I THINK THAT 2010 HAS BEEN THE MOST PROGRESSIVE YEAR IN DANCEHALL FOR A LONG TIME
DESPITE SETBACKS WITH ARTIST LOSING VISA, ONIELS DEATH AND THE GOVERNMENT'S INTERVENTION AND THE DUDUS ISSUE
WE STILL HAD THE TIME TO ENJOY QUALITY DANCEHALL
FIRST OF ALL.....
1.KARTEL CLARKS SERIES AND STRAIGHT JEANS AND FITTED...KEPT THE FASHION IN LINE WITH THE MUSIC....HE INCREASED SALES AND POPUALRITY OF THE CLARKS SHOWS AT A TIMEWHEN RECESSION REIGNED SUPREME AND GOT A NEW GENERATION INVOLVESD IN IT.........BIG UPS TO THAT VYBZ.....REAL POSITIVE MOVE
2.BOUNTY KILLERS COMEBACK IN THE DANCEHALL-HATE IT OR LOVE IT..THE WARLORD MADE A STRONG RETURN TO THE DANCEHALL SCENE....HIS SONG ON MAD COLLAB CALLED "HOW WE DO IT" WITH ELEPHANT MAN...WAS A CLUB BANGER...HE ALSO HAS other POTENTIAL HIT SONGS ON THE RADIO RITE NOW...INCLUDING....TURN ME ON feat.ANGEL DOOLAS(RAIL UP RIDDIM)........TIRED (BANK INNA POCKET RIDDIM)..........CHANGE GYAL EVERYDAY(SEX APPEAL) LETS FACE IT...THE WARLORD IS BACK
3.MAVADO CONSISTENT HITS......HE HAS BEEN HAVING CONSTANT STRING OF HITS SONGS FROM STARLIGHT TO EDEN RISE.......ALLHITS
4. AIDONIA CAREER CONTINUES TO RISE...JOP IS ON THE RISE TO FALL IN THE RANKS OF GAZA AND GULLY....AIDONIA'S CAREER KEEPS PUSHING
5.RIDDIMS-WELL STEPHEN IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH HIS RIDDIMS...BUT TWO RIDDIM STANDS OUT IN MY MIND..."ONE DAY RIDDIM"......WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME U HEARD A RIDDIM THAT HAD ALL THE SONGS AS HIT......AND WHEN I SAY HIT....ITS NOT BECAUSE U LIEK THE SONG....BUT ALL OF THE SONGS ARE RECIEVING MAJOR AIRPLAY.....PROPS TO U SEANIZZLE....WE NEED MORE TALENTED YUTES LIKE U IN THE INDUSTRY
AND THE SECOND RIDDIM WUD BE "BANK INNA POCKET RIDDIM".....A HYPED UP RIDDIM......SONGS WITH PROPER CONTENT.....INCLUDING RISING ACTS SUCH AS VERSITILE AND T-NEZ.....THIS RIDDIM IS A SURE SHOT
6.POTENTIAL ACTS.........KAAGO AND LIQUID........KAAGO DOES SONGS FROM HIS HEART...U CAN HEAR THE PAIN IN HIS VOCALS WHEN HE DOES THEM...IF EVERYTHING CONTINUES ON THIS TREND....I SEE A TOP MAIN EVENT ACT IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS
AS FOR LIQUID....IT CUD BE THE NAME HE HAS....BUT HE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HIT FACTORY..........INNA TIME OF CENSROSHIP FROM GUN TUNES AND DAGGERING...U CAN NEVER LOSE OFF PARTY/SWAGGA SONGS....AND LIQUID KNOWS THE CHEMISTRY INTO GETTING THOSE....2 GOOD TALENTS
7. MOST IMPROVED....i.octane, t-nez and popcaan.......TO ME I OCTANE WAS A SLEEPING HIT FACTORY....HE HAS THE TALENT....BUT FAILS TO UTILISE IT.....I DONT KNOW WHO IS HIS NEW MANAGER....BUT THEY HAVE HIM WORKING HARD...AND HE SEEMS MORE FOCUS......T NEZ HAS THE TALENT....THE VOICE....CHIMNEY RECORDS PROTEGE...HE IS A PROMISING TALENT
POPCAAN.........EVEN THO SOME PPL MAY FIND IT DEBATABLE..BUT I THINK HE IS GROWING AND HE HAS MORE TO OFFER
8.THE UNITY.........BOUNTY AND BEENIES NEW TURN TO THEIR HISTORIC RIVALRY...SETS A POSTIVE NOTE FOR THE INDUSTRY...SOMETHING THAT I THINK KARTEL AND VADO WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND....its all business.....FOR BEENIE AND BOUNTY IT WILL BE A LEVEL OF CLASS AND MODERATION TO THE RIVALRY...IT WILL NEVER RUN TOOO LOW AND BOTH THE PPL ADN THE ARTISTS BENEFIT
AN EXAMPLE WAS NEEDED TO SET BY THESE TWO...TO SHOW THE YOUNGER TALENTS....THAT ITS NOTHING PERSONAL
9.GYPTIANS SONG "HOLD YOU"
CONSISTENT PLAYERS...KARTEL, VADO,AIDONIA, CHINO
RISING STARS.....T NEZ, I OCTANE
COMEBACKS....BEENIE, BOUNTY, CECILE, GYPTIAN AND WAYNE MARSHALL
BEST RIDDIMS......ONE DAY RIDDIM AND BANK INNA POCKET
CONSISTENT PRODUCER....STEPHEN, CHIMNEY
AVERAGE FOR ME........BUSY AND STIEN
NEEDS BACK FORM-BUGLE AND ELEPHANT MAN, LISA HYPE AND JAH VINCHI
NEW PLAYERS IN THE GAME-KAAGO AND LIQUID
ONE TO WATCH-STEPHEN
BEST SONG-MY HEART-WAYNE MARSHALL
-- Edited by AGENT SMITH (MOD) on Sunday 8th of August 2010 03:05:28 AM