Eddie STATS Houghton Archives - Page 7 of 28

Throwback Thursdays: Third World, “1865: 96 Degrees in the Shade”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Third World, "1865: 96 Degrees in the Shade," live at Reggae Sunsplash, 1983. No this is not technically a music video but there was no way I was not going to post this toda... Read More...

Know When to Run Tune: Busy Signal, “The Gambler” (+ Top 10 Summer Jams)

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photo by Andrew Dosunmu Last summer we got our dude Busy Signal on the phone and asked him to name his Top 10 (non-reggae) Summer Jams. #4 on that list (right between Luthe... Read More...

Heartical: Melanie Fiona, “Like I Love You”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our colleague Shamz over at Okayplayer put us up on this new Melanie Fiona tune. The Guyanese beauty takes a break from her soul (and jazz) grind and gets in touch with her ... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Midi Maxi & Efti “Bad Bad Boys”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton I got serviced with copies of Midi, Maxi & Efti's albums and singles (there were 3) back when I was briefly the "reggae director" (and by "director" I mean: "only DJ who... Read More...

Western Indies: Theophilus London “No Particular One”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Hypetrak Theophilus continues to show new sides to his music as well as his fashion game. This particular side is the one we like, the same one we glimpsed on his cover... Read More...

Rum Wars: Beenie Man Meets Vybz Kartel Inna Liquor Shop

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton The developments around Vybz Kartel's split with business partner Corey Todd--with whom he built a mini-empire comprising brands like Street Vybz rum and the Building nightc... Read More...

Deejay Child: The Post-Sizzla Generation

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via SEEN There's really not much to be said about this 2005 BBC clip thats floating around the interweb this week except that these UK raggamuffin kids are clearly not afra... Read More...

Firewuk: Major Lazer x Elephant Man, “German Elefant Killer”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Happy 4th of July to all our Jamericans! Now do your country proud and go kill some German elefants. (No disrespect to actual Germans or actual Elephants. We love y'all.) ... Read More...

Double Selection: Sean Paul x Alexis Jordan + Rihanna x Wayne Marshall

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Not sure if dancehall is getting more island pop or all pop music is getting now mostly dancehall. Either way Sean Paul seems like he might be back in toppa pop 10 form with... Read More...

Lime Time: Jamaican TV Goes “In The Dance”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton— Next month the Jamaican network TVJ will premier their new show In The Dance--shot at Kingston's famous Quad nightclub--which adapts a Soul Train-like format to the ever-fl... Read More...

Throwback Thursday: Vybz Kartel x Wayne Marshall “New Millennium”/”Why You Doing It”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photo by Peter Dean Rickards Given the recent fuss and flap-up around Vybz Kartel and his new LP Kingston Story (A sitch I take partial responsibility for) we thought it wo... Read More...

First Name Basis: Theophilus London x MTV x GQ

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton It's not so much a question any more whether Theophilus London is on his way to becoming just Theophilus; a one word icon along the lines of Madonna, Drake etc, etc. The que... Read More...