Christopher Martin‘s “Rent Free” is the latest addition to the Style A Style Riddim from Chimney Records. The project also features new music from from Stylo G, Ding Dong, Tarrus Riley and Jahvillani.
Both Christopher‘s song and video were released on March 12th. Click here or on the image above to check out the visuals for “Rent Free.”
A few days ago, Teflon, also known as the Young King, shared the official video for his track “Brimstone.” The song is featured on his just released studio album, “Years A Pain.”
We wanted to highlight this video not because of the visuals, but because of the song’s lyrical content. Anyone who subscribes to Maria Jackson Magazine should know by now that we are very disgusted with the commercialization of urban and Caribbean music, especially dancehall. And Teflon, in his song “Brimstone,” seems to be just as fed up as we are.
On the record he addresses things like artists selling out for travel visa; radio stations collecting money for airplay and so much more. Click here or on the image above to watch the video. Please pay close attention to the overall message and remember to like, comment and share.
On Friday, March 12th, Jamaican dancehall artist Karamanti uploaded the official video for her trending single “Mi Nuh Bow.” The clips, which were captured in Seaview Gardens (Kingston, Jamaica) by fellow dancehall artist Mackamilli, simply shows the lyricist delivering a very emotional performance, as she along with her team tried to respect the covid-19 protocols put in place by the government.
“Mi Nuh Bow” has been enjoying steady rotation since it came out at the beginning of the year. It is doing particularly well in Latin America, where several commercial radio stations have now added the song to their playlists.
Now that the release of the visuals are behind her, Karamanti will redirect her attention to the upcoming album that she has been assiduously working on. The project, which she hopes to have ready for May of this year, has not yet been titled, but features productions from European dancehall producer Major P, Jamaican beat maker Otis Mason and Arioso Legato from the United States.
The first annual ‘Tico Time Reggae Festival’ will be held on Thursday, May 13th, through Sunday, may16th, at the Tico Time River Resort in Aztec, New Mexico (20 miles from Durango, Colorado). It will feature three-days of both live reggae performances and dancehall sound-clashes.
Among the confirmed performers are: Perfect Giddimani, Dan Kelly of Fortunate Youth, Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds, Lion Heights, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Karim Israel of Arise Roots, Zeb from Tribal Seeds, Kash’d Out and many more.
“Safe N Sound” is the latest release from international recording artist Chronixx. Both the audio and video were shared on Friday, March 12th courtesy of Soul Circle Music.
Click here to stream and download the mp3 from your preferred music platform; and here or on the image above to watch the visuals. Remember to like, comment and share.
Over the last few years both the lyrical content and images within Jamaica’s dancehall music industry has deteriorated to a truly awful state. More or less naked women can be seen in most of the trending music videos performing despicable acts, while the men overtly brag about killing each other.
The stench of what is going on in Jamaica’s dancehall has gotten so bad that even dancehall artists from other countries are talking about it. Hence the new release from Swedish producer Partillo and recording artist Million Stylez.
Both men are sharing a much needed song titled “Inna Di Dancehall.” On the record, Stylez says: “too much badness a gwan inna di dancehall – nuff slackness a gwan inna di dancehall.” He makes it clear from very early in the song that he intends to burn-out some of the things that he is seeing. And he did! He goes on to say: “some likkle gal a dance like a big go-go – yu serious, that is a big no no.”
For his part, Partillo, who is known and respected for the works he has done with artists such as Sean Paul, Yellowman and Chronixx, delivered a banging dancehall rhythm that is sure to resonate with listeners.
This song is already being labelled as controversial because some who have heard it believes that these issues should be tackled by a Jamaican artist as oppose to a foreigner. That being said, the reality is that whatever is happening on the Jamaican music scene usually spills into other communities around the world.
This is what Million Stylez has to say about “Inna Di Dancehall” and all the debate surrounding the song: “There is too much slackness and negativity in contemporary music in general, from hip-hop, dancehall to pop. Its all about acting stupid and doing extreme stuff like drinking til you drop, do drugs, have sex with whoever and whenever. That is what the youths are listening to today. I wanted to make a conscious song on a real dancehall riddim that you also can dance to, with an uplifting message without negativity, violence or degrading words about women.”
“Inna Di Dancehall,” which comes to us courtesy of Scandinavian reggae-dancehall label Rudeboy Records, was officially released on Friday, March 12th.
On Saturday, April 10th, Good Times and Unitec Entertainment will join forces to present ‘Aries Linkup.’ They are making it clear that this is a party and not a stage-show, because it is being hosted by veteran dancehall artist Mad Cobra.
‘Aries Linkup’ will be held at Bliss Lounge – 5471 Memorial Drive – in Stone Mountain, GA. Music will be provided by Stone Love Sound, Haadrokk Intl., Negus British, Slaughta Tone and DJ Pampi. Click here for tickets.
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