Tagged: Gyptian
Staff Selects Playlist: This One 4 My Bb
Every week, a different FADER editor compiles a playlist to highlight a new release and give you a guide to that artist’s web of influences and peers. These Staff Selects live in our Spotify app, … read more »
Stream: Gyptian, “Overtime”
The best-possible song for a muggy Friday afternoon, “Overtime” is Gyptian‘s gloriously oil-slicked ode to working women, voiced over producer Justus’ slow-bouncing Overtime riddim. The track comes from VP’s 2012 Reggae Gold compilation. This year’s … read more »
Stream VP Records’ Strictly The Best Volumes 44 and 45
Strictly The Best is the longest running (officially sanctioned) reggae compilation series ever, gathering the most-massive Jamaican hits at the end of every year since 1990. Stream all 31 tracks from Strictly The Best‘s 2011 … read more »
GP 126: Collie Buddz /Gyptian / Vybz Kartel / Busy Signal / Wayne Marshall
Omitted from my Ghetto Palms reading list a few weeks back was a coffee table book I got for my birthday called Detroit Disassembled. Built around Andrew Moore’s revelatory photos, it features nuff ghetto palms … read more »
Now Your Mom Will Want Gyptian to Hold Her Too
If your parents don’t listen to Hot97 or haven’t walked outside in Brooklyn, London, or Guyana since around last Valentines Day, they may have never heard “Hold Yuh.” The drippy not-quite pop or hip hop … read more »
Diplowatch 2010 #4: Diplo Did Not Get Nominated For a Grammy This Year
Last year Diplo got nominated for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ favorite Record of the Year. He lost to Alison Kraus and Robert Plant, but looked real good in a gray suit … read more »
Video Premiere: Ricky Blaze, “Just You and I”
Ricky Blaze frolics on the beach over Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh” riddim (prod: Ricky Blaze, FYI), which seems about right—Brooklyn’s finest dancehall dude’s got the swag to make good on lady-tempting jams. His signature auto-tuned chorus … read more »
Video: Gyptian, “Nah Let Go”
Now that summer’s over, it’s obviously time for a new Gyptian love song to get us through the cold nights with our boos. “Hold Yuh,” we had a good run, but you are soooo August … read more »
The Heatwave’s Carnival Bashment Mix MP3
Whether you’re in Brooklyn or Notting Hill, West Indian Carnival weekend is a good opportunity to reflect upon the year in soca and dancehall, when DJs really bring out their A game to pump up … read more »
Video: Gyptian Holds On to his Youth
Gyptian’s two-sided persona that’s part roots reggae and lover’s rock is leaning to more of his romantic side. His affectionate crooning to the catchy keystokes of “Hold Yuh” (produced by Ricky Blaze) has New York … read more »
