The iconic Mr Vegas hosts a birthday takeover full of legendary 90s and 00s dancehall.
‘Juggling Riddims’ is a musical Jamaican tradition where producers challenge vocalists to pen and sing lyrics over their beats, resulting in some of the biggest dancehall hits (Rihanna’s ...
Sian and guests celebrate ten years on BBC Radio 1Xtra Sian is joined by special guests as she concludes her celebrations for ten years on 1Xtra.
The dancehall owls are still at it ... When the drum and bass blasts from the bass-bin speakers, the contrapuntal riddims are so loud and declamatory they resound in my chest.
The Recording Academy is gearing up for another exciting year, with first-round voting now open for the 67th Annual Grammy ...
4 20 Matic – Masicka Dancehall kingpin Masicka rode into the new year with the hit-laden album Generation of Kings, which was released last December via Def Jam Recordings. However, by June ...
Producers and labels with enough resources would likely shell out money to cover sampling costs, but younger and newer artists may have to rely on other riddims—or come up with something new ...
NEW YORK - It was the interview I've been wanting to do for nearly 3 years, and now it's happened--an on-camera conversation ...
Ghana's self-styled king of dancehall has built a highly successful career on the Jamaican sound. He has numerous awards under his belt, a huge number of releases and legions of adoring fans.
A landmark lawsuit brought by two Jamaican producers raises difficult questions around the legal ownership of the dembow riddim and the cultural ownership of reggaeton as a genre. Isabelia Herrera ...
He explains: "Though there are a variety of digital reggae styles spread throughout the riddims, the lyrical content is more closely related to punk or roots reggae than dancehall." All the tracks ...