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Reggae Star Protoje Has a Timeless Sound with Potent Messages
Oje Ollivierre's emergence as reggae artist Protoje was a long time in the making. His mother is a former reggae singer known for her 1972 hit "Breakfast in Bed," while...
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Tifa — “Champion Bubbler”
No, really, stop what you're doing and watch this video. Most music videos that glorify women's bodies focus on how their curves titillate, in the video for Tifa's...
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PREMIERE: Etana — “Reggae”
Etana might as well lay her cards out on vinyl records to profess her love for reggae. In her ballad titled “Reggae” the Jamaican songstress pays homage to almost...
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Tifa on Top: Meet the Girl Running Jamaican Dancehall
With a combination of super-cuteness and sassy lyrics delivered with style, young dancehall deejay and singer Tifa has shaken up the scene in her native Kingston and...
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The Best Videos of March 2013
In March, we went beyond bringing you hottest music videos from around the world and started making them too. As winter thawed, we made an original music video for...
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Popcaan — “Road Haffi Tek On”
A crown prince on the Jamaican dancehall scene, young Popcaan still lives life moment to irie moment in this video for “Road Haffi Tek On,” on the Overtime Riddim.
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Mavado — “Take It”
Mavado smears passion on a liberal piece of paradise in “Take It.” The Jamaican dancehall don gallivants around a lavish beachside mansion, showing off his wealth and...
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Mavado Tries On Dancehall Crown, Sets Sights On US
The “Gully Gad” has emerged as dancehall’s last superstar standing. What’s next?
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Jo Mersa — “Comfortable”
We wish we were there. Handsome Jo Mersa, a Miami-based Marley offspring, indulges in the three b’s in “Comfortable” from Set Up Shop, Volume 1. A mouth-watering...
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Busy Signal — “Royal Night”
We guess that lots of female attention is standard stuff for Jamaica’s Busy Signal. “Royal Night” from his album Reggae Music Again features the dancehall king juggling...
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Gyptian — “Wine Slow”
Gyptian lets nature take the main stage in “Wine Slow” from his upcoming album Sex, Love and Reggae. The Jamaican dancehall mega-star trades heavily-doused digital...
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Black Am I — “Modern Day Freedom”
Jamaica’s Black Am I brings yesterday’s fight today’s limelight in “Modern Day Freedom.” The Ghetto Youths International signee rightfully cries for equality, poverty...
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Dre Skull’s Kingston Diaries
The Brooklyn-based, bearded DJ/producer shares a never-ending saga of scheduling studio time with Vybz Kartel, and his fearful ordeal of trying to finally close the
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Wayne Marshall — “Go Hard”
Uh oh. Dancehall’s hottest superstars are up to no good. Ghetto Youths signee Wayne Marshall joins a roster of heavy hitters - Aidonia, Agent Sasco, I-Octane, Bounty...
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Gyptian — “Overtime”
Help wanted: Gyptian’s in need of some affection. “Overtime” from his SLR EP is a reggae-meets-autotune listing for l-o-v-e. The Jamaican crooner possesses all the...
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Etana Stands Up For Herself And Reggae Too
Etana's bio reads like a reggae fairytale. After moving to Florida from Jamaica, she went through middle school, high school and college listening to soul, R&B and just...
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Reggae Reasoning With Junior Toots
As the son of ska and roots reggae legend Toots Hibbert (of Toots and the Maytals,) Clayton “Junior Toots” Hibbert has had some mighty shoes to fill as a musician, but...
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When Dancehall Goes Pop: Is Sean Paul to Blame?
Everything was almost perfectly ordinary. Sean Paul was playing a private press preview in a small, yet stylish Meatpacking District lounge in New York City. The label...
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Horror Rock: The 10 Artists Who Genuinely Scare Us
Marilyn Manson isn't scary, Satanic metal bands aren't really scary, most goth rockers and gangster rappers don't bother us. Odd Future and Cannibal Corpse don't even...
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Natalie Storm + A-Trak + Zinc…. You’re Not Ready or Are You?
Is dancehall really back pon de scene? Or are we just uncovering a slight surge that will eventually veer off more deeply into the ever-so-friendly playland called EDM?...