Music 411

Top Dancehall Songs (Week ending October 22, 2010)

2010-10-29T14:30:00.000-07:00

1.'Drinking Rum and Redbull'- (Beenie Man feat. future fambo)
2.'Jeans and Fitted'- (Vybz Kartel feat. Russian)
3.'Nah Sell Out'- (Khago) .
4.'My Heart'- (Wayne Marshall feat. Mavado).
5.'For your Eyes Only'- (Shaggy feat. Alaine)
6.'My Life' (Shawn Storm)
7.'One Man'- (Vybz Kartel & Gaza Slim)
8. 'I'm Ok'- (Beenie Man).
9. 'Messiah'- (Mavado)
10.'Rightful Place'- (E-Dee)

Top 10 Oct. 22 Click to listen to Tracks

Top Dancehall Songs (Week ending October 15, 2010)

2010-10-19T05:11:00.000-07:00

1.'My Heart'- (Wayne Marshall feat. Mavado)

2.'Jeans and Fitted'- (Vybz Kartel feat. Russian)
3.'Drinking Rum and Redbull'- (Beenie Man feat. fambo) 4.'Nah Sell Out'- (Khago)
5.'For your Eyes Only'- (Shaggy feat. Alaine)
6.'One Man'- (Vybz Kartel & Gaza Slim) 'Boss Lady'- (Toya)
7.'My Life' (Shawn Storm)
8. 'Dem a Pree'- (Mr.Lexx) 9.'I'm Ok' (Beenie Man)
10.'Rightful Place'- (E-Dee)

Top 10 Oct.15 Click here for Tracks

Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending October 8, 2010)

2010-10-08T11:54:00.000-07:00

1.'My Heart'- (Wayne Marshall feat. Mavado)
2.'Drinking Rum and Redbull'- (Beenie Man feat. fambo)
3.'Jeans and Fitted'- (Vybz Kartel feat. Russian)
4.'One Man'- (Vybz Kartel & Gaza Slim)
5.'Nah Sell Out'- (Khago)
6.'Boss Lady'- (Toya)
7.'Dem a Pree'- (Mr.Lexx)
8.'For your Eyes Only'- (Shaggy feat. Alaine)
9.'Rightful Place'- (E-Dee)
10.'House Top"- (Mavado)

Top 10 Oct. 8 Click Link to Listen to Tracks

Weekly Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending October 1,2010)

2010-10-04T05:17:00.000-07:00

1. One Man - Vybz Kartel feat. Gaza Slim

2. My Heart - Wayne Marshall feat. Mavado

3. Drinking Rum & Red Bull - Beenie Man feat. Fambo

4. Boss Lady - Toya

5. Jeans & Fitted - Vybz Kartel feat. Russian

6. House Top - Mavado

7. Nah Sell Out – Khago

8. Gal A Mad Ova - Mavado

9. Dem A Pree - Mr. Lexx

10. Rightful Place - E-Dee

Top 10 Oct. 1 Listen Tracks Here

Bounty Killer Charged with Assault-AGAIN

2010-09-27T13:16:00.001-07:00

The Story:

Dancehall Deejay Bounty Killer, was two weeks ago charged with assault and unlawful wounding of his girlfriend of three years, Raquel Smith. Reports are that he used a hammer, chain and bottle of mosquito repellent to beat her. Police also reported that Smith was badly wounded and bruised when she appeared at the station to make the report.

Bounty Killer was granted bail of $500, 000 this morning when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court. He is slated to return to court on November 9, 2010.

My Views
Now really. This is not the first time that Bounty Killer has been arrested and charged for assault, and of a girlfriend no less. Come on Raquel, did you think that the last girl he was with was just running her mouth off when she went to the police to report him, or were you fooled by the fact that she had dropped the charges against him. I don't know what other warning you could possibly need than that. The man called his ex-girlfriend to threaten her life in front of police officers while he was in jail; he's nicknamed himself "The Warlord". Its as if you needed Jesus to come down off the cross surrounded by white doves and shining lights and smack you over the head!

And Bounty, a hammer, a chain and a (i had a hard time not laughing when i heard this part) a bottle of mosquito repellent?! Really? What the hell is going on in your twisted brain exactly. It Kinda sounds to me like Kinky sex gone bad. That's where my mind keeps going because for the life of me I cannot understand it.

In any case, women need to be careful of the men they get involved with. Domestic abuse is real ladies. Chances are, if a man has been charged numerous times for abusing previous partners, or for abusing ladies in general, you are not going to be the exception. Take your safety seriously. Be smart. I really hope Ms. Smith does not drop the charges against him. He clearly needs to understand that this is not something he can get away with.

Return from the Dead

2010-09-27T13:11:00.000-07:00

Hey people. Just wanted to announce my return to blog life. I want to apologize for having gone on such a long hiatus but I will certainly try to keep you up to date with at least the top 10 dancehall songs for the rest of the year. I also want to apologize for the loss of the tracks that I had posted before. Unfortunately, I had my playlists hosted on Imeem and well, they sunk so...hopefully I can keep giving you what you keep coming back for.

Peace.
Musiquediva

Weekly Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending Sept 23, 2010)

2010-09-24T14:15:00.000-07:00

1. "One Man" (Vybz Kartel and Gaza Slim)
2. "My Heart" (Wayne Marshall feat. Mavado)
3. "House Top" (Mavado)
4. "Boss Lady" (Toya)
5. "Jeans and Fitted" (Vybz Kartel feat. Russian)
6. "Rum and Redbull" (Beenie Man feat. Fambo)
7. "Gal a Mad Ova" (Mavado)
8. "Clarks Pt. 2 -Clarks again" (Vybz Kartel)
9. "Nah Sell Out" (Khago)
10. "Dem a Pre" (Mr. Lexx)

Top 10 Sept. 24 2010 Click to listen to tracks

No Sex or Gun Lyrics in Dancehall

2009-02-24T05:02:00.000-08:00

THE Broadcasting Commission took another step in its drive to clean up Jamaica's airwaves by issuing a directive banning music promoting sex and violence.

Read the rest of the story here

Weekly Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending January 2, 2009)

2009-01-03T08:34:00.000-08:00

Top 10 Jan 1

Sorry guys couldnt find a copy of Harry toddler to add to my playlist...

1. "Sweep" (Elephant Man)
2. "Million Dollar" (Vybz Kartel)
3. "Rollin Deep" (Flippa Mafia)
4. "No Games" (Serani)
5. "Burnin, Burning" (Ms. Triniti feat. Beenie Man)
6. "More Money" (Harry Toddler) * no track in playlist :(
7. "Weh Dem A Go" (Vybz Kartel)
8. "So Special" (Mavado)
9. "Yuh Know Fi Wine" (Beenie Man)
10. "Trailor Load of Money" (Vybz Kartel)

Weekly Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending June 27, 2008)

2008-06-29T06:23:00.000-07:00

1. "Nah go nuh weh" (Vybz Kartel)
2. "Gully Creeper" (Elephant Man)
3. "On the rock" (Mavado)
4. "Wine Gal" (Beenie Man)
5. "Money Changer" (Mavado)
6. "The Mission" (Damian and Stephen Marley)
7. "Laptop" (Macka Diamond)
8. "Dancers Anthem" (RDX)
9. "Chiney K" (Mavado)
10. "Falling Down" (Stacious)

Weekly Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending June 20, 2008)

2008-06-20T14:40:00.000-07:00

1. "On the rock" (Mavado)
2. "Nah go nuh weh" (Vybz Kartel)
3. "Wine Gal" (Beenie Man)
4. "Gully Creeper" (Elephant Man)
5. "Money Changer" (Mavado)
6. "The Mission" (Damian and Stephen Marley)
7. "Money fi spend" (Vybz Kartel)
8. "Laptop" (Macka Diamond)
9. "Dancers Anthem" (RDX)
10. "Chiney K" (Mavado)

Digicel's Rising Stars Kicks Off

2008-06-19T22:03:00.000-07:00

Digicel's Rising stars show has kicked off. I've managed to catch the Mandeville leg of the auditions and all i can think is..."i really need to see the rest". There is some decent talent in the top 10. I see about 3 persons with really good voices, who could possibly go on to the top 10 depending on the talent from the next auditions. I wasn't particularly impressed, but then, this is just their first performances, performances without much guidance from any professionals so i wont be too hard on them.

Nehoo, some changes this year. First off Yendi Phillips, Miss Jamaica World 2007, is the new host of the show. Ok Yendi, first off i must say, anybody with a wiki page sell off...LOL I have no comment about her performance, Its early days yet. I don't have much to say yet because i really am waiting for the overall top 10. Lets see how Jamaica votes. Those of you who have read my posts about last year's competition know that i have a serious problem with how voting is done for these competitions.

All i have to say now is Catch the shows Sundays at 8:30 pm and Fridays at 8:30 pm on TVJ. You can watch it online too, if your tv happens to be as biased as mine and wont pick up local stations on Television Jamaica's website They have repeats shows too. I think on Tuesday at 5:30 ( or something to that effect) Thursdays at 10:30pm and another time that i'm gonna have to try and remember. ahm, i'm outy...

Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending June 13, 2008)

2008-06-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

Top 10 (1)

1. Mavado - "On the Rock"
2. Beenie Man- "Whine Gyal"
3. Damion and Stephen Marley- "The Mission"
4. Vybz Kartel- " Nah go no weh"
5. Elephant Man- "Gully Creeper"
6. Mavado- "Money Changer"
7. Vybz Kartel - "Money fi spend"
8. Macka Diamond- "Laptop"
9. RDX- "Dancers Anthem"
10. Mavado- "Chiney K"

As heard on Hot 102 FM

Back from the Dead

2008-05-15T19:37:00.000-07:00

......Well not really. I came to look at my long lost blog. Hmmm its been a very very long time and so much has happened in entertainment. I think what brought me back was the fact that Rising Stars and Green Synergy seasons are about to start again. Well lets see what happens....

What's Up with the Voting Public!

2007-09-19T22:12:00.000-07:00

So far i had been rather pleased with the Jamaican public when it comes to voting in competitions like the Heineken Green Synergy DJ Competition and the Digicel Rising Star Competition. Well, no longer, i'm shocked, flabbergasted even. What has been going on? My outrage stems from two newly received pieces of Information

1. DJ Khemist was voted out! DJ Rohan had about 2000 more votes? HUH what? Did no one listen to their semi-final playoffs? Did anybody listen to the same play off i did? Clearly not. I wasn't even doubtful that DJ Khemist had more skill than or at least displayed his skills better than Rohan. I'm rather concerned, he was poised to go on to the finals. There is at least one consolation; DJ Khemist will be going on to the regional finals as a wild card. So good luck Khemist...did mention the other dj got his votes from only two phone numbers? hmm i wonder what that means? I guess in that case i'm not really cussing the Jamaican public for this one..just highlighting the suggested/ alleged underhandedness of the Other DJ

2. Lenya Wilks is out of Rising Stars? Now this is even more absurd that the green synergy blunder. Lenya has proven at every single elimination that she is better, much better than the competition. She always had the right song, and did it very well. She never once missed! I'm still on shock over this one. Lenya was a shoe in for the competition. Meanwhile, Jodian Pantry is still in? What on earth is going on here. This can't be the same Jodian that for weeks upon weeks delivered below par performance. So she had what, about 3 good performances since reaching th top 10? I mean, seriously people, Lenya is just better, this is pure phuckery. Len

I think this is ridiculous! These competitions need to start having some judge input. Some other things need to be put in place. Like for example, one person can't be getting 90% of their votes from one phone! you know stuff like that! You can't leave it up to just the general public to decide, collectively clearly we not so smart. E.g. some sentiments people had about the results:
- she too full of herself so is a good thing she get vote off
- Anthony never ever find any thing wrong with her so people turn against her for that
Like what the...sigh...

Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending September 14, 2007)

2007-09-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

1. Caan Cool (Chuck Fenda)
2. The Days (Busy Signal)
3. Wine Pon It ( Munga)
4. Tease Her ( Anthony B)
5. Conscience (Baby Cham)
6. Bounce Along ( Ms. Triniti feat. E-Dee)
7. Back It Up (Beenie Man)
8. Give it Up (Beenie Man Feat. Bar-bee)
9. Love is Wicked (Brick n Lace)
10. Dance (RDX feat. Jigsy)

As heard on Hot 102 countdown.

Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending Sept. 7, 2007)

2007-09-10T12:15:00.001-07:00

1. Caan Cool (Chuck Fenda)
2. The Days (Busy Signal)
3. Tease Her ( Anthony B)
4. Back It Up (Beenie Man)
5. Wine Pon It ( Munga)
6. Conscience (Baby Cham)
7. Bounce Along ( Ms. Triniti feat. E-Dee)
8. Dance (RDX feat. Jigsy)
9. Give it Up (Beenie Man Feat. Bar-bee)
10. Set Up (Monster Twinz)

As heard on Hot 102 countdown.

Heineken Green Synergy- Semi Final 1

2007-09-07T13:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry Guys! I totally lost track of the time at about 2:45 and missed all of DJ Rohan's 25 minutes. I Heard the last 3 minutes so i have nothing to give you on that half of the play off.

But I am just in time to hear Khemist, and I'm hoping that the batteries from my MP3 player doesn't decide to go dead...this is me keeping my fingers crossed...
What can i tell you though? As i suspected, Narity got kicked out of from his playoff last week so the other semi-final will be between Dj Trinity and DJ David.

Dj Khemist Dj Rohan

Last week i gave David and Narity nuff props for playing soca. This week, I like the old dancehall that Khemist played. So far, he's doing a good job of mixing and changing from song to song smoothly, songs like "go-go wine" and "heads high" were some good selections. Scratching skills are excellent, well according to me anyway...right? I can see Khemist being a good street DJ, not just a radio DJ. He knows how to keep the vibe of the crowd, as we saw on turntablism on CVM and he works the mic, not too much but just enough to connect to listeners. The switch from Old dancehall to hip hop/rap wasn't very smooth though, it was too sharp and I'm not sure the song that he started with was a good follow from the song he was playing before. He managed to settle into the hip hop/rap segment though with songs from Notorious B.I.G and Busta Rhymes, still staying in the 1990's. This boy got some skills. I didn't hear Rohan play but if he beats out Khemist, he must have got some serious skills, because right now Khemist is impressing me.

Soca!!! Again...Ok...old soca, but that's what the public knows and likes, and that's important for a DJ to survive. Songs like "footsteps" and "stamina" are classics. I like the fact that, unlike one of the Djs last week he didn't just skip from old to new erratically, some sequence, order, some semblance that he knows what he is doing and he played them well, I could imagine being in a soca fete and enjoying the vibe, and I more than any one else is a serious critic when it comes to DJs who play Soca music.

Well his 25 minutes is up and i think he kicked ass! I know none of these Djs personally, all my comments are objective. That said...don't forget to vote guys and listen in on the Blazing 95FM, Fridays 3-4pm for the play offs.

Pressure Kicked Out of Irie Jamborie

2007-09-06T07:42:00.000-07:00

The Story

Performing artiste ,Pressure (Delyno Brown), who was slated to perform at Irie Jamborie in New York, some days ago, was asked by the promoters/organisers . Reports are that Pressure, wasn't pleased with the amount of time he was given to perform and ended up in some kind of argument with the organisers of the show. Well the organisers, it seems, did not take likely to this kind of "disrespect" and actually thrown out of the venue.

Some sources also suggest that Pressure has been banned from New York by some, well "heavy hitters/rollers" in the area.

My Views

Well, Pressure, seriously, what to do about something like that. You haffi respect the people, and them things. If what is reported is true, then I'm rather disappointed but somehow not too shocked or surprised about what happened. Although I'm not particularly "in the know" about what kind of person the artiste is, I'm just no longer surprised by anything any artiste does. They seem to be more and more erratic, and irresponsible, careless even "stupid" nowadays.

In any case, things don't look to pretty Pressure, Love and Affection can't only be for the ladies, spread some love boss.

The whole being banned from New York thing now. Hmmm, I don't know how that go. I can't imagine that Pressure could possibly have acted so badly that anybody of such consequence to be described as "heavy" (according to one source) would give a damn about him. Bigger artistes, in terms of popularity and also in terms of their reputations as "bad man", I've never heard of being banned from anywhere in that manner. So I'm rather sceptical about this being banned thing. Unless of course Pressure a gwann with things bigger than what we know about. Nehoo...That's the news on the street.

Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week ending August 31, 2007)

2007-08-31T15:01:00.000-07:00

1. Caan Cool (Chuck Fenda)
2. Tease Her ( Anthony B)
3. The Days (Busy Signal)
4. Back It Up (Beenie Man)
5. Dance (RDX feat. Jigsy)
6. Wine Pon It ( Munga)
7. Set Up (Monster Twinz)
8. Bounce Along ( Ms. Triniti feat. E-Dee)
9. Conscience (Baby Cham)
10. Gullyside (Mavado)

As heard on Richie B's countdown on 102 FM

Heineken Green Synergy Dj David and Dj Narity

2007-08-31T13:02:00.000-07:00

Today is the last match up in the quarter finals of Heineken Green Synergy Dj Competition. Today we get to hear from DJ Narity and DJ David.

DJ Narity DJ David

According to DJ David his favourite genre to play is between dance mixes and dancehall. Nehoo, I'm listening to him play on FAME FM right now. He gets one stripe from me by starting out his set with soca... although be started out with a song from way back when and then followed up with 2007 hit songs...hmmm, I'm a soca baby and i have my biases so I'll still give him one stripe for the soca. Song selections themselves in the soca section was good still...So I'll give him that much too. The flow to dancehall was smooth still and had vibes, I'm actually bouncing in my chair right now listening to him play. Overall still, I think he did pretty well. Its the first time I'm actually hearing him play.

DJ Narity, cocky in his intro, i guess they all are. According to him, he can't see any progression from previous competition to this, he can take him, he says. Well i'm going to listen now to see.

I'm wrtiting this live. I don't know if the DJs were told what genre's to play, its possible, because Narity started with soca too. In any case, i give Narity 2 stripes, two because i preferred his soca songs to David's. But i think i'm going take back one of those stripes because his set wasn't as smooth as Dj David's. The move from one song to the next sounded like how i sound when i mess around on the console, like i'm just playing the songs i like but not doing so well at cueing it up so that it flows well into the next song. Well not a bad 25 minutes. I'm not so sure who is gonna win this one...I think maybe..hmm you know what, i'll just not give a prediction for this one. Let's wait until next week to see who goes on to the next round.

See you next week. Don't forget to listen in on FAME FM on Fridays at 3-4 to hear the DJs, and dont forget to vote guys.

News Snippets

2007-08-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

Foota Hype in lock up for charges of illegal possession of gun and amunition. His court date is set for September 7th, 2007

Yendi Phillipps is Miss Jamaica World 2007.

Reggae Carifest, a flop. Small crowd turn out. Gay and Lasbian Alliance against Defamation protested Buju Banton and Bounty Killer being on the show.

Its alleged that Bar-Bee's life has been threatened by a Female entertainer in Jamaica.

Attempt made to kidnap Chuck Fenda in Bahamas. Bahamian police claims that the promoter behind the kidnapping is prensently in police custody.

Lyrics to Lovindeer's Song about D'Angel and Beenie Man

2007-08-28T14:33:00.000-07:00

I had promised you the lyrcs to the song in my previous post and here it is...Enjoy...I sure did

Some gyal a bad gyal wicken gal
nuh tek them fi toy
bunning any man dem kill and destroy
murder your vibes mek you feel like a flop
mine you ge heart attack

Well, you buck a hot gal and
you check seh seh nice
is anext man ting but you still want a slice
tek the ok cause you never think twice
now you must pay di price

you tell the whole world that is not a little fling
that you fall in love and have big white wedding
now you find out she have a next man a farrin
God know, you waan reverse di ting

how come you claim seh you big and you broad
how come da bun ya ketch you off guard
how come you claim seh you a old dog
how come you neva have a watch dog a yaad
Oh God
Gal bun wicked everytime

Some gyal a bad gyal wicken gal
nuh tek them fi toy
bunning any man dem kill and destroy
murder your vibes mek you feel like a flop
mine you ge heart attack

Everyman want him own earth angel
loyal, sweeter than tongue can tell
my yute treat her well
or you will get heart attack when she decide fi rebel

when man gi him earth angel bun
that bad an nuh so bad a suh the earth run
when the angel gi di man bun
its a Killa, relationship done
getting di bun is not a sin
but it no respect no one, Doctor or King
you bex tek back yu furniture and ring
well let me tell u something

a one new girl you need fi find again
around the street, up the lane and round the bend
girl who love u fi u self and not u title
i dont know why some girls like bunning so

Me a beg you
Moses find a new gem
brand new girl galang go mad dem
and kill the whole a dem
MOses find a new gem bran new girl...

But memba me seh
bun is a ting some girl give alot
bun nuh kill man nuh care how it hot
next a gal seh a one man she got
you betta find out if a you she a chat
next time you meet a gal weh look nice
memba pretty looks along can't suffice
before you run in you haffi tink twice
just tek me advice

Take your time to know her
its not an overnight thing
take time to know her
dont you rush this thing

Some gyal a bad gyal wicken gal ....
And the lyrics go on, yes it goes on.

Top 10 Dancehall Songs (Week Ending August 24, 2007)

2007-08-27T10:42:00.000-07:00

1. Tease Her (Anthony B)
2. Back it up ( Beenie man)
3. Caan Cool (Chuck Fenda)
4. Dance (RDX feat. Jigsy)
5. No Man (Monster Twinz)
6. These are the Fucking Days ( Busy Signal)
7. Wine Pon It (Munga)
8. Drop Dead (Elephant Man)
9. Gully Side (Mavado)
10. Bad From Me Born ( Munga)

As heard on Weekly Countdown on Hot 102 FM

Lovindeer In On the Beenie/D'Angel Saga

2007-08-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

"Wata come ina me room
me sweep out some wid di broom
the likkle dog laugh fi see such fun
and di dish run away wid di spoon"

These, the words to possibly Lovindeer's most popular song, a witty commentry that followed the passage of Hurricane Gilbert. Well Lovindeer strikes again, this time his object of interest? Beeni Man and D'Angel controversy. I barely heard all the words of the song this morning on Fame FM's Trivial Pursuit show, but it was hard to miss the point of the song. I can't remember the lyrics but it basically said Beenie Man need to go find another angel. I promise to get the lyrics for you, but for now just bear in mind that Lovindeer came out of his hiatus from music to sing about the estranged couple. What a calamity, can you imagine. In any case seems we will be hearing about the couple for a little longer. Beenie, D'Angel, not worry, No press, is bad press.