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Mavado
Mavado, AKA Gully God, is one of Jamaica's preeminent contemporary dancehall artists.
Mavado is scheduled to release his second dancehall album, Mr. Brooks... a better tomorrow, in March of 2009. The release has been preceded by the hit single So Special. You can download I'm So Special along with the Unfinished Business riddim and a free ringtone from VP Records today. Additional tracks on Mr. Brooks include On The Rock (featuring Jay-Z?), Don't Worry, So Blessed, and Overcome. VP Records has also released behind-the-scenes footage of Mavado's So Special music video being filmed, as well as the official So Special video:
Born in Kingston's Cassava Piece community in Jamaica on November 30, 1981, David Constantine Brooks was raised by his grandmother and began his professional dancehall career at the age of 22. In 2004 Mavado became a dancehall reggae star throughout Jamaica when he released his first dancehall single, Real McKoy on the Anger Management riddim. The release was managed by Griffith and heavily influenced by Mavado's hero and mentor Bounty Killer.
Real McKoy was followed with the 2006 release of Weh dem a Do on the Red Bull and Guinness riddim. This single was a hit beyond Jamaica, receiving air play on radio stations across the world. From there, Mavado went on to release his debut album, Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks on VP Records. Notable tracks on the album include:
- Fathers Prayer
- Cassava Piece Radio
- Sadness
- Gully Side
Mavado has also released I'm On The Rock, featuring a guest appearance by Jay-Z, and his songs have been used in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise. He also appeared in a cameo in Steve "Tehut-Nine" McAlpin's 2008 movie, What Goes Around, where he played the role of "Gully Gad".
Mavado's reggae music career has been marked by an ongoing feud with Vybz Kartel going back to 2006 when Vybz Kartel left The Alliance, a dancehall group that Mavado was also a part of. Both Mavado and Vybz have released numerous diss tracks culminating with a deejay battle at Sting 2008.
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Mavado reggae news
- Vote for Mavado on BETs 106&PARK
- VOTE FOR MAVADOS NEW HIT VIDEO "SO SPECIAL"ON BETs 106 & PARK.VOTE HERE!!!…
5 March 2009 read more » - Mr. Brooks a Better Tomorrow the New album from Mavado now onsale at iTunes.com for $7.99!
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26 February 2009 read more » - VOTE NOW!! for Mavado's So Special on MTVU Freshman
- VOTE NOW!!!Starting Monday Feb. 16 thru Friday Feb. 20Vote for Mavados New Hit Video "So Special"ON MTVU Freshman.[image]…
16 February 2009 read more » - Mavado track with riddim and free ringtone from VP Reggae
- VP Reggae has just announced the availability of Mavado's I'm So Special for exclusive download at Planet Reggae for only $1.98 USD. You can get the track here. Mavado, AKA David Constantine Brooks, i…
11 January 2009 read more » - Irie FM 2007 Music Awards Nominees
- Tonight will mark the 2nd Annual Irie FM Music Awards, designed to honor excellence in Jamaican reggae and dancehall music. IRIE FM, Jamaica's leading radio station, is celebrating 16 years of playing…
13 February 2008 read more » - Barbee wins big at EME awards for Dancehall and Reggae music
- In the midst of all the controversy that shrouds her career in Jamaica, Barbee has risen triumphantly above it all to walk away with not one, but two awards at the recently held Excellence in Music an…
13 February 2008 read more » - Billboard top reggae albums: is reggae dead or just too fragmented?
- A review of this week's top reggae albums from Billboard seems to indicate that reggae isn't a vibrant, creative music scene. With the exception of one newcomer, all of the top 15 albums have been o…
2 November 2007 read more » - Billboard's Top Reggae Albums
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27 September 2007 read more » - Reggae Carifest 2007 Comes Full Circle with the Return of the Don Gorgon
- NINJAMAN PERFORMS IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS July 2nd, New York, NY: Marking his first U.S. performance since 1992, the ever-controversial Dancehall deejay Desmond ‘Nin…
19 July 2007 read more »
