Damon Dash Recent Jamaican Visit With Sizzla

Damon Dash recent visit with Sizzla in Kingston, Jamaica took place back in early February 2010, here's some footage from their meeting.

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Dame Dash Revives His Jamaican Connection To Visit Sizzla With Music, Film & Inspiration In Mind

Jimmy Cliff Honored By Wyclef Jean At Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

Courtesy of the CaribWorldNews

(On Monday, March 15 in NYC), (Jimmy) Cliff turned the Waldorf Astoria ballroom into a dancehall as he thrilled with 3 of his all time favorite hits. After graciously thanking the Museum organizers for the honor, Cliff got down to what truly makes him great as he kicked off his set with "You Can Get It If You Really Want" before moving on to the inspirational "Many Rivers To Cross."

As the guest, who shelled out $1200 for the event got to their feet and thunderous applause echoed in the ball room as Mr. Cliff pulled his final note of the song, he was joined by Haitian Grammy-singer Wyclef Jean.

Jean, who moments earlier he had inducted the man he called his inspiration and the only living reggae legend into the Hall Of Fame pulled out his guitar and join Cliff on a tune that catapulted the St. James native to worldwide fame.

The two rocked out on "The Harder They Come," as Jean urged all to get up. The audience needed little encouragement as they took to their feet and turned the formerly mundane event into a rocking party.

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CaribWorldNews - Call Him Rock N Roll Hall Of Famer Jimmy Cliff

More PHOTOS: Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony with Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff honored by Wyclef Jean in NYC:
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If you missed the original airing of the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, Fuse will re-broadcast the event Sunday, March 21 at 5 PM PC & Eastern/4 PM Central.

Dame Dash Revives His Jamaican Connection To Visit Sizzla With Music, Film & Inspiration In Mind

via Jamaica Observer

It was early last week that Sizzla Kalonji received the call that hip hop mogul Damon Dash was in the island and needed to make that link. "Naturally, I opened up my house to him," the Rastafarian artiste told Splash, in reference to his August Town-based studio/house, known as Judgement Yard.

"I have invited Damon to come to Jamaica on several occasions... I told him he should think of buying houses here, do some kind of investment in the island. After all, this is Jamaica and we are about music and playing our part in helping out the suffering people in our community..."

"I couldn't come to Jamaica without seeing Sizzla," Dash interjected, adding that he had a lot of respect for Sizzla both as an artiste and on a personal level. "And I'm here to build on that positive energy," the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records (with Jay-Z and Kareem 'Biggs' Burke) declared.

The two go back musically and there is some history, but Dash's visit to the island wasn't really about music or any contract signing with the deejay, although they are currently in production for a music video for Sizzla's soon-to-be-released single, Children Suffering. His Jamaican sojourn comes under the topic "other business".

Dash, now that he has finally made the Jamaican connection, says he is enthralled by what he has seen, and his mission here is many and varied. Think documentaries, music videos and establishing a television network here in Jamaica.

"The wind blew me here," Dash said with a boyish smile, but he wasn't trying to be funny. "I pride myself on being an innovator and I want to come here first... before everybody else catches on and realises that Jamaica is the place to be," he said.

"I have a lot of ideas that involve harnessing the synergy between sports and music. We want to do everybody -- from Bob Marley to Lennox Lewis to Usain Bolt. It's all about Jamaica," explained Dash, who brought along an entire film crew and a female rock star as part of his entourage. He was also involved in filming the recently concluded Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in Trelawny as this will form some of the content for his television network.

Dash's forays into film, both under the Roc-A-Fella Films banner and later under the Dash Film banner, have resulted in at least one critically acclaimed film -- The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon and Mos Def -- and another well-received film, Paid in Full, starring Mekhi Phifer.

In late 2004, Dash sold his interest in Roc-A-Fella to parent company Island Def Jam Records for $10 million, and founded the Dame Dash Music Group as a new venture with the senior record company. Dash sold his stake in Rocawear for $22 million to former partner, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter.

As a film-maker, he sees potential in Jamaica and is eager to capture the synergy between music and sport. Among the plans is a documentary on Usain Bolt, called Yellow Yams.

"I visited Bolt's father and it was such a great experience. Actually, the deeper you go into Jamaica, the safer you feel and this is contrary to what you hear," Damon Dash said.

He spoke with relish about sampling yellow yams straight from the senior Mr Bolt's yam hill. "I'm not sure if it was the first time I was eating yellow yam, but it was the first time that I was actually aware of what I was eating," he explained.

And another of his food discoveries in Jamaica was otaheti apples. "I never even knew this apple existed," he said. "It is just great," he enthused.

Vybz Kartel: Birthday Celebration In New Kingston, Jamaica

VP Records: Reggae Label Celebrates 30 Years

Home of many Reggae Artists such as Buju Banton, Sean Paul, Lady Saw, Beres Hammond...the list goes on and on, VP Records celebrates it's 30th Anniversary (1979-2009).

Reggae music is one of the important blueprint's of Hip Hop and VP Records plays a huge roll in fostering that movement.



Learn more here:
Wikipedia - VP Records
VP Records Historical Timeline (pdf)
VP Records website

Sean Paul Producer Jeremy Harding Part Of Producers Conference In Toronto, Canada

The Toronto Producers Conference is this Saturday November 7th at 1pm.

Jeremy Harding has become an icon in the Kingston music scene, having worked with several of Jamaica’s biggest names like Beenie Man and Sean Paul. He burst onto the scene when he crafted the unforgettable "Who Am I" mega hit for Beenie Man. He went on to steer Sean Paul into becoming one of the biggest artists on the pop scene as both manager and producer. His latest bold move was to construct the state-of-the-art, world-class 2 Hard Recording studio in Kingston Jamaica. This studio was featured on the cover of Mix Magazine just a few months ago. He will present his approach to writing, recording and producing to our up and coming producers.

When:
November 7th, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm

Where:
Trebas Institute (2nd Floor)
2340 Dumas Street West
416-966-3066

Tickets are $25.00.

More info about The Toronto Music Producers Conference here:
Producers Conference

Jeremy Harding's Discography

Pleasure P promotes his latest release in Queens New York

And the ladies love it. Ed Lover from Power 105.1 can also be seen in the video.
Pleasure P signing his latest release 'The Introduction of Marcus Cooper' at Hall of Fame Music Stop in Southside Jamaica Queens New York on June 9 street date.





'The Introduction of Marcus Cooper' out now on Atlantic Records/Bluestar.

Sean Paul Imperial Blaze release news

Grammy- winning superstar Sean Paul is set to unveil his highly anticipated fourth album “Imperial Blaze”. It took him over three years to complete this new album, but now it’s finally there. The single “So Fine” gives us a foretaste about what we can look forward to. A real summer hit, but we couldn’t expect less of Sean Paul. Although… his style, still dancehall, has "grown" since the release of his previous platinum- certified album “The Trinity”.

On the new album, the lyrics evolved from “disco- party and women” to more deep and personal subjects. Such as “Hold My Hand”, “Pepperpot”and “Straight To My Heart”, which is a tribute to his mother. This new flow is not only noticeable in the lyrics but in the tempo of the songs too. Of course the most successful Jamaican artist of all times in the U.S charts, still produces dancehall like no other. But on this album the up- tempo songs are alternate with more reggae and dancehall-ballad.

Since the release of his latest album, Sean Paul travelled and toured all around the world. His trip to Africa was a true inspiration on personal and professional level. His Jamaican roots conferred the identification with the African music and style.

The final album will be released on August 18, 2009 and contains 17 tracks. Sean and his team will shoot the video of the album's first single in Miami during the week of the Memorial Day.

Here is a partial track list:

Now That I Got Your Love
Birthday Suit
Press it Up
Hold My Hands
She Wants Me
Bruk Out
Lately
Pepperpot
Straight From My Heart
So Fine

No word if previous leaked tracks 'Girls', 'One Life' & 'So Fine' are on the final version.

(source Trace TV)