Vybz Kartel links up with super producer Don Corleon on this freestyle at Vendetta Studios.

By now I’m sure you’ve all heard about reggae DJ, Bounty Killer’s, controversial performance at Reggae Sumfest 2008, which lead to his arrest for disorderly conduct and use of indecent language. While performing on Dancehall Night, Bounty Killer began to berate fellow Sumfest performers, Ninja Man and Beenie Man, a decision which was met with [...]

Unless you’ve been under a rock somewhere then you already know that Reggae Sumfest is happening in Jamaica right now! Sumfest kicked off on this past Saturday with Beach Party Night at Tropical Beach in Montego Bay. The audience was treated to a fashion show by Bighead Clothing and Collection and Envy Shop and performances [...]

Jah Cure is back again! His sophmore album, “Jah: Universal Cure”, was initially slated to drop this month but is now scheduled for release on September 9th on Universal Records. “Universal Cure” will be the first release for the singer since his release from prison last year. “Journey” is the second single to be [...]

Germany’s 23rd Reggae Summerjam went down earlier this month and included some of reggae’s finest artists, including Jah Cure, Busy Signal, Alaine, Etana, and Shaggy. Check out the pics below (rollover pic for artist info and click to enlarge).

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Yeah, this mix has been around for a minute, but just in case you haven’t been able to download it. Here you have it. Also check out this article that DJ Eddie Stats did on the changing state of dancehall and dancehall culture on a recent visit to JA…interesting stuff.

Featuring some of reggae hardest hitters “Whose World Is This?” is being released on VP Records on July 29, 2008, but here’s a free download for you in the meantime and check the EPK for the album featuring Sizzla, Capleton, Luciano, Buju Banton, and more.

Etana sits down with Essence Magazine to discuss her nervousness about her first album, class discrimination in Jamaica, demanding respect in a male-dominated industry, and how she ate sushi and seaweed salads to stay skinny, while a member of an all girl group, before going solo. You can check out the article here.

Every so often in music we are afforded a rare blessing, an artist who possesses what I deem the musical trinity. First and foremost the artist can sing, the artist challenges our auditory mediocrity, and lastly heightens our consciousness of self and society. Meet reggae’s latest blessing: Etana.
Born in the August Town community of Kingston, [...]

I’m a self-admitted Beres Hammond groupie, I have a major crush on the man, not in a sexual way but, I just love the man’s voice and his style, and I know one day we’ll meet and when we do I just want him to sing a little bit of “Love From A Distance”, and [...]

The second annual Reggae Music Achievement Awards were held on tonight in Toronto, Canada at the Trillium Ball Room.

Courtesy of Fader Magazine, you can download Bugle’s “Doh Be No” on the Tear Up Jeans Riddim, and reggae legend, Mad Cobra’s, ” More Than Talk” on the Corduroy Riddim.

Courtesy of Fader Magazine you can download Munga’s new release on the BlackOut’s Stickz Riddim, “Rastas, Gangstas, & Hustlas” for free.

Poison Dart DJ’s Antone “Tony Montana” Geargo-Neely (some reports are that he was not part of Poison Dart, but had his own sound system), Michael “Chris Rock” Rottigan, and their friend Kevin “Bumba Blaze” Jordache Webster were murdered last Saturday, in what appears to be a senseless act of retaliation, from an incident which [...]

Shows like Best of the Best are part of the reason why I wished I lived in Florida sometimes. Unfortunately, I didn’t attend the show that went down this past Sunday, in Broward, Florida but here’s a good review of the action that occured. Hailed as the North American version of Jamaica’s Sumfest, Best of [...]