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Tag: Jamaica

  • Reasoning With Cedella Marley

    The Author, Designer, Melody Maker, CEO & Mom Drops By To Chat
    Yesterday was a special day at Miss Lily’s Variety. Cedella Marley stopped by to sign copies of her latest children’s book, One Love and to kick off the celebration for what would have been her father’s 67th birthday… (more…)

  • 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…)

  • WATCH THIS: Popcaan “Only Man She Want” Video

    Him Cuss Her & Call Her Whore… Friends Say The Relationship Poor

    Here it is at last—the official music video for the hottest dancehall tune in the world, “Only Man She Want”. Popcaan tells the tale of a wifey who turns trifey. What this girl thinking? (more…)

  • WATCH THIS: Popcaan “Clean” Video

    Poppi Shows How He Gets It Poppin’ For 2012

    Ever fresh, ever hot, Popcaan’s really got it poppin’ this year. He’s making music for everybody, representing for the thugs on “Gangsta City,” making big party tunes like “Raving” and taking care of the ladies with the big bad tunes like “Only Man She Want.” And just in case you missed his latest video from T.J. Productions, get familiar. As the man wake, him clean. (more…)

  • A Politics Time Playlist

    Election Or Not, We Don’t Have To Fire Shot

    Today Jamaica will go to the polls for the first general election since the siege of Tivoli Gardens and the Dudus extradition raised troubling questions about who really runs things. But if you listen to reggae music, you already know… (more…)

  • A Warm Jamaican Christmas Time

    Just Seven Days Left To Download Your Madhouse Collectors’ Box Set

    “Where there is no snow, where the good sensimilla grow.” It’s no surprise that Wayne Wonder and Baby Cham made the best dancehall Christmas song ever—after all, it was a Madhouse production. If you’re looking to party all the night away this holiday season, you might want to download this mega Madhouse Collectors’ Box Set. For just $49 supm you get 27 different titles—most of them full albums, including classic Madhouse riddims like the Pepperseed, Action, Arab Attack, Showtime, Y2K Bug, and more. (more…)

  • Tivoli Gardens Massacre Was Caught On Tape

    Official Documents Reveal U.S. Spy Plane Was “Filming Continuously”

    An article in The New Yorker magazine titled “A Massacre In Jamaica,” states that an American spy plane monitored the incursion into Tivoli Gardens on May 24, 2010—a failed attempt to capture Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the Tivoli don facing drug and weapons charges in the U.S. At least 74 people were killed during the joint police/military operation. (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Buju Banton “Set Up The Mic”

    World Premiere of The Debut Single From Certified Boomshots Vol. 1

    Recorded three years ago on the “Rapid Burst” riddim for Young Blood Records, “Set Up The Mic” started out as an on-the-spot freestyle while Buju Banton waited for the engineer to fix the levels at the start of a studio session. The engineer happened to press record, and the sounds captured that day were refreshingly raw, a glimpse of the champion DJ spitting lyrics off the head as if he were toasting around a sound system—a rare treat for Buju fans who have been missing the voice of the Gargamel. (more…)

  • No Bail For Kartel Today

    The Werlboss Must Wait At Least Two Weeks To Learn His Fate

    Yesterday Adidja Palmer, known to dancehall fans as Vybz Kartel, was offered $3 million Jamaican bail (U.S. $35,438) relating to the murder of Barrington “Bossie” Bryan. Today he and his legal team appeared in court again in relation to another murder case: that of Clive “Lizard” Williams, who was allegedly beaten to death on August 16. Kartel’s team had planned to seek bail in that case today, but according to the Jamaica Observer, no bail application was filed. Instead the court demanded that prosecutors present all their evidence first. In an exclusive interview with Boomshots, Kartel’s attorney dismissed reports of alleged video evidence of the killing as “a rumor.”  (more…)

  • Breaking News: Vybz Kartel Granted Bail

    The Judge Says Bail…. But Babylon Still Says Jail — For Now

    “It is quite difficult to secure bail for an individual who has more than one offense,” Christian Tavares-Finson told Boomshots yesterday. But then Kartel’s attorney added: “It is not impossible. We have done it before.” And now it looks like they’ve done it again. (more…)

  • Kartel’s Attorney Speaks On Jailbreak Hoax

    Werlboss’s Lawyer Calls The Stories “An Attempt To Prejudice The Case”

    Christian Tavares-Finson is a busy man. He’s the attorney who’s defending dancehall star Adidja Palmer aka Vybz Kartel aka The Werlboss, who has been charged with two murders, weapons violations, and ganja possession. But in this exclusive Boomshots interview, he took time out to dispel some misinformation that’s been flying around the internet today. As the old saying goes, a lie can run halfway round the world before the truth gets its Clarks on… (more…)

  • HEAR THIS: Busy Signal “Real Spender$”

    Card A Card, Cash A Cash—Some People A Pree When U Dip Inna U Stash

    No wonder Busy Signal feels like he wants to buy out the bar. He’s just back from Truck Back Records with the baddest piece of tune. “Send the girl some case of apple vodka. Some bwoy a floss and them nah even buy a water.”
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