New artist and Potential Artist Stake Their Claim

There is a line in one of Biggie Smalls track that says "you are nobody til somebody kills you"... I'm not sure of any other music genre in the world other than dancehall and rap that has that kind of real life challenge to death ellement to it. It is not on the minds of every DJ nowadays to realy get a buss from a challenge/competition from the more recognized names in the business. We use to hear about who is better Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston... it never realy got any where as that is not hardcore from the ghetto thing. RnB has its melody, dancehall and rap music got its attention mostly by lyrical content and style ..and later drifting to be melodious.
There some real artist and zealous fans out there that I have noticed been trying to make their voices and opinions heard on the whole Alliance Empire misunderstanding. It is perhaps a case of they are nobody until they take some stripes from some these recognized artist namely Mavado and Kartel at the moment. To be fare to these guys there are 'veterans' that are now trying to make a comeback with this approach, namely the Monster Hempire. For the 'new' artists I now recognize the names (at least while i write them down);

Alliance affiliated artist/fans
Savege,
Iyaraz,
rickyj,
Assailant,
hersh
Prince Pin,

Empire affiliated artist/fans
Bad Aada
Shifta
itomz
michael morton
djskillzakaflawless
z-smood

Perhaps some will climb the charts in the near future perhaps some will not... This list is by no means exausted and perhaps there is a lot more out there. You can check them out on youtube and let them know how well they are doing.

Munga Honourable - My Life

This video feature is from Mr Munga Honurable, its called my Life on the Supa Charge Riddim, tuff piece of tune. We expect a lot from Munga in 2009. No, I dont expect him to reply to disses and these things, at least not in depth, Munga appear to be larger than that. He has not been in the lime light too much in the latter part of the year with all the hype with other artists. Munga has been consistent with some big tunes and we need to hear more from him this year.

Sizzla's Royal Treatment.... Dancehall Bizz Stall?

Sizzla Meets the President
There are reports that Sizzla Kolonji has received some royal accolades form the Gambian monarch. The artist was invited by the Gambian president His Excellency Alhaji Ya Yah Jammeh to his farm late last year were they had discussion on issues on making closer ties with Jamaica and the artist making contribution to Gambia's socio-economic infrastructure via education and music.

Yes Sizzla a long time mi a tell the artist dem to link with Africa, I like how Mr Vegas did his thing the other day in Kenya keep up the good work

How will things be Affected?
Promoters and show goers probably a little worried that all hell seem have popped loose in the dancehall fraternity. With the incident at Camp Fire were bottles were thrown because Beenie Man didnt perform... for whatever reason, the escalating tension between the Empire and Alliance camp with a number of incidents since the sting show, one has to wonder about the shows booked for these artist for the next coming weeks. There is no guarantee that something is not going to happen or sponsorship and fans might just not turn up due to fear of any ugly incident.

I can assure you people that this too shall pass, so its just a matter of time that they will calm down and return to normal... the depending on how long, and how far the feelings are going to be carried.

source:star

More Passa Passa... 'Jah' know Star

Before a go into the passa passa... let me big up the thing Shaggy doing for the less fortunate and hope that the charity event that he has organised turn out to be successful, people you need to go and support the thing in some way shape or form...

What is this I'm hearing about more foolishness happening in the aftermath of sting. I was just reading on a popular website on allegations of how the melee between the Kartel and Mavado fans realy started in the Hungry town and Big yard area of Mannings Hill road, said to be home towns of the likes of Turbulance and Jah Vinchi.
People asking why Jah Vinchi didnt perform at Sting, just like how they were asking why Kartel and Aidonia stop par just before the Sting event.
They have it seh Jah Vinchi, due to him being a resident of the area and an Empire member, he and Kartel has been allegedly came up empty handed when asked for 17 tickets for Sting for 17 men of Hungry Town. The men turned their attention to the DJ called Crimist (also from the Hungry area, and allegedly par with Mavado Dem).. got the tickets with links through Foota.
After sting Kartel fans in the Big Yard zone erected posters of the DJ in the Mannings Hill Road area... again according to the comment on the blog ... The gully God was not amused and allegedly instructed to have his image and likeness painted on the wall. Other men in the area wanted Turbulance image and likeness to be there as well, with him being a veteran DJ from the area and all... now Jah saw all that was happening was not pleased (and considered it as a diss to him)and thus made a report to Big Yard which resulted in the melee and the image of the Gully God smeared leaving Turbulance unscathed. ... it was indicated that a domino effect resulted when Mavado went up there and was expressing his anger/disappointment and reportedly declared some kind of war. Police went to Big Yard and tear down all sign and poster of Kartel and made it clear that none should be replaced and calling for a truce between the camps...

The other set of madness ..relates to the incident relating to camp fire show, mi hear seh people relating to Beenie Man got stabbed and in hospital..

Just in case it might get worst.. for those who cannot stomach this kind of thing, this is a good time to turn to gospel music and some country and western...
If a anything like death or serious injury or prison sentence of any artist, fan or other person occurs during this hype session .. this web blog will not be held responsible for such incidents and will not condone such incidents.

More Trouble Brewing for Mavado

The police are in the process of formulating a case against Dancehall star Mavado. This in relation to comments made by Mavado at the recently concluded Sting stage show. According to media reports the Sing-J made some statements in relation to a shooting incident involving the police in the Cassava Piece Community recently.
According to the report the police are reviewing the sting video tape to find substance relating to the allegation.

Already 2009 got off on the wrong footing for the artists. But I expect that things will change around as soon as they get back in studio and write more songs about these incidents. Anytime things like these happen you know a hit tune is forthcoming.
But in the mean time the man dem a confuse the whole 'art and life' concept... I always here there is a thin line between love and hate but for these entertainers namely Vybz Kartel, Mavado and Bounty Killer there is a thin line between art and life.

Mavado and Vybz Kartel Fans Clash

There have been reports that Mavado and kartel fans clashed yesterday tuesday December 30th. Media reports are that one man has been Hospitalised in serious condition after being stabbed on a section of Mannings Hill road in Kingston Metropolitan Region of Jamaica. There are reports that other persons sustained minor injuries during what is described as a melee.
The troubled started when a man started painting an image of Mavado in the vicinity of an area called "Big Yard." It is reported that persons said to be fans of Vybz Kartel approached the man and ask him to stop painting and then a confrontation started and he was stabbed.
Residents of a nearby community as well as supporters of the entertainers joined in and turned the scene into a melee.
The police are patrolling the area and have indicated that the tension started from the Sting stage show.

Kartel Mavado Feud Reaches Managerial Level

In a response to an earlier statement made by Mavado's Management about the clash with Vybz Kartel, the state of his career and managerial affiliates, Vybz Kartel's Managerial Affiliates have put out a statement countering allegations and insults that were made with insults and allegations of their own.
The stamement referred to Mavado's Manager as "Foo-lian Griffiths-Jones" among other things, in counter to earlier statements calling Claude Mills (Vybz Kartel Associate?) a 'for hire-hack'. The statement mentioned that since Busy Signal left Mr. Griffiths management he has been reaping success and that the Mavado association with him has thus far resulted in the artist being banned from countries like Guyana, Bahamas, St. Vincent and was deported from the USA among other things.
They statment also indicated that Kartel has his own record label Adijahiem Records and manages himself and has a business manager for his Daggering Condom and Vybz Rum.
There were also counter allegations that Mavado, according to the statement "spent several hundred thousand dollars to load up several coaster buses in Waterhouse, and Cassava Piece and issued free tickets to his supporters to take them to Jamworld in Portmore?"

It was clear in the statement that these guys have known each other for sometime and because of the feud between Kartel and Mavado things have 'soured further'
It is a sad state of affairs that these guys have let Mavado and Kartel feud engulf them like this, can you imaging the young/old educated and not so educated fanatics what it must be like for them?
We wouldn't want things to get uglier than they have so we appealing for some ceasefire at this time. Calm down take a deep breath and refocus all that negative energy and continue to make music.

source:876radio,one876entertainment

Mavdo, Kartel and Bounty Under Police Probe...

The cops are reviewing the Sting Tape to assess the criminal charges to be laid against Mavado and Vybz Kartel in their recent stint at the Sting 2008 Dancehall Stage Show. The charges are associated with the breaches in the Town and Communities Act due to the use of profanity by the artists.

Well my advice is that they should review the entire sting tape and chances are Mavado and Kartel should have some company where those charges are concerned.
For Mavado this might affect him a little bit, as being an international artist from Jamaica you want to keep the records clean and minimize any interruption with your ability to conduct your dealings internationally. As for Kartel it just keeps the visa etc a bit further.. I'm not sure how much that hurts.

Bounty right yah now probably a keep his fingers crossed, his head angry and his mouth miserable. He is currently under the microscope by the police, which has resulted in his Range being seized and toed earlier this week for reason not very clear at the moment.

The I'm So Special Remixes

You know when a good work of art is done there is no need to mess with it because its good. The I'm So special song by Mavado have gone under a couple of remixes that have (to me) fallen way short of the quality of the original track, though the original track in the end is a bit unusual but I guess thats what makes it special. There is one done with Foxy Brown (Listen Here) that did no justice to the man thing, though it was somewhat formulated as a diss song for kartel and Lil Kim. There is one done with Tru Life as well as more recently with Toni Yayo from G-Unit. These are not as bad the Foxy Brown one but they still didnt do too much justice to the track, these remixes only contributed only one verse in the song and I guess is just one of those underground cameos that perhaps wanted a piece of the Mavado hype tuh.
Even the track On the Rock with Jay Z.. him kinda rough it up a bit, I guess its difficult to match Mavado Melody. We looking forward to see the official video but in the mean time gwaan tek in the unofficial one (Click Here)

Kartel Spent $1 Millon Dollars for crowd support?

There have been allegations that Vybz Kartel had bought approximately $1 million worth of fans to chair him on at sting, who later turned their back on him. It is reported that allegations are coming from Mavado's management team. In a statement put out by the management team it was quoted as saying that Kartel has No Visa, No Manager and No record Deal and was told to continue writing songs and not rely too heavily on the art of DJing. The statement in the same breath stated that Claude Mills cannot manage Kartel, saying that Kartel has switched managers and associates several times and implied to be unstable and should be reconsidering his career at the moment.
The statement also made indication of Mavado's achievement since he bussed in 2006, having won a number of international awards including the MOBO awards, having super star Jay-Z on his album, Mavado had Rollingstone Magazine's endorsement as the most important artist since Bob Marley and he also have several hits on the Billboard charts.
There was also mention of the fact that Kartel lost the clash at Mr. Laing's Sting 2008 because the crowd in the end was for the SingJ Mavado, when Ninjaman asked the question it was clear that Mavado had won and that Kartel made mistakes in saying that he "nyam punnany" and also the fact that it was a David vs Goliath scenario because it was Kartels Territory, the fact that he is a DJ and also acclaimed to be the best lyricists in the business...
... and of course the million dollar allegation...

bwoy... these are some serious allegations.. at the time of this composition there had been no response from the empire camp..
These are the aftershocks of the big event, I think we shall have more..
LAING you BAD to Rass!! ...but if this man can find millions (though jamaican dollars i assume) just fi that sting morning.. him rich... it look like him send back the gun dem to Smith and Weston..LOL

Kartel buil Tune about Sting 2008 Clash

The dust has not even settled yet and Vybz Kartel has already made a song on what had happened at Sting 2008. This is not the first he has done something like this it has been said in the start up of the counteractions and diss songs he heard the tracks from mavado and immediately build a counteraction on the spot, as well as tune about rumours that he had died after the altercation with Ninja man at Sting some time ago..
anyway check out the tune

Aidonia Among the worst Performers at Sting 2008

This is not the first time Aidonia get boo, but im not sure its for the same reasons every time. He has some basic flaws in his stage performance that seem to excluded some rehearsal or a style that is unsuitable for live audiences. We can say he has gotten use to it by now or has he? Though it would be a little bit unfair to say that this was a crowd that was very welcoming and that he had to do some really bad stage work to get boo, the sting crowd is a tuff one and always seem to be in a boo mood. I guess it has something to do with the fact that they had stand and wait and go through over 100 performances... which makes them a bit irritable. But to me the situation was made fueled for Aidonia when;

1) the band didnt work with him perfectly, well initially
2) He cut the songs too short, he started and stop way short (dash weh dat)
3) He was singing too fast
4) He went to diss munga, busy etc..(they are not on the show)
5) Him big up Kartel, Rhyno and Mavado...
6) Too much chatting...

It could be all of the above or one or a few of the them.. but he can take my foolish advice and watch the clip (see a piece of it here) and practice to become perfect...
He can take comfort in the fact that it was not him alone got booed off stage, there were some other terrible performances. ...
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