Jun 19, 2013
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Posts tagged: Beenie Man

LargeUp Premiere: Beenie Man + Kantana’s “Hustlas” Video

Words by Jesse Serwer—

Khabir LargeUp

Producer Khabir “Kabs” Bonner of Grillaras Productions just sent over the new video for “Hustlas (Redzilla Remix),” featuring the King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, and the considerably lesser known Kantana. The tune itself is a bit of a departure from the roots vibes we’re used to hearing from Khabir/Grillaras, blending house and dancehall vibes—turns out the original riddim is a collaboration with the more club-minded Teetimus. Roli Brown’s video, meanwhile, brings some trippy visuals to match. Watch below:

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Bomb A Drop: Watch Busy Signal’s “Everybody Turn Artiste” Video

Words By Sherman Escoffery–

Maybe it was the five months that Busy Signal spent incarcerated outside of Jamaica which made him reflect on how many waste individuals he had to coexist with in the music fraternity. After dropping the throwback style “Come Shock Out,” Busy appears to be on a personal mission, with his new single “Everybody Turn Artiste,” to leave an indelible impression on Jamaican music, and also to clean out and displace these individuals masquerading as artists and clogging up the music pipeline with irrelevant noise they think is music. The line, “What a disgrace in the music fraternity, right now the music needs a surgery” is a harsh truth many are afraid to say in public about the current state of dancehall music. In this uptempo criticism that is also potential dance anthem, Busy does not spare the payola-demanding radio jocks, or the producers of the noise, either.

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Throwback Thursdays: Skratch Bastid on Beenie Man’s “Memories”

Words by DJ Skratch Bastid
Beenie Man Memories (Stop Live in the Past)

Something slightly different this week on Throwback Thursdays. Toronto turntablist DJ Skratch Bastid traces the roots of Beenie Man’s “Memories” back to soul man Jerry Butler and shows how the Chicago R&B scene of the ’60s and ’70s has had a profound influence on music in Jamaica, and how that same Chicago-inspired reggae has made its way back to the U.S. through some classic samples. 

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Toppa Top 15: Edward Seaga Selects 15 Jamaican Music Classics


Words by Edward Seaga, Daddy Lion Chandell, Donald Clive Davidson and Roy Black—

Edward Seaga Golden Jubilee

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King Back: Watch Beenie Man’s “Dweet Again” Video

Words by Emily Shapiro, Photo by Martei Korley—

For many of us, Labor Day weekend is full of excitement and stimulation. There’s parties and parades and then Tuesday hits and we are forced to face the reality that we are not living in an infinite Carnival. If you are experiencing this kind of slackness withdrawal, get your fix with the King of the Dancehall’s new video. Beenie Man, who plans to release a new album later this year, has just released some visuals for his latest track “Dweet Again” on the Mercury Riddim, produced by Chase Millz and Jah Snowcone. Beenie’s made some classic videos over the years and this one, directed by Ras Tingle, taps into that tradition, mixing vintage and current party scenes as a statement on the staying power of Beenie’s style and music. Check the video below, and stay tuned for what will no doubt be a dope album:

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Zagga Zow: Happy Birthday, Beenie Man

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley—

Thirty-nine years ago today in Kingston, Anthony Moses Davis was born. To mark the occasion, we’ve dug out this never-before-seen image of Beenie, with his Audi SUV (someone else must have had the keys to his Bimma that day), by LargeUp creative director/co-founder Martei Korley, and six of our favorite videos from the King of Dancehall. Simma!

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