Video: Demarco, “Love A Come Down”
Who knew Demarco was a comic book kinda guy? This video is like Heroes meets Girl 6, complete with quiet storm phone sex voice, an office of wining secretaries and an aging car mechanic with a secret identity as Swagger Man who uses his powers to protect the people of Kingston, and also to get chicks. They really nailed the 15-year-old reggae egghead niche with this one. (via Heatwave)
Video: Demarco, “True Friend”
Deep, not-corny, levels of emotion emit from Demarco’s voice, which is how he can make already-sensitive tracks like “Fallen Soldiers” resonate more powerfully. “True Friend” takes a different direction musically—way more radio ready, it’s one of those midtempo ballads for the club—but the theme is still the same: Rep for your people, always. The video is especially touching, depicting a young Demarco and his friends being there for each other through the years, and now we are going to wipe a tear with a Kleenex. (via Dancehall.Mobi)
M.O.P. f. Demarco, “Street Life” MP3
- story Felipe Delerme
The first page that pops up when you google “M.O.P. myspace” is a link for myspace.com/mashoutpossegunit. The page is tricked out with G-Unit propaganda and even has a banner to pre-order 50 Cent’s Curtis album, dropping “9.11.07.” The next result looks a little more official in that it has a phone number for booking, but it also doesn’t even have a personalized layout. Since bouncing around through more or less every powerhouse rap squad of the past decade, Mashed Out Posse endures for songs like “Street Life,” which sounds like they recorded it on a Brownsville stoop, Hennessy-filled plastic cup in hand. Demarco, who kind of made his name singing the ills of the shotta lifestyle, bookends Fame and Fizzy’s verses, no doubt singing to the garrisons of Brooklyn as well as Jamrock.
Download: M.O.P. f. Demarco, “Street Life”
Exclusive Freeload: Heavy Manners’ Can’t Frighten Mixtape featuring Demarco
- story THE FADER
We are stumped as to what we should be for Halloween. “Zombie Susan Sontag” is a perennial fave. Other options include a Be Kind Rewind Ghostbuster, Sylar from Heroes (monobrow, unlimited powers) or Beard Papa. We will probably just end up squirting fake blood all over our face and, when asked, cryptically call ourselves “The Aftermath.” So maybe we shouldn’t wait until the last minute every year? At least we will have a dope soundtrack for the party thanks to Heavy Manners, who spotted us this hot all-dancehall mixtape featuring Demarco, who we featured in FADER 53. For real though, the Heavy Manners folx (and mixer Dasheye of Tribe of Kings) couldn’t have done a better job; this tracklist reads like our musical dream date, from Mavado to Serani to Los Bros Marley, Busy Signal and even Jamaican quiet storm Tarrus Riley. So maybe we should dress up as this mixtape? Tracklist down under.
Download: Heavy Manners, Can’t Frighten Mixtape (alternate link)
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posted on Oct 28, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Busy Signal, Demarco, Mavado, mixtape, Tarrus Riley, Vybz Kartel
Freeload: Demarco, “Go Easy”
- story THE FADER
It’s been a little quiet for Daseca since they, and specifically Serani, took over the summer streets, but this new track, which is an apparent plea to both Mavado’s and Vybz’ people to chill, is a pretty good reminder why these dudes are among our favorite producers in JA. Not to mention Demarco runs with four or five different styles on here and leaves behind his trademark auto-tune, surprisingly.
Download: Demarco, “Go Easy”
Freeload: Demarco f. Lil Wayne, “My Life (Fallen Soldiers Refix)”
- story THE FADER
How funny is it that Demarco, an almost exclusive auto-tuner, flat out ignored the fact that this is not a Lil Wayne song, focusing only on Wayne’s chorus and removing The Game entirely? Not really that funny probably, but we are searching for a little levity considering this remix is about as depressing as it gets. Happy Friday!
Download: Demarco f. Lil Wayne, “My Life (Fallen Soldiers Refix)”
Freeload: Demarco, “Excellent Hole”
- story THE FADER
At 149 BPM, the Gutterball riddim is not for the faint heart, but Demarco’s “Excellent Hole” fits especially well in latest wave of tek weh yuh autotune dancethems. Conventional wisdom would tell you that a song like “Excellent Hole” is a dangerous draft for a riddim as sunny as this brand new Federation sound, but the dancehall itself can be an unconventional place, as a then-bubbling Vybz Kartel blew up extra hard by way of the demanding (and 128 BPM) “Tek Buddy.” Besides, it’s a lot more subtle than T.O.K.’s forthcoming “Best Pussy Ever.”
Download: Demarco, “Excellent Hole”
Ghetto Palms: Demarco
- story THE FADER
Every week resident FADER selector Eddie STATS runs through dancehall riddims and other artifacts from the ghetto archipelago.
You need look no further than the pages of the current issue of FADER to know that Demarco is straight caning it back a yard right now, both as a producer and as the reigning auto-croon singjay. So it seemed destined he was finna get his own column and it seemed doubly destined it was fittin to start out with a run of the “Shoot Out” riddim which he a) produced and then b) killed by voicing the biggest tune of the set on “Duppy Know Who fi Frighten.”
Freeload: Demarco, “Police”
- story THE FADER
The funny thing about Demarco is that if you mention his name to some Jamaicans, you might get a blank stare in response. Then if you try to clarify by saying the name of his biggest song thus far, “Fallen Soldiers”, dudes will be like “Oh the fat guy!” And then you’re like “Yeah!” And then they’re like “Yeah down here we call him Sean Kingston.” And you’re like “Damn.” Still, we stay up on Demarco happenings and we like this new song, especially today.
Download: Demarco, “Police”
Video: Elephant Man f. Demarco, “Our World”
- story THE FADER
So this video is unsettling. We spent most of our time watching it trying to figure out what was weirding us out the most and came up with these things:
1) Elephant Man and current Gen-F’er Demarco waving their arms around like they are having a pretend conversation underwater but instead of water it is unreasonably smokey and there is a three quarters empty bottle of Hennessy.
2) The scene where Elephant Man is about to cut some dead guy’s head off and right before he does it the scene switches to a fish getting its head cut off.
3) Elephant Man squatting near a grave with a shovel.
