CD Review: Various, “Baddis Ting” Rhythm

12.15.05

In 1998 when the Baddis Ting riddim hit the scene it really took dancehall by a storm with some hot tracks including ‘Number One’ by Beenie Man, ‘Jacket’ by Mr. Vegas and ‘Bag A Ting’ by General Degree. This riddim was the creation of Richard ‘Shams’ Browne who was then the in house engineer at Main Street Records.  Read more... (466 words + 2 images)

Who Will Cop Reggae Grammy 2006?

12.15.05

It’s now official! The Grammy nominees were announced December 9 at Gotham Hall in New York City, and glancing at the competitors, the only thing we can say is that ‘the running is tough!’

In the Best Reggae Album (vocal or instrumental) category, the contenders are Burning Spear, ‘Our Music’; Damian Marley, ‘Welcome To Jamrock’; Sean Paul, ‘The Trinity’; Shaggy, ‘Clothes Drop’ and Third World with their album ‘Black, Green & Gold’.  Read more... (522 words)

King Prof’s Hard Work Pays Off

12.15.05

King Prof

With distinct vocals and hard-hitting lyrics that compel listeners to pay attention, King Prof has every intention to ascend to the pinnacle of his career. And his management company Vizion Sounds Records intends to make this a reality.

Clinton Gayle born and grew up in Old Braeton in Portmore, St. Catherine. His stage name, King Prof, was derived from a family friend who thought that young Clinton was exceptionally bright for a 9-year-old.  Read more... (600 words + 1 image)

It’s a “Tough Life” Says Junior Kelly

By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston 12/15/05

Junior Kelly

Junior Kelly recently released his latest album “Tough Life.” The VP Records project comes chockful of enjoyable songs. Among the tracks are ‘Rasta Should Be Deeper’, ‘Touch My Heart’, ‘Hold The Faith’ and Receive’ (which is sitting pretty on the local and overseas charts).  Read more... (529 words + 2 images)

MTV Tempo Launch

10/13/05

The Caribbean will have a very powerful vehicle to promote its music in the form of MTV’s newest channel, Tempo, which will begin broadcasting in October 2005 in select Caribbean territories through a distribution deal with Innovative TV based in St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands.

The 24-hour English language channel will broadcast a wide range of Caribbean lifestyle programming including food, sports and music.  Read more... (617 words + 1 image)

Talk Jamaican: September 12, 2005

“Yuh free paper bun”–you will hear this expression at the ending of any holiday. It means, “your time is up!” Whenever its time to return to school or get back on the job, we signify this by saying yuh free paper bun. ‘Bun in this case means burn.  Read more... (247 words)

Talk Jamaican

August 22, 2005

I hope you have been practicing your patois. Should you ever come to Jamaica I-man want to cool out with you and have a real yardie conversation, seen? Back to the lessons.

Old Dawg ­ From Beenie Man’s popular song ‘Old Dawg’ you could probably guess the meaning of this one and you would be right. A man who cheats a lot and takes pleasure in having girls in droves is referred to as ‘old dawg’.  Read more... (196 words)

Talk Jamaican: July 15, 2005

Missed the lessons? Don’t worry there’s still ways to go. Take out your notebooks and let’s get cracking!

“A whey di rhatid yuh a sey!” – I’m sure a lot of you guys don’t have a clue what this one means. You will encounter this expression when you have just delivered shocking news to a Jamaican. As a means of expressing shock and disbelief they will burst out passionately, “A whey di rhatid yuh a sey!”  Read more... (275 words)