He is Dancehall’s most esoteric, yet, unconcealed weapon. Daniel “Chino” McGregor is a paradox in plain sight. Armed with potent lyrics, a velvety-smooth voice, street cred, an undeniable mystique that drives female fans wild: Chino is unquestionably a man for all seasons. Chino, who was born on the 12th of February 1983, is the son [...]
Marion ‘Lady Saw’ Hall, born 12th of July in Saint Mary, Jamaica, is known primarily as “The Queen of the Dancehall.” She is the first female deejay to win a Grammy Award and to be certified a triple-platinum artist. She is also the first woman to headline dancehall shows outside her native Jamaica. Marion was [...]
According VP Records, their recording artist Capleton is taking his fire his brand of reggae music to the masses across the U.S., and is bringing label mate Romain Virgo along with dancehall star Munga Honorable as opening acts for his tour. The legendary reggae star and Virgo, a rising singing sensation, both released new albums [...]
(VP RECORDS, NEW YORK) – Reggae star Gyptian continues to sizzle this year as he now joins forces with the iconic Mary J. Blige. Gyptian will be breaking from his tour schedule to join the R&B queen on the England leg of her UK tour. He takes the stage on November 2 at The O2 [...]
Dancehall Reggae recording artist, Esco aka Esco da Shocker is the son of veteran Jamaican disc jockey, Errol ‘ET’ Thompson (former Wailers backing singer, Marcia Griffiths is his step-mom), Esco (Matthew Thompson) is the product of a major reggae bloodline. Esco’s own production credits included co-produced material on nearly every big rhythm to come out [...]
The extraordinary Gappy Ranks is now a part of Greensleeves Records. Gappy has worked with numerous producers and artists in the UK, Asia, United States and Jamaica. His most recent Hit “Heaven In Her Eyes” appeared on VP Records Strictly The Best Vol. 40 and on Greensleeves Records 2009 The Biggest Reggae One-Drop Anthems. He received the 2009 [...]
LOS ANGELES, July28, 2010 – Dancehall Queen, Lady Saw (Marion Hall), has announced the release of her first album since 2007, My Way, due out on September 7th, 2010 through new partnership with Toasting Music, alongside her label Diva Records, distributed by Fontana/Universal. The lead single, Party Till December, is available digitally on August 10th, [...]
Reggae’s aural landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation since 2005 when cultural themes controlled the dancehall as deejays chanted praises to Jah Rastafari and wrote songs to uplift and inspire listeners. Many artists who attained notoriety espousing these fortifying concepts promptly abandoned them when the prevailing lyrical tide took a sharp detour towards graphic violence, [...]
Romain Virgo is one of Jamaica’s brights new voices. Winning Jamaica’s premere music TV competiton, Rising Stars (comparable to American Idol), allowed this talent to work with esteemed hitmakers like Donovan German.
The extraordinary Gappy Ranks is now a part of Greensleeves Records. Gappy has worked with numerous producers and artists in the UK, Asia, United States and Jamaica. His most recent Hit “Heaven In Her Eyes” appeared on VP Records Strictly The Best Vol. 40 and on Greensleeves Records 2009 The Biggest Reggae One-Drop Anthems. He received the 2009 [...]
LOS ANGELES, July28, 2010 – Dancehall Queen, Lady Saw (Marion Hall), has announced the release of her first album since 2007, My Way, due out on September 7th, 2010 through new partnership with Toasting Music, alongside her label Diva Records, distributed by Fontana/Universal. The lead single, Party Till December, is available digitally on August 10th, [...]
Romain Virgo is one of Jamaica’s brights new voices. Winning Jamaica’s premere music TV competiton, Rising Stars (comparable to American Idol), allowed this talent to work with esteemed hitmakers like Donovan German.
O’Neil Edwards, one third member of the Dancehall Reggae group VoiceMail passed on May 26, 2010. It is still very difficult for me to put my thoughts into words as I’ve worked closely with the group from their first hit in the early part of 2000’s. (I wrote their first bio – used to this day [...]
Crooning a seductive plea for just “One More Night” over a bass heavy one-drop beat,
deejay Busy Signal reformatted Phil Collins’ 1985 Billboard Hot 100 chart topper into a
shimmering lovers rock gem and reached the number one spot on several reggae tallies.
VP Records recording artist and crossover success story, Gyptian, is slated to release “HOLD YOU” on July 20.
The biggest unintentional secret in Dancehall Reggae music sinceSNOW is that the fluid sound you hear on tracks recorded by Voice Mail is not the singular range of one singer; but that of a group. Stacked with an abundance of control and timing these three manage to belt out each bar and verse in such harmony [...]
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