In commemoration of 60 years of Jamaican Music, and to celebrate his 40th Birthday during this pandemic, Selektah Twice will be behind the turntables LIVE on Twitch.tv/selektahtwice for 24 consecutive hours starting midnight ET on Saturday, May 30, playing every style of Reggae from its inception - a [...]
Fyah Roiall (pronounced “royal”) is one of Jamaica’s most exciting rappers at the forefront of the emerging “grimehall” sound (also sometimes referred to as “traphall”), a new forward-facing subgenre of Jamaican music that combines American trap, UK grime, and dancehall. His recently released new single “Nobody,” out via Easy [...]
It is with sadness that we bring you Backbeat Soundsystem’s swansong, the band’s last single before they broke up, with band members moving on to other projects. That said, it’s a great final bow, with a tasty dub version included.
In 2017, Latin GRAMMY award-winning producer, engineer, and musician Victor Rice released Smoke, his first solo album in over 15 years. The album was released on tastemaker indie label Easy Star Records and garnered critical praise and a cult-like following. Smoke was unique in how it presented Rice’s [...]
Unified Highway – comprised of Rebelution vocalist/guitarist Eric Rachmany and renowned producer, DJ, and remixer Amp Live (formerly of Zion I) – are back with their second full-length album, Headlines. The new album is out today on Easy Star Records and available anywhere you buy or stream music. Headlines [...]
“Natty Pablo,” Jesse Royal’s second single from his upcoming sophomore album, now has a 300K-directed video, finding the artist moving product on a truck before he and his crew get stopped by the police. But instead of finding drugs as they predicted, the officers are met with a [...]
Now is a time we need “The Truth” more than ever, and Eric Rachmany and Amp Live deliver on this one. Eric says, “It couldn’t come at a more relevant time considering all the different statistics and statements presented by government and media. It makes you wonder what [...]
Unified Highway – made up of Rebelution vocalist/guitarist Eric Rachmany and renowned producer, DJ, and remixer Amp Live (formerly of Zion I) – are back with a new single from their upcoming second full-length. “Unique” features a guest appearance by the L.A.-based hip hop artist Reverie, and is [...]
Jesse Royal, “one of Jamaica’s most important and charismatic new stars” (Noisey), drops his new single "Natty Pablo" on Easy Star today! Known for continuing the legacy of the late greats Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jacob Miller, to name a few, Royal pushes the boundaries of his own [...]
Rebelution vocalist/guitarist Eric Rachmany and renowned producer, DJ, and remixer Amp Live (formerly of Zion I) may possess different backgrounds, but they both travel the same creative road and have combined to forge their own sound as Unified Highway. The duo's next album Headlines, set to drop April [...]