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This episode of the Reggae Lover Podcasts features an interview with Caribbean media personality and entertainment blogger, Red Carpet Shelley.

Shelley gives us her first-hand recap of the recent Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise, answers a round of rapid-fire questions, shares her reggae lover journey and lets us know what she's excited in 2020.

 

Buzzworthy:

• Michelle Obama Lists Koffee’s “Toast” On Workout Playlist.
• Clarks Originals Invites Reggae Songstress Lila Ike To Paris Fashion Week. 

Tastemaker:

• Buju Banton's single, "Murder She Wrote" on Bad Boys Forever soundtrack.
• Rebel Salute 2020 performances?

Soundclash update:

• Dynamq vs Black Scorpio in Dubplate Display at Rebel Salute. 

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REGGAE LOVER GUEST DJ GRAVY IS A MUSICIAN, SELECTOR, PUBLISHER AND AN OG NEW YORKER WHO REPRESENTS THE DIVERSITY OF WHERE HE’S FROM. 

This interview with DJ Gravy centers around how he has expressed his love for reggae and influenced the culture since the early 2000s.

BUZZWORTHY

• Vybz Kartel's "To Tanesha" album.
• Shaggy declined to be on Rihanna's reggae album.

SOUNDCLASH UPDATE

• Jah Mikey One defeats Super Gold (Avatar) in Jamaica.
• Tribe of Kings wins a 5-sound clash in San Diego.

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"Gaining Access" with guest Odessa Chambers, a publicist and television producer based in Kingston. She is the creator of O-Access Jamaica and host of the podcast "Reasonings with Odessa." Episode 174 (Season 5, Ep. 2)

Buzzworthy:

• Koffee to perform SuperBowl Weekend
• Buju Banton on Bad Boys Forever soundtrack

Tastemaker:

• Kahlil Wonda: Mortimer's EP 'Fight the Fight,' and Single, "Lightning." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ErQRLTi54
• AGARD: Salaam Remi, Buccaneer, and Red Rat, “No Normal Lover.” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOkcXPk0cP0

Soundclash Update:

• Mighty Crown meets with Prime Ministers
• World Clash Finale lineup released

Main Segment: 

Interview with Odessa.

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Happy New Year! We're back with a Reggae Lover recap of 2019. Also predictions for 2020 like "Most likely to Fade," and "Most Likely to Blow Up," plus Grammy predictions.

Listen to this break down of the 2019 Reggae superlatives:

Song of the year:

• Koffee - Toast

 

Album of the year mentions:

• Tarrus Riley - BLEM (EP)
• Koffee - Rapture (EP)
• Walshy Fire - Abeng
• Third World - Work To Be Done
• Bugle - Picture Perfect
• Jah Cure - Masterpiece

 

Clash Sound of the year mentions:

• Notorious
• Stone Wall
• King Shine
• Young Hawk
• Warrior
• Dynamq
• Jah Mikey One

 

Juggling Sound of the year mentions:

• King Addies
• David Rodigan
• Rory Stone Love
• Stone Love
• Bass Odyssey

 

Best Sound System event audio:

• Reeewind 2019 (Crowning of U-Roy)

 

Promoter of the year mentions:

• Irish and Chin
• Shawn Pipa
• Rockers Unltd
• David Driveway

 

Concert of the year:

• Reggae Sumfest
• Long Walk to Freedom Concert (Jamaica)

We also introduced three new micro-segments that will be recurring on this season of the podcast:

• Buzzworthy - Welcome to Jamrock Cruise
• Tastemaker - Rock and Groove Riddim; FaReal - Gravy
• Soundclash Update - Clash at Sea 2019

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This season finale opens a few cans of worms. 

 

Questions come up like:

• Is the stereotype that Jamaicans don't like soca dead?
• Does the Red Bull Culture Clash clash with soundclash culture?
• Has Afrobeat replaced Dancehall for real?
• Do young people everywhere know who Bad Bunny and Afro B are? Do they know Chronic Law and Squash?
• We will be back in 2020 with amazing new content and this year was a blast. 

We take a few minutes at the top for our favorite memories and takeaways from this season. Also, we do some shout outs and let you know how you can interact and support the show.

Thank you so much for the love over the last 47 episodes. Don't forget to check out our archives (talk and mixes) and please enjoy your Christmas and New Year celebrations safely.

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Boss Mama Michelle Miller aka DJ RunDat, guests on Reggae Lover. DJ RunDat is known for her gift to inspire others to fulfill their dreams while fulfilling her own. In 2019, she became the best selling author of, “How to start a DJ business,” launched her first digital course, an online show, and a mentorship business.

Topics discussed included:

• Her roots in Humbolt County, CA., home of the Reggae on the River festival.
• How she has grown her DJ hobby into a very profitable business.
• Becoming a best-selling author.
• The online show, “Queens on Decks,” where she interviews female DJs from around the world.
• Her Facebook group, "Female DJs" where DJs network and support each other. 
• Is Afrobeat replacing Dancehall?
• Support for and connection with Jamaican reggae music in California.
• The absence of "Reggae On The River" and "Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in 2019."
• Speaking at the Mobile Beat DJ Convention in Las Vegas 2020.
• Balancing family life and being a mother with her career.

Learn more about DJ RunDat www.djrundat.com.

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Maxi Priest guests on Reggae Lover.

The superstar talks about his recently released album entitled "It All Comes Back to Love." The project was executive produced by Shaggy.

We preview the album's title track "It All Comes Back To Love" and "My Pillow' which sound classic.

Listen for "It's a Summertime Vibe" feat. Bounty Killer, and Maxi's favorite cut, "The Bridge You Burn."

Also, "Cool Nuh" with Shaggy, and "Anything You Want" with Estelle and Anthony Hamilton. Maxi takes us back to his early days in East London lifting speaker boxes. The singer walks us through an evolution forged in London's sound system scene.

He was the first reggae artist to have a No. 1 hit worldwide, including the U.S. Billboard charts. There's so much to learn from this fun conversation with the living legend, Maxi Priest.

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An exclusive in-depth interview with selectors Killa Boo and King Pin of King Addies. King Addies is an International Sound System created in 1983 in Brooklyn, New York City. They remain a force to reckon with in the sound clash arena and a top choice for juggling.

Among Topics Discussed in this Episode:

 

2:15 - The History of King Addies.

5:51 - How Killa Boo became an Addies selector.

9:40 - How King Pin joined the King sound.

13:16 - Earning the trust of Addies fanatical supporters.

18:10 - The dubplate creation process.

19:25 - King Addies Promotions: Welcome to New Lots party & World Fight Club soundclash league.

22:53 - Who is next on Addies kill list.

24:00 - Why the soundclash business is not the same today.

26:35 - Why "big sounds" are afraid to take the battlefield nowadays.

30:53 - Radio movements: World Power Hour & Sunday's w/ Addies HiFi (Selector ObRas)

34:01 - Fall Europe Tour 2019

36:30 - Production: True Dreams Riddim 2019

38:25 - The state of reggae/dancehall music right now

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Kahlil Wonda and AGARD link up in Brooklyn to explore questions such as:

Is someone "closed-minded" if they choose a particular lane?

How does the music you listen to really affect you?

Should one consume all the forms of music or media available, or is it wiser to live in a self-imposed bubble?

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This conversation, featuring Carry On Friends podcast host Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown, centered around sound systems and dancehall.

Topics Covered:

Kerry-Ann's huge sound system cassette collection and her favorite sounds.

Our preferences for Jamaican and New York-based sounds.

Nuances of dancehall such as DJs who play a balanced mixture of dubplates and girl tunes.

The difference between a party and a "dance."

The lost arts of the early warm and early juggling.

Predictable playlists and the lack of creativity that's prevalent today.

Reminiscing about dancehall back in the 90s.

Jamaica's apparent complacency towards its greatest cultural export.

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