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Words by Deejay Theory —
Wake the town and tell the people … another big week of Mixtape Mondays is at hand with a rare and major session from the controls at Radio Lily, plus one drop from SF and a sanctified time capsule from sound systems past. Haul and pull up pon a Monday.
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Words by Raine Martin—
Major Lazer flew down to Kingston to film a 90s-style street dance video, complete with Busy Signal on mic, Walshy Fire on the ones and twos, and Diplo and Jillionaire a pose-off with some bashment girls, for their latest banger ‘‘Watch Out for This (Bumaye).’’ Some highlights from the behind-the-scenes footage they’ve leaked in advance of the Jay Will-directed video’s release next week: Walshy Fire in his oversized Shabba outfit, Busy Signal’s ghetto-gold sequin shirt, and Diplo nervously getting a local haircut: “You ever cut white dude blonde hair before?”
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
It looks like Josef Bogdanovich’s Downsound Records and producer Skatta Burrell plan on launching a full-on ’90s dancehall revival. Fresh from rejuvenating Ninjaman’s career with the Don Gorgon’s best new music in about 20 years, Downsound has just issued “We and Dem A War” from Ninja’s one-time rival Mad Cobra, on the same barebones, Skatta-produced riddim as Ninja’s “Dawg Nyam Yuh Supper.”
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
Alcohol consumption in the Caribbean isn’t just about rum, domestic beer and the occasional imported stout. In recent years, vodka, whiskey and even tequila have become seemingly as popular as overproof in some quarters, at least with the younger crowd. We were surprised recently when we inquired which rum brand a certain Caribbean music star known for his overproof rhapsodies would prefer to drink at a meeting, only to be met with a request for Ketel One.
