NEW ALBUM FROM VYBZ KARTEL HITS ITUNES SEPTEMBER 22ND
Vybz Kartel is perhaps the most talked about man in Dancehall--a captivating figure noted just as much for his supposed rivalries and alleged personal controversy as he is for his suave but brazen delivery, racy content, and sharp lyrical agility. His latest album Pon Di Gaza, slated for release on iTunes on Tuesday, September 22nd, gives listeners a totally different perspective; an in-depth look at the man behind the myth.
Released on the Adidjahiem Records/NotNice Records label, Pon Di Gaza is a complete portrayal of the life and times of Adidja 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer. Tunes like the Billboard-charting single "Ramping Shop" featuring Spice, "Virginity" featuring Indu, and "Like a Movie" give audiences the flashy "vybz", while new singles like "Teardrops," "What You Won't Do for Love," "Can't Frame Me," and "Yea Though I Walk" gives personal testament of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of Adidja.
"The exclusive tracks were done late last summer, and reflects the mood of what I was going through at that point in time," states Kartel. "Detained in jail without just cause, relationships between my baby mothers and myself--each with a different outcome, the death of a good friend...real life situations. I think my fans will love to get personal with Kartel, so this is their chance."
Since his initial introduction as deejay (emcee) in 2002, Kartel quickly established himself as one of the most domineering talents in Dancehall. That same year, he was crowned Deejay of the Year at the Stone Love 30th Anniversary celebration. In 2003, he nearly topped the Billboard Reggae charts for the most singles sold, coming in second to Elephant Man.
Crossover singles like "Tekk," "Gun Session," and "Ramping Shop" have earned Kartel international recognition, in addition to collaborations and remixes with Hip Hop and R&B stalwarts like Jay-Z, Rihanna, Missy Elliot, M.I.A, Pharrell, Kardinal Offishal, Akon, and Jim Jones. In recent years, he has been nominated for Source, VIBE, and MOBO awards.
In 2009, Kartel has had six number one singles in Jamaica: "Last Man Standing;" "Million By A Morning;" "Ramping Shop" featuring Spice; "Mama;" "Dollar Sign;" and "Completely" featuring Indu. In addition, he scored two international hits with "Ramping Shop" debuting on the Billboard Top 100 Singles charts, and "Dollar Sign" being in regular rotation on popular urban stations in the U.S. This year he was also recognized by the EmE (Excellence in Music and Entertainment) Awards for Song of the Year, Lyricist/Songwriter of the Year, and Male Deejay of the Year.
Pon Di Gaza is slated for release by Adidjaheim Records/NotNice Records on iTunes (www.apple.com/itunes) on Tuesday, September 22nd. The album's production credits include Ainsley "NotNice" Morris, Lenburgh "Leng" McDonald, Jordan McClure, and Tarik "Russian" Johnston.
ALBUM TRACK LIST
Virginity (featuring Indu)
Ramping Shop (featuring Spice)
Like A Movie
Life We Living
The World Turns
You and Me Baby
Get Wild
Ghetto Youth
Teardrops
Gangsta Love
Martin Luther King Speech
What you Won't Do for Love
Can't Frame Me
Forever Young
Want My Weed
Yea Though I Walk
Love at First Sight
Posted on September 18, 2009 12:43
lawd - mi just ago sit back and read the 'posts' wey folks ago mek.
Posted on September 18, 2009 12:49
dem ring cuda squeeze them finga tight dem cuda guard up SMH head shot u a get!! PEE PEE NECK!!
Posted on September 18, 2009 12:58
GAZA MI BL**DCL**TH SEY........di badmind PU**YHOLE dem cyaan stop yuh.....all weh dem ah try eeh naaawww work yuh ah di real man round here.... YUH AH MI BABE....GAZA TO DI FLIPPN WORL.
Posted on September 18, 2009 13:43
F**k kartel n f**k gaza.....alliance to di bl**dcloth world
Posted on September 18, 2009 13:48
Mi caw wait fi get my copy
Posted on September 18, 2009 13:51
Some ppl ignorant u f**k.. i scoff @ some of the comments ppl make bout gaaza/gully/alliance. Why waste time bad mouthing sumone wen it naah mek u richer or poorer..dix.
Posted on September 18, 2009 14:01
alliance run de f**kkin world.kartel s**kk punny.nobady naa buy him album
Posted on September 18, 2009 14:04
gaza mi seh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on September 18, 2009 14:27
This album has some great songs,I wish it all the best
Posted on September 18, 2009 14:28
GAZA GOVERNMENT dam it, GAZA runing the planet no waste time. GAZA STR888!!!
Posted on September 18, 2009 14:40
MI KNOW 100,000 DAWGS A BX WEH CAAN WAIT FI DEM LEGO DI GYAL BUM . A CRAZZZY TING . GAZA WORLD MI SEH
Posted on September 18, 2009 16:29
Gaza mi and mi massive dem a seh!!!
Posted on September 18, 2009 17:07
Dam some a uno dark and fool sah .... SMH
Posted on September 18, 2009 19:54
Yow, now mi naa sat gaza narr gully, but mavado a get a fight when kartel a shine..you no see it? i my money mi waa mek ya now if go shine 2.... beside a long time kartel fi beat this b*tch....pan the money train mi youth,,,,
Posted on September 18, 2009 23:36
but wen it buss wey it aguh sell? dem can download it free pan the net so kartel only aguh get jamaican dollars fi dat but if him codda go international maybe he wodda be ah better success.me cant see y him waan sell album ah yaad an cant get wat it value, dwl, like me fren sey cah maybe its shit. me wish him all di best wid di 90 to 1 bills even tho ah gully me sey, me still rate di lil devil worshipper but alliance ah wey me tan
Posted on September 19, 2009 01:35
yo mi ago be di first man fi support mi artist...nd buy mi copy...u kno how long we A WAIT
Posted on September 19, 2009 03:31
well a kartel time some people kno like it and a bad mind di ting like bounty killer movado had his time and never buss one youth pond di gully killer alone help di youth dem dats why me rate kartel cause him help out di youth dem
Posted on September 19, 2009 09:21
all a uno weh a catch f**kery fi truc off when vado a mek him money and deh pan foriegn show wid b*tty man no man no say sh*t and now when gaza ting set dem come a chat shit.. uno nam sh*t from county to county.big yard\gaza govament
Posted on September 19, 2009 10:55
GAZA MI SAY
Posted on September 19, 2009 12:12
Watch di guard ring LOL..him cant tek it off fi a second real devil worshipper.. nah stop bun out di likke hell bwoy
Posted on September 19, 2009 12:16
SOME WEBSITES WILL DO ANY THING TO FIGHT OUT KARTEL ENTERTAINMENT AN REALITY 2 DIFFERENT WORLD PEOPLE THAT DON'T GO TO OTHER COUNTY IS NOT CIVILIZES KARTEL TRAVEL AN LEAN SO ADDI NUH GIVE A F**K GAZA MI SEY
Posted on September 19, 2009 12:54
gaza run di world
Posted on September 19, 2009 15:29
Addi mi daddi Brooklyn and the whole 90's waitin for the album son a GaZa wi seh a wah do some fool mavado can't even right him own songs bun gully GaZa to the werl!!!!!!
Posted on September 19, 2009 16:01
alliane mi seh killer adi boss alliance run the world,hell boy mi want a thing gwan fi yuh on this album cause fi deh yah and nah fly is a hell of a thing do yuh thing gaza man but memba a wi mek yuh career
Posted on September 19, 2009 23:57
Alliance/Gully mi seh but mi wish Kartel the best wid him album. Everybody fi mek money.
Posted on September 20, 2009 11:40
Mi rate both artistes fassy and c8ck sackers, how unuh stupid so, badd f**kin man round eh....go f**k unuhself
Posted on September 20, 2009 15:55
As Usual ppl ago bad mind di TEACHA so it go
but the thing made an error,7 number ones TEACHA get from year start,"GET WILD" reach number one on Hypetv charts earlier this year,they should check their source before they write stuff
GAZA FOR LIFE
Posted on September 20, 2009 17:31
U knw sumth? nuff a unno a run down gaza nuh knw sh#t bout music. unno just love chat. The world knw a Alliance mi seh. Music bigger than both gaza and Gully. Kartel u dida me dj when u did deh inna the Alliance. Wa mi a seh is, hope the album sell off. Every man can eat a food. Look how the r*ss thing big! eeh? me seh Gully and u seh gaza, y mi must want kill u cause me and u nuh c eye to eye? Jamaicans drop tht, we look fool fool. Gully mi seh! gaza U seh.
Posted on September 20, 2009 19:49
yuh done know how di ting set...di man ease up wid di killing song dem..stop pre di negative side a him and staat pree di positive...apliance(aliance) mek him career yes but him bigga dan di whole a dem now..str88....GAZA mi seh
Posted on September 21, 2009 09:08
All the persons getting all heated bout 'gully mi seh', 'gaza mi seh' & 'alliance mi seh' pls note the gully god's statement about 2 weeks ago on TV & I quote - "Vibez Kartel's 'Money pon mi mine' song is mi favourite song right now, cuz it a say just how mi feel". So unnu gwan mek a fool outa unnu self bout gully/gaza/alliance. David Brooks & Adidja Palmer r no Rodney Price (lol)...is str8 money making ting dem deh pan, not no personal thing. I really do believe that if Mavado didn't link so closely with Bounty he wouldnt have so many enemies, but making enemies is just Bounty's nature & if u r close to him that will be the nature of ur life. Mi happy fi both Kartel & Mavado - a fi dem time now.
Posted on September 21, 2009 11:07
yo a gaza mi sey straight. d man prove himself and gone now so only him can stop himself. gully god a mi singer and mi born pon d gully but a gaza mi thing dey
Posted on September 21, 2009 11:20
Mi nuh loyal to nuh man, i'm a big fan of dancehall music-from neutral point of view-is not every song tht gaza does is great and is not every song tht gully does is great-i always respect an artist who writes they own songs
With Vibes cartel abilities-he's going be around for a long time coming
but i don't know for Movado!
Posted on September 22, 2009 13:57
addi yuh ad di"boss" an let mi seh dat again yuh ah di "boss".
Posted on September 22, 2009 14:00
gaza worll
gaza government.
big up di sand-man kru outta lakespen. gazaaaaaaaaaaaa
Posted on September 23, 2009 16:03
I real Love Kartel,Espeacial his Dirty Musis
Posted on September 23, 2009 22:36
well i hope it is has good has some of the tunes that he does i cant wait to hear do you think teacher
Posted on September 29, 2009 11:40
gaza mi seh to d fukinnnnnn UNIVERSE A WHE D F**K DO DEM. KARTEL U A D BOSSSSSSSSSSSS DEM CAH STOP U. FLAVACHICK SEH DAT.........
Posted on October 5, 2009 17:34
why does vibz kartel say ''russian'' or ''hey russian'' in some of his songs? i dont get it? who can explain? ..
Posted on October 23, 2009 08:57
Gaza mi seh
Posted on December 1, 2009 11:13
GAZA TO DI BL**DCLAAT WORLD TEACHA ADI MAN.GAZA GOVERNMENT.MAJA SEH DAT.
Posted on December 23, 2009 16:37
Gaza mi seh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i