This is the reason I love Youtube! My close friends know how silly I act and this reminds me of those moments. (As a child, I use to do performances and silly renditions of songs for my family…occasionally still do!) Check out this guy lip syncing to Rihanna’s “Only Girl In the World”

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In 2010 I’m definitely getting my design game up. Check out the latest of me playing with typography. What do you think?

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New Years always brings about change, for some it’s starting over others it’s about growth, but for me and this site it’s about taking it to the next level. There are a few things I would like to REALISTICLY comit to for 2010.

1.) Read less. Write More.

Sometimes I get so caught up reading other blogs that mine falls by the ways side. I’m not trying to be a gossip site (a splash of that here and there is not bad, but that’s not my goal) so I need to create thought provoking content and deliver it consistently.

2.) Promote & Network

Afterall, who better to market my site than me! I would like to grow my readership consistently but I’m not going crazy for massive hits. Finding new and creative ways to market the site is going to be a challenge. Anyone can write a blog, but few can command authority within their niche. I’m hope to really fine tune the voice of this site and run with it.

3.) Interviews

I really love meeting people and crafting stories based on live interviews.But it’s an element that is really missing consistently from my site.

4.) Make time, not excuses (self-explanatory)

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This is the final version of Kanye’s video for “Paranoid” with Rihanna as the leading lady (well the only lady, and a crazy one at that!) Not really a fan of the video, I’m sure it won’t be in heavy rotation and the driving scene reminds me of 1960’s flick Psycho. Nonetheless, here it is for your viewing pleasure.

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Fly Paper Blog got footage of Elephant Man performing in Ohio. An eager young lady couldn’t wait to approach him after the show and decided to get a early feel and rip up him expensive pants! Is it that serious?

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Dancehall artists willing to clean up lyrics [Jamaica Star]

Danielle gets X-Rated [Out-a-Road]

Jamaican Designer talks the industry [Fashion Over Style]

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Press Release

After recently performing before thousands of diehard U.S. college fans on the Irish and Chin produced “Campus Rave” tour, Mr. Vegas has returned to the dancehall scene with a vengeance and three new steamy videos in tow.

 As if dancehall artist Mr. Vegas couldn’t get any hotter in 2008, he just wrapped up the production of a video for his newest single “Daggering.”  On this sizzlin’ track, Mr. Vegas delivers piercing lyrics over the ‘Remebrance’ riddim, produced by Kirkledove of “Tek Weh Yuhself” fame.  Like its predecessor, “Daggering” is destined to spawn a dance craze.  As you read this, impressively, “Daggering” is already creating waves within the dancehall.  In addition to Mr. Vegas’ “Daggering,” you can catch the recent and ever-so-popular “Hot Gal Nuh Fight Ova Man” and “Mus Come a Road” videos in heavy rotation on various television media outlets.

“Daggering is based on a dance, like ‘Wine Up,’ ‘Bruk Out,’ etc.,” said Mr. Vegas enthusiastically on the set of the video shoot.  “It’s a man and woman dance, in contrast to just an individual ting……everybody can get involved.”

 ”We have taken this one way back and have modernized the Mento,” added Vegas.  “It’s quite a different feel compared to the one million ‘daggering’ songs in the dancehall….you have to bring something exciting.”

 The “Daggering” video was a creative project from hot-shot director Jay Will, the man behind loads of top-notch dancehall videos including Vegas’ popular “Tek Weh Yuhself” and “Hot Wuk.”  “Daggering” consisted of two scenes, shot at different locations in Jamaica.  The lovely Caymanas Mineral Bath in St. Catherine was the backdrop for scene one, while the final dance/club scene was shot on location in Kingston.

“Daggering” is chock-full of energy, capturing the presence of a host of dancers including Shelly Belly, Crazy Hype and Mr. Vegas’ own High Energy Dancers ( a four-member female dance group).  One can anticipate seeing moves that transcend time, from back in the kumina days right up to the modern day “daggering.”

“Naturally, ‘Daggering’ sounds like a poco song, so we wanted to keep some kumina in it, giving it a poco vibe – strictly to the African roots,” explained Jay Will about the video concept.

Mr. Vegas is scheduled to soon wrap up the Irish and Chin produced “Campus Rave” tour with a final stop at UCLA.  Soon after, he will jumpstart a Canadian tour, dropping in on several cities.

Mr. Vegas, dancehall’s singjay, is clearly one of the industry’s mainstays.  He burst onto the scene over 10 year ago, with the break through hit “Heads High.”  For over a decade, Mr. Vegas has kept up the momentum by entertaining fans with timeless hits.  His most recent studio album Hot It Up, distributed by Delicious Vinyl, has been embraced by the massive.  Notably, the racy single “Hot Wuk” landed on the Billboard charts.  In August 2008, Mr. Vegas signed onto Irish and Chin, Inc. to manage his career.

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So while I was out and about I saw this interesting ensemble

I say she looks like a rooster, a fellow admirer said Ronald McDonald. Whats your verdict?

S&V Reader Ecua Kid sent me this look a like Pictured: El Chapolin Colorado (Love it!)

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So this past Friday I celebrated my birthday at Gypsy Tea Room. Caribbean Fuse Team started Caribbean Fridays in Manhattan a few weeks ago, and their e-mail blast said “Celebrate your birthday, you and your entourage free all night” I always travel with an entourage of a least five of my friends, but for my b-day I had an extra twenty or so people. Well the promoters kept their word ‘cause we were all free and didn’t have to wait in line!

Gypsy Tea Room is a cute club with two floors. Reggae & Dancehall on one floor and Soca & Calypso on the next (I didn’t make it to the Soca room, too tipsy to make it up and down the stairs). The vibes was really nice, it was a nice crowd, no fights (there almost was though, a clumsy guy attempted to step to my friend after he spilled his own drink. I could see why he was mad though, that drink was probably $15, poor thing) Callie B from Irie Jam was spinning some nice lover’s rock and ol’ school dancehall. I felt like he really wanted to play some dance tunes, but didn’t want the party to get too outta order, seeing that it was a small space.  I’m glad they move it to Club Element on the Lower East Side the venue is a little bigger so I & I have more room to bruck out!

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