Around the time Rick »Teflon Don« Ross went down to Jamaica to introduce his »Maybach Music« dancehall artist Magazeen to the yardie crowd, Beenie Man went on radio to tell the people that being a performer with a law enforcement background don’t really work out in JA:
You’re a cop and an artist? That don’t work out in Jamaica. You got cop artists, but they do that talent show shit. They don’t come out on the street because niggas in Jamaica, once they find out you’re a cop and you’re on-stage, that means you’re vulnerable. And you know what I mean, there gonna be bottles, stones, oranges, apples, all that shit. [...]
(via sohh.com)
Now, Beenie’s compatriot Jah Cure invited Ross as well as Mavado on a reggae rap track
built on rolling organs and chintzy horns.
(via The Fader)
It’s called Like I See It« and it goes a little something like this:
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Sad Rumours spread fast today
me hear say Gregory just passed away
the Stranger In Town, Mr Music Man
it’s Sad To Know You’re Leaving hope you reach the Promised Land
the Hotstepper trying to Cool Down The Pace
now it’s Mr. Isaacs, the late and the great
Tune In cos Wailing Rudie’s Top Ten
Turn Down The Lights let the Lover’s Rock rock dem
Party In The Slum, Let’s Dance, One more time
cos there’s only Universal Tribulation, Down The Line
Far Beyond The Valley its a Hard Road To Travel
Objection Overruled, as the judge bangs his gavel
now the Sinner Man sings Set The Captives Free
no more Lonely Teardrops below the Willow Tree
another legend takes his last breath
there’s No Speech, No Language to express
With less than a month to go (release date: November 12th, 2010) for Ronny Trettmann‘s and Smo‘s album »Zwei chlorbleiche Halunken« to drop, Hekmek re-brushed the Heckert Empire label website and – amongst other things – added a set of very fine pictures of the artists.
Some of the shots are also featured in Riddim magazine which interviewed Ronny Trettman and Smo for their current issue.
Thanks, Ronny, for once again reppin seen. to the fullest! Everybody go buy the album when it’s out!
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Badman 2.0 gives the earlier version (which appeared on The Far East Band’s 2007 ensemble album Tough Enough) an Auto-Tune makeover à la recent work by Vybz Kartel. Yet unlike Kartel, there are no slack or negative lyrics to be heard here. (via BBC)
