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Words by Jesse Serwer—
Hello yello!!! Today is the 41st birthday of one Rodney Price—Bounty Killer. But the Warlord/5-Star General isn’t sailing off into middle age quietly. His latest movement sees him team once again with dancehall dude-of-the-moment (and this year’s Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night headliner) I-Octane on a new riddim from Markus Records.
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Words by DJ Theory —
Welcome back to another stacked edition of Mixtape Mondays. Big vibes from the UK, Germany, NYC, Jamaica, and even a quick ting from yours truly add the pepper this week. Serve yourself below.
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Words by DJ Theory —
I-Octane just unleashed the brand new video for his wicked single with the warlord himself Bounty Killer titled “Badmind Dem A Pree,” and it should be a big one. Octane has made his views on badmind and jealousy quite evident through a string of singles the past few years, however this collaborative effort from the OG—sounding sharp as ever— definitely hits the mark, reminding anyone who might be keeping too close a watch of the team that they always see dem a pree. Pree for yourself below, but maybe keep a few yards distance if yuh know what’s best…
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Words by DJ Theory—
German bad boys So Shifty are back with more heat, this time touching on some tropical moombahton territory for the club/pool (or both, if you’re lucky). They’ve been casually reworking tunes from the likes of Major Lazer, Busy, Kartel, TOK, U-Roy, The Very Best, the yours truly-produced single with Jahdan Blakkamoore and too many more, and for this they flip I-Octane‘s big summertime dancehall tune “We Love The Vibes” in a whole new direction yet again. With Toddla T and Young Lion already running it on their BBC Radio 1 programs, this moombahton/dancehall crossover should start catching on very soon and no doubt become a summer favorite, in a similar vein to the Major Lazer “Party Shot” remix. Download the ting below, IT SICK!
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Words by Emily Shapiro, Photo by Alex Markow, via Rolling Stone—
The annual Best of the Best concert during Urban Beach Weekend in Miami (or what’s known as Memorial Day Weekend to the rest of the United States) is perhaps the only major U.S. festival where we see the stars of dancehall share equal billing with their hip-hop counterparts. While rappers like Meek Mill, Fabolous and Fat Joe topped this year’s bill, prime time was also reserved for I-Octane and Mavado, who recently signed to DJ Khaled’s label, We the Best, and LargeUp favorite Mr. Vegas closed the show, Shaggy, Serani, Chris Martin, Demarco, Marcia Griffiths, Admiral Bailey and other Jamaican artists also performed, while LargeUp friends Walshy Fire and Jabba were among the concert’s many hosts.
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Words by Jesse Serwer—
We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled Mixtape Mondays programming this week to bring you a very special world premiere slash public service announcement.
