Beenie Man one of Jamaica's longest reigning dancehall artiste continues to top international and local charts, Beenie seems to be on a never ending hold of the top.

The 'Doc' scorching single 'Wine Gal' is in the #1 spot on the New York Top 30 Reggae singles chart also copping the #2 position on South Florida's Top 20 singles chart, it has also allowed him to gain his first #1 single for this year locally on the Hype TV's Top 20 singles chart which it kept hold for six weeks also spent three weeks on top of the Richie B's Jamaica Music Countdown Chart and RE TV Dancehall chart which is still maintaining a hold in the top ten position on all three charts locally.

Jamaican selecta Rolexx is taking his career to the next level. Rolexx has become more and more popular in Jamaica as well as internationally as a member of the Bembe Squad and since Bembe is now an international party phenomenon with regular dances also in Grand Cayman, Fort Lauderdale and Japan. Rolexx and the other top selectas who are part of the squad are sought after all over the world.

Rolexx will be leaving the island to head to Tokyo, Japan before the end of July to sign a management deal with the Japanese company MIWA. He is currently reviewing this major contract with his lawyer. MIWA also represents the new act Mccowan as well as various Japanese artistes. The company is starting to work with Jamaican talents due to the amazing popularity and success of Jamaican reggae and dancehall in Japan. Especially dancehall and street dances are very popular and Jamaican artistes, selectas as well as dancers tour Japan regularly.

“Digicel’s People’s Choice Award Winner 08”

Its fashion week here in Jamaica and D’Angel is certainly moving to the beat of fashion. She is the proud recipient of this year’s Digicel’s People’s Choice Awards at the recently concluded The Style Observer Awards 08, held at the Tera Nova Hotel in Kingston. D’Angel is a ravishing, statement making, and style making female whom is honored to master the art of fashion and continue to turn heads with her luminous abilities. The other nominees were Miss Kitty, Busy Signal and Yendi Phillips (Miss Jamaica).

Hot New Releases

D’Angel has release a brand new track called “Stronger”, produced by Sonny Spoon. She said “This song reflects my personal struggles over the years and it is a song that was written to include my personal feelings as well”. In addition, there are other new releases in rotation that have been heating up the local airwaves, some of which includes "Nah Guh Nuh Weh” (Black Pearl), “High Intensity (Fresh Ear), Hustling Ladies (Ward 21), Real Gangsta (Chester), Talk is Cheap (Kings of Kings), and Don’t Hate (Snow Cone). Contact the local radio stations to request any of the songs listed above.

Royal Palm Estate - Acting Career

Season 26 of one of Jamaica’s most watch television series, Royal Palm Estate features some high profile celebrities and artistes alike. Episode 6 will feature D’Angel in her first appearance on screen as an actress. D’Angel plays the role of Rainbow, whom is the host for a TV program called “Over The Rainbow”. Episode 6 will air on CVM TV this Sunday June 22 at 9:00 PM, with a repeat broadcast Wednesday nights at 10:05 PM.

Danielle a.k.a DI has released her latest single, Ready Body, a high-powered collaboration with DJ Karim. "The single has been released to most radio stations and I am getting positive feedback so far. I will be shooting the video for Ready Body soon, and the concept is going to be mad. I am on track to have a great summer," said Danielle who shot into public attention with the popular highly-suggestive single, Beat It, last year.

Danielle also gained some amount of notoriety for the single, Man Weh Mi No Want which straight-up dissed fellow female deejay, D'Angel. Truck Back records has again joined forces with DI to produce another hot track titled; Get out of my life; on this track the singjay emits bottled feelings, she allows us to see a little more of her true persona. Danielle is definitely ready for this summer with quite a few local performances which include Reggae Sumfest's dancehall night.

Da'Ville keep rising, he has now stretch his talent to the 'Mother Land' Africa. He now has a number one song on the Kenya's Top 40 Reggae Chart with 'Dreaming' - the song is on the 1-9 rhythm produced by Jamaica's famous Robert Livingston from the Big Yard label.

His latest single 'Yesterday' continues to do justice for the singer's career.

It is positioned on Richie B's Top 20 Reggae Chart at #1. Ascending to #8 on Hype TV Top 20 Singles Chart and #2 on RE TV's Top 20 Reggae Chart. Entertainment pundits are predicting that, at the pace the song is moving, in a couple weeks time it could be in the top 5 position on all major charts.

The single and the video are enjoying heavy rotation locally and internationally.

Da'Ville has a rather hectic schedule of activities slated for the month of May. On, May 3 and 5th he will performing in Grenada and Antigua respectively, with all the other events slated for the US. May 10, he will be in Washington, DC, and then on Sunday, May 11 it will be at the Queen of The Sea event in Queens, New York.

Hot Dancehall girl group MBC (Make Boyz Cry) is getting ready to release a brand new single titled "Busted" produced by none other than their multi- platinum award winning manager & producer Computer Paul. MBC (Make Boyz Cry) has already enjoyed a fair amount of success with other singles such as "Short A Nuttn" & "Real Bad Man" on Computer Paul's Boot Camp label. However the group is very excited about "Busted" because of the level of impact the song has already created in the streets, it has been receiving a lot of support from radio stations and sound-systems island wide.

Tongues have been wagging about busted none stop as the song is quickly catching on especially among female fans, because of its lyrical content. The song unfolds almost like a Jamaican roots play, "Busted" is basically a telephone conversation between two women about the man in their life. As expected the conversation is filled with harsh Jamaican realities, controversy, drama and humor. Computer Paul recently contracted the services of video director Andrew Val for the making of a music video in support of "Busted". The video was shot at various locations on Red Hills road in Kingston and will be released to cable and television stations locally and abroad early next month.

RDX has reached another milestone after successfully achieving 2 number one singles consecutively, nominated best on Duo/group of The Year, and making a debut entry on the New York singles charts. The Duo is now officially signed on with Universal Japan to produce their first album. Universal Music Japan (Umusic Japan) is a subsidiary of the US based Universal Music Group (UMG). It is the largest record label in Japan. Universal Music Group has a 25.5% market share and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi. The one album deal with possible options was sealed by RDX Publishing Company Jamdown Music based in the UK, is still untitled and will feature 14 tracks including popular songs such as Dance, Everybody Dance and Dancers Boom as well as two bonus cuts.

Now reaping some fruits from years of hard work dedication and commitment, the very organized and business like duo have been strategically putting various plans in place, setting goals and meeting deadlines to ensure future success.

Cherine Anderson's 'Dancehall Soul' sound has made an impact and helped to create a new standard for up and coming Jamaican female vocalists. In only two years she ignited our flames with "Good Love", turned up the heat with "Coming Over Tonight", and set ablaze speaker boxes with the lyrically potent and heartfelt "Kingston State of Mind". Cherine has written and collaborated with some of the best in the business and performed on world renowned stages. For those eager for more of Cherine Anderson, she's got something for you - a FREE mixtape entitled Street Anthems - made especially for her fans.

The mix (a FREE download through www.cherineanderson.com), is a 36 minute musical journey and offers new recordings of previously released hits as well as several unreleased songs. Hosted brilliantly by Rory of Stone Love, Street Anthems also features appearances by other artists including: Wyclef Jean, David Rodigan, Britney Spears, Sly & Robbie, Peter Gayle, Chuck Fender, Desdamona and Carnage.

Street Anthems is the first of its kind by a Jamaican vocalist. When asked about the inspiration behind Street Anthems, Cherine responded, "Street Anthems is really my gift to the streets; the ghetto, the people who really can't afford to purchase cds. I make my music for all people and I want them all to share in the experience."

The Street Anthems mixtape also serves as an introduction to the Summer 2008 release of Cherine's highly anticipated debut album.

Dancehall’s only deejay Assassin has been rampaging the dance halls of the Western world. In March, he has already done quite a few performances and has a very important one, coming up on Saturday, March 22.

“I’m heading to Tobago, and even though I’ve been in the business for five years and I’ve had hit songs over there, it’s going to be my first time performing in Trinidad and Tobago,” Assassin stated excitedly. “But one advantage I have of making a good and lasting first impression is that I’ve now been doing this for five years so I’m closer to perfecting my craft.”

Assassin’s appearance at Magnum’s Follow Di Arrow on Saturday, March 1, has left many talking of his “superb” performance. The artiste is pleased with this review as he has invested great time and energy into his performance skills and delivery. “I’ve spent time studying it (his craft) to improve it and I always want to make each performance better than my last,” he said.

OutAroad.com - Break Out Artiste For The Month of March

By: The Spokesman

Continuing the March Break Out Artist of the Month Feature on Reggae singer / songwriter Etana, OutAroad.com felt it was time to see what the self styled "Strong One" was like, live and direct in the streets on an average day. So on Friday March 7th we travelled with the empress singer as she made several scheduled appearances in and out of town.

The first stop was at the Digicel Call Center in the business district of New Kingston where Etana accompanied by her Road Manager Lerone Chutkan payed a surprise visit to the staff of mostly telephone customer service representatives who after a prior choice survey select her from a poll of Dancehall & Reggae artists. Warmly embraced by the staff Etana shared in a few laughter and smiles, before she began signing autographs and taking pictures with fans and well wishers. After spending some down time with the workers as a show of gratitude Etana was presented with a LG CHOCOLATE slide cell phone and off she went to the next stop miles away in the southern parish of Clarendon.

Musical artiste, actor and reality TV star Ky-Mani Marley continues his press campaign for his latest album Radio. Ky-Mani will appear on two nationally televised programs the week of March 10.

On Monday March 10, Ky-Mani will appear on NBC/Telemundo's show called "The Shuffle". The show will air at 5:00 PM (EST). "The Shuffle" is a hip, fresh look what's going on in the world of music and mun2. Hosted by resident VJ Pico, the show is shot from the Telemundo studios in Miami.

On Thursday March 13 Fox's Happy Hour with Cody Willard and Rebecca Gomez welcomes Ky-Mani for a one on one interview. Fox's "Happy Hour" is described as a new breed of news show, where a younger version of "Regis and Kelly" meets "Cheers" with the breeziness of “Entourage." "Happy Hour" will air at 5:00 PM (EST) on Thursday, March 13.

I-Octane recently received recognition at the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards for his music video Stab Vampire and his latest video Poverty seems set to follow in the same direction.

This is definitely one of the best music videos for the longest time. Poverty takes a sharp look into ghetto livity, it cuts to the core as it identifies the cause and consequences through cleverly inserted blurbs. This gripping social commentary zones in on real issues that contribute to crime through a pictorial portrayal and I-Octane tops it off with his soothing empathizing voice in the background.

The video since its release has been permeating the local cable and television music video programmes and is receiving some good feedback.

It could be one of the contributing factors why the single Poverty which was recorded on the 83 rhythm has now shot its way on the Hype TV Top 20 Singles chart at # 18.

Incidentally another single, Queen Ifrica's Daddy Don't Touch Me There was also recorded on the same rhythm and that song sat at the number one spot for four weeks. It's left to be seen whether I-Octane's Poverty will follow the same path.

Tarrus Riley continues to make waves internationally with two of his hits; She's Royal and Lion Paw consolidating his positions as an international reggae star.

She's Royal still maintains a presence on the international scene tearing up the local charts, Tarrus Riley has the number 3 spot on the BBC 1 Xtra charts while his Pull It Up Selector collaboration with Jimmy Riley maintains its number 2 position.

On the local scene Tarrus still hold the position as one of the most popular reggae artiste. His new track Lion Paw is moving up the Richie B reggae chart and is now at number 14.

EUROPE TV

The video for Lion Paw has been added to VMX TV, Channel U, Ben TV and Mus Flash & Bunch TV.

The video for Protect Your Neck has been added to VMX TV, Channel U, Ben TV and Mus Flash & Bunch TV.

The video for Lion Paw has also been featuring on Reggaefrance.com.

MySpace.com will exclusively debut dancehall superstar Shaggy’s new Hype Williams directed video “What’s Love” featuring international hitmaker Akon on Feb. 20th, 2008 at 12PM PST (3PM EST). The 20 times platinum reggae icon contemplates leaving his girl for all the wrong reasons while Akon adds his silky smooth chorus on this track off Shaggy’s latest album Intoxication (VP/Big Yard). The legendary Hype Williams, also known for his works with Kanye West, Beyonce, Jay-Z and Missy Elliot, perfectly complements “What’s Love” with his colorful and bold direction. The video premiere will also be coupled with a special behind-the-scenes making of this high concept, high fashion video.

Shaggy recently performed this burgeoning hit off his critically acclaimed release on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and now the reggae/dancehall single is currently receiving the most U.S. radio airplay for its genre.

Intoxication “merges catchy choruses with deep, fluid growls landing like smart bombs over irresistible beats” (Village Voice), and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Reggae charts. People magazine raves club smash “Church Heathen” “ingeniously intermixes dancehall riddims and Gregorian chant.”

2008 is off to a great start for Jamaica's beloved reggae diva Nadine Sutherland. Her critically acclaimed album Call My Name (released last May) is up for two Canadian Reggae Music Awards. The popular lead single, "Big Tingz", has been nominated for Best Reggae Single - International while the full album (produced by Kenroy "YahBreeze" Archibald and Nadine for Eight76 Records) is up for Best Reggae Album in the International category.

Nadine, who is headed to South Florida next week to perform at the highly anticipated Evening of Love & Togetherness Concert, was thrilled when she got word of the nomination. "Call My Name is such a special project, and when I see it being recognized I am happy. We never had a big budget like a lot of other labels and producers, not a lot of the big promotion dollars, so we have just really worked hard to let people know about Call My Name and get to hear the album. The response to the music is true and sincere, so I am thankful".

U.S. Based entertainment company New York Entertainment Movement Inc was formed in 2003. This company is a lifelong dream of its President Wayne A Gordon and, who hails from the parish of Manchester (Jamaica). He started out in the music business as a promoter in the early 90's when he moved to live in the Jones Town area of Kingston. While living in Kingston he promoted several dances with the popular "No Retreat, No Surrender Promotions" featuring sound-systems such as Stone Love and Metro Media. Over the years New York Entertainment has successfully staged various events both in New York and Jamaica, working with sound-systems such as Stone Love, Metro Media, Bass Odyssey, Young Hawk, Top Secret, Black Kat among others. The most recent event staged by the company was, the annual Unity Is Strength family fun day and stage show, on April 1, 2006 in Comfort, Manchester.

The company also owns and operates a subsidiary called New York Entertainment Movement Records. Both entities are operated by Mr. Gordon and his wife Lorna Channer-Gordon who came on board in the capacity of Vice President in 2006. She brings to the team 14 years of valuable marketing experience garnered while working with companies in Jamaica such as Courts Jamaica Ltd, Jamaica Observer, Jamaica Lottery and Jamaica Cultural Development Commission.

There is no taming this lady diva of dancehall. With her biting lyrics and lethal performance Spice is holding her own on a stage that is dominated by her male counterparts.

In December she enjoyed a busy season as she passed like a tornado through the events leaving total devastation in her wake. Events such as Riding West, Sting, Island Explosion and Tivoli Jamboree saw her in all her element as she had the crowd in frenzy as she “talk up did tings dem!”

The New Year, January 1 saw the trend continuing at Unity Splash where she took total control of the crowd and showing exactly why a lot of female DJs have to think twice about tackling her on stage!

Negotiations are now in the works for her to go on a European tour with Baby Cham and Pinchers and she is ready!

Currently Spice has some songs that are hitting up the scene right now and these include ‘Whoa’ on the Old Axe riddim, for Truck Back label, ‘No Gal’, ‘Dun Out’ on the Dem Gal Smitten for Ward 21, ‘Goody Good-Ho for Natural Bridge and ‘Up Inna De Light’ on the Gear Box riddim and this one debut at #19 on the Hype TV top 20 singles chart. Also look out for the premiere of Dem Gal Smitten medley video with her hot song ‘Dun Out” feature in it.

Busy Signal
Kingston, Jamaica: Intense dancehall artiste, Busy Signal, is once again at the top of every teen's list. Signal has been nominated in four categories at the first annual Youth View Awards. The nominations he received are for Favourite local music video with the hit song "Jail", Chart Topping Song with "Jail", Young, Hot & Hype Personality of the Year and Celebrity Role Model.

"It's an honour to be nominated in all those categories and no matter whether I win or lose, I just want the teens to know I'm thankful", says Signal.

The Youth View Awards are a true reflection of a youth's view of artistes that were their favourite in 2007 and who they consider to be young, hot and hype. The teenagers will vote for their favorite in each category and the winners will be announced on February 2 at the awards show to be held at the Courtleigh Auditorium.

Busy will also be performing at the Youth View Awards after party at Cuddyz in New Kingston.

By: Christopher Icey Jace Campbell
OutAroad.com Writer

It's unofficial until announced by the Hon. Prime Minister Bruce Golding but make no mistake February is strongly being hailed as the month to celebrate Jamaica's most prominent cultural genre REGGAE in all its glory. Still only the first week of the New Year and already activities are being planned for the Irie month, the most significant of which will without a doubt be the inaugural staging of the .

Now less than two months away the Awards Ceremony slated to unfold on Sunday February 24th at the National Indoors Sports Centre is fast becoming the talk of the Music fraternity. Why; The answer is simple - because for the first time ever in Jamaica such a distinguished and prestigious ceremony will highlight and award the creative excellence of Dancehall and Reggae Songwriters, Producers, Vocalists, Engineers and Video Directors based locally and abroad.

An initiative of the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam) the Award ceremony will break new ground as over 30 deserving individuals will be presented with an award stemming from four major categories - Reggae, Dancehall, Gospel and finally a General category that will host nominees of the - Best International Dancehall/Reggae Artist and the Best Music Producer awards with the other two sub categories Most Popular Artist and Most popular Song being determined by public voting.

(New York, NY//Kingston, JA) 1, January 2008) Operating as a true independent record label, Gargamel Music, Inc., is especially proud to announce that our founder and CEO - Jamaican music icon Buju Banton, ranked a cool #8 on Billboard magazine's Top Reggae Artists chart for 2007. His critically acclaimed album Too Bad, which actually dropped on September 12, 2006, slid in at #12 on the publication's Top Reggae Albums chart for 2007.

Billboard's charts are based on a combination of sales and airplay in the United States. Banton's first pure dancehall project in over a decade, Too Bad held court on their Top Reggae Albums chart for 37 weeks. The album's smash single "Driver A" also steered it's way onto the Billboard Hot 100 R&B & Hip-Hop Songs chart for six weeks, peaking at #75.

Back in Jamaica, Banton is presently heating up the local charts with a one-off dancehall gem "Tell Dem Don't Follow" (Heart Of Love), which moved up a notch this past week to #4 on Richie B's weekly Jamaica Music Countdown on Hot 102 FM. Also starting to make waves at home and abroad is the tough new Buju tune "Cowboys" on the classic rub-a-dub 3 Blind Mice riddim.

Assassin and Sadiki

Assassin has just wrapped shooting his latest video for the song Money Machine which he recently recorded with Sadiki on Assassin's own Board House label.The video, shot on location at Advidco Studios in Kingston, was directed by Julia Braham.

The video for the song Money Machine features Assassin emphasizing his wealth and ability to buy anything he wants, cash even Portmore. In the video Assassin thanks the music for giving him the wealth and also to buy whatever he wanted without stress. He also uses the video to show off the his fruits of hard labor.

A buzz is currently on the streets of New York surrounding the hot new rap sensation Lil Lion, who has teamed up with Barbee, well known for her hit collaborations such as Missing You with Junior Kelly and Paddy Cake with Beenie Man. 12-year-old Lil Lion and Barbee have recently written and recorded the new track: Age Is Just A Number produced by Ingoma and Daine 'Jimmy' Clarke for Mel-Shar Entertainment of New York.

The track, Age Is Just A Number, introduces Lil Lion to the reggae market and demonstrates his lyrical competence as a Deejay. As a rapper Lil Lion has shown quality beyond his years, which has already earned him the admiration of both fans and members of the Hip-Hop fraternity. Now reggae fans have the chance to see him hone his skills in this genre.

Born in New York, Lil Lion claims reggae heritage as his father, a Jamaican producer who migrated to New York in the late eighties, has had considerable influence on his musical tastes.

The Billboard 200 was in a state of flux this week, as every album in the Top 10 fluctuated by more than 100,000 units this week, but when the dust had settled, Alicia Keys came out on top and had the second-best-selling album of the year so far. Alicia Keys managed to sell 742,000 copies of her new album, "As I Am", according to a report from Nielsen SoundScan.

With the almost three-quarters of a million albums sold by Alicia Keys, this has been one of the best weeks for the slumping music industry this year. Not only did the nine-time Grammy Award winner outsell the competition this week, but the first four albums of her career - Song in A Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys, Unplugged and As I Am - have now all accomplished that feat. Alicia Keys is now the only female solo artist, other than Britney Spears, to have topped the Billboard 200 with the release of their first four albums. Alicia Keys' "As I Am" is now the second highest-selling album of the year, behind Kanye West's "Graduation", which sold a whopping 957,000 in its first week of release in September.

With Alicia Keys holding the top spot this week, Josh Groban managed to move up to second spot on the Billboard 200. Groban's holiday album, "Noel", shot up from sixth place last week to second place with 223,000 copies sold. That increase in sales also allowed Josh Groban to beat out Celine Dion's first album in four years. "Taking Chances" debuted in the third spot on this week's charts, as Dion's latest offering managed to sell 214,000 copies. In fourth place this week, "Now 26", the compilation album that never seems to end, managed to move 208,000 copies this week. That beat out Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Hits", which fell from third spot to fifth spot on the strength of 204,000 copies sold.

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WAYNE MARSHALL is at it again, after blazing radio airwaves this year with songs like Cocky, Astronaut, Who & Dem, Smoking and his most recent release Pot Holes.

The Alliance DJ will finally be putting out his second solo album soon. Marshall who has been having a great year was recently present at a photo shoot for an upcoming December 23rd event and had this to say on what fans can expect the second time around. “Well I'm working on my second album, in the studios with Steven McGregor, Jam Two, Delly Ranks, Left Side and Esco as well. I'm also doing work with various producers right now but the album is the thing that’s number one on the agenda so mi kinda a take it to them more to the street, create the buzz and get everybody calling the name and anticipating the project and then we can eventually drop the album probably some time next year. We working on tracks with Sean Paul right now in the studio for my album that’s going to be hot, but it’s not finished yet. The same thing for Junior Gong - me and him have two prospective collaborations in the works which I’m looking forward to, me and Tessanne Chin is going to be rocking on the album as well, plus me and Chino did some hot stuff recently. It’s a whole heap a work, I'm just going to do a lot of hot songs and scale down to make sure the album is an All Star cast when it actually comes out”.

It is official: Teenage Choice Awards’ Female DJ of the Year, Macka Diamond, has severed all ties with her former representative, Ray Alexander of Khool Booking Agency, and has now formed her own entertainment company, DiamondDistrict Ja. Macka Diamond, whose real name is Charmaine Munroe, says there are no hard feelings, "a jus progress and growth, we cyaan stay inna di same place all wi life, what would we have accomplished?”

Macka talks strong and backs it up with action. She could very well be the busiest female Dancehall artiste out there right now, and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.

Just recently an official ceremony, attended mostly by officials from the National Library of Jamaica, was held in Macka Diamond’s honor at their East Street Premises, in which a copy of her spicy novel, BUN HIM!!! was signed over for preservation as a piece of Jamaica’s Cultural History.

That same day she attended a book signing at the Mary Seacole Hall on the Campus of The University of the West Indies, after which she performed at a Aids Benefit Fundraiser in aid of a family affected with the HIV virus, at The Student’s Union.

Christopher “Icey Jace” Campbell
OutAroad.com Writer

After 10 years in dancehall industry Ward 21 has a lot to say about the industries progress. As a production / DJ group the mad, sick, crazy trio of Suku, Conley and Mad Dog has an extensive catalog of work that dates back to the late 90’s when King Jammy’s started teaching them the art of Production. While interning at Jammy’s they worked with veteran acts like Sanchez, Morgan Heritage and Blacka Uru with a host of other artists benefiting from their high energy riddim compositions that followed in the impending years. Now taking their music to another level Ward 21 has been broadening their focus by bringing new talent to the mainstreams. Young singjay’s like Tifa, Natalie Storm and Timber Lee are among the groups top protégé’s now based at the Natural Bridge Studios on Dumbarton Ave, Kingston. The group is working on a new album to be released sometime next year but will leave in a few weeks for a pre Christmas tour of Europe that will run until early December. Ward 21 spoke with OutAroad.com about current happenings and past accomplishments.

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You guys currently have a brand new riddim out strictly for the girls, gimmie some details.

Ward 21 (Suku)
“Aright well you have a ting called Dem Gyal Sit’N zeen, of the artists featured on it you have Tifa, Timber Lee, Lady G, Lady Saw, Natalie Storm, Cecile, Stacious, Ms. Ting um… that’s about it.

The biggest unintentional secret in Dancehall/Reggae music since SNOW is that the fluid sound you hear on tracks recorded by Voice Mail is not the singular range of one singer; but that of a group. Stacked with an abundance of control and timing these three manage to belt out each bar and verse in such harmony that it is easy to be mislead.

It truly takes a skilled ear to initially distinguish the different voices. A shared destiny and ambition has bonded these three singers: Craig Jackson, Kevin Blaire and Oniel Edwards together as one group. Performing as a unit for the last 5 years, the three have remained as the final legacy of Voice Mail. Their debut album Hey was released in January 2006, and has sold over 100,000 copies in Japan certifying it Gold.

Cherine Anderson will top the list of local performers at the One Night Only Michael Bolton concert, hosted by CVM and Turn Key Productions on Sunday November 4 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.

The soulful singer/songwriter is expected to captivate the hearts of the audience with a mixture of reggae, dancehall, soul and R&B, including Coming Over Tonight with Chuck Fenda and her most recent single You and me against the world. For Cherine, “as the only female billed for the show, I feel blessed to be given the opportunity to showcase my brand of music, on the same stage as the accomplished Michael Bolton”.

This talented performer has recently completed her first international tour, opening for the “rhythm twins” Sly and Robbie. She also had the privilege of performing on some of the shows as a featured vocalist. The fifteen show tour took place along the US West Coast, with four stops in Canada.

Dancehall has seen its recent share of emerging stars, but few have shined as brightly as Assassin. Versatile, wicked and wild, this young deejay has embarked on a journey akin to none. He somehow manages to do the impossible by rapping gully-style lyrics to hardcore riddims, while sidestepping the violent, drug-infused lyrics that are popular in the genre.

With his new studio effort Gully Sit'n now in stores (VP Records, August 2007), Assassin has been enjoying tours in Japan, across the U.S. and Caribbean. He's also been privileged to be on some of the hottest remixes of the year. He will be appearing on Elephant Man's new album Let's Get Physical due out on November 6 on the Bad Boy label, for his collaboration with the Energy God on the Five O remix. He also lent his unique chatting skills to one of the most-played pop tunes on American radio this year - Sean Kingston's Beautiful Girl remix.