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By: Lioness Danyell
Photography By: Milton Raynor

This year, the celebration of International Reggae Day, commenced back in 1994 by one-woman power house, Andrea Davis and her Jamaica Arts Holdings organisation, came to a crescendo at the Undercroft of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, with a panel discussion themed 'Reggae Music in 2008'.

Commemorating 2008 as the 40th year of Reggae music, a major point of discussion was the landmark songs of the year 1968, which definitively propelled the shift in genre from Rock Steady to Reggae. Among these were famously Nanny Goat by Larry Marshall and Do The Reggae by Toots and the Maytals, as well as, Baby Why by the Cables, Israelites by Desmond Dekker and the Aces and Feel the Rhythm by Clancy Eccles, which was actually recorded in late 1967, but released in 1968, according to panelist Julian 'Jingles' Reynolds.

Hype TV Top 20 Singles Chart

TW LW WOC Artiste Name - Song Title - Record Label

01 01 10 Elephant Man-Gully Creeper-Seanizzle
02 03 09 L.U.S.T-Just As I Am- Borne Music-Shot to Watch
03 02 13 Mavado-On The Rock-Baby G-1wk@#1
04 07 09 Richie Spice-The Plane Land- No Doubt-Greatest Gainer up 3
05 04 17 Bounty Killer-Nuh Fren Fish-Foota Hype
06 04 13 Damian & Stephen Marley-The Mission-Baby G-2weeks#1
07 09 05 Beenie Man-Gimme Likkle-Born So Records
08 06 19 Beenie Man- Wine Gal-TJ Records-6wks@#1
09 11 07 Stacious-Falling Down-John John
10 08 14 Da'Ville-Yesterday-Fashozy Records-Peak@#2

By: Buffilous

Yow, fi real mi miss all a di mix up and blenda and mi have a super one fi share wid unno. Mi nuh know, but people business just follow mi suh!

How some people come suh, dem neva hear di saying whey sey 'if yuh teck di cow yuh haffi teck di calf tuh'. Memba dat! Whey bring on all dis, is me know a woman wid two pickney weh tek up a man weh have four well it suh happen dat one a him pickney handicapped and har madda lef har a Jamaica and migrate to di States from di pickney a 3 years old, suh yuh done know sey she nuh know nutten bout har. Di madda run left di handicapped pickney, left it wid di man daddy and den come a States and meck di same man breed har again...and she end up wid six pickney a farin, five fi smady else and di one from di man whey she got di handicapped pickney fah.

Now people, a true true something mi a relate. Di hottaclaps nuh done de suh yu nuh. Di man whey father di handicap pickney, him sista set him up pon one rich woman and him an har end up being together, nice nuh backside. Him a di best baby father inna di world to fi har pickney dem but when it come to fi him disabled one a Jamaica him treat har like dawg. But yuh woulda tink sey di rich woman woulda show likkle compassion and encourage di man fi gi some tender loving to him now 18-year-old daughter. No sah, nutten like dat. Di man nuh hug di pickney and if she try fi hug him, him slip outa it, an fi meck matters worse di house whey him left har pack up a pure man.

By: Rootzgirl

What do you do when you want to get away from the regular mundane things of life? Say you are getting married and you are oh so tired of the 'here comes the bride' routine as you walk down the isle of the church with your husband to be waiting for you at the end? The male guests sitting comfortably in their seats all eyes fixed on you and then the same o same oh ritual of vows, songs being sung and the pronunciation of man and wife. Then you go off to do the ritual of taking photos and the guests head for the reception area where the glass knocking and the ribbing and stuff take place.

Here's an idea, you don't have to follow tradition, it's your big day and hopefully it's the one time in your life you are going to do this thing so if you want to go overboard who can blame you. Even if you want to take it way out of the norm, who cares, no one should complain! Got this idea from a friend who is actually contemplating having such a ceremony for her wedding.

US rap duo makes debut appearance in JA

It will be rap meets reggae on Saturday, August 9 when US rap duo, Playaz Circle, popularly known for their hit "Duffle Bag Boy", which features Lil Wayne, hits the stage in Jamaica at "Face To Face". They will be meeting the likes of Serani and Bugle will coming with hits such as "Stinkin Rich", "What Am Gonna Do", "Study People", "Journeys" and "Doh" under their belts.

Promoted by World Beat Music Group and Bacumi Entertainment it will take place at the Cable and Wireless Golf Academy.

The lineup is not yet completed, but stay tuned to this spot for the entire lineup.

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