Mad Lion Back On Track

Mad Lion has recently gone back in the studio and has vowed to bring back love of dancehall music again. I hear yuh Lion. Right now there is too much jealousy and bickering going on between many of the artist. It was like when you put Biggie Smalls and Tupac on the stage, bound to be some controversy.



Recently Mad Lion echoed the same sentiment to a reporter with the Jamaican Observer. He was quoted as saying, " Lamenting on the state of dancehall music, he noted, "Everybody is so mad at each other. And this is reflected in the lyrics - guns, murder, violence. All this does is stall real creativity and eventually the music will fall into a rut." Currently in the island doing some work with producer Paul 'Scatta' Burrell, the British-born Mad Lion says this is his first visit to Jamaica in 10 years, but he has been keeping abreast with trends and movements and that was one of the main reasons he opted to work with Scatta, a producer known for delivering infectious dancehall riddims.

Reggae Singer on "fake gun" rap

Natalie Hendry, 20, of Gilmerton, (Scotland) was signed by Sony Records earlier this year after impressing in a series of auditions. Now you may wonder who is she? Well she happens to be woman who sings in Scottish-Jamaican reggae band Project Bona Fide, admitted possession of an offensive weapon and was kept on remand while social workers looked into her background.

Yesterday, the court heard how police found Hendry hiding in a common stairwell of a block of flats. They searched her and found the gun, a metal pole and a dart, but she claimed she had been given the weapons to hold by a man called Paul who had been involved in a disturbance over a drug deal.

I didn't even know Scotland HAD reggae singers. She that shows how widely acclaimed Reggae music is. How influential the beat is to reach worldwide audiences.

Etana-Roots

This sista is Irie mon!

Stanpipe is doing things

Stanpipe, Robert Chin is doing some big things in the musical world. He is currently trying to reestablish roots in Jamaica. Robert was born in Jamaica but left for New York at the age of 16. His dad is Leroy Chin, the owner o Sons Junior International Sound systems in New York. His mother, Queen Minnie, toured with Bob Marley and the Wailers and the I-Threes.

He has been working the Sound System scene for years. His first single "Tell Him No," was recorded at Sons. He had subsequential hits with "Mirjam" " Ghetto Youths" and his break out hit "Can't Stop Loving You" with Freddie McGregor.

Currently his goal is to make a name for himself in Jamaica. His upcoming CD "Life's Water" should have him on the road to this succcess

Big Up-Mykal Rose (shoot out)

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