SIZE DOESN'T MATTER!

NOT UP FOR GRABS 

Half the crowd claims MAVADO as their new dancehall king and just as many people would argue that VYBZ KARTEL earns that title. 


I will grant you that Mavado dropped one of the most intense debuts in the history of music with his GANGSTA FOR LIFE: THE SYMPHONY OF DAVID BROOKS. Ever. In any genre. Then followed that masterpiece brilliantly with his sophomore effort, but lately his singles haven't stuck like glue. 

EVIL GENIUS

Now VYBZ has been a major disruption in the ordered way of tings. On hype alone...the last two years are easily his best efforts to usurp the throne. Check his Clarks De Mix Tape Raw for evidence. And all the gossip pages!

GENETIC EXPERIMENTATION GONE AWRY

But have you noticed how many strong tunes the supposedly disposed king of the dancehall, BEENIE MAN, has dropped on us in the last few years? Whether it is an obscure single like INTERNATIONAL with Jurassic Five's, CHALI2NA, to his more current smash with FUTURE FAMBO,  their I'M DRINKING / RUM & RED BULL. Monsters...every single one of 'em is a monster!

ALPHA MALE

Apparently it is true...size don't matter...

because MOSES DAVIS aka BEENIE MAN stands small in physical stature but is still Dancehall's dominate ALPHA MALE.  

LONG LIVE THE KING!

Stretching Danehall's boundaries and stretching to the ceiling

In a world where sweetness is packaged with sex appeal to steal the hearts of young girls and to rob them of their lunch money, comes Lady Saw. Miss Saw mouths off the most cock sure word play ever. Her modesty would even make Prince, the perverted purple one, blush! But It is when she exposes her tender side that Miss Saw becomes more than the role/play model. Her honesty makes her records.



9.7 out of 10 Lewd Suggestions

All the Lady's work is a must, but the Passion and Walk Out discs are two of my faves. Passion? Absolutely! She embodies raw emotion, but not like the sweaty sex she pours all over the Strip Tease disc. After an epic intro, the Lady rides the "That's Amore" riddim, which is both scary and brilliant. You'll have to hear it for yourself to judge it. The duets Long Till It Bend with Merciless and Healing with Beenie Man are hard to beat. Shaggy shows up for Love is Strange. The Lady just works so well with a man to bounce her moods off of. Of course this is the disc that contains the gem, Sycamore Tree. Lover Boy is a Country Western spin with a lyrical refrain that catches you by surprise. By the way, the title track rides what can only be best described as a polka beat. Yep, the Lady has guts. And the Lady has a sense of humor!



9.7 out of 10 Personal Confessions

Her earlier records showed us her sins but here, Walk Out, is sort of a musical confession. We learn more about the person, Marion Hall, than her alter ego Lady Saw. Songs like "No Less Than A Woman (Infertility) and "Not The Worlds Prettiest" reveal her inner beauty. I like the way Marion Hall thinks, but I know your thinking that the Queen of Dancehall has gone all soft. She leaves it to her alter ego Lady Saw to carry the record out with stompers like "Power Of The Pum" and that crazy litte ditty called "Like It."