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GAZA PRESIDENT TAKES OVER THE HYPE TV.

The “Gaza President” Vybz Kartel has claim the #1 spot with his contagious hit Dollar Sign to dethrone “Mr. I Am Blessed”, jumping from the #2 position that he held last week along with the shot to watch title.
“Fyah Mumma” Queen Ifrica is taking us Far Away with her smashing hit which is holding down the #2 position this week moving from #3; not only that she is the Shot To Watch title holder.
Mr. Vegas with his hit single I Am Blessed fell two places to #3 from the #1 spot. The chart topping track has spent four weeks at number one.
Mavado gets High Unda to fly into #4 spot from the #6 position; the single is spending its ninth week on the chart.
Singing goddess Alaine with Never Done has claimed the Greatest Gainer to leap four places to #5 from the #9 spot this week.
This week’s the chart New Entry goes to one of the hard working ladies of the Dancehall, Stacious, she brings us the Good Life which makes entry at#20. The track is produced by Live Up Records.
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MR. VEGAS DELIVERED AT THE STING NIGHTCLUB LAST WEEK SATURDAY JUNE 20, 2009

Trinidadian fans are still talking about the marquis performance that
Mr. Vegas delivered at the Sting nightclub last week Saturday. Mr.
Vegas took his set old school with a couple of Bob Marley and Dennis
Brown songs before cranking up the energy with his early hits such as
Nike Air, then finally going full throttle with Raging Bull, Tek Weh
Yuself and Hot Wuk as he had the 700 strong audience partying up a
storm.
Dancer Mystic showed up mid-performance to show the Trinis how to do
the latest Jamaican dance move, the Sassa Step, but the Trinidadian
males made woeful attempts at learning the dance, and provided comic
relief for the audience. Mr. Vegas closed his entertaining set
strongly with his runaway hit, I Am Blessed, marking a successful
night for the Jamaica and Barbadian-based promotions company, Big
Links Promotions. Earlier, Rastafarian firebrand Lutan Fyah had opened
the show with a blazing set full of hits such as Save the Juveniles
and St. Jago De La Vega.
On the previous night, Vegas had performed at a welcome party held in
his honour in Arima at the Fifth Element club. Over 200 people turned
up for a whirlwind 15 minute performance from one of Jamaica’s most
consummate entertainers. Mystic also teamed up with a girl to buss the
place with a series of sexy dance moves that moved male members of the
audience to throw US dollars onstage to keep them dancing. It was the
Trini version of a dance ‘pull up’ as they paid the girls to repeat
the ultra-sexy dance moves while they railed and shouted their
approval.
Mr. Vegas to perform in St. Vincent tonight June 27, 09 at a concert
called Insomnia.

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QUEEN IFRICA’S ‘MONTEGO BAY’ WAS WORTH THE WAIT!

The anticipation, the crave and the suspense is finally over. The musical empress, Queen Ifrica, has finally released her eagerly awaited debut album, ‘Montego Bay’, appropriately named after the community from which she hails.
The album opens with T.T.P.N.C., (Tribute to The Pitfour Nyabinghi Center - located in Montego Bay). The song, produced by Tony Rebel, honours the elders within the Rastafarian community where Ifrica was raised. The reverential drumming and chanting compliments Ifrica’s chants, offering praises to the Most.
The sweet reggae melody of the title track, Welcome to Montego Bay is one that will immediately have listeners rocking to the bubbly feeling that the reggae-flavoured track gives, as Ifrica highlights some of the things that characterize her hometown.
The classic rhythm from the Rastafari anthem Satta Massagana is updated on Rebel’s production of Coconut Shell, a celebration of the Rastafarian sacred herb, marijuana, as Ifrica declares, “dah one yah red up mi eye… mi burn it dis morning as mi rise up… mi still dey up inna di sky, high, high…” The track allows listeners to “whole a joy and meditation” while bouncing to Ifrica’s lyrical rhymes on the smooth-flowing rhythm.
The ‘Fyah Muma’, who is like a Lioness on the Rise, asks, “are you ready, are you ready,” as she brings good music for fans whenever they call on her name.
Ifrica then changes her style of delivery by deejaying on Yad to the East, showing off her diversity, as she drops some fast-speaking lyrics that fans will surely appreciate.
The lovers rock that will take the minds of listeners Far Away is one that Ifrica expresses her romantic side. This single is among one of her more popular and much embraced singles from the album. Daddy, however, would be the single from the album that needs no introduction, as it is already one of the biggest hits of Ifrica’s career.
Don’t Sign is done on a dancehall rhythm which is easily identifiable. Ifrica here, shows that she can cater to a wide cross-section of audience.
Another track that has already gained in popularity is Keep It To Yourself, which is like a follow up to Daddy, as she continually defends the children through her music. Keep It To Yourself , produced by Donovan ‘Don Corleon’ Bennett, finds the Fyah Muma blazing against the increasing atrocities experienced by children in Jamaica and worldwide, and the corrupt forces unwilling to penalize such heinous actions.
It was then back to her African roots to “trample the beast” in Calling Africa, another Rebel production. Here, Ifrica sinjays amidst chanting, giving the single a unique twist.
Queen Ifrica’s ‘Montego Bay’ album is rounded off by tracks of a slower tempo, with In My Dreams, Streets Are Bloody and Daddy (Spanish Version) which allows listeners to fall into that meditative mood, reflecting on serious issues that plague the youths of Jamaica.
Overall, Queen Ifrica’s ‘Montego Bay’ was a well composed album that definitely delivered. It was worth the wait!

BROOKLYN FEST EMBRACES ELE

Dancehall’s flamboyant entertainer, the hard-to-contain Elephant Man, gave another memorable performance at the Fathers’ Day fiesta, Brooklyn Fest, held at the Floyd Bennett Stadium over the weekend.

The man who is known for keeping the 'dance' in the dancehall and maintaining an incredibly high energy level, was, to put it mildly, more than a handful. Ele, with his trademark lisp which his female fans have come to adore, entered centrestage at approximately 9:30 pm, right after another of dancehall’s extraordinary performers, Beenie Man. And, just as he did at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey, at the annual Hot 97 Summer Jam, Elephant Man gave a performance that bedazzled.

His thirty minutes on stage was powered by ‘E’ for energy and Brooklyn had no choice but to embrace him. Ele reeled off his big bad tunes one after the other, and, not surprisingly, the fans could sing each one word for word.
Bad Man Forward, Gully Creeper, Jook Gal Sweep, Nuh Linga and Bless You More were among the night’s offerings.

Elephant Man, who is one of the top acts confirmed to perform at Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night in Montego Bay on Thursday July 23, leaves this weekend for a series of shows in the Caribbean. He is set to perform in Guyana, Tobago and then on to Trinidad.

‘MI VEHICLE CYAN DEARER THAN MI HOUSE’ SAYS FLIPPA

When flossing King, Flippa Mafia, scored number one last year with the hit single Dem Yah and Dem Yah, it was the signal that this deejay was “the one to watch”. And he has proved that this success was no fluke.

“It was a song that everybody liked instantly and it just took off and set my career on the right level,” recalls the deejay, whose single Unfinished House is kicking up a storm, musically and otherwise.

A very conscious song, the words coming from the lips of the flossing king makes the message much more impacting. In Unfinished House, Flippa states his case in no uncertain terms:
Mi vehicle cyaan dearer than mi house
Nor mi rims cyaan dearer than mi couch
Nuh man a hype ova unfinished house
And mi madda nuh waan lef Waterhouse

It was this single which brought the undisputed King of Flossing in contention with deejay Bounty Killer, whose mansion on the hills is ‘unfinished’. But Flippa insists that there was nothing personal in the lrics, he was just expressing himself the best way he knows how.

“But all that has been settled and it really just about music. My message is simply this: Flossing is all and good, but make sure that the important things like having a house, somewhere to sleep and those things are all sorted out before you spend money on car and bling,” the deejay stated.

Having been the brunt of much criticism for his champagne popping and drinking straight from the bottle or pouring it all over the stage while performing, coupled with his penchant for throwing out dollars, Flippa is intent on setting the record straight.

“I don’t have a house … I have houses,” he emphasizes. And, like I said in my song, my mother still lives in Waterhouse because that’s where she wants to live. But she can get the keys to any one of my houses whenever she wants. They are all hers,” declares the flossing king, who says that flossing is his way of life, it’s no pretence.

Flippa Mafia will appear on Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night scheduled for Thursday July 23 in Montego Bay, Jamaica