Tagged: Busy Signal
Q&A: Busy Signal on His New Album and Thinking Beyond Dancehall
Since he graced the cover of FADER 56, Kingston deejay Busy Signal has been meticulously expanding his catalog with refreshing and unexpected dancehall sounds. His just-released third album, D.O.B., is a double acronym, meaning both … read more »
Greenmoney, Gold Ru$h Mix MP3
Greenmoney‘s Gold Ru$h EP is out today on Fool’s Gold, so now we’re fully prepared for the party to light up like Mickey Rourke’s enraged electricity arms. Equipped with a knowing sense of humor and … read more »
Ghetto Palms 105: Exclusive Mavado! Omega / Gyptian / Macka Diamond
I do believe Mavado has gone and changed up on us. Blogs are talking about the new lyrical vein he’s mined in tunes like “Gal Over Gun” and “Change Right Now.” The spooky chords are … read more »
Ghetto Palms 104: Ethnotechno! Busy Signal / So Shifty / Kode9 / Banana Clips / Bunji Garlin
Yes, with this week’s blend this column has officially devolved into ethnotechno, something I promised myself would never, ever happen. But it’s not my fault. First of all, the third world is going steadily more … read more »
Premiere: Skerritt Bwoy’s Daggering Instructional Video
This video won’t make it to Saturday morning cartoons anytime soon, but if we had spent our youths waking up to Skerritt Bwoy drill-sergeanting us like he does in Daggering 101, our moms would have … read more »
Ghetto Palms 96: Refix Edition / Chi Ching / De Tropix / Busy Signal / Natalie Storm
Ok, I lie, it’s the two-thirds refix edition. This was originally going to be hundred-proof but one or two original flavors crept into the mix just like junkyard puppies following me home. So I decided … read more »
Ghetto Palms 89: Jafrican Riddim / Banana Clipz
My pan-tropicalist sympathies are well established at this point, so y’all knew I wasn’t going to pass up any dancehall riddim with the negritude to call itself “Jafrican.” Urban Dictionary defines this neologism as “half … read more »
Busy Signal, “Sound of Siren (f. MIA),” “Bare Gal” & “Jafrican Ting”
Last Thursday the EME awards—Jamaican music’s answer to the Grammys—took place in Kingston, and while Vybz Kartel strolled away to the ching-ching-ching sound of gold-plated metal statues in his pocket (including one for Recording Artist … read more »
Busy Signal, “Smoke” MP3
“New song that reinterprets classic song to make weed anthem” is one of our favorite genres (see: South Park Mexican’s “I Need a Sweet“), and Busy never really fails us, so put those two together … read more »
Video: Busy Signal, “Nightshift/One More Night”
This video is the best underdog-gets-girl movie since that Patrick Dempsey film from the ’80s where he’s like, a nerd, then turns cool thanks to that popular chick. Extremely appropriate for a combo track with … read more »
