As many countries around the world continue to celebrate Black History Month in February each year, Reggae/Dancehall artists Iwan (based in Ghana) and Karamanti (based in Jamaica) have decided to release a song suitable for the occasion. The song is entitled “Africa” and speaks of the importance of Africans both at home and abroad to know themselves, their history and their place in the 21^st century.

“Africa” was produced by established Ghanaian producer Garzy who has several hits behind his name. All recording, mixing and mastering was done in Ghana, Africa with the exception of Karamanti’s vocals which were recorded at Mixing Lab Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

PERSONS MAY LISTEN & DOWNLOAD “AFRICA” FROM ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LINKS;
Limelinx: http://limelinx.com/13me
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iwMOgktfkc
Hulkshare: http://www.hulkshare.com/karamanti/iwan-africa-ft-@karamanti
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/karamanti/iwan-africa-ft-karamanti

WINS REGGAE © (formerly WEB REGGAE AWARDS ©) have included Karamanti’s most recent album entitled Dancehall Retaliates in their category for Dancehall Album of the year for 2013. In this category, Karamanti goes up against two other Jamaican heavy weights, Vybz Kartel and Mr. Vegas. The category also includes Spyda Team and Sista Rosta. All voting is being done by the public so as to ensure that the results are unbiased. Persons may vote by visiting their website at http://www.reggae.fr/victoires-du-reggae.php

Karamanti’s entire album can be streamed and purchased from her website: http://www.karamantimusic.com/store.html

Approximately a year after they collaborated on Stonebwoy’s “x-factor” (which is now a certified hit in Ghana), Karamanti and Stonebwoy teams up again, this time on the remix of Karamanti’s single, “ase ase ase”. The original version was released as part of the Success Riddim by Blakkwuman22 Music (the record label owned and operated by Karamanti) in November.

Listen & Download “ase ase ase” remix featuring Stonebwoy here: http://limelinx.com/d7we
Download the original version: http://soundcloud.com/karamanti/karamanti-ase-ase-ase-bw22
Watch Karamanti’s video for “ase ase ase” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc8rG-YgjV8

Download all songs on the Success Riddim here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k08ruc3yogwjux7/9pojUIoEjo

Long time Reggae singer, Likkle Lightning, who came on the scene in the late nineties, is promising a comeback in 2014.

When he stepped out on the music scene in the nineties, Likkle Lightning garnered the respect of his peers by composing unique, roots Reggae music with catchy hooks. With influences from artists such as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Beres Hammond and Freddie McGregor, Likkle Lightning made the type of songs many say were simply unforgettable.  He performed on shows in Jamaica with King Yellowman, Professor Nuts, Luciano, Sizzla Kalonji, and many others. His powerful tracks captured the attention of many in the media who interviewed him for their respective media houses. He has had interviews on Links FM radio, been featured in the Jamaica Star newspaper and several other publications.

Likkle Lightning now alternates between life in New York and Jamaica.  Though he continued with his musical career when he first relocated to the USA, he admits that he has not been as consistent as he should be. As such, he is now promising to work harder and be more focused on his career in the coming year. To show that he is serious, Likkle Lightning recently released a single, “early morning flash”, accompanied by an official video. See both below.

Watch official video for “early morning flash” by Likkle Lightning here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f4FyLmcwC4

DJs can download “early morning flash” here:

http://soundcloud.com/mariajackson27/likkle-lightning-early-morning

Blogs and entertainment websites can download the video here: http://www.mediafire.com/watch/foowd0rjb8zq1ut/Likkle%20Lightning%20-%20Early%20Morning%20Flash.mp4

Though the Reggae scene in South East Africa is not as huge as it is in West Africa, there are some who continue to grow the industry in this region by their tireless commitment to making real Reggae music much like that coming out of Jamaica. One such is Malawi native, Blasto Imva, more popularly referred to as Blasto. Growing up listening to Reggae and Dancehall icons such as; Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Jimmy Cliff, Garnet Silk, Bounty Killa, Sizzla Kalonjie , Capleton, Junior kelly, Anthony B, Vybz Kartel and lots more, Blasto has dedicated his life to Reggae/Dancehall and it shows. He is currently the number one Reggae/Dancehall artist in the entire Malawi.

Blasto Imva is now setting his sights on achieving recognition outside of his country, as such; he has collaborated with Jamaican artist Karamanti on a track entitled “show love”.  The song was produced by BFB (also based in Malawi) and is a part of a rhythm driven compilation.

Links to listen and download “show love”

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtC4dSNB_h8

Hulkshare: http://www.hulkshare.com/karamanti/show-love-blasto-karamanti

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/mariajackson27/show-love-blasto-karamanti

Karamanti will end 2013 on a very high note as she has been nominated not once, but twice by the Dancehall Industry Awards. She is nominated as the Best Female Solo Artist and her video for the track “Rise” is nominated as the Best Music Video.

Voting is done by the public and the award show is scheduled to take place on January 1^st in London, UK. To vote for Karamanti as the Best Female Solo Artist click the following link: http://www.dancehallindustryawards.com/best-female-solo-artist.html

Watch the “Rise” video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUwHTlc9Lqc

To vote for “Rise” by Karamanti as the Best Music Video click the following link: http://www.dancehallindustryawards.com/best-music-video.html

Follow Karamanti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/karamanti

Follow Karamanti on FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karamanti/106344336092282

In honor of Karamanti’s nomination check out the NOMINATION DANCEHALL MIXTAPE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOtZcUJBw7I

ABOUT DANCEHALL INDUSTRY AWARDS

12 years young and still going, the Dancehall Industry Awards has become a part of the London music scene, giving accolades to rising stars, dancehall fans and local business’s, the amazing Award show has gone from strength to strength.

Hya P launched D.I.A (DANCEHALL INDUSTRY AWARDS) on the 1st of January 2002, this was the first dancehall award ceremony of its kind, not only awarding artist, performers and DJ’s but also members of the community in the UK.

Each year the awards attracts some of the largest multicultural audiences, over the last decade D.I.A has played host to the urban music industries finest, witnessing performances from both UK and international talent. Each year awards are given out to each individual nominees from a selection of categories including best community radio, best disc jockey, song of the year, best recording artist of the year, best video etc.

Blakkwuman22 Music which is owned and operated by recording artist Karamanti has released the Success Riddim. The project features Karamanti and two of dancehall’s hardest underground talents, Digital Sham and Jemynie, plus hip-hop artist, Deadly. The compilation has captured the attention of many because each artist is speaking about their desire for success but doing so in their own unique way.

Success Riddim was built by RoughCut Studio out of Germany. All songs were mixed and mastered by Red Boom of Hard at Work Music and all video and graphic production is done by Maria Jackson Entertainment.

The group is currently working on the medley video which will be shot at Digital Sham’s studio (Estate Recording Studio in Jacks Hill) but in the  meantime persons can enjoy the official video for Karamanti’s single entitled “ase ase ase” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc8rG-YgjV8. Persons who operate music entertainment websites can download a good quality of this video for reposting here: http://www.mediafire.com/watch/0bz66i5xt4nruro/Karamanti%20-%20Ase%20Ase%20Ase%20(official%20video).mp4

Listen to all songs on Success Riddim here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbrgdSvKqZs

Download all songs on Success Riddim via drop box: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k08ruc3yogwjux7/9pojUIoEjo

Download all songs on Success Riddim via mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/download/w4qs4nv1r51v8nd/SUCCESS+RIDDIM+-+BLAKKWUMAN22+MUSIC.rar