The man who gave the Wailers their “Natural Mystic” and pushed the frontiers of dub music at his Black Ark studio has never lost his creative mojo, even at the age of 78. In the fourth and final installment of this exclusive interview with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry he discloses that he was once addicted to ganja, and that too much music and/or fire and/or weed in his head made him crazy. “They want to find out whether it’s me singing or the ganja singing” he says. “It’s better when me sing. If the ganja can sing, it ah go take you to a height that you can’t come back.” Scratch doesn’t want his fans or anyone else to get addicted to ganja just because of “style”.
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Interviews
Wiz Khalifa makes his first trip to Jamaica to rock Reggae Sumfest 2014. He sits down poolside with to talk about his love for Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Wiz weighs in on whether yard weed stacks up to Khalifa Kush, plus he reveals which reggae artist he’d like to collaborate with
Just after performing on Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night for the first time in six years, the Turf Prezident himself, Busy Signal, chats about his suit, his respect for Bounty Killer and how he really feels towards former Alliance member Mavado
After one of the strongest performances of Dancehall Night 2014, Aidonia took a moment to reason about his music, his locks and how he takes care of the girls business
Bounty Killer shells down Dancehall Night at Reggae Sumfest 2014 then takes a moment to reason about the state of the dancehall as a culture and why he won’t be making a song with Mavado
Mad Gyal Spice links up to chat bout her smash hit “So Mi Like It” and her big remix with Busta Rhymes. She also talks on her work with Vybz Kartel and talks about her friendship with the dancehall Worlboss, who is now serving a life sentence for murder. “It is such a sad situation,” she says. “My heart goes out to his family and his fans. He’s one of the most talented artist out of Jamaica. i know a totally different Adidja Palmer. He’s a sweet person…always laughing.”
Popcaan‘s debut album is a powerful piece of work that might just bridge that gap between his local audience and his newfound international fans. “WWCF” presents a whole different side of the artist formerly known as “The Raving King.” In his first major interview for the record, Popcaan talks about “Where We Come From,” and where he’s going. Here comes the Unruly Boss, straight up—or as he would put it, “Tr8”
Onstage, offstage and backstage with Popcaan as he touches down in Ocho Rios with Team Unruly to shell down a holiday stage show over Easter weekend – Papi says “Everything Nice” even when times are hard.
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