Cell Phone Companies Goes all out With Dancehall

LIME.. the telecommunications company is going all out this christmas, dancehall style, to try and regain some market share in the fight against Digicel and Claro. Dancehall music seem to be the medium through which the battle has reached for the cell phone companies. The companies have used dancehall artiste to promote their products this time round. LIME has up it up a bit when they their commercial included top acts such as Mavado, Beenie Man, Cecile and Elephant Man, the company also went gaza as Vybz Kartel ft Russian straight jeans and fitted to LIME products. The other cell phone companies Digicel add features I-Octane, Tifa and Ding Dong whilst Claro is ridding high on Seanizzle's swaggarific riddim with the likes of Mr G...
Sting 2010 this year will be sponsored by LIME .. this is a big commitment by the company showing that it has confidence in Dancehall music to facilitate a mutual exchange that will help both parties, however to what extent? one does not really know.

The top 10 Jamaican dancehall songs in Jamaica...

The top Jamaican dancehall songs in Jamaica...

10.  In loving Memories - gwhizz

9.  My life - i-octane

8.  Realest Meds - Konshens

7.  Stulla - Mavado

6.  Nah sell out  pt 2 - Khago

5.  Dumper Truck - Vybz Kartel

4.  My life - Shawn Storm

3.   Messiah - Mavado

2.  Jim Schreechy - Spice

1. Stronger - Bounty Killer, Cham and Mykal Rose

Vybz Kartel Steps Up To A BENZ?

Kartel in di Benz

Word out is that the most talked about artiste.. and perhaps the most despised from various factions in the Jamaican dancehall music fraternity, Vybz Kartel has gotten himself a brand new ride... no ordinary ride it is. It is said to be a S-Class Mercedes Benz the 2009 version.. and thus perhaps not brand new.
It is not certain as to whether the ride is completely paid for as yet..however bloggers are indicating..how come Kartel has his Benz and Elephants' and Bounty Killers Range Rover are still pounded!! Can the street Vybz Rum be selling that well? with a $12 million dollar price tag...and of course there is the expression that Kartel is perhaps nit investing in his kids as he ought to...
There are comments saying that the DJ does not care much for Jamaica and is deemed selfish..this was counteracted along the line that he might be the only DJ in history that employs 50 people through his Street Vybz Rum factory production. One thing is for sure is that if he got that kind of money we know that he just might invest in a cake soap and AC factory further contributing to the nations economy and his ascension from the dark into the light.

Khago Blowing up the Charts

 Khago has blown up this year with the hit tune "Nah Sell Out" and the few other tracks he has released he has been on the seen since this year, including "nah sell out part2" the most recent being "Want a Search" in collaboration with Beenie man. It has been reported that Khago is now enjoying some good times on the charts around the world, the tune "nah sell out" is said to be number 1 on MTV Africa, the BBC Radio Dancehall chart and is also said to be Number 1 in Japan and Greneda.
Khago is currently busy working in the studios on some new material and is expected to be a number of shows in the christmas season.
Congrats Khago.. keep up the good work.. more Blessing rasta!!

Etana will Release "Free"

Etana

Things are going quite smoothly for the Jamaican reggae diva Etana. Etana recently returned from a successful European tour and is bubbling with delight ever since she got married earlier this year. Etana is expected to release a digital EP through VP records, the Ep will be called "Free"...this digital EP is expected to be released by December 7th of 2010. The full album called "Free Expressions" is expected to be released in February of 2011 under the jurisdiction of VP Records.
Please go support Etana people ..not because the ablum name free.. so support good music..

Aidonia Diss Vybz Kartel in New Song

Top Jamaican DJ Aidonia has made it clear that he is willing and able to clash the likes of Vybz Kartel. The DJ has released a new track called "Nuh Par Wid" on the Tables Turn Riddim produced by Romiech Records. The DJ didn't call vybz Kartel name but from the subliminal content it was obvious who was the target.. with lines like ..."unnu a hol di wrong vybz from da rum deh" ..."u mr bleach face"
The fans of clash music and those representing JOP., the Aidonia affiliated music group, that Vybz Kartel will take the time out and respond because tis the season for such activities, even though Isaiah Laing indicated there will be no clash at sting this year. Dancehall as a culture over the years has always had this element to it

Portmore Empire Duss Medley

Vybz Kartel some how never seem to let up when it comes on to his music production... though its a lot of wasted stuff that shouldn't have come out.. the artiste is perhaps in a mode of serving it while things are hot. Jah Cure is not too amused about the volume of junk being thrown on the market these days the artiste who is enjoying a good stint indicated that the people need to focus one or two good tunes out there and artistes in general should take their time and make quality music... as this seem to be a dying tradition on the Jamaican music landscape now being gobbled up by foreign acts.
This Duss Medley is not too bad.. here we see the resurrection of Jah-Vince and inclusion of the likes of Maxwell in the Portmore/Gaza Empire...
Check out the medley... its not bad ... but Whit man Kartel need a tan ...jah know rasta...cho!!

Beenie Man didnt Show UP

Beenie Man

Beenie Man exposed his disrespect for the judicial system when he didn't turn up for trial on Wednesday in relation to the assault on LA Lewis. The fact that its 'LA Lewis' who can be described as a nut case is pressing the charges against the Grammy Winning reggae artiste, ... Beenie perhaps deem this as a waist of his time.
The trial is rescheduled for January 5 in the coming new year.

Zebra will be Caged for 30 years

Zebra

The Jamaican dancehall artiste called Zebra otherwise known as Garfield Vassell will be caged for the next 30 years with hard labour. The artise was found guilty for buggering and assualting his 14 year old step daughter.
Zebra has been this kind of monster for years and we have given ideas of what to do with this beast... We don't know for sure after he comes out in the year 2040 that he might continue along the same line.. I would hate say I told you so...
On Tuesday the artiste was found guilty of the first count of rape and sentenced on Friday in the St. Catherine Circuit Court to 20 years and on the second count of buggery which he received a sentence of 10 ten years, hard labour was tagged to the years.

Confirmed --NO CLASH at STING 2010

Isaiah Laing Sting Promoter

The promoter of what can be described as the greatest one night dancehall reggae show on earth has indicated that the show, for this year, will be shifting from the traditional format where clashes would be the main course of the evening. Sting 2010 will be subjected to a number of collaborations, love, peace, unity and general friendliness willbe promoted-- something like a Reggae Sumfest perhaps.
Sting promoter Isaiah Laing says he has surprises in store foe the fans of the event and this will not be divulged until the sting launch on November 23rd. Included in the sting package this year would be grouped scenarios like comedy hour, 13 bad girls of sting, 13 Warriors of sting, spotlight and disc jocks.
Great expense and effort will be enforced for the security at the event and Laing indicated step will also be taken to eliminate the drawn out segments of the programme and condensing it in a nice little entertaining package.

Mavado no longer a gangster for life

I say Mavado is no longer a ganster for life. This maybe due to the fact that he has been making efforts to indicate that he is a "good boy" and this image of a good boy was what was taken from him..when he was recently briefly detained. David Brooks was deemed a "bad boy"--a "gangster"---for life even.. But then the big wigs pulled the plug ..rendering the beast vulnerable, hungry and cold. He yearns for the warmth of access to the market that could yield him a sustinance that could fixate to his pension fund and the upkeep of his real estate...a
The dutty babylon lock the good good artiste for a day with that guy called addi di teacha.. in the same cell !!?..and in the process taint him of wrong doing he has absolutely nothing to do with. This completely eradicate the very rooot of the what he and his management team was trying to achieve..
In a recent report the number one singj in Jamaica indicated that his recent string of hits is a testament to his good behaviour, tunes like - nine lives, messiah, coming soon..etc and also contributing to social life by building a library and donating computers to learning institutions..and of course some peace treaty pact with the Portmore Empire don.. Kartel.
Mavado is now considering legal action against the authorities for perhaps making him look like a gangster for life once again, or for the night he spent in the cell.
Sue dem baxide yess...

$5 Million Dollar fine for Payola

Payola is the practice of paying  the player of the music usually a radio disc jock a lump sum to play a particular piece of music, giving it special attention, wheel-ups, wheel and come agains as well as making extra mention of the its production and how the tune bad ans so on and so forth
There will be in the near future a punishment of up to JA$5 Million for persons who act as mercenaries when it comes on to playing music on the nations airwaves. The Jamaican Broadcast Commission is taking steps to enact laws to expel the practice. Payola is nothing new and is always seem to be a taboo topic in the radio industry. For sound system selectas these days no-one is too sure what's the motive for playing a tune more often than the other, is it the selectas affiliation to a group, the selectas being threatened or crowd demand or the plain and simple that tracks are played because they are pleasing to the ear.