The Star of Jamaica’s #1 Dancehall Film, “Shottas” Spent The Past 10 Years Mastering His Masterpiece
August 26th, 2010 – Miami Beach, FL – August 31st marks the big day when Spragga Benz digitally releases one of his greatest creations, “SHOTTA CULTURE” on iTunes. Some may wonder, what is ‘Shotta Culture’? So we went straight to the source for answers. Spragga Benz stated, “It is the culture that I live, the culture that I’m from. I call my album Shotta
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Deejay Chuckleberry who scored a top ten hit last year with Good Life, is currently on tour in Canada. The series of shows, which began last Saturday, is set to continue for another week.
“The tour kicked off with three performances at the Mystic Mountain music festival. After that, I have a couple of other gigs all over Canada, the promoters have already confirmed three of these shows and there may also be more in the works, so I cannot determine how
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(Kingston, Jamaica 18th, Aug 2010) Any artiste who chooses aliases must never forget that a name is as relevant to its character as the lyrics. Over the years we have seen the positive and negative effect aliases have on characters example, Assassin (the character) is probably one of the most respected Dancehall artistes there is, he’s responsible, consistent and a true Dancehall star but the name (alias) does not fit the character and certainly have not created opportunities other artistes have benefited from such as working with corporate entities. On the other hand an alias can be very effective, it can become a brand and sells the character such as the alias, Vybz Kartel. The character is creative and trendy and has become one of Dancehall’s most influential artistes. Aliases distinguish the character and identifies with their lyrical content.
Ace reggae artiste Jah Cure and Rickman ‘Jamplified’ Warren of Jamplified records last week teamed up to shoot the video for the hit single Never Say Never which was released in February of this year on the Stonehenge Riddim.
Warren decided that instead of being traditional and doing a video for the reggae version of the song, he would do a video in techno or as he puts it in ‘Techno-Color’. Warren believes that this video will only help to bring new audiences to reggae music: “We
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The launch of Alrica’s online store was announced on August 4th, 2010. Fans and supporters who are eager to be among the first to receive Alrica’s highly anticipated CD, This Time Round-The Untold Stories, will now be able to pre-order this item online. The online store is linked to from the website www.alrica.net and offers Alrica’s CDs, music downloads and merchandise.
Alrica’s vocal style is a unique blend of rich soul and reggae fused with jazz and hip hop. Her debut CD, an EP entitled This Time Round
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Fresh from his Canadian stint, Dancehall singjay Wasp has shot and released a new video for his current chart bubblers ‘They Say’ and ‘Nothing Nah Gwaan’ the latter featuring DASECA’s first lady Raine Seville.
‘They Say’ produced by Park To Park Music was inspired by some recent turn of events experienced by the deejay and Wasp being a creative genius decided to put a positive spin on it, hence the song.
The video which exudes a very natural feel minus all the flashing lights, over the top wardrobe and make-up was directed by Janelle Dyer with editing credits going to Willo. Shot throughout the thoroughfares of the Kingston and St. Andrew Metropolis, the medley video sees cameos from D’Angel, I-Octane, G-Whizz and Zip FM’s ZJ Liquid. Since premiering on local television a few days ago the response has been tremendous and an intense promotional campaign is expected to follow.
