LMAO!!! Best opening Ever by ZJ Sparks. Sparks seh “A Ustream mi waa dis go pon enuh, mi have mi ting, mi have mi tings!!!”…Woooii!!! :-)

Anyhow, Tifa does a hot hot set. I just love her flow!!! And shi cute in her likkle shorts, dont it? Cant wait to see ‘Certified Diva’, it was launched last night so check back soon to see it here.

Big up to Supernova Video and Audio Productions. The stuff coming out of there is PROPER!! Go to their Facebook page and click the LIKE button or wait in the video below to get their videos right at your fingertips. And the video dem go haaarrrdd!!!

OMG!!! I got crazy goosebumps watching this!!! When talent like this shines I remember how great the human capacity and life is. And all I can do is be human and shed tears.

The first time I felt this feeling was in prayers at Andrews one morning when DEMETRIA was on stage singing. If you went to St Andrew High School Jamaica between 1997 (the yr this kid was born) and 2002 yuh gone way outta dis world, YUH LUUUUUUUUU-NER if yuh dont know Demetria!! You know the girl with the KILLLAAA voice and that we always figure more or less was Marcia Griffiths family (still dont know if this is true). But that morning when Demetria sing bout Jesus, nah lie I was ready to dip and come up and bawl out halleLUUUUUUlah. Yes mi bawl in prayers dat morning and I nuh really mix up with no Jesus business, so you know that shit had to be powerful.

Anyways, the first note likkle yout hit here reminded me of Demetria! His voice is harrrddddd, and the piano skills……..:: insert your favorite bad word here::::

I mean….jeeeeeeeezzz….what makes some people go so hard???? Cause you can tell the youth is feeling it,is living it, IS that piece of music.

He does sound like Gaga for tru dont it!! But with the piano and the passion Greyson Michael Chance(dubbed LITTLE LORD GAGA) is THE CHAMP!!

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NAS and DAMIAN MARLEY perfoming at SXSW Showcase in TEXAS, March 2010

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Been searching for the meaning of ‘Kalonji’ for a while. Here’s what I found: Read the rest of this entry »

"EEK", she said "A Mouse!"

That “original style” included elements of “sing-jaying,” an early form of toasting (boastful catch phrases, singing and DJ work) mixed with funky vocal gymnastics and effects. Mouse’s contribution to the genre was a percussive, nasally vocal style, and a talent for using his voice as a musical instrument that moved The Boston Globe to call him “the Al Jarreau of reggae.” Much to his chagrin, Mouse has also often been called the originator of “sing-jaying.”

“I don’t know why they call me that,” said Mouse, chuckling. “Maybe … it’s a good vibe. Maybe a good vibe is what they feel, you know? Using my voice as an instrument … (it’s) just what I do, you know?

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Agent Sasco is in great form! I think he is what dancehall OG’s would be proud of; enough of the mickey mouse pop dancehall shit, Assassin is realness!!!!

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Last night I witnessed something that I’ve never seen felt before. I’ve seen Jimmy Cliff make the song cry time and time again, but at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction the Legend was close to tears as he invoked his Grandma and the family that made him the man, the creative genius, that he is.  His place in our culture is far greater than just music; ‘The Harder They Come’ propelled him to be an ambassador for our entire heritage. Don’t get it twisted, none of this is by chance or luck, it us the character that comes with Cliff that conquers all.  So much is this man filled with that other countries have adopted him and made him their own. He didnt forget to call on those who helped him along his journey, Desmond Dekker, Chris Blackwell and more.

Go on Jimmy, We are Proud of you! If Half your strength would be given to us we would be good!

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Vinci giving a wicked performance in Negril

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Nearly every part of the world is exposed to reggae music but dancehall on the major global radar is still an upcoming practice. Here is a dancehall party that you missed if you were in Poland these past weeks. The show starred the touted “Pimps of Dancehall 2010″ – Splendid Sound, Jasna Liryka, Silesian, Junior Stress, Dreadsquad

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Badu at Jazz Fest was Hit or Miss… Either you were screaming for her or shouting for her to come off the stage. One of the most intense experiences for me!! Her music is so powerful and her performance was really the sultry, woman-around-the-microphone-with-her-drink, jazz experience that I love her for!!!

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Billy Ocean at Jazz n Blues 2010

Legendary Pop Star Billy Ocean wooed all the Caribbean Queens in the audience with his timeless hits. Ocean was born in Trinidad to Grenadian parents and grew up in England, but as of Jazzfest he became an honorary Jamaican and apologized for taking so long to return.

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Lisa Hyper and Queen Paula clash onstage at the Settlement held in St Thomas, Jamaica this weekend. Who do you give the win to

No one can do it like Ms Adu and her band

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Sade stopped by “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday to promote her new album “Soldier of Love” with a performance of its title track.

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Watch this interview and performance of Sade on the Today Show recently.  She jokes about staying out of trouble which refers to her 1997 arrest in Jamaica for speeding away from the cops.

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This song is no doubt BET and MTV2 ready!!!! ‘Vado and Stacious can take this one global mainstream if dem have the means and the teams to shub it out. And seeing that it has the mark of Big Ship records (yes, Freddie McGregor’s big ship is still sailing on the ocean with his children Shema, Chino & Steven as the prodigious fresh faces of dancehall/reggae 2.0) I think they can get some proper airplay in the states. All if dem remix it and throw a hot rapper or 2 on it… MAAAAAD!!!!

Amidst talk of Mavado being robbed a second time in Canada (while in studio recording dub plates in Scarborough, Ontario), he and Stacious put on this blazin performance

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