Category: News

Jamaican dancehall artists Ras Bentley and Amnon (formerly known as Rajah Dallah), along with Amnon‘s long time friend Jamar McLeod, have all join forces on a new imprint called N.G.V Production. The acronym NGV is an abbreviation for New Garden Vibes, a name chosen because all the key partners are either from the small St. Andrew community with the same name, or currently reside there.

The men are introducing their new label by releasing the TekSet Riddim; a five-track dancehall compilation that features music from Ras Bentley, Amnon, Blacc Lite, Hotta Breads and Karamanti. They shared the project a few days ago and have been enjoying favorable feedback from both dancehall lovers and general music critics ever since.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “TEKSET RIDDIM”

Dancehall artist Karamanti – who is a citizen of Canada, although based in Jamaica – has just entered the Canadian Rebel Vibez Reggae Chart with her tune Start with a Prayer. The song is the first single from her recently released album, Spiritual Warfare, published in December 2021 via her own Blakkwuman22 Music label.

The rhythm for Start with a Prayer was created by Old Harbour based music house AudioTraxx Productions, which is headed up by the talented Lamar Thompson. Start with a Prayer is a hardcore dancehall track that is presented as a form of devotion. On the record Karamanti literally prays for the so called gangsters who are taking innocent lives, the countless young men and women who are clearly lost and confused, and everything in between.

In addition to being the lead single from the Spiritual Warfare album, Start with a Prayer is also one of four songs featured on the Restart Riddim; a dancehall compilation that also has music from Peppery, I-Talawah and Sherida Sharpe. The Restart Riddim is also on the Blakkwuman22 Music imprint.

CLICK HERE TO STREAM / DOWNLOAD “SPIRITUAL WARFARE”

On Wednesday, March 9th Karamanti will join Ras Manga on Linkage Radio 101.7 and 104.5 FM (New York) to discuss songs featured on her new album Spiritual Warfare.

Persons outside of the New York area can tune in via linkageradio.com, starting at 9:15pm EST, to hear the conversation.

A few years ago we pulled down several of our songs and albums from all streaming platforms because we were working on setting up our own distribution. Now that we’ve been able to do that, we are slowly re-releasing the records.

To that end, we have just re-added the “Life 101 Riddim” to all DSPs. This dancehall compilation, which was originally released in 2016, features: Lt. Stitchie, Karamanti, Alozade, Andi-ites and Hiawondah.

Click here to listen and download the “Life 101 Riddim” from your preferred music platform.

If you missed Karamanti’s interview on Let’s B Irie Radio (RaZo Amsterdam) at the beginning of February, click here to listen to the full conversation.