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Open share drawer Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the 1996 album from the hip-hop trio, a socially conscious blockbuster grounded by the realities of the immigrant experience. In the summer of 1994, the Fugees were in danger of getting dropped. The New Jersey hip-hop trio’s debut LP Blunted on Reality, produced by Kool and the Gang’s Khalis Bayyan, was a misguided effo...

Shaggy Shaggy is in work mode.  He has been here a few times with the number one record in several countries.  The Dancehall superstar recently travelled from Jamaica to Atlanta for the launch of his new song with Spice and Sean Paul. As one of the most consistent artists in Dancehall and Reggae music, he has reinvented himself and found success at the top of the charts in every decade since he came out in the 1990s. The 52-year-old has been nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, winning twice for B...

When he was young, Burna Boy would sit, watch the Grammy Awards and dream. He still carries fleeting memories of iconic past performances. He remembers being at home and staring into his box television screen and seeing famed artists of an era gone, crooning velvet vocals to crowded auditoriums, inspiration stirring. For as long as he can remember, for as long as he has released songs, the Grammys have floated somewhere in his periphery, a milestone he was sure he would one day reach. That day ...

A week after Clarks Originals unveiled its Clarks and Jamaica marketing documentary, The Gleaner newspaper has reported that all is not well with the British footwear company financially, resulting in it “launching its new Dancehall campaign aimed in part at reconnecting with Jamaican ‘cult’ consumers, as a way to regain lost sales”. In The Gleaner report titled Clarks Targeting Jamaica’s Cult Buyers, business reporter Steven Jackson quoted Clarks former CEO Giorgio Presca as saying...

2 hours ago Clarks Originals unveiled the full 10-minute mini-documentary today on YouTube, after initially announcing on its Instagram page on Sunday that the video, which features Koffee, Protoje, Sevana, Lila Iké, The NoMaddz, England footballer Raheem Sterling, and British artist M1llionz, would be released this Friday. On Sunday, the company drew the ire of particularly the Gaza Nation, after they previewed snippets of the documentary, with well-known Clarks booty champions Vybz Kartel, S...

Clarks Originals drew the ire of some Jamaicans after they previewed snippets of a new documentary dubbed Clarks and Jamaica, which seems to be devoid of Dancehall artists responsible for making the brand famous in Jamaica, like Super Cat, Popcaan, Vybz Kartel, and Jahvillani. In an Instagram post this morning, the British footwear company shared a teaser that highlighted non-Dancehall artists, all of whom, with the exception of the duo The NoMaddz, have never paid homage in song to their bran...

Reggae artiste Bobo Vizion has high hopes for his debut EP,

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, ha...

Influenced by jazz, the Kingston-born vocalist revolutionized the art of occupying a space with his words. "Before U-Roy, no one was toasting," Grammy winner Sean Paul tells NPR.

U-Roy, Olivia Grange Culture and Entertainment Minister Olivia Grange is saddened at the sudden passing of Jamaican vocalist and veteran toaster, Ewart “Daddy U-Roy” Beckford. U-Roy passed away at 11:10 last night at the University Hospital of the West Indies after undergoing surgery there. He was 78. “I am deeply saddened at news that veteran DJ, U Roy, has made his transition to a higher order. Daddy U Roy earned his crown as ‘King of the Dancehall’ for the role he played in pioneer...