, Sanchez D Hits All The Right Notes.

    Sanchez is one of those year-to-year singers who’s too often forgotten. So consistently stellar are his crystalline vocals, so unwavering is his standard of excellence, that we sometimes take him for granted. In such cases the best thing to do is walk away for a few years and make them miss you. After all, the man has been singing his heart out since the late ’80s, investing improbable pop songs with so much drama and passion that you forget all about the originals. Then he drops an album like the all-original 1995 masterpiece Praise Him, and the reggae world goes into a frenzy. But apart from being sampled all over the “Dipset Anthem,” mainstream success has eluded this supremely gifted vocalist. Not that he’s hurting in the least. 

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  • DUNGLOAD: Michael Jackson Reggae Megamix

    The King of Pop Inna Rub A Dub Stylee

    The King may be gone but his legend lives on… and we don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone. While many in his own homeland took Michael Jackson’s staggering brilliance for granted, MJ gets maximum respect in the dancehall, where a big bumbaclaat tune is a big bumbaclaat tune, no matter how dem chat. So here comes a set of classical MJ selections in a different style and pattern. Strictly Boomshots.

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  • WATCH THIS: Busy Signal “Smoke Some High Grade”

    Busy Signal Blazes Up The Maddest T-Pain Remix

    Can’t believe it? It ain’t nuttin new. Alliance pass through…
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