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Jah Sun Meditation free reggae download and 2 reggae albums

[ June 1, 2010; June 2, 2010; June 11, 2010 to June 12, 2010. July 24, 2010; July 27, 2010; July 30, 2010 to July 31, 2010. August 14, 2010; ] Jah Sun has announced a new reggae hip hop EP released for the summer: Gravity by Jah Sun & The Far East Band, featuring Queen Omega and Stevie Culture.

Jah Sun has also announced the forthcoming Battle The Dragon dub album, due out fall 2010, where Jah Sun meets Special Delivery with additional featured artists including [...]

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Damian Marley and Nas Distant Relatives 2010 tour

[ May 2, 2010; May 21, 2010; May 22, 2010; May 23, 2010; May 25, 2010; May 26, 2010; May 28, 2010; May 29, 2010; May 30, 2010; May 31, 2010; June 2, 2010; June 8, 2010; June 9, 2010; June 11, 2010; June 12, 2010; June 13, 2010; June 27, 2010; June 28, 2010; July 1, 2010; July 3, 2010; July 4, 2010; July 6, 2010; July 7, 2010; July 9, 2010; July 10, 2010; July 11, 2010; July 13, 2010; July 14, 2010; July 16, 2010; July 17, 2010; July 20, 2010; July 23, 2010; July 31, 2010; August 1, 2010; ] Reggae royalty Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and hip hop star Nas are teaming up again for their summer 2010 Distant Relatives tour, supporting their co-created album of the same name.

Distant Relatives is the hotly-anticipated reggae / hip hop crossover album that is the result of a long collaboration between Marley and Nas. Although Nas and [...]

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Mos Def dub remix free download from Max Tannone

Max Tannone recently joined the Dub and Reggae community and messaged me about his latest release: Mos Dub, a dub remix of Mos Def.
I’ve heard other great dub covers of popular music, most famously Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band by Easy Star All Stars and the VP Records tribute to Michael Jackson as well [...]

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Best of Bangers R Mashed, Volume 2, with free dub music sample from Slinky Music

Slinky Music has just released the  BEST OF BANGERS R MASHED VOL. 2 from the Nuffwish crew. The new album collects 14 tracks of pure dub reggae joy, with tracks from reggae music artists including

Bob Marley
King Tubby
The Upsetters
Beenie Man
Elephant Man
Ashanti
Streets
Big Youth
Fatback band
And others…

Some of these dub reggae tracks are new, many have been previously released.
You [...]

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Rockers Revolt January 2010 CD sale final days

The Rockers Revolt label has announced the final 3 days of our their reggae CD sale, which includes several great offers:

Buy any 4 CDs for £20
Buy any 10 CDs for £40
Buy any 14 CDs for £50

This offer includes the critically acclaimed brand new CD from Pama Intl, Outernational, featuring Lynval & Horace from The Specials)! [...]

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Buju Banton cocaine defense lawyer claims entrapment

Grammy-nominated dancehall superstar Buju Banton, recently arrested in a cocaine bust, has a new defense lined up: his lawyer is arguing that the US government entrapped him.
They say a good offense is the best defense, and apparently David Oscar Markus, Buju Banton‘s lawyer, agrees. He turned up the heat on a anti-Banton conspiracy theory when [...]

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Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston raise Haiti relief funds with Digicel

Reggae star Shaggy has teamed up with producer Christopher Birch to create a song, Rise Again to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund. The project is sponsored by Digicel and aims to use Caribbean art and artists to assist the Haitian people.
Shaggy and Birch rounded up a who’s who of Caribbean artists to [...]

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Buju Banton drug arrest: dancehall reggae star buys cocaine from undercover cops

Jamaican dancehall reggae star Buju Banton has been arrested for attempting to purchase 20Kg of cocaine (about 44 pounds) from an undercover officer in Florida. If found guilty, Banton faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency was acting on a confidential tip from an informant who wore a [...]

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Reggae Grammy Nominees

The 52nd Annual Grammy nominees for Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
have been announced.
One of these nominees will win the best reggae Grammy at the 52nd annual Grammy awards:

Rasta Got Soul by Buju Banton on Gargamel Music, Inc.
Brand New Me by Gregory Isaacs on Tad’s Record
Awake by Julian Marley on Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic
Mind Control [...]

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Germany’s Big Up Magazin gave a quick review of Noiseshaper‘s latest release, Satellite City, continuing their “Soul Dub Style” of music making.
Noiseshaper is made up of Axel Hirn and Flo Fleischmann. Satellite City is their 4th album, with tracks ranging from poppy reggae to deeper dub. Big Up gives it a generally positive review, but [...]

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