Tagged: Vybz Kartel
Staff Selects Playlist: Baby Mama Drama
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 »
21 Musicians, Tastemakers and Other Weirdos Pick Their Favorite Music of 2012
Though the FADER does not empirically rank our favorite releases, the year-end battle between album heavyweights rages in our brains like everyone else’s. But we’re talkers, prone to changing our mind and always searching for … read more »
Download Busta Rhymes’ Album The Year of the Dragon
Just before the release of his first album on Young Money, Busta Rhymes shares a free LP, The Year of the Dragon. The record features his Gucci Mane collaboration “Make it Look East” and a … read more »
Video: Vybz Kartel, “My Crew”
Vybz Kartel, currently incarcerated on two murder charges, is present only in spirit in the new video for “My Crew,” a track from his album Kingston Story, just re-released (and, for the first time, pressed … read more »
Vybz Kartel, “Money” MP3
VICE Records has announced they’ll partner with Brooklyn label Mixpak to re-release Vybz Kartel’s summer 2011 album, Kingston Story, produced entirely by Mixpak owner Dre Skull. The deluxe edition, up for preorder now, will be … read more »
Stream: Popcaan, “The System”
We’ve heard soca star Machel Montano’s version of Dre Skull’s new Loudspeaker riddim, “Go Down,” and now here’s “The System,” another rendition of the riddim from Portmore Empire supporting character turned fast-rising dancehall star, Popcaan. … read more »
Popcaan, “Party Shot (Major Lazer and ETC!ETC! Remix)” MP3
Major Lazer and Los Angeles moombahton producer ETC!ETC! add a little pep into Vybz Kartel-protege Popcaan’s summer-primed, “Party Shot.” For the original and more from Popcaan, download his recent mixtape, Yiy Change. Download: Popcaan, “Party … read more »
Jamaica’s Love Affair With Clarks
Growing up in New York City, I remember seeing certain cool older girls rock Clarks Wallabees (Wu-Tang’s then footwear of choice) and thinking that if I only had a pair, I might be kind of … read more »
The FADER Presents: LISTMANIA 2011!
Like every year, 2011 was a great one for music. With FADER’s sixth annual Listmania, we look back at some of our favorite, strange and funny moments. Most of them have to do with Drake. … read more »
Vybz Kartel f. Pusha T, “Half on a Baby (Remix)” MP3
We’ve been knocking a litany of versions of Vybz Kartel’s not-at-all subtle “Half on a Baby” since Mixpak dropped a dope remix EP earlier this fall. Here, it’s given new life by way of Miami … read more »
