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Bounty Killer Accused Of Assaulting Girlfriend With A Hammer

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The ‘Grung Gaad’, popular dancehall deejay Bounty Killer, a man who is no stranger to Jamaica’s courts for reasons of assault occasioning bodily harm, is apparently facing similar charges once again. According to a report in today’s Sunday Observer newspaper, Bounty Killer was arrested by the police last night, after a female companion turned up at the Constant Spring Police Station bleeding and badly bruised, and reported that he had assaulted her with a hammer.

According to the report, the woman turned up at the police station shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday evening and made the allegations. Bounty Killer was picked up by the police shortly afterward, and was arrested and charged with wounding. He is still in custody, and is expected to appear in court later this week.

Its been a year of ups and downs for Bounty Killer, with this latest incident being well on the downside. Below we’ve done a detailed 2010 timeline of some of these ups and downs.

  • 8-Sep – Allegations of a rift between Bounty Killer and Junior Reid
  • 27-Aug – Two of Bounty Killer’s vehicles seized by tax officials for alleged outstanding taxes
  • 7-Aug – Bounty Killer & Beenie Man unite on stage at Fully Loaded 2010
  • 22-Jul – Bounty Killer honored at Reggae Sumfest 2010 – for his contribution to the event and dancehall music in general
  • 13-Jul – Bounty Killer gun/assault case set to go to trial in October 2010
  • 29-Jun – Bounty Killer appears in court and is freed of charge of assault occasioning bodily harm on his girlfriend
  • 30-May – Given the widespread crime & violence across the island, Bounty Killer issues a message to Jamaica
  • 5-April – Bounty Killer arrested for physically abusing girlfriend
  • 1-April – Bounty Killer’s U.S. visa is revoked
  • 2-Jan – Bounty Killer crashes Shaggy’s annual benefit concert with anti-gay outburst

Original article can be read here.

Marshall Law: Shall Marshall, Umba and Carbon (18-09-2010)

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9:00am

HIP HOP/R&B

Kayne West & Jay-Z feat. Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver – Monster

Red Cafe feat. Fabolous – I’m Ill

Fat Joe feat. Young Jeezy – Slow Down

DANCEHALL

Brit Jam
Aidonia – Sexy Body Gal
Merital – Wine Up
Vybz Kartel – Good Body

Badda Don
ZJ Liquid – Some Gyal
Mavado – Jah Is Coming

Smokin‘
Elephant Man – Step Ova
Sean Paul – Turn Me On
Mavado – Stulla
Vybz Kartel – Dumpa Truck

HIP HOP/R&B

Drake feat. Lil Wayne – Right Above It

Drake feat. Nicki Minaj – Up All Night

Red Cafe feat. Diddy & Fabolous – Money Money Money

Kanye West feat. Jay-Z & Swizz Beats – Power (remix)

SOCA

Machel Montano feat. Swappi – Bumper To Fender (Remix)

Flag Ship
Super Jigga TC – SpeakerBoxxx
Shal Marshall – MotoBike

DANCEHALL

Swing Bounce
Makamillion feat. Buffy – Cum Over
Merital – Girls All Over

DNA
Buju Banton – G.A.L.
Laden – Bike Ride
Vybz Kartel – Turn & Wine

Konshens – Gal Dem A Talk

HIP HOP/R&B

Ne Yo – One In A Million

10:00am

DANCEHALL

One Day
Seanizzle – One Day
Khago – Nah Sell Out
Beenie Man – I’m Ok
Future Fambo feat. Beenie Man – Drinking Rum

Mab Collab
Bounty Killer & Elephant Man – This Is How We Do It
Vybz Kartel feat. Popcaan & Gaza Slim – Clarks

Get Fresh
Beenie Man – Fly Out & Fly In
Elephant Man – Eva Fresh

Exit 21
Beenie Man – Nowhere To Run
Demarco – Turn Him On
Mr. Lexx – Nutten Nah Gwan Fi Dem
Vybz Kartel – Get Gyal For Free

HIP HOP/R&B

Sean Kingston feat. Nicki Minaj – Letting Go

Fabolous – You Be Killin Em’

Miguel feat. J. Cole – All I Want Is You

DANCEHALL

Jim Screechie
Spice – Jim Screechie
TOK – Everybody Clap
RDX – For The Girls
Aidonia – Jack Hammer

Sex Appeal
Aidonia – Cyah Done
Bounty Killer – Get Gal Everyday
Mavado – Hold Me
Blak Ryno – Wine And Dip

SOCA

Brass Fest 2
Machel Montano HD – On De Road
Lil Rick -Out To All
Destra – On Somebody

Skinny Fabulous feat. Machel Montano – Duracel (remix)

11:00am

CLYDE THE OUTLAW

12:00am

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Mad Cobra Feat. Richie Stephens – Legacy

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Let’s go back…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGoA49PCKKo[/youtube]

Here’s  a little bonus peeps…the story behind “Legacy” the song.

Once upon a time, a long, long time as dancehall revved up its rpms (but only 16 years ago in normal time), singer Richie Stephens and deejay Mad Cobra combined to leave a Legacy.

It was not so much a legacy of smashing number one, although Stephens tells The Sunday Gleaner that Legacy hit the pole position in a few Caribbean countries. But following on Cobra’s Flex, which topped the US Billboard’s rap singles charts in 1992 and also went into the top 10 on the R&B charts, Legacy was definitely not a huge hit.

However, along with Shabba Ranks and Maxi Priest’s Housecall, Legacy stands as one of the most prominent examples of the singer/deejay combination format from an era when major labels were readjusting their perceptions of Jamaican music from dreadlocks and one drop to bling and computerised rhythms.

And a high-quality music video which has stood the test of time is a regularly played visual reminder.

Stephens told The Sunday Gleaner that the pledge to a lover and second single from Cobra’s Hard To Wet, Easy To Dry Columbia Records album “is my song. It was a song I wrote and recorded at Penthouse”.

It was done for Specs-Shang, to which both himself and Cobra were signed, and this is what led to the collaboration, which Stephens had no idea of until it had actually been done. “Cobra was under the same management as I was. One day, Specialist called me, and told me that he had put Cobra on the song. Cobra’s album was coming out at the time, so it was only natural to put it on the album.”

“I did not have a problem with it. We were brethrens, all under the same management.”

And when he eventually heard the song, Stephens was very enthusiastic. “Specialist played it for me in his car. He said ‘Richie, hear this’. And I said ‘that bad’, because you know Cobra is one of the best deejays,” Stephens said.

He smiles as he remembers the origins of Legacy, “When you’re young and you feel like you have a girl and you are so in love. I was writing it with a particular girl in mind.” He laughs as he throws back his head and sings “I would die for you, I’d go anywhere for you” and says “youthful kind of thinking”.

“Big statement that, ‘I would die for you’,” Stephens said and laughs even harder.

Cobra chants

And in his part, Cobra chants “ova yu legacy gal me no stop cry, hoping praying to be your guy”.

Legacy was complemented by a video which got extensive rotation in the early 1990s and continues to be shown to this day. Stephens says: “One of the good things about that video is that it was big budget, done on film. That’s why it stands out to this day. It was done on 35mm camera.” It was sot in Portland, Portmore and St Mary over three days, some memorable beach scenes included in the end product.

Richie Stephens, who went on to be signed to Motown, says Legacy “really created an impact for me and Cobra. We performed it a couple of times back then. I haven’t done it lately”.

Original article can be read here.

Mavado Explains The Stulla

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ZJ Chrome’s Smokin’ riddim  has been buzzing since it hit the airwaves a couple weeks ago, but one song in particular on the riddim has generated tremendous interest – Mavado’s “Stulla” . “What’s a Stulla?” is the rhetoric question of the day from many who have heard the song, and an obvious definition is that a ‘Stulla’ is a man whose sexual prowess is unquestionable.

Dancehall.Mobi decided however to ask Mavado himself about the song, and the answer was simple – the definition is as implied, and ‘Stulla’ was not a new slang that was picked up on the streets, it’s not something that ever really existed before (although he had previously mentioned it in another song), it was simply a term that he originated, and decided to make a song out of it.

Now the ‘Stulla’ joins ‘Stamina Daddy’, ‘Wukaman’ and the numerous other Jamaican/dancehall terms that have been used over the years in reference to male sexual prowess.

Original article can be read here.