On December 9th, 1994 Garnett Silk was taken from us at the young age of 28. He lives on through his music which helped form the early 90’s foundation for conscious roots reggae. Few artists can boast such a powerful and soothing singing melody. Here is a classic tune from the Late Great Garnett Silk that features a young Buju Banton. “Let Jah be praise and wicked man be scatter. Listen to Buju and the Archangel.”
And here’s a little something special for the true heads. In 1999 the mighty KILLIMANJARO sound crew released a tribute album of all their exclusive Garnett Silk dubs. Big up the one like Redstripe for linking me with this classic set.
Busy Signal continues to be the hottest artist in the Dancehall scene. He is on fiya right now with a couple blazin new tracks on the “Indiscretions Riddim” produced by Juke Boxx Productions. Indiscretions is really chill new riddim with a catchy guitar riff at the start which is blowing up the dance across the world. These two Busy tracks show the true versatility of this artist as everyone know: Busy can flow; fast or slow.
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I’ve been really feeling the new reggae coming out this year and the Indiscretions Riddim is definitely one of the hottest riddims of 2009. It is packed full with the usual suspects who dominate the dancehall circuit as well as a couple up and coming artists. Here are some of the big cuts on the riddim!
Collie Buddz has some new music floating around which indicates there’s likely a 2nd album coming from this dancehall star. After the success of the first album many are waiting to hear if the young artist can come back strong. Here are a couple big new tunes from Collie.
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Hopefully we’ll see him pass through Toronto some time soon. Las time he passed through Hamilton in Dec.2007 it was a SICK show! Check out some of the footage I got from that show:
The “Gully God” is back with another smash hit produced by Dasaeca. After a series of relatively boring releases, Mavado is back with one of the hottest tunes in the dancehall right now.
Busy Signal is coming out of the gate FAST in 2009. His new track “Spliff Tail” on the Dubwise Riddim is a fresh new ganja tune from an artist that is definitely standing out in his class of dancehall superstars. Speaking of new ganja tunes…check out the new Collie Buddz – “Herb Tree”.
Anyways…Back to Busy! Another crazy new single is “My Money”. Such a catchy chorus in this tune…just wanna play it again and again!
He gets mad vulgar up on the Miss Independent Riddim with “Tightest” (FOR THE LADIES!!!!..haha)…..
Check out these videos of Busy Signal live @ Tim Westwood Studios.
Unfortunately Lloyd is in the videos for a bit and tries to keep up but Busy just throws down a lesson in spitting crazy bars. Busy is just simply on some next level, mesmerizing melody type shit. Crazy flow!
I’ve been showing these vids to everyone I know for months now. Can’t believe the skills. HOT HEAD! HOT HEAD!…
Billionaire, myself and our extended family will be throwing our first loft jam at the Zoo this Saturday, March 21st. We’ve got some serious reggae heat out of Italy coming from Toni of the Bomchilom crew. He’ll be throwing down a straight 45 set which will most definitely be filled with firey gems and straight reggae bangers… Jamaican music from the 60s to the present if you will. Billionaire’s going to bring the dubstep heat and I’ll be on that one, two, three, four get down kind of thing. We also got our boy Fully Blown on the extended reggae and dancehall tip. Send me an email for directions if you’d like to link us, we’re always down with new friendly folk.
Busy Signal had a huge year in 2008 and he is already gaining steam in 2009. The Jamaican deejay has incredible flow and it seems this guy has a million different styles. Growing up in the notorious Cassava Piece ghetto of Kingston he has come from the “gully side” as he would put it. Busy has that unmistakeable authenticity to what he is singing about and you cant help but listen when he delivers his verses with bone chilling sincerity.
The Baddazz Riddim is the latest dancehall creation from Christopher Birch. Some are claiming this riddim to be a re-work of the classic Joyride Riddim. Re-work or not, this is definitely a dancefloor smasher as the catchy upbeat bassline is just going to make you move, plain and simple.
I put together a 10 minute riddim mix showcasing what I feel are the strongest artists on the riddim.
Frankie Gunns has been a staple in the Toronto Drum and Bass community for well over a decade now. Few people in the city can rival the selection of vinyl that this man has at his disposal. As a long time manager of Play De Record (a legendary Toronto record shop) he has an infinite supply of vinyl at his fingertips. Last week the Dubslingers crew had him roll through Thymeless for an exlusive reggae set. Gunns brought the heat with his little box of rare 45’s and had the crowd vibing to some sweet classic reggae mixed with a few recent hits.
Dubslingers Wednesdays @ Thymeless (355 College St @ Augusta) is Toronto’s longest running dubstep weekly. Running strong for almost 3 years now, dubslingers was started in 2006 by dj and producer Jawbone. Some of the other usual suspects that have been working dilligently at pushing the dubstep sound and keeping this weekly running are Sidenote, SubHuman, Coi, Capro, and Link. I see big things in 2009 for this relatively new musical genre and these dubslingers deserve a BIG UP for pushing the sound forward.
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