Tarrus Riley New Album "Love Situation" Tops Billboard Reggae Album chart

Friday, February 14, 2014

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amaican Reggae singer, Tarrus Riley has a lot to celebrate this Valentine’s Day, with the success with his new studio album, Love Situation, topping the Billboard Reggae Album chart.

Love Situation is the first album of Riley’s to reach number one on the America’s chart. In 2009, Contagious peaked at number five while his previous album, Parables in 2007 was number 10.

Riley has been promoting the first single off Love Situation, “Dem a Watch”, which has already garnered steady airplay in Jamaica since its release a week prior to the album’s unveiling.

Love Situation is currently available on iTunes and is co-produced by Dean Fraser, Mitchum 'Khan' Chin and Jordan McClure.

 

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Trinidad's RemBunction Releases First Christmas Album "A Merry Remy Christmas"

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

It was requested, even demanded and he delivered. After years of making hit after soca parang hit, RemBunction has finally released his much anticipated full length Christmas album entitled ‘A Merry Remy Christmas. RemBunction has established himself as a stalwart in the soca parang space, ever since his first sensation ‘Mr. Santa Claus’ released in 2006. The runaway hit, paved the way for other classics such as ‘Samantha Claus’, ‘Macafouchette’ and most recently ‘None for Yuh.’  In 2013,RemBunction has compiled his classics with some new hits to produce an album that leaves its listeners washed with the joy of a true Caribbean Christmas.

This album, A Merry Remy Christmas, cleverly mixes RemBunction’s signature comedic soca parang tunes with some more reflective songs that pay homage to the season and all the emotions it evokes around family and friends. Many of the songs draw from the rich and unique musical history of parang music. The song ‘Jubilation,’ showcases collaboration with one of the musical giants in parang music- Robert Munro. Well-known ‘jamoo’ artistes, Isaac Blackman and Sheldon Blackman also make their presence known in the song, ‘Home for Christmas.’ The merriment, the camaraderie, the food and the music that are hallmarks of a Caribbean Christmas are all wrapped up in new release, ‘MoreDanDat.’ This song is quickly followed by the electrifying rhythms of another new release, ‘Thunderbolt’ featuring live instrumentation by Joseph 'Joey' Riverson cuatros, guitars and maracas. Taste of traditional parang sounds are heard from Viva La Nueva parang group that provide instrumentation for songs like ‘None for Yuh’,’ Leh We Meet Up’ and ‘Jingle Dance.’ The album features masterful production work with mixes from Richard ‘Charsu’ Ahong, Keron ‘Sheriff’ Thompson, Neil Bernard, Isaac Blackman, and Shawn 'Mastamind' Noel with mastering done by Martin ‘Mice’ Raymond.

When asked the reason why the album was released now, RemBunction points to his listeners. He says, ‘My goal is to keep my listeners happy. They have been asking for this album for a while, and things just lined up in 2013 to make it a reality. I enjoy keeping our Caribbean cultural traditions alive through music and I want to share them with those who want to hear.’

Listen out for the album's first singles release 'MoreDanDat' in October, followed by 'ThunderBolt' and 'More Love.'

 

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Shaggy to Release His 12th Album "Out of Many, One Music" on September 24th

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Ranch Entertainment is proud to announce the release of Shaggy's 12th album titled "Out of Many, One Music", produced by legendary Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie, Sting International Co., and Lenky Marsden, will be available digitally on September 24th 2013.

As one of music's highly acclaimed artiste with two multi-platinum albums, eight number 1 hits, twelve top ten singles worldwide, a diamond selling album and Grammy for best reggae album, Shaggy is at it again.

"Out of Many, One Music", puts Shaggy in a class of his own and shows the authenticity and creativity he is so well known for. The vibe of the album was inspired by deep grooves of pioneering roots reggae band Black Uhuru, to which Shaggy added his own flavor.

"Those hard Black Uhuru drum and bass tracks with my pop style of writing and melodies added a nice twist. I feel this album is really something solid and authentic" says Shaggy.

The lead single "Fight this Feeling" is a duet with lovers’ rock icon, Beres Hammond, set to a timeless Sly & Robbie rhythm, which has changed the dancehall scene this summer, forcing DJs to play lovers rock during their set. "Fight this Feeling" is a modern day love song with excellent production from Sly & Robbie, Sting International and Lenky.

The second single released off "Out of Many, One Music" titled 'You Girl' features R&B pop star Ne-Yo and is currently number 1 on the Reggae iTunes charts. 'You Girl' is a body roll inducing love song that finds the fellas serenading a lucky young lady about how wonderful she is.

The remaining tracks on this 13 track album are all new and have not been released. Shaggy collaborated with many of the industries legends and upcoming reggae and dancehall sensations. This album gives you the opportunity to enjoy good reggae, great musical production and take a journey with Shaggy and some of his friends as they pay tribute to the culture and one of the many gifts given to the world from the island of Jamaica, Reggae.

"Out of Many, One Music" is not a new Shaggy album, but collaboration as he explains, between him and legendary Jamaican rhythm duo Sly & Robbie. "I've been criticized for years for not being authentic because of my pop success...People say I'm not this...I'm not that...Now I'm doing a Reggae album with the masters and people are saying it’s a game changer. The first 2 singles have already proven that to some extent! You be the judge on September 24th, says Shaggy.

 

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