Vybz Kartel – Go-Go Club [mp3]

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the best thing to do on a Friday nite iz to hang out with Vybz in a go-go club
Usain Bolt and hot mammas might show up as well

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Buju Banton – Regular Ting [mp3]

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somewhere in the middle of putting out his new album Rasta Got Soul Buju Banton broke off a version on Truckback Records Clutch Riddim with Regular Ting

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this is just a quick reminder
cos we care about you guys
as we mentioned few days ago
Terry Lynn teamed up with Johan Hugo of Radioclit/The Very Best
to make a free digital EP called It Was Written
celebrate the worldwide influence of Jamaican music
waste no time brothers and sisters
bring some Red Stripes for us as well and start the party

Reggaeton artist De La Ghetto & Dancehall artist Mavado come together for this joint. Filmed in Casava Piece, Gully Side, and The Market in Kingston. Let’s move the APC HQ to Jamaica.

Terry Lynn ‘s second video is way less violent than the first was. While the System was filmed in a slaughterhouse, Kingstonlogic 2.0 is is an unapologetic documentation of modern urban life in Jamaica. Street party, bike stunts n stuff. Great vibe!

Known to the world as Mavado or more recently The Gully God, the singer behind the eerie wails of Anywayyy! and Gangsta for life! is back with the Monsta hit So Special. For a thorough discussion of this song and the Unfinished Business riddim, take a look at Eddie Stats' Ghetto Palms column
from last November, or just bask in the deep blue glow of the Gully
God's life of bathing in sexy ladies and driving Lamborghini holograms. [via FADER]

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After several weeks of hype, promos and controversial photos being revealed, Vybz Kartel and Spice 's official Ramping Shop video has been released on the Miss Independent Riddim. This is one of the biggest riddims in Jamaica right now. Catchy, cheesy, explicit. So you will luv it ;)

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This short documentary from director Adam Glickman, seen here in an early rough cut and not available for sale, explores the history of Jamaican sound system and dub culture. The film uses interviews with Paul Simonon (the Clash), DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and more to explore the roots of this music and the influence it has had around the world. [via Pitchfork.tv]

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Terry Lynn‘s new video was filmed at a slaughterhouse in rutal Jamaica. During the two days that this video was filmed seven animals of the slaughterhouse was killed for their meat. During the same two days nine Jamaicans lost their life to violence. So this is a very important problem to talk about. If you see only the violence and the blood in this you are seeing it wrong. However don’t watch this if images of violence and blood are disturbing you. System is taken from Kingstonlogic 2.0

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