Brand New Remix Video From Leftside The Dancehall Wiz
Wiz Khalifa’s smash hit single “Roll Up” was a sureshot single aimed straight at Wiz’s female fanbase. The fact that the title offered a subliminal ganja reference a la D’Angelo’s “Brown Sugar” was simply a bonus. But Leftside’s new remix leaves little to the imagination… (more…)
“I’ve Been Abused Myself And You Don’t See Me Murdering People”
Taking a break from tour rehearsals in Baltimore, Rihanna called in to BET’s 106 & Park tonight to speak on the controversy raging about her new video “Man Down,” which opens with her busting a shot in a rapist’s head-back…
Rum-Pa-Pa-Pum! Rude Gal Rihanna Shoots A Reggaematic Video In JA
“If they’re playing me for a fool, I will lose my cool, and reach for my firearm…” Run that! (more…)
Turn Your Lights Down Low, K’La The Lyricist Wants To Let It All Go
K’la The Lyricist is the hottest thing to come out of Gary Indiana, since Michael, Janet, and Tito headed for Hollywood. (more…)
Deadly Dragon Dares To Dig Up Digital Dancehall
25 years ago a young, Trench Town–born Donovan McLeod a.k.a. Danny Coxson a.k.a Ever Red stepped into a London studio. In one tuff take he created some of the most revered, most whispered about tracks of the 1980s digital revolution. And then, like some mythic Keyser Söze, he was gone. (more…)
Young B Gone Pon De Floor To Ratid… How Major Is That?
Beyonce sure loves that dancehall style… (more…)
Spragga’s Name Is Called, But Who Are The Real “Persons Of Interest?”
What’s wrong with this picture? Spragga on tour in Aspen, Colorado.
Reggae fans have endured so much bad news over the past several months that some of us have come to expect the worst. But when f*ckery shows up as expected, do we really have to embrace it with open arms? (more…)
Big Dutty Stinkin Shabba Puts Some Likkle Prentice DJs In Check
Some of y’all mouseclick selectors don’t remember the days when playing sound meant posting up at the 45 shop each and every week. And whenever a fresh Shabba Ranks selection hit the market, you knew you had to pick up two copies just to protect your life. (more…)
Graphic Novel Drops Just In Time For 4/20; A Higher Form Of Superhero
All original herbalists, today’s your day. Not just because April 20th is all about the worldwide weed, but because Ziggy Marley’s first ever graphic novel, Marijuana Man, is now in stores. When we heard that Ziggy created a comic book about a superhero from another planet who comes to save the world through the power of marijuana, we had to ask: “Were you smoking something when you thought of this?” (more…)
Eight Riddimentary Questions For The Evil Genius Behind Major Lazer
Before last year’s Major Lazer movement rewrote the rules, the chances of hot-stepping into a Kingston nightclub like Fiction and hearing a set of “electronica” was pretty much zero. (more…)
Smooth Sailing With The Big Ship Fam Inna Lovers Rock Style
“From Mawning” was just the beginning. Here comes something sweet off Pupa Chino’s forthcoming debut.
