New Patterns in Dancehall Music: Daggering and “Lock The Block” It’s no secret, music has always been a copycat business. As soon as one particular style, pattern, chord progression or piece of equipment becomes popular, everyone else hops on the bandwagon to try and emulate the success of the creator. I used to loath this [...]

Top 25 Reggae albums of the decade – JamaicaObserver.com The top 25 reggae albums for this decade — which ends December — was dominated by Shaggy but other dancehall artistes ranked highly, according to a list compiled by Splash. Topping the list was Shaggy’s 2000 release Hot Shots which sold over ten million copies and [...]

Jamaica: Cool in the Caribbean “No other island in the Caribbean is as beautiful or as productive,” said Grace Elmore from behind the bar at Richmond Hill Inn, a colonial lookout-cum-eyrie owned by her family since the 1960s. It rises high above Jamaica’s Montego Bay. “There is so much to see and do: beaches, mountains, [...]

Ele wants $5m to clash with Flippa Elephant Man says he is willing to clash Flippa Mafia at Sting if promoter Isaiah Laing is willing to pay him $5 million. At the launch of Sting on Tuesday night, Laing said Elephant Man was running from a lyrical face-off with Flippa Mafia and, as a result [...]