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Beenie Man Turns Over a New Leaf

Dancehall artist Beenie Man changed his name to No war with Bounty Killer Again. Beenie Man has been focused creating a positive outlook and positive music and claiming there won’t be any further war between him and his longtime rival Bounty Killer. Beenie Man has further claimed his rival is a thing of the past. There was a recent clash between both artists in Negril and they were trading insults with each other through their songs. Beenie Man originally bashed Bounty Killer about Lollipop song remake featuring Gabriel. Beenie Man also informed the STAR newspaper that his new name was also Ras Paradox and he’s getting ready to release a set of new songs under his new name and he’s currently reinventing himself. Read more about Beenie Man Turns Over a New Leaf

New Reggae Music News

Vybz Kartel voice has been heard in his prison cell all the way to the outside world. While he’s in a Jamaican jail awaiting trial for murder he has managed to create and release new music. Vyba Kartel has a new riddim called “Me a Pree.”

Current Reggae News

The news pipeline has exploded with lots of reggae news for the last several weeks. Surprising news that yesterday, December 29, 2011, Hassidic Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu reportedly kicked a photographer in the face during a concert. He allegedly broke her camera's flash in the altercation. Matisyahu was performing at a festival in the Brooklyn area. This was one of Matisyahu's first shows since he shaved off his trademarked beard. He shaved off his beard He said that he snapped when he saw the photographer. Matisyahu shaved his head and cut off his beard as a way of personal rebirth and religious reasons. He posted a picture of the makeover on Twitter but has been refusing to discuss why he made such a drastic change and his reasoning behind it.

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Reggae Artist Collieman Album Review

Album title: Asham Meets Collieman – The Same Blood

Artist: Collieman

Label: Majestic Records

Release date: October 24, 2011

Track List:

1. Smile

2. Mama of Devotion

3. Open Your Eyes

4. Loving You

5. Drama Queen

6. Creation of Stardust

7. Cyaan Stop Us Swing feat. Saimn-I

8. Conscious Dread

9. Let Us Get Funky

10. Open Your Dub

11. Creation of Stardub

12. Devotion Dub

13. Conscious Dub

Ziggy Marley Coming to Los Angeles

The holidays are coming and so are the concerts for full enjoyment of the upcoming new year of 2012. There are many upcoming exciting concerts and events to come and one in particular is Ziggy Marley. He is coming to the Los Angeles area to make a public appearance on November 19^th and headline a concert on December 17^th. Ziggy Marley is son of famous reggae superstar Bob Marley. His father made the sound of reggae famous and although he is no longer with us his legacy has continued to live on forever. Including his newest album Wild and Free, several of Ziggy Marley's best albums Tomorrow People, Welcome to Jamrock, One Bright Day, Family Time, Distant Relatives, Joy & Blues, Jahmekya, and Fallen is Babylon.

Mavado Music

Harcore Reggae Rap Artist

Born and raised in Kingston Jamaica, David Constantine Brooks (Mavado) was very known in the streets, yet trying to find a way to move out of the ghetto for good. Growing up in the 90’s David had experienced the new era of the dancehall and badman, and looking up to artist such as Bounty Killer inspired him to work twice as hard in dancehall. A bit of luck struck David when one of his best friends had arranged to meet with Junior Reid at his studio in Kingston not knowing Bounty Killa would watch him perform and recognize his talents, soon to sign him under a contract.

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Rihanna "Man Down"

On her latest album "Loud", Rihanna has raised a lot of eyebrows to critics and especially her fans. The album turned out well put together with unexpected music. The Barbarian heartthrob decided to go back to her roots and give a reggae feel to her most recent song "Man Down". This song really had fans and critics talking. Her murderous song "Man Down" is a lyrical recall of 'I Shot The Sheriff' by well known Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley. I did notice that the music pays much respect to Rihanna's Caribbean roots.

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Toots!

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Bob Marley - "Redemption Song"

The Bug Vs. The Rootsman - Killer (featuring He-Man)

What happens when you take one part underground dub producer, one part reggae soundsystem vet, sprinkle the vocal talents of a Jamaican MC on top, and let it all combine for a series of 7" singles? Well, something like "Killer" might happen. This track is the result of collaboration between The Bug, aka Kevin Martin, and The Rootsman. He-Man provides vocal talent. It's a dark, thick, gritty track, dancily aggressive and huge. The underbelly of London coughs up some pretty neat stuff far down on the reggae family tree.