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Vybz Kartel wins DJ of the Year titles again

The Gaza just rolls on and on and on. Vybz Kartel walked away with the DJ of the Year title at the annual EMEs for the second consecutive year, adding an exclamation mark to an incredible 12 month run that included eight number one singles, as well as a Billboard R & B chart hit, and oodles of controversy. The deejay also copped the Recording Artiste of the Year title as well as the songwriter/lyricist of the year titles this year.

It was a great night for the Portmore Empire as Jahvinci shared the Breakthrough Artiste of the Year trophy with Chino, and Merital Family laughed all the way to the bank as they won the Duo/Group of the year award based on the strength of their ultra-popular My Money Ha Ha single.

Spanner Banner Wins EME Award for Biggest Comeback Artist of the Year

Reggae star Spanner Banner has been working hard to regain his former status in the local music industry since he returned to Jamaica a few years ago. The prolific hit maker was residing in the UK for over three years hence his absence from the local music scene in the earlier part of this decade. Despite all the obstacles he has faced in his bid to achieve this goal, Spanner Banner has stepped back into the local spotlight wit his recent number one hit single Rolling Stones.

His return to the local musical landscape has found favor with fans and music industry insiders alike. Therefore it comes as no surprised that he has copped the award for Biggest Come Back Artist of the Year in the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards (EMEs) which was held last night at The Gardens at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.

When contacted Spanner Banner was in a very happy mood as he expressed his gratitude to the fans who voted for him on the EMEs website; “Right now I man haffi big up all the fans who vote for me, them and Jah made it possible and I give thanks to them and the creator who give I the inspiration to write and sing good music.”

Spanner Banner was also one of the performers at the EMEs. He and his three musical siblings Pliers, Richie Spice and Snatcha gave patrons attending the event an extra special performance that was dubbed the Bonner Brothers Moment.

Julian Marley Brought Marley Magic To Negril One Love Reggae Concert

Two days after his brothers Stephen and Ziggy picked up Grammy Awards in the Best Reggae Album and the Best Children’s album category respectively, Julian Marley played to a full house at the Negril Escape Resort at Negril One Love Reggae Concert show which was held on Tuesday February 2, 2010. It was Marley Magic all the way as Julian Marley rocked the house in fine style.

His nearly two hour long performance saw him reeling of songs such as Father’s Plce, Harder Dayz, Boom Draw, Awake, Lion In The Morning and Loving Clear along with several of his father’s timeless hits. The huge audience sang along, screamed and applauded right throughout his performance.

The show was opened by Ras Noble, Power Drill and Iron Head all these acts gave a good account of themselves.

The next show in the Negril One Love Reggae Concert winter series will feature veteran lovers rock singer John Holt along with Richie Melody and the Uprizing Band.

Timmi Burrell Impresses at the EME Awards

Rising reggae/dancehall artist Timmi Burrell was in fine form when he performed at the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards (EMEs), which was held on the 4^th of February 2010 at The Gardens at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The dapperly dressed young man was the first performer in a segment of the awards show dubbed the Tribute To Studio One and he got things off to a very good start with a splendid rendition of Horace Andy’s timeless classic Skylarking, which was produced by the great Jamaican producer Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd who founded the Studio One studio and label in the 1960s.

Judging from the response of the audience his effort was well appreciated. The main man behind the EMEs Richard Burgess was very pleased with Timmi Burrell’s performance; “Timmi got the show off to a very fine start I must say, he is certainly poised for great things”, said Richard Burgess when asked for his thoughts about the budding artist’s performance.

EME AWARDS 2010

(For recordings and overall impact between Oct. 01, 2008 – Sept. 30, 2009)

Note….. more or less than six (6) nominations in a category is the result of ties

CATEGORIES NOMINEES

1. DJ OF THE YEAR (MALE)

(for overall impact as a solo vocal performer in the eligibility year)

VYBZ KARTEL

BEENIE MAN

BOUNTY KILLER

ELEPHANT MAN

BUSY SIGNAL

DING DONG

FLIPPA MAFIA

KIPRICH

WINNER – VYBZ KARTEL

2. DJ OF THE YEAR (FEMALE)

(for overall impact as a solo vocal performer in the eligibility year)

MACKA DIAMOND

STACIOUS

TIFA

LADY SAW

SPICE

LADY G

PAMPUATTAE

LISA HYPE

WINNER - SPICE

3) VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (MALE)

(for overall impact as a solo vocal performer in the eligibility)

ROMAINE VIRGO

JAH CURE

TARRUS RILEY

RICHIE SPICE

STEVIE FACE

DAVILLE

HEZRON

WINNER – JAH CURE

4) VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (FEMALE)

(for overall impact as a solo vocal performer in the eligibility year)

ETANA

SOPHIA BROWN

CHERINE ANDERSON

ALAINE

TAMI CHIN

PHYLLISIA

BARBEE

WINNER – CHERINE ANDERSON

5. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (DANCE HALL)

(for overall impact as a record producer in this category in the eligibility year)

TARIQ ‘RUSSIAN JOHNSON - CHIMNEY RECORDS

STEPHEN MCGREGOR - BIG SHIP

D. & C. HARRINSINGH, C. MARSH - DASECA

LINTON ‘TJ’ WHITE - TJ RECORDS

NOTNICE - AINSLEY MORRIS

NOTICE - UNGA & WELCH

JASON HENRIQUES/SHAWN ANDERSON/ MATTHEW GRAY - COPPER SHOT

ARIF COOPER - FRESH EAR

WINNER – STEPHEN McGREGOR

6. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (REGGAE)

(for overall impact as a record producer in this category in the eligibility year)

KEMAR’DJ Flava’ Mc GREGOR – NO DOUBT RECORDS

DELMAR ‘Della’ DRUMMOND – DANGER ZONE

DONOVAN BENNETT – DON CORLEON LABEL

SLY & ROBBIE – TAXI LABEL

DONOVAN GERMAIN – PENTHOUSE RECORDS

LLOYD JAMES JNR. - JAM II LABEL

STEPHEN McGREGOR – BIG SHIP LABEL

WINNER – DONOVAN GERMAIN

7. BEST NEW ARTIST (MALE)

(award to an artist whose overall impact during the eligibility year establishes his public identity as a recording artist)

GEE-WHIZZ

RAS PENCO

WASP

ROMAINE VIRGO

CHASE CROSS

CHEVAUGHN

MERITAL

WINNER – G WHIZZ

8. BEST NEW ARTIST (FEMALE)

(award to an artist whose overall impact during the eligibility year establishes her public identity)

STREAM

GAZA INDU

PHYLLISIA

RAINE SEVILLE

SOPHIA SQUIRE

GAZA KIM

LISA HYPE

TIMEKA MARSHALL

WINNER – LISA HYPE

9. DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR

(for overall impact as a vocal performer by established duos or groups in the eligibility year)

RDX

LUST

TOK

ANDREW & WADA BLOOD

BONAFIDE

VOICEMAIL

SUGAR ROY & CONRAD CRYSTAL

MERITAL

WINNER - MERITAL

10) BIGGEST COMEBACK ARTIST

(award to an artist whose release(s) in the eligilibility year marked his/her ‘return’ to the charts after a long break)

CHUCKLE BERRY

ANTHONY RED ROZE

LLOYD LOVINDEER

RUFFIAN

SPANNER BANNER

MIKEYLOUS

WINNER – SPANNER BANNER

11. SONG OF THE YEAR (DANCE HALL)

(award to the artist and producer who score the biggest charting song in this category during the eligibility year)

COMPLETELY

MOCKING BIRD

I AM BLESSED

MIND PON MI MONEY

LIFE

FROM MAWNING

HOLIDAY

GOOD GIRL, GONE BAD

WINNER - HOLIDAY

12. SONG OF THE YEAR (REGGAE)

(award to the artist and producer who score the biggest charting song in this category during the eligibility year)

SO IN LOVE - HEZRON

CALL ON ME – JAH CURE/ PHILLISIA

A THOUSAND MILES AWAY – RAS PENCO

CAAN SLEEP – ROMAINE VIRGO

MAMA YOU ALONE – I-OCTANE

LIONESS ON THE RISE – QUEEN IFRICA

TELL IT LIKE IT IS – STEVIE FACE

ONE MORE NIGHT – BUSY SIGNAL

WINNER – CALL ON ME

13. ALBUM OF THE YEAR

(award to artist(s) and producer(s) if different from artist(s) whose album had biggest impact in this category in the eligibility year)

UNIVERSAL CURE – JAH CURE

RASTA GOT SOUL – BUJU BANTON

MR BROOKS – A BETTER TOMORROW
CONTAGIOUS – TARRUS RILEY

MONTEGO BAY – QUEEN IFRICA

2 SIDES OF MY HEART – GRAMPS MORGAN

MADE IN JAMAICA – COURTNEY ‘YOGI’ JOHN

IMPERIAL BLAZE – SEAN PAUL

2 SIDES OF MY HEART VOL. 1 - GRAMPS MORGAN

14. RECORDING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(award to the artist with the most charting hits in the eligibility year)

VYBZ KARTEL

MAVADO

ELEPHANT MAN

DING DONG

KONSHENS

QUEEN IFRICA

WINNER – VYBZ KARTEL
15. CULTURAL /POSITIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(award to artist with the best/biggest cultural/positive recording(s) in the eligibility year)

TARRUS RILEY

QUEEN IFRICA

RICHIE SPICE

JAH CURE

I – OCTANE

KONSHENS

LUTAN FYAH

WINNER – TARRUS RILEY

16. BREAKTHRU ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(award to artist whose work attracted local and international attention, and who is seen as poised as a leader for the next generation of reggae/ dance hall stars)

CHINO

CHARLEY BLACK

BLACK RYNO

JAHVINCI

DING DONG

FLEXX

BRAMMA

TYRICAL

WINNER – CHINO & JAHVINCI (TIE)

17. SONG WRITER/ LYRICIST OF THE YEAR

(award to artist whose writing skills on all ‘charting’ songs were of a consistently high standard )

VYBZ KARTEL

BUSY SIGNAL

MAVADO

KONSHENS

ASSASSIN

QUEEN IFRICA

WAYNE MARSHALL

DEMARCO

WINNER – VYBZ KARTEL

18. SINGJAY OF THE YEAR (MALE)

(award to the artist with the biggest overall impact in this category in the eligilibility year)

NESBETH

MAVADO

MR VEGAS

CHARLEY BLACK

I – OCTANE

CHINO

SERANI

KONSHENS

WINNER - MAVADO

19. SINGJAY OF THE YEAR (FEMALE)

(award to the artist with the biggest overall impact in this category in the eligibility year)

CECILE

D’ANGEL

QUEEN IFRICA

TANYA STEVENS

BLACK QUEEN

RUFFIAN

ISHAWNA

WINNER – QUEEN IFRICA

20. COLLABO OF THE YEAR (DANCE HALL)

(for a collaborative vocal performance by artists who do not normally perform together)

COMPLETELY – VYBZ KARTEL & INDU

THINK BOUT MI – MACKA & UNICORN

UGLY SO – KIPRICH & BLACKER

GOOD GIRL, GONE BAD – TARRUS RILEY & KONSHENS

DIP AGAIN – ELEPHANT MAN & DING DONG

HOLIDAY - DING DONG & CHEVAUGHN

VERSITILITY – VYBZ KARTEL & INDU

DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY – VOICEMAIL & BUSY SIGNAL

WINNER - HOLIDAY

21. COLLABO OF THE YEAR (REGGAE)

(for a collaborative vocal performance by artists who do not normally perform together)

CALL ON ME – JAH CURE Feat PHYLLISIA

DUMPLING SHOP – LLOYD LOVINDEER & MAMA TIA

PRESSURING THE POOR – SPRING-1 & RAS SHILOH

YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING – NODDY VIRTUE & JODIAN PANTRY

KING AND QUEEN – RICHIE SPICE & ALISON HINDS

FOREVERMORE – TARRUS RILEY/ ALAINE

TRY JAH LOVE – JOSIE MEL & SMOKEY BENZ

JAH JAH SEE DEM A COME – SUGAR ROY & CONRAD CRYSTAL

WINNER – CALL ON ME

22. RHYTHM OF THE YEAR (REGGAE)

(award to the producer of the reggae rhythm with the biggest impact in the eligibility year)

CHANGES – DON CORLEON RECORDS

AUTOMATIC – PENTHOUSE RECORDS

SWEETNESS - MAC D RECORDS

GOOD LOVE – JAM 2 RECORDS

SWEET RHYTHM – NO DOUBT RECORDS

KARMA RHYTHM – ARROWS RECORDING

WINNER – GOOD LOVE (Prod. By Baby G)

23. RHYTHM OF THE YEAR (DANCE HALL)

(award to the producer/ label of the dance hall rhythm with the biggest impact in the eligibility year)

SET ME FREE - HEART OF LOVE PRODUCTION

MOVIE STAR - CHIMNEY RECORDS

STREET TEAM - FIRE LINKS MUSIC

GOOD LIFE - LIV UP RECORDS

NATIONAL PRIDE - FRESH EAR PRODUCTIONS

TRIPLE BOUNCE - CR0203 RECORDS

FITNESS - DI GENIUS MUSIC

GO GO CLUB – HEAD CONCUSSION MUSIC

WINNER – GOOD LIFE Prod. By Liv Up Records

24. REGGAE // DANCE HALL COMPILATION OF THE YEAR – VARIOUS ARTISTES

(award to the distributor // licensor of the reggae/ dance hall compilation with the biggest impact in the eligibility year)

THE HIT LIST – VARIOUS ARTISTS/ TADS

REGGAE GOLD 2009 – VARIOUS ARTISTES/ VP

THE ULTIMATE REGGAE/DANCEHALL X-PERIENCE – VARIOUS ARTISTES/ TADS

NATIONAL PRIDE – VARIOUS ARTISTS/ TADS

GOOD LIFE RIDDIM – VARIOUS ARTISTS

GREATEST REGGAE ONE DROP ANTHEMS (2009) –VARIOUS ARTISTES/ GREENSLEEVES

STRICTLY THE BEST VOL. 40/ 41- VARIOUS ARTISTES/ VP

WINNER – GOOD LIFE RIDDIM – VARIOUS ARTISTES – LIV UP RECORDS

25. MOST IMPROVED ARTIST

(award to a ‘next generation’ artist whose career improves most dramatically in all areas over the eligibility year)

CHINO

BLACK RYNO

JAHVINCHI

WASP

TIFA

ROMAINE VIRGO

KHAGO

FLEXX

WINNER – TIFA & FLEXX (TIE)

26) GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(award to the gospel artist with the biggest impact in this category in the eligibility year)

GODDY GODDY

PRODIGAL SON

DJ NICHOLAS

OMARI

JUDITH GAYLE

CARLENE DAVIS

RYAN MARK

CHEVELLE FRANKLIN

WINNER – DJ NICHOLAS

27) INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(award to the artist scoring the biggest charting International Hit during the eligibility year)

SEAN KINGSTON

MAVADO

SEAN PAUL

SERANI

VYBZ KARTEL/ SPICE

CHERINE ANDERSON

WINNER – SEAN PAUL

28. BEST THEATRICAL PRODUCTION

(award to the theatrical production with the biggest impact in the eligibility year)

BASHMENT GRANNY

BASHMENT GRANNY 2

DIANA

THE XTORTIONISTZ

ME AND MI CHUPSIE

WINNER - BASHMENT GRANNY

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS :

29. VIDEO OF THE YEAR (REGGAE) - Feels So Good by Barbee…Director(s) Ras Tingle & Rupert Campbell

30. VIDEO OF THE YEAR (DANCEHALL) – Dance the Night Away by Voice Mail & Busy Signal ….Director Jeremy Whittaker. Producers Melissa Llewellyn & Conroy Forte

31. PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – Bounty Killer at Reggae Sumfest 2k9

32. BEST DRESSED ARTIST – Cecile

33. SHOW OF THE YEAR - Shaggy & Friends 2K9

34. BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVE OF THE YEAR – Skip to Ma Lue by Ding Dong & Ravers Clavers

HONOUR AWARDS:

35. ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR AWARDEES:

(Jamaican Artist (s) of International Accclaim who’s led his/her life by example and have brought their offspring into the world of Reggae)

TOOTS HIBBERT

DENROY MORGAN

36. INTERNATIONAL FRIEND OF REGGAE AWARDEE

( International. Super Star(s) will receive this Awards for his/her support of Reggae Music)….INDIA ARIE

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Rocksteady pioneer Nerlin Taitt dead

Howard Campbell, Gleaner Writer

Tyrical Gives Exciting Performance At Pepsi Rebel Salute

Fast rising deejay Tyrical who has been nominated by the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards in the Break through Artist of the Year category, gave a delightful performance at the just concluded Pepsi Rebel Salute which was held on Saturday night. Clad in a yellow outfit Tyrical came on stage sometime after 10:PM singing his big hit tune Want My Own, which immediately drew a very positive response from the large audience.

The very creative deejay showed off his versatility by performing a reworked version of Reggae King Bob Marley’s classic No Woman Nuh Cry, entitled No Haiti No Cry. His passionate tribute to the people of the earthquake stricken country was all also a winner with the audience. He closed out his short but entertaining set with Ghetto Prayer and World Lock.

Tyrical is currently enjoying good rotation on radio stations both locally and abroad with new singles such as Want Mi, Too Close, War Inna Reggae and Bless Mi Soul.

Protoje Collaborates With Don Corleon

2010 is shaping up to be an explosive year for talented new reggae artist Protoje, who is looking to take his career to new heights under the guidance of his cousin Donovan ‘Don Corleon’ Bennett. Since he began working with the topflight record producer last December he has been writing and recording a number of tracks to complete his upcoming album The Seven Year Itch. The first fruit of this wonderful collaboration is a haunting reggae track titled Dread which has been getting heavy radio play both locally and abroad since its release two weeks ago. Dread has been endorsed by the likes of top jocks such ZJ Liquid (ZIP FM), ZJ Elektra (ZIP FM) and DJ Wayne (IRIE FM) among others.

“A Don Corleon production will be very good to build on my current momentum,” said Protoje, whose given name is Oje Ollivierre.

“Dread was the one,” explained Corleon as he recalls listening to a selection of his kin’s tracks one day in his studio. After being told that the tune had been recorded and remixed on three separate occasions without the desired outcome, the prolific hit making producer decided it was time for proper execution. The first verse begins with a reminiscent reference to the recently arrested Buju Banton (“hockey jersey inna heat, Patrick Ewings on the feet / Buju Banton on the beat, uunu ‘member dat! / ’92 December dat!”), a mere coincidence since Protoje wrote the song a long time ago.

Don had been following Protoje’s music for much longer than most in the industry but wanted to give the artiste more time to grow and develop as a vocalist and a songwriter. However after watching Protoje perform at the Seven Year Wish concert last December at Weekenz Don was thoroughly impressed. Protoje who was the headline act for the event which was staged by his record label and management company House Of Diggy, had delivered a very exciting performance that left everyone in the venue in awe. Dread was among the songs he performed and Don was there to witness it up close.

Since then, industry insiders have been implying – indeed expecting – that Protoje is destined for international stardom. This has lead many to wonder why it took Don Corleon so long to collaborate with the artiste given the blood connection.

“Not because he’s my cousin means I was going to just give him a buss in the business. He had to prove himself first,” said Don. “Now his writing is better and his vocals have improved tremendously.” “He is indeed ready for the big break now.”

Timmi Burrell Scores His First Number One

After several weeks on the RETV MVP video charts Westside Konnection Records recording artist Timmi Burrell has finally jumped into the number one spot with his music video for his self produced single, titled Why Did You Leave. The Negril based artist and his management team is very happy about the response the video has received since it was released late last year. The music video is also receiving good rotation on other television stations such as HYPE TV, CVM, CVM PLUS and NTV.

“I am very happy that my video is number one right now on RETV.” “It’s my first of many to come, I am looking for great success this year and the year is young”, said the artist whose real name is Clive Timothy Burrell.

Timmy Burrell is also booked to appear on this year’s staging of the Miss Beaches Sand Bay beauty pageant. This event will be held at the Kool Runnings Water Park in Negril on Saturday the 30^th of January.

Richie Spice Wows Negril Escape crowd

Written by TORI SHAE

An overwhelming amount of patrons came out to see topflight reggae artist Richie Spice in performance on Tuesday the 19th of January at the Negril Escape Resort. The event was the weekly Negril One Love Reggae concert series, which is proving to be quite a hit amongst music lovers in the western end of the island. On Tuesday night Richie Spice delivered that could possibly be the performance of the series, which has had some very memorable performances so far from the likes of Sanchez, Tarrus, Riley, Jah Cure, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Etana, Freddie McGregor and Queen Ifrica. Dressed causally in a white T shirt, Blue Jeans, Sneakers and a white Turban Richie Spice entered the stage to thunderous applause at 11PM. However his performance was far from casual as the prolific hit maker delivered a very potent performance that lasted over an hour long. The audience was in a tizzy as Spice reeled of hits such as What A Day, Blood Again, Earth A Run Red, Black Like A Tar, Brown Skin, Grooving, Ghetto Girl, Street Life, A No Me Dat, Don’t Call Me No Dog, Marijuana Pon Di Corner, World Is A Cycle, Plain Land and Kings & Queen. Even after his encore the fans were begging for more. The opening acts were Ali C and Singing Honor who both did very well. Richie Spice’s younger brother Snatcha who was not officially billed for show also delivered a well received performance.

source: entertainment by Rallo, one876entertainment.com, jamaicagleaner.com, jamaicaobserver.com