*Latest Reggae/Dancehall News April 2011*

First of all is nice to be back up with MissGaza.blogspot!!! Wonder if U guys missed it! Photobucket had a severe servers failure which went on for almost 3 weeks ...and when i started getting emails from them saying they were upgrading me to a pro account but they also wrote me : "Last Monday evening, we experienced a hardware failure; the odds of such a failure are over 1 in a billion. Throughout this time, we worked closely with our storage and data management partner to make sure that all measures were taken to preserve and restore all data."...MissGaza really started worrying about all her files being lost! Instead we r back up : me, photobuckets and all those others users! So Big Ups  & Big Thanx to their Support Team!

* Fresh News From Portomore April 2011*

Vybz Kartel 's Party for Coloring Book cancelled by police in Portmore and Vybz is thinking if taking  legal actions against them because his biz is being affected by a lot of cancellation from pubblic force lately. He will also step into the boxing  ring, together with Mavado and I-Octane,  the popular Jamaican tv show The Contender a reality show about boxe.

*Reggae For Japan Changes Date*


It's Mighty Crown 20th Anniversary and they are all about helping their homeland, Japan, heavily hit by after shocks of heartquakes, tsunami and nuclear nightmares. The new date is set for June and there 's a huge line up of artists ready to give help to Japan read all the details here. If U are in Nyc/Nj area don't miss out their Celebration with Capleton the 29th of April 2011.


*Top 25 Reggae Singles Jamaican Charts*



Queen Ifrica on top with Times Like These, 2nd position for Forever & Always (7th Wonder) – Hezron – and 3rd forLover’s Holiday (Breakfast in Bed) - Colin Levy aka Iley Dread

*Soflo Awards 2011 Photos & Videos*

Check out the coolest Dancehall & reggae Awards in Florida. Period!
* Top 25 Singles jamaican Charts April 2011*

Wayne Wonder 1st position with If I ever, Buju Banton Tings A Come Up on 2nd Big Ups Buju!, 3rd position for Toya with True Blessings.
*MissGaza Top 10 Good Chunes*

MissGaza ten favorite chunes in heavy rotation in my playlist.Some new some old, u can stream and listen and I'm very curious to know if U like dem too.Bless.





Also All new gaza for April 2011 & don't miss out all the events in Florida for the next weeks! Check out MissGaza.com! Bless!

*Rebel Salute 2011 Highlights*

If you couldn't make it to Rebel Salute Festival  2011 enjoy some of  its  coolest moments  with  these videos. Let  see  what  went  down  on  that  stage !A lot of amazing guests and incredible audience!!!Enjoy!
Mavado,I-Octane,Beres Hammond,Taurrus Riley,Romain Virgo, & Professor Nuts.
Queen Ifrica Interview too!

*Most Popular Dancehall Songs In 2010*

"Year 2010 was off to a slow start in dancehall ,with many thinking that it could  be one of the worse years in dancehall history.But as the year went by,a good number  of  mega  hit  singles emerged that  rescue  the genre from  recession.
.{My Heart -Wayne Marshall}.
Wayne Marshall hit single "My Heart" was one of the biggest dancehall releases     of 2010.The Remix features Mavado & the song made it to several reggae charts worldwide, including Africa, Europe.


.{Damian Marley/ Nas - Patience}.

"Patience" is one of the biggest reggae / hip hop crossover songs of 2010. "Patience" was release on the duo collaborative critically acclaimed album “Distant Relatives"

.

.{Beenie Man - I 'm Ok}.
Beenie Man was one of the biggest come back of the year together with Fambo."I'm ok" is one of Beenie's best banger of the last couple of years.



.{Vybz Kartel/Russian - Jeans N Fitted}.
"Jeans N Fitted" is been  number one in Jamaica  for a minute and was also on charts in New York and Europe during the summer of 2010. The video for the song current has over   3 million views on Youtube.


.{Sean Kingston/Nicki Minaj-Let go (Dutty Love)}.
He's not a traditional Reggae/Dancehall artist but kids go crazy for him and all of his songs in Jamaica as worldwide and his video on youtube got more than 13 millions hits.


.{Fambo/Beenie Man - Rum & Redbull}.
Fambo & Beenie Man are the biggest come back of the year 2010 and this collabo is great. the banger reache charts all over ouside Jamaica doing well in Europe, America ,Asia.


.{I-Octane - My life}.
Several different artists realesed songs called "My Life" in 2010, in Jamaica.
Similar songs with similar titles but nobody like him was able to compete with the lyrics  and the appeal on listeners as I-Octane's song. Not bad for such a new and young artist.


.{Mavado/Stacious - Come To My Room}.
This is a nice and different song from  Mavado,where he' is showing a different side from his usual War/ Gully mode.


.{Vybz Kartel -Clarks}.
Clarks is been one of the biggest Vybz' success of the year  so much that  influenced style and fashion and  British classic shoe company has since opened up a new factory to supply the growing demand for the classic Desert and Wallabee. The song Clarks also give rise to Popcaan, one of MissGaza's favorite  rising member in the Vybz Kartel led Gaza Empire.Given Clarks success,  Vybz is opening is own shoe company.

.{Gyptian/Nicki Minaj - Hold Yuh}.
The biggest reggae worldwide success of the year once again Gyptian scoring big and it's surely no surprise.This song raise his own career and made him very popular worldwide and also revived the whole dancehall scene, that was going across a period of low, capturing music fans from all over.The original version of "Hold Yuh" was released in 2009 but  really got famous in 2010 and even more so since then several versions and remixes was done off the song, including the popular Nicki Minaj remix and a soca version.So after posting  some of my fav remixes earlier here the original "Hold Yuh" video.

*Sting 27 2010 Videos & Stories*

Sting , the  27  years  old  music festival  failed  to  hit the  mark on 

Boxing Day.  Some  blamed  the  recession, { well,  is  going  to  get  
worst for 2011}, the absence  of   Vybz  Kartel and Mavado  as  well

as  many  other  factors...whatever it was Sting  this  year was kind 

of different. The big venue, Jamworld, in Portmore , St.Catherine, 

was half empty well passed midnight,contrary to the  other  years,

Bounty didn 't  really show up cause  he didn't  receive his  deposit 

as well  as some  of  the names  written  in the  anticipated  poster 

weren't  even there  and the show was closed by Beenie, Assassin, 

Kiprich and Ryno sharing the stage but not making the crowd too 

happy. Sizzla Kalonji  brought a good  amount of  energy with his 

set, with his long set  of  hits and  even if  in Portmore, Gaza Land, 

he questioned Kartel latest bleaching habits receiving salutes from 

the crowd. Sizzla's performance is been di best of the whole show.

Khago, I-Octane and Lady Saw were all clear stands out.

Khago was able to hold the crowd busy from the first song to the last

one, I-Octane was one other act that people went out for, Portmore  

his own town, all dressed  in red, even if  his presence  on  stage  was 

short he was the one that sparkled the fireworks.

Lady Saw was missing Sting stage for seven years, she  managed to 

keep her shoes & wig on and she had a word from everybody :  Lisa 

Hyper, Aidonia,Mavado,Kartel,Beenie Man and even Buju,  saying 

that in his case she couldn 't hit him too hard and so preying for his 

legal situation to end soon.What would have been the night's major 

clash between the talent show runners-up — Kings  and  Queens  of 

Dancehall's Reggae Queen, and Rising Stars' DJ Face —  had  to   be 

aborted due to the use of profanity. 

Other remarkamable performances of  the  night  were  def Ce'Cile, 

the hilarious parody king Food Kartel, Romain Virgo, Richie Spice 
&Etana.

Here some of the best of Sting 27 2010 in videos. More to b add soon.
Enjoy! Sting from 2000 to 2009,Sizzla, Beenie Man,Fanbo,Danger gigs .
Check Out STING DANCERS TOO!

*Boxing Day The Day After*

The boxing day show at the Building put on by Vybz Kartel and his 

management team was shut down last night as the authorities  ran 

in and dismantled the event as they did last week  on Thursday  at 

the same venue.

Reports indicate that the show had too much people trying to attend, 

there was a huge line and therefore  all the crowd could not be guested

in the Building NiteClub resulting in breaches in hazard and fire safety regulations.
Speculations are that Sting promoter Laing had something to do with it. 

Sting 27 didn't see an appareance by Bounty Killer and his name was

never mentioned once. Beenie shared the stage with Assassin and they

went from hit to hit together. He complained about not being paid yet,

while on stage performing, reinforcing the rumors of Bounty absence to

be linked to budget reasons as well as for Vybz and Mavado.

Going back to the appering guests at Sting 27 Khago and I-Octane earned 

the crowd respect with good performances,  mean while Gyptian earned 

some clapping but his time on Sting stage was very short.

Few ladies really shined and Lady Saw did a very raw and vintage thing 

after missing that stage for several years that will surely be remembered.

Kiprich went on stage with Blak Ryno who dissed his best ex friend  from

Gaza Camp Popcaan and AddiJah Palmer.

This Sting editon's is being called a flop also because of the main missing

acts Kartel and Mavado.

More on Sting  later on enjoy this  video from yesterday  gig from Ryno
and Kiprich  in the meantime 

.New video including  Beenie Man . Cariblink is taking off every Sting video.
It's hard to keep up I apologize they 're selfish!

*Send A Hell Who Got No Love Inna Dem*

A couple of cool videos .
Vybz  Kartel Send A Hell
Can't stop liking it ! With Special dedication !


From I-Octane!
Don't Trust Who got No Love Inna Dem