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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 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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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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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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Konshens: Dancehall In Translation
Konshens is heavy as a lead weight. When he walks in you can feel the gravity in the room getting stronger like we’re suddenly on a bigger planet. The internationally...
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Icons: Looking Forward With Lee “Scratch” Perry
Ask a lot of people both inside and outside of Jamaica about Lee "Scratch" Perry and they'll tell you he's a crazy man. Even if they acknowledge that the Grammy winning...
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Dancehall Dirty Talk With Natalie Storm
Natalie Storm will tell you that dancehall is an intensely competitive world, but the spicy lyricist wouldn't have it any other way. And though she's always played...
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Romain Virgo — The System
This is one of the most unconventional reggae albums I've heard in awhile, and whether or not you like Romain Virgo's sophomore LP The System largely depends on your...
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Reggae Music Again by Busy Signal
Dancehall artist Busy Signal took a surprising turn when he decided to release a pure Roots Reggae album. The Jamaican star earned his fame through hard-edged tracks and...
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13 Global Crossover Hits That Made Pop Music History
What makes a great pop song? What is it about a hit that makes the entire world hum along, whether it wants to or not? Some say that for a song to appeal to the broadest...
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Dancehall King Busy Signal Takes Root in Reggae
On the last track of his new album Reggae Music Again, Busy Signal delivers a spoken manifesto explaining why a hardcore dancehall artist would record an all-roots...
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Fuel Your Lady’s Love With Reggae Superstar, I-Octane
I-Octane could melt the coldest of hearts, and not just because his moniker is a play on highly flammable petroleum. The Jamaican dancehall/reggae game-changer has an...
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Valentine’s Day With Acmatic: Grilled Cheese and Stevie Wonder
Jamaica can lay claim to some of the world's most soulful love songs. From Bob Marley's "Is this Love" (stuck in the Collective Unconscious's head since 1978) to...
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Vybz vs. Kartel: Defending the Controversial Dancehall Star
Words by Rishi Bonneville
The charges against Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel keep piling up. Yesterday, the artist was remanded (again) by Jamaican authorities...
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Mind = Blown. The Best Music Videos of 2011
2011 may not have been a great year for the economy, peace, or the elder Kardashian, but it was an exceptional year for music videos around the world. From France to...
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8 Ways to Stay Awake to Watch the MTV Iggy Concert Live Stream
You voted, tweeted, and supported, and now there is one more way for you to be a part of MTV Iggy's Best New Band adventure. The Best New Band Concert featurin...
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In Search of the Inscrutable Gyptian
It could be called reggae time -- a slow unfurling of temporal reality as time as a metronomic concept loses meaning and becomes something more elastic and less...