Prodigal Son copped his first #1 on the Hype TV Charts.

Hype TV Top 20 Singles Chart

April 3rd – Apirl 9th, 2009

TW LW WC ARTISTE - TITLE - LABEL - Peak Position
01 02 11 Prodigal Son – Head Cyaan Hot So – Main Street -1wk@1

02 03 14 Beres Hammond – I Feel Good – Penthouse -Shot to Watch

03 01 11 Shaggy – Bad Man Don’t Cry – Big Yard -2wks@1

04 04 11 Da’ville – Missing You Right Now - Fashozy

05 06 09 Tarrus Riley – Start A New – Juke Boxx

06 07 08 Mavado – I’m So Bless –Big Ship

07 08 08 Vybz Kartel – Last Man Standing – NotNice Records

08 05 12 *Vybz Kartel & Spice – Ramping Shop –NotNice (Censor) -3wks@1

09 10 08 Tony Rebel – Another Bill Again – Penthouse

10 11 07 *RDX – Ben Ova – APT.19 (Censor)

11 12 06 Laden –Time To Shine – Big Ship

12 13 03 Etana ft. Alborosie – Blessings – ForwardsRecords

13 09 18 Bar-Bee – Love You Anyway – It’s Not A Game - Peak@#2

14 14 04 Queen Ifrica – Far Away – Jamplified Records

15 16 03 Konshens – This Mean Money – Head Concussion

16 15 17 Vybz Kartel – Get Wild – Adidjaheim/NotNice Records -3wks@1

17 18 02 Harry Taddler – Pray Fi Dem – Down Sound Records

18 NE 01 Mr Vegas – I Am Blessed – Liv Up Records

19 20 02 Mavado – Again & Again – Daseca

20 17 18 *Charley Blacks – Bubble – Fresh Ear (Censor) - Peak@#7

TW -This Week, LW – Last Week, WC – Weeks On Chart, NE – New Entry & WKS@#1 – Weeks @#1 * Censor

TOP 5 BUBBLERS

TW - ARTISTE - TITLE - LABEL
01 Vybz Kartel - Dollar Sign - Liv Up Records

02 LUST - You’re My Inspiration - Born Music

03 Charley Black - Money Dreama - Lazeme Music Prod.

04 Ras Penco - Thousand Miles Away - Uprize Music

05 Etana - Free - No Doubt
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Compilation was done based on information received from the following Sound Systems, Record Shops and Club: Derrick Harriot – Record Shop – St. Andrew, TNG Muzik-Sound System-Kingston, Love Stone–Sound System- Portland, Lazeme- Sound System- Westmoreland, Unique Super Mix–Sound System- St. Catherine, Copper Shot- Sound System- St. Andrew

"I AM BLESSED" MUSIC VIDEO BY MR VEGAS

LUST moves to the right beat

When the group LUST decided to do a re-make of the Air Supply hit, Just As I Am, they knew they were on to something good.
“We heard the song and liked it. And the great thing about it was that we were able to get a part that fit each of our voices,” Singing Melody explained.
Well, each part fitted like a glove and when Just As I Am was released, it immediately found that oh-so-elusive ‘hit song’ stamp of approval with the public. Despite all that’s said and done, the dancehall massives know and love a good love song, so it wasn’t surprising that the group wove their way straight to the pinnacle of music charts across the world.
The single went number one and remained on the Top 20 Reggae charts for 22 weeks as shown on TVJ’s weekly Entertainment Report (ER), arguably the most popular entertainment programme on television. Done under the Born Music Label and produced by Garcia Campbell their manager, it was considered a monster hit for the 2008, and did in fact take home the Song of the Year title at the EME Awards.
Over the years, the group has worked with many of the best producers in Jamaica such as Mikey Bennett and Mikey John who was responsible for the LUST hit Run Free.
Now focused on building their career and pleasing their ever growing fan base, LUST has started the year on yet another melodious note with the singles You’re My Inspiration and Do You Love Me, produced by Garcia Campbell on the Born Music label.

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SPICE CAUSES CHAOS AT NY CLUB

Hardcore dancehall female entertainer, Spice, isn’t an easy pushover. The DJ proved just that when she performed at ‘Rampin Shop Flossing Fridays’ at a club in the Bronx on March 20.
According to Shelly from Manhattan, a patron who was at the event, “Mi neva know sey a so Spice a go hard. The club did too little so it sold out fast and then half of the crowd couldn’t get in, so it cause a piece of chaos which saw the police coming out.”
Spice said that she was pleased with the appreciation she got from the audience and promised that she would be back soon, hopefully at a bigger venue to please all the fans that didn’t get the chance to see her performance.
Her next performance took her to Philadelphia on March 22, where she again gave a devastating performance. The event saw the Philly ladies turning out in their numbers, all dolled up in the hottest name brand clothes to join Spice in her ‘rampin shop’ escapade. They became Spice’s back-up singers, while several of the men tried to claw their way onto the stage to play the role of Vybz Kartel. She just couldn’t do any wrong for her fans that were all over her after the event, trying to get photos and autographs.
After a brief return to Jamaica, Spice left the island on April 1 for two stints in England on April 2 and 3. One of the performances will take place in Stratford, while the other will be at the opening of a new club by Chris Goldfinger of BBC Radio.
Spice says she is expecting a different type of crowd other than the hardcore dancehall fans to be at Chris’ event so her performance will not be as raunchy. “I will be modest, but give a spicy, entertaining performance,” she said.
With an active schedule, she jets back to New York for a show in Brooklyn, then heads for a show in St. Lucia on April 11, returning to Jamaica for Easter Bike Fest in St. Elizabeth and an event on Easter Monday, April 13 at Seaview Lawn, Whitehouse, Westmoreland.
The female artiste says that after the events she will be available to all producers who are ready to voice her.
“I am ready to jump on any rhythm that has the right ingredients to produce spicy hit tunes,” she states.

GOSPEL ARTISTE LISA GRANT WILL NEVER LOOK BACK

After her 2007 effort Never Look Back, Lisa is back in the studio working hard, putting her inspiration to paper while joining forces with some of the very best in the business. The soon to be titled project is expected to feature her trademark vocals and rich harmonies over semi-contemporary beats resulting in an album that her fans will really enjoy.
The young gospel singer’s appearance on the much touted POP Volume One compilation album – another P&W project – brought her ministry to the forefront of local gospel with radio anthems such as the title track Power of Praise, Stepping Out (featuring Ryan Mark) and the Latin inspired rework of the classic hymn Leaning, all bringing her closer to her growing fan base.
The Rollington Town native has been a servant of Christ for virtually her entire life, and is committed to taking her conviction to the World to effect positive change in the lives of those she comes in contact with. In fact, Lisa has been performing for as long as she can remember…even back to the days when she had to be placed on a chair so that the audience could see her tiny three year – old frame. Even at that tender age, her talent was there for everyone to see, with a commanding yet soothing voice.
It all started for her during a fateful meeting with P&W Music boss, Randy McClean, who encouraged her to get into the ministry after witnessing a stirring performance at a watchnight service.
“I would like to see lives being changed through my ministry in music. I have seen where secular music has affected people’s lives in a negative way and I would love to see my music changing people’s lives for the better. I want to see persons smiling again, being encouraged and families coming together, despite the rough and sometimes chaotic situations that we face day by day,” she professes.
Lisa’s Ministry has taken her through the length and breadth of Jamaica and has allowed to minister in the Bahamas much to the delight of her audience.
The soft spoken songstress list the likes of Donnie McClurkin, Crystal Lewis and Chevelle Franklin as her main sources of mucisal inspiration, along with McClean and her ever present parents as her main motivators.
She has so much to say and all the requisite skills to make you take notice and listen.

I NEED A ROOF & FREE HIT BOUND SINGLES

SONG TITLE — I NEED A ROOF
SINGER — DEMARCO
PRODUCER — STAR KUTT

There are covers and there are re-mixes and singer/producer/song-writer, Demarco has done a commendable re-mix of this Mighty Diamonds classic, I Need A Roof, bringing it squarely into the present. Utilising the basic components of the original riddim, he keeps the signature phrase “I need a roof over my head”, but thereafter goes on to plays with the lyrics, giving the song a twist which hones in squarely on the theme.
“This year a steel and block and cement, I need a roof over my head,” Demarco says in acknowledgement of his goal. “Dash way car key, a house key we want, cyaan live inna you car …”
On his very own Star Kutt Records label, the single speaks to ghetto youths in a language they can understand and gets the message across that owning a house should be priority. “A real esate mi say.”

I NEED A ROOF - DEMARCO

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SONG TITLE: - FREE



SINGER: - ETANA
PRODUCER: - KEMAR ‘FLAVA’ MCGREGOR
LABEL: - NO DOUBT

The Strong One, Etana steps away from the “roots reggae” mould in which she has been cast and digs deep into her soul to pour out this homily, Free. Prayerful, yet simultaneously possessing a hard-edged reality that evokes a wide range of emotions, Free is a song of empowerment, of freedom, of survival and struggle, yet tinged with that echoing wail of frustration. One thing I know, is that I must survive, one thing I know, is that I must rise. I know one day I must and I will free myself from everything that holds me captive.
Not surprisingly, Free is produced by 2008 EME award winning reggae producer, Kemar ‘Flava’ McGregor, whose body of work reflects his stated aim to give the world music that endures. The youthful Flava has worked with the best in the reggae music business, including Beres Hammond and Marcia Griffiths, and it’s almost a given that his genius and Etana’s talent would find a common musical meeting ground
“Everyday I rise on a prayer, that’s all I got to take me through … I know one day I must and I will free myself from everything that holds me captive. Gonna be free …”
SOURCE: CHAT!

FREE - ETANA